| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $29,847,387 | 637 | $69,695,185 | Dec 16 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 2 | Kaibutsu-kun: The Movie | - | - | - | $22,065,778 | 446 | $39,766,344 | Nov 26 | Toho | false |
| 3 | K-On! The Movie | - | - | - | $16,312,622 | 137 | $152,909 | Dec 3 | Shochiku | false |
| 4 | Kamen Rider Fourze: Everyone, Space is Here! | - | - | - | $13,933,764 | 302 | $18,982,811 | Dec 10 | Toei Company | false |
| 5 | Real Steel | - | - | - | $12,166,390 | 514 | $17,887,068 | Dec 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma | - | - | - | $11,839,615 | 414 | $17,295,465 | Dec 10 | Toho | false |
| 7 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $10,403,463 | 895 | $13,513,900 | Dec 1 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 8 | Friends: Naki on the Monster Island | - | - | - | $8,553,429 | 334 | $18,760,582 | Dec 17 | Toho | false |
| 9 | A Ghost of a Chance | - | - | - | $7,971,091 | 427 | $53,982,636 | Oct 29 | Toho | false |
| 10 | Crossroads | - | - | - | $6,286,862 | 211 | $6,943,105 | Dec 3 | Shochiku | false |
| 11 | Inazuma Eleven GO the Movie: The Ultimate Bonds Gryphon 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,371,312 | 374 | $14,180,109 | Dec 23 | Toho | false |
| 12 | Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet | - | - | - | $4,888,661 | 311 | $17,969,314 | Dec 23 | Toei Company | false |
| 13 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $3,577,196 | 241 | $6,621,308 | Dec 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Wild 7 | - | - | - | $2,673,944 | 292 | $7,464,912 | Dec 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $1,886,305 | 329 | $11,499,680 | Nov 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 16 | Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler | - | - | - | $1,823,552 | 316 | $19,903,084 | Nov 5 | Toho | false |
| 17 | Life Back Then | - | - | - | $1,613,343 | 230 | $6,360,462 | Nov 19 | Shochiku | false |
| 18 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $1,198,344 | 465 | $2,209,746 | Nov 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | The Three Musketeers | - | - | - | $663,254 | 723 | $24,394,935 | Oct 28 | Gaga | false |
| 20 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $590,630 | 292 | $1,598,340 | Nov 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 21 | Suite Pretty Cure: Torimodose! Kokoro ga Tsunagu Kiseki no Melody! | - | - | - | $471,138 | 168 | $10,871,826 | Oct 29 | Toei Company | false |
| 22 | Restless | - | - | - | $197,732 | 20 | $845,452 | Dec 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 23 | Contagion | - | - | - | $175,728 | 240 | $4,436,368 | Nov 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | Paul | - | - | - | $146,408 | 30 | $245,364 | Dec 23 | - | false |
| 25 | Immortals | - | - | - | $144,124 | 463 | $5,349,198 | Nov 11 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 26 | 50/50 | - | - | - | $133,556 | 32 | $236,485 | Dec 1 | Asmik Ace Entertainment | false |
| 27 | 30 Minutes or Less | - | - | - | $88,552 | 7 | $114,834 | Dec 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 28 | A Little Bit of Heaven | - | - | - | $64,521 | 41 | $64,521 | Dec 17 | - | false |
| 29 | Hanna | - | - | - | $10,377 | 10 | $741,825 | Aug 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 30 | Friends with Benefits | - | - | - | $1,585 | 48 | $520,303 | Oct 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
