International Box Office For December 2011
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $190,803,759 | 56 | $485,315,477 | Dec 14 | - |
| 2 | Puss in Boots | $188,865,713 | 46 | $405,726,973 | Oct 27 | - |
| 3 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $76,600,000 | 73 | $430,918,723 | Nov 16 | - |
| 4 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $72,000,000 | 58 | $357,000,000 | Dec 15 | - |
| 5 | Arthur Christmas | $66,517,692 | 74 | $100,957,003 | Nov 11 | - |
| 6 | New Year's Eve | $57,200,000 | 55 | $87,500,000 | Dec 7 | - |
| 7 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $55,814,917 | 63 | $209,584,693 | Dec 14 | - |
| 8 | The Intouchables | $54,720,618 | 16 | $416,389,690 | Nov 2 | - |
| 9 | Happy Feet Two | $43,800,000 | 48 | $86,400,000 | Nov 17 | - |
| 10 | In Time | $30,395,705 | 53 | $136,410,501 | Oct 26 | - |
| 11 | The Adventures of Tintin | $27,246,470 | 54 | $296,402,120 | Oct 26 | - |
| 12 | Vysotsky. Thank You for Being Alive | $26,946,089 | 2 | $30,468,235 | Dec 1 | - |
| 13 | Kaibutsu-kun: The Movie | $22,065,778 | 1 | $39,333,288 | Nov 26 | - |
| 14 | Immortals | $21,500,000 | 35 | $143,400,000 | Nov 10 | - |
| 15 | Real Steel | $20,600,000 | 54 | $213,800,000 | Oct 5 | - |
| 16 | Nisos 2: To kynigi tou hamenou thisavrou | $18,752,529 | 5 | $19,508,880 | Dec 22 | - |
| 17 | Yolki 2 | $17,341,619 | 2 | $28,050,910 | Dec 15 | - |
| 18 | Spellbound | $16,435,752 | 1 | $18,813,919 | Dec 1 | - |
| 19 | K-On! The Movie | $16,312,622 | 1 | $20,790,997 | Dec 3 | - |
| 20 | Tower Heist | $14,068,774 | 46 | $74,884,053 | Nov 3 | - |
| 21 | Hollywoo | $14,011,097 | 3 | $20,501,132 | Dec 7 | - |
| 22 | Kamen Rider Fourze: Everyone, Space is Here! | $13,933,764 | 1 | $18,982,811 | Dec 10 | - |
| 23 | Hugo | $13,581,771 | 37 | $111,905,653 | Dec 2 | - |
| 24 | Genji monogatari: Sennen no nazo | $10,110,928 | 1 | $16,350,958 | Dec 10 | - |
| 25 | Carnage | $9,364,254 | 9 | $25,056,022 | Sep 16 | - |
| 26 | Midnight in Paris | $9,130,106 | 23 | $94,302,174 | May 11 | - |
| 27 | Friends: Naki on the Monster Island | $8,783,473 | 2 | $21,560,529 | Dec 17 | - |
| 28 | My Way | $8,458,590 | 2 | $16,467,797 | Dec 22 | - |
| 29 | Jack and Jill | $8,261,435 | 41 | $75,515,631 | Nov 11 | - |
| 30 | Woman in Love | $8,095,210 | 3 | $19,302,752 | Dec 15 | - |
| 31 | A Ghost of a Chance | $7,971,091 | 1 | $53,982,636 | Oct 29 | - |
| 32 | Les Lyonnais | $7,509,564 | 3 | $10,062,427 | Nov 30 | - |
| 33 | Inazuma Eleven GO the Movie: The Ultimate Bonds Gryphon 2011 Re-release | $7,360,660 | 1 | $14,180,109 | Dec 23 | - |
| 34 | The Ides of March | $7,345,582 | 13 | $35,030,527 | Oct 13 | - |
| 35 | Fuga de cerebros 2 | $6,773,392 | 1 | $7,030,376 | Dec 2 | - |
| 36 | The Muppets | $6,600,000 | 42 | $76,553,000 | Nov 25 | - |
| 37 | Crossroads | $6,464,450 | 1 | $6,464,450 | Dec 3 | - |
| 38 | Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet | $6,160,896 | 1 | $17,969,314 | Dec 23 | - |
| 39 | Nova Zembla | $5,769,139 | 2 | $9,800,919 | Nov 23 | - |
| 40 | Moneyball | $5,282,079 | 39 | $34,600,724 | Oct 14 | - |
| 41 | The Darkest Hour | $4,889,160 | 58 | $43,183,292 | Dec 22 | - |
| 42 | The Inbetweeners | $4,861,033 | 6 | $87,989,781 | Aug 19 | - |
| 43 | One Day More | $4,830,203 | 1 | $4,830,203 | Dec 2 | - |
| 44 | Letters to Santa | $4,307,803 | 2 | $12,528,819 | Nov 10 | - |
| 45 | New Kids Nitro | $4,198,668 | 4 | $9,139,247 | Dec 7 | - |
| 46 | Perfect Game | $4,152,743 | 1 | $8,960,806 | Dec 21 | - |
| 47 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $3,878,754 | 62 | $130,101,637 | Dec 21 | - |
| 48 | Kikoriki: Team Invincible | $3,832,218 | 2 | $7,913,308 | Dec 22 | - |
| 49 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $3,752,880 | 21 | $56,481,215 | Sep 16 | - |
| 50 | Wild 7 | $3,729,202 | 1 | $7,464,912 | Dec 21 | - |
| 51 | My Grandfather's People | $3,614,169 | 1 | $5,232,234 | Nov 25 | - |
| 52 | The Lady | $3,397,767 | 1 | $3,404,191 | Nov 30 | - |
| 53 | It May Be Love But It Doesn't Show | $3,385,338 | 1 | $7,589,684 | Nov 24 | - |
| 54 | Moskova'nin Sifresi: Temel | $3,252,719 | 3 | $9,077,488 | Dec 16 | - |
| 55 | A Dangerous Method | $3,125,524 | 10 | $21,757,332 | Sep 30 | - |
| 56 | S.I.U. | $2,812,781 | 1 | $6,954,255 | Nov 24 | - |
| 57 | We Bought a Zoo | $2,673,022 | 23 | $44,457,291 | Dec 22 | - |
| 58 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $2,400,000 | 45 | $91,800,000 | Jul 1 | - |
| 59 | The Help | $2,400,000 | 31 | $46,931,000 | Sep 1 | - |
| 60 | My Week with Marilyn | $2,397,389 | 16 | $20,457,349 | Nov 25 | - |
| 61 | Jane Eyre | $2,328,676 | 11 | $23,467,967 | Mar 18 | - |
| 62 | The Artist | $2,175,779 | 37 | $88,761,174 | Oct 12 | - |
| 63 | Finalmente la felicità | $2,157,856 | 1 | $12,672,235 | Dec 16 | - |
| 64 | Vacanze di Natale a Cortina | $2,118,102 | 1 | $14,621,383 | Dec 16 | - |
| 65 | The Stig-Helmer Story | $2,104,219 | 1 | $4,506,039 | Dec 25 | - |
| 66 | Tempest 3D | $2,095,307 | 1 | $57,082,491 | Jul 16 | - |
| 67 | Shame | $1,825,910 | 16 | $13,784,673 | Dec 7 | - |
| 68 | Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler | $1,823,552 | 2 | $19,971,259 | Nov 5 | - |
| 69 | One Day | $1,817,102 | 22 | $45,545,662 | Jun 23 | - |
| 70 | The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall | $1,815,077 | 5 | $4,451,482 | Sep 29 | - |
| 71 | Musallat 2: Lanet | $1,812,244 | 2 | $1,812,244 | Dec 2 | - |
| 72 | The Conspirator | $1,632,685 | 3 | $3,940,596 | Jun 16 | - |
| 73 | Life Back Then | $1,613,343 | 1 | $6,360,462 | Nov 19 | - |
| 74 | Allah'ýn sevdiði kulun | $1,593,525 | 1 | $7,956,956 | Nov 4 | - |
| 75 | The Christmas Tango | $1,567,868 | 1 | $1,564,868 | Dec 1 | - |
| 76 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $1,561,900 | 48 | $103,011,037 | Oct 19 | - |
| 77 | Kein Sex ist auch keine Lösung | $1,517,929 | 2 | $1,601,360 | Dec 1 | - |
| 78 | When Santa Fell to Earth | $1,504,281 | 2 | $1,928,302 | Nov 24 | - |
| 79 | Punch | $1,477,258 | 1 | $33,121,684 | Oct 20 | - |
| 80 | Shark Night | $1,462,774 | 13 | $21,259,326 | Aug 31 | - |
| 81 | Eine ganz heiße Nummer | $1,460,414 | 2 | $10,205,807 | Oct 26 | - |
| 82 | Entelköy Efeköy'e Karsi | $1,455,584 | 1 | $1,455,584 | Dec 2 | - |
| 83 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | $1,418,788 | 3 | $4,218,523 | Nov 16 | - |
| 84 | The Nutcracker: The Untold Story | $1,385,750 | 7 | $15,983,500 | Dec 2 | - |
| 85 | The Change-Up | $1,371,856 | 27 | $38,368,962 | Aug 11 | - |
| 86 | Boy s tenyu 3. Posledniy raund | $1,366,359 | 2 | $14,027,956 | Nov 17 | - |
| 87 | Headwinds | $1,340,692 | 1 | $1,957,345 | Dec 14 | - |
| 88 | Johnny English Reborn | $1,203,170 | 50 | $151,772,616 | Sep 15 | - |
| 89 | Anonymous | $1,145,542 | 21 | $10,931,795 | Oct 28 | - |
| 90 | Killer Elite | $1,118,535 | 17 | $31,258,790 | Sep 22 | - |
| 91 | Trespass | $1,069,698 | 8 | $9,588,375 | Oct 20 | - |
| 92 | Drive | $961,361 | 13 | $41,114,477 | Sep 15 | - |
| 93 | Magic Silver II | $899,396 | 1 | $3,193,413 | Nov 18 | - |
| 94 | You Are the Apple of My Eye | $856,542 | 3 | $24,548,953 | Aug 19 | - |
| 95 | The Skin I Live In | $850,610 | 14 | $27,656,541 | Aug 17 | - |
| 96 | Dolphin Tale | $794,373 | 13 | $23,117,618 | Sep 22 | - |
| 97 | Simon & the Oaks | $738,232 | 2 | $2,443,359 | Dec 9 | - |
| 98 | Won't Last a Day Without You | $661,722 | 1 | $1,809,108 | Nov 30 | - |
| 99 | Day of the Falcon | $658,725 | 2 | $3,435,245 | Nov 23 | - |
| 100 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $647,740 | 59 | $305,040,688 | Aug 3 | - |
| 101 | Pastorela | $644,479 | 1 | $2,748,653 | Nov 11 | - |
| 102 | We Have a Pope | $611,847 | 5 | $15,609,760 | Apr 15 | - |
| 103 | The Rum Diary | $607,843 | 8 | $10,837,729 | Oct 20 | - |
| 104 | The Awakening | $599,218 | 3 | $4,490,365 | Nov 11 | - |
| 105 | Labyrinth | $598,324 | 3 | $809,459 | Dec 22 | - |
| 106 | Ronal the Barbarian | $594,013 | 2 | $2,049,141 | Sep 29 | - |
| 107 | Seeking Justice | $590,163 | 10 | $11,944,052 | Sep 2 | - |
| 108 | Already Famous | $582,582 | 1 | $806,051 | Dec 1 | - |
| 109 | Groenten uit Balen | $570,813 | 1 | $1,095,917 | Dec 14 | - |
| 110 | Dream House | $556,355 | 18 | $17,200,000 | Sep 29 | - |
| 111 | The Smurfs | $532,123 | 73 | $421,135,165 | Jul 27 | - |
| 112 | One Way Trip | $510,179 | 1 | $1,105,114 | Sep 23 | - |
| 113 | My Worst Nightmare | $433,408 | 2 | $7,094,036 | Nov 9 | - |
| 114 | The Debt | $410,075 | 12 | $14,458,820 | Jun 15 | - |
| 115 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | $386,196 | 8 | $12,946,486 | Aug 25 | - |
| 116 | Polisse | $386,174 | 3 | $20,162,761 | Oct 19 | - |
| 117 | The Art of Love | $370,120 | 1 | $1,142,302 | Nov 23 | - |
| 118 | Dolfje Weerwolfje | $369,867 | 2 | $2,281,874 | Dec 1 | - |
| 119 | The Guard | $352,567 | 4 | $14,200,000 | Jul 8 | - |
| 120 | Yangin Var | $339,647 | 2 | $339,647 | Dec 9 | - |
| 121 | Hysteria | $333,359 | 6 | $7,700,000 | Nov 18 | - |
| 122 | The Adopted | $328,672 | 1 | $1,234,278 | Nov 23 | - |
| 123 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $326,181 | 2 | $326,181 | Dec 9 | - |
| 124 | The Three Musketeers | $325,101 | 56 | $111,900,000 | Sep 1 | - |
| 125 | Maktub | $302,097 | 1 | $302,097 | Dec 16 | - |
| 126 | Easy! | $293,069 | 1 | $2,522,499 | Nov 17 | - |
| 127 | Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods | $274,603 | 3 | $20,021,711 | Sep 29 | - |
| 128 | Punch Line | $260,248 | 1 | $260,248 | Dec 8 | - |
| 129 | Suite Pretty Cure: Torimodose! Kokoro ga Tsunagu Kiseki no Melody! | $255,135 | 1 | $10,655,823 | Oct 29 | - |
| 130 | The Big Year | $244,247 | 2 | $244,247 | Dec 2 | - |
| 131 | Blitz | $222,599 | 7 | $11,237,497 | May 12 | - |
| 132 | Warrior | $218,000 | 5 | $9,400,000 | Sep 14 | - |
| 133 | 17 Girls | $186,484 | 2 | $186,484 | Dec 14 | - |
| 134 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $181,567 | 4 | $4,300,250 | Sep 28 | - |
| 135 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $164,731 | 3 | $22,547,488 | Feb 16 | - |
| 136 | Beginners | $156,309 | 12 | $8,520,807 | Jun 9 | - |
| 137 | Another Earth | $144,987 | 3 | $455,741 | Oct 6 | - |
| 138 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $132,220 | 58 | $9,907,568 | Sep 23 | - |
| 139 | De l'huile sur le feu | $131,577 | 1 | $131,577 | Dec 14 | - |
| 140 | The Last Journey | $108,435 | 1 | $108,435 | Dec 15 | - |
| 141 | The Reunion | $107,633 | 1 | $6,101,500 | Oct 13 | - |
| 142 | Melancholia | $102,357 | 5 | $12,915,473 | May 26 | - |
| 143 | Margin Call | $68,254 | 5 | $14,150,000 | Sep 29 | - |
| 144 | Attack the Block | $66,617 | 3 | $4,800,000 | May 13 | - |
| 145 | What's Your Number? | $61,419 | 34 | $16,415,012 | Sep 29 | - |
Figures are accurate only to the stated territory count unless otherwise noted.
