| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Intouchables | - | - | - | $2,468,752 | 86 | $6,914,579 | Jan 5 | Constantin Film | false |
| 2 | Underworld: Awakening | - | - | - | $1,174,630 | 65 | $1,269,044 | Feb 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | The Inbetweeners | - | - | - | $945,747 | 51 | $1,009,768 | Feb 3 | Constantin Film | false |
| 4 | The Vow | - | - | - | $924,635 | 77 | $1,127,084 | Feb 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | Jack and Jill | - | - | - | $599,758 | 79 | $1,076,180 | Jan 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 6 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $594,942 | 71 | $715,336 | Feb 10 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 7 | The Descendants | - | - | - | $592,436 | 60 | $1,047,156 | Jan 27 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 8 | Hugo | - | - | - | $468,363 | 48 | $597,378 | Feb 10 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 9 | Famous Five | - | - | - | $447,191 | 60 | $703,872 | Jan 27 | Constantin Film | false |
| 10 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | - | - | - | $445,600 | 56 | $967,086 | Feb 23 | Constantin Film | false |
| 11 | Conquest 1453 | - | - | - | $384,299 | 17 | $469,498 | Feb 17 | - | false |
| 12 | Yoko | - | - | - | $367,334 | 78 | $687,947 | Feb 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 13 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $364,105 | 88 | $2,472,653 | Dec 23 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 14 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $350,609 | 89 | $6,038,904 | Dec 8 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 15 | Safe House | - | - | - | $330,073 | 79 | $706,355 | Feb 24 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 16 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | - | - | - | $276,135 | 35 | $315,668 | Feb 2 | - | false |
| 17 | The Artist | - | - | - | $257,498 | 46 | $594,885 | Jan 27 | Filmladen | false |
| 18 | The Muppets | - | - | - | $245,486 | 59 | $642,994 | Jan 19 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 19 | War Horse | - | - | - | $239,782 | 46 | $319,665 | Feb 16 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 20 | Drive | - | - | - | $236,306 | 50 | $458,004 | Jan 26 | Constantin Film | false |
| 21 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $232,298 | 82 | $1,447,369 | Jan 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 22 | Man on a Ledge | - | - | - | $150,710 | 43 | $299,978 | Jan 26 | Constantin Film | false |
| 23 | My Worst Nightmare | - | - | - | $98,122 | 15 | $126,268 | Feb 17 | Filmladen | false |
| 24 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | - | - | - | $95,806 | 26 | $111,948 | Feb 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $76,724 | 76 | $2,527,336 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | Berlin Kaplani | - | - | - | $74,591 | 7 | $134,207 | Jan 27 | - | false |
| 27 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $57,868 | 20 | $241,291 | Jan 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | Big Miracle | - | - | - | $55,236 | 22 | $66,467 | Feb 17 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 29 | Little Big Panda | - | - | - | $51,185 | 50 | $172,771 | Feb 23 | Einhorn-Film | false |
| 30 | Young Adult | - | - | - | $47,286 | 20 | $59,273 | Feb 24 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 31 | Anfang 80 | - | - | - | $45,224 | 30 | $389,327 | Dec 30 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false |
| 32 | The Kid with a Bike | - | - | - | $40,419 | 7 | $49,032 | Feb 10 | - | false |
| 33 | Zettl | - | - | - | $31,472 | 23 | $31,472 | Feb 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | - | - | - | $29,301 | 18 | $102,689 | Feb 23 | - | false |
| 35 | Breathing | - | - | - | $28,406 | 40 | $743,013 | Sep 30 | - | false |
| 36 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $16,857 | 71 | $827,718 | Dec 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 37 | Faust | - | - | - | $14,789 | 9 | $74,619 | Jan 13 | Polyfilm Verleih | false |
| 38 | Dolphin Tale | - | - | - | $14,034 | 24 | $197,068 | Dec 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 39 | Combat Girls | - | - | - | $12,268 | 7 | $22,751 | Feb 24 | - | false |
| 40 | Bliss | - | - | - | $12,054 | 11 | $16,476 | Feb 24 | Constantin Film | false |
| 41 | Tom Sawyer | - | - | - | $11,201 | 50 | $129,517 | Dec 29 | Einhorn-Film | false |
| 42 | Submarine | - | - | - | $10,832 | 6 | $18,516 | Feb 10 | Polyfilm Verleih | false |
| 43 | Stopped on Track | - | - | - | $8,814 | 8 | $18,532 | Feb 24 | Polyfilm Verleih | false |
| 44 | The Help | - | - | - | $5,942 | 43 | $140,522 | Dec 8 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 45 | In Time | - | - | - | $5,474 | 69 | $1,645,191 | Dec 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 46 | Don 2 | - | - | - | $4,746 | 1 | $5,041 | Feb 17 | Polyfilm Verleih | false |
| 47 | Loggerheads | - | - | - | $4,600 | 5 | $17,220 | Jan 27 | - | false |
| 48 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $3,438 | 79 | $2,264,766 | Dec 16 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 49 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | - | - | - | $2,409 | 73 | $946,894 | Nov 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 50 | This Must Be the Place | - | - | - | $2,276 | 11 | $84,879 | Jan 6 | - | false |
| 51 | Meek's Cutoff | - | - | - | $2,039 | 1 | $17,286 | Jan 5 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false |
| 52 | Chicken with Plums | - | - | - | $1,870 | 8 | $51,231 | Jan 6 | Polyfilm Verleih | false |
| 53 | Moskova'nin Sifresi: Temel | - | - | - | $1,375 | 9 | $157,538 | Jan 13 | - | false |
| 54 | Sleeping Sickness | - | - | - | $891 | 1 | $22,490 | Dec 16 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false |
| 55 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $663 | 99 | $1,015,191 | Oct 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 56 | Kein Sex ist auch keine Lösung | - | - | - | $507 | 34 | $157,215 | Dec 1 | - | false |
