| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Intouchables | - | - | - | $26,671,929 | 798 | $79,066,638 | Jan 5 | Senator Film | false |
| 2 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $9,310,663 | 505 | $11,248,752 | Feb 9 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 3 | Underworld: Awakening | - | - | - | $7,608,817 | 421 | $8,185,879 | Feb 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 4 | The Vow | - | - | - | $6,363,872 | 417 | $8,140,721 | Feb 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | Conquest 1453 | - | - | - | $5,447,441 | 97 | $3,696,787 | Feb 16 | - | false |
| 6 | Hugo | - | - | - | $4,213,994 | 282 | $6,319,061 | Feb 9 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 7 | Famous Five | - | - | - | $3,772,442 | 564 | $7,103,467 | Jan 26 | Constantin Film | false |
| 8 | The Descendants | - | - | - | $3,449,859 | 272 | $6,049,147 | Jan 26 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 9 | The Inbetweeners | - | - | - | $2,922,195 | 306 | $3,102,827 | Feb 2 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 10 | Jack and Jill | - | - | - | $2,909,296 | 511 | $5,279,500 | Jan 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 11 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | - | - | - | $2,587,852 | 434 | $4,705,702 | Feb 23 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 12 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | - | - | - | $2,523,168 | 155 | $2,940,785 | Feb 2 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false |
| 13 | War Horse | - | - | - | $2,355,353 | 425 | $2,966,557 | Feb 16 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Artist | - | - | - | $2,214,851 | 244 | $5,502,089 | Jan 26 | Delphi Filmverleih Produktion | false |
| 15 | Yoko | - | - | - | $2,196,184 | 529 | $4,037,093 | Feb 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 16 | Safe House | - | - | - | $1,967,434 | 369 | $4,314,140 | Feb 23 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 17 | The Muppets | - | - | - | $1,902,565 | 507 | $5,298,392 | Jan 19 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 18 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $1,842,234 | 710 | $34,002,212 | Dec 8 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 19 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $1,714,309 | 663 | $13,106,760 | Dec 22 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 20 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $1,472,118 | 648 | $9,575,635 | Jan 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 21 | Zettl | - | - | - | $1,423,417 | 350 | $1,446,868 | Feb 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | Drive | - | - | - | $851,080 | 148 | $1,796,027 | Jan 26 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 23 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | - | - | - | $778,033 | 155 | $911,553 | Feb 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | Big Miracle | - | - | - | $686,790 | 277 | $850,426 | Feb 16 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 25 | Berlin Kaplani | - | - | - | $678,337 | 80 | $1,278,696 | Jan 26 | - | false |
| 26 | Man on a Ledge | - | - | - | $550,469 | 272 | $1,325,429 | Jan 26 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 27 | Woman in Love | - | - | - | $437,157 | 612 | $18,635,931 | Dec 15 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 28 | Carnage | - | - | - | $406,303 | 440 | $7,754,332 | Nov 24 | Constantin Film | false |
| 29 | Offroad | - | - | - | $403,261 | 341 | $3,935,427 | Jan 12 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 30 | Young Adult | - | - | - | $371,960 | 160 | $528,018 | Feb 23 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 31 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $365,834 | 690 | $20,089,372 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 32 | The Kid with a Bike | - | - | - | $337,076 | 58 | $460,402 | Feb 9 | Alamode Film | false |
| 33 | Eine ganz heiße Nummer | - | - | - | $282,905 | 214 | $10,702,573 | Oct 27 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 34 | Combat Girls | - | - | - | $273,612 | 70 | $696,057 | Jan 19 | - | false |
| 35 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $254,957 | 155 | $1,492,876 | Jan 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | Bliss | - | - | - | $246,617 | 110 | $384,302 | Feb 23 | Constantin Film | false |
| 37 | Little Big Panda | - | - | - | $226,317 | 153 | $565,652 | Feb 23 | - | false |
| 38 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $207,840 | 104 | $319,461 | Feb 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 39 | Day of the Falcon | - | - | - | $199,408 | 193 | $303,393 | Feb 9 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 40 | Die Thomaner | - | - | - | $184,744 | 45 | $524,132 | Feb 16 | - | false |
| 41 | Don 2 | - | - | - | $132,027 | 33 | $132,027 | Feb 16 | Rapid Eye Movies | false |
| 42 | Asana Travelogue | - | - | - | $108,255 | 48 | $437,814 | Jan 5 | MFA+ FilmDistribution | false |
| 43 | Hut in the Woods | - | - | - | $107,562 | 28 | $124,129 | Feb 2 | - | false |
| 44 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $85,194 | 513 | $3,962,619 | Dec 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 45 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $76,128 | 789 | $33,077,090 | Nov 24 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 46 | Blutzbrüdaz | - | - | - | $75,884 | 296 | $4,902,541 | Dec 29 | Constantin Film | false |
| 47 | Dolphin Tale | - | - | - | $74,631 | 311 | $1,803,021 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 48 | Cracks in the Shell | - | - | - | $61,558 | 41 | $74,123 | Feb 9 | Falcom Media | false |
| 49 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | - | - | - | $59,282 | 25 | $82,265 | Feb 23 | - | false |
| 50 | Faust | - | - | - | $50,773 | 39 | $214,036 | Jan 19 | MFA+ FilmDistribution | false |
| 51 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $45,475 | 598 | $16,257,743 | Dec 15 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 52 | Even the Rain | - | - | - | $41,496 | 51 | $702,688 | Dec 29 | Piffl Medien | false |
| 53 | Beautiful Lies | - | - | - | $24,931 | 48 | $267,432 | Jan 19 | - | false |
| 54 | Tom Sawyer | - | - | - | $24,079 | 425 | $2,475,721 | Nov 17 | - | false |
| 55 | In Darkness | - | - | - | $23,199 | 31 | $25,052 | Feb 9 | - | false |
| 56 | Moskova'nin Sifresi: Temel | - | - | - | $23,125 | 40 | $1,046,959 | Jan 5 | - | false |
| 57 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $21,859 | 143 | $3,208,028 | Dec 22 | TOBIS Film | false |
| 58 | Father, Son & Holy Cow | - | - | - | $21,679 | 19 | $27,155 | Feb 16 | - | false |
| 59 | My Worst Nightmare | - | - | - | $14,960 | 68 | $231,599 | Jan 19 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 60 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | - | - | - | $13,572 | 455 | $6,985,209 | Nov 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 61 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $10,977 | 878 | $16,561,165 | Oct 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 62 | Anonymous | - | - | - | $9,102 | 322 | $2,227,187 | Nov 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
