| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 | - | - | - | $21,248,224 | 473 | $40,757,117 | Jan 21 | Toho | false |
| 2 | The Wings of the Kirin | - | - | - | $15,503,047 | 377 | $19,773,978 | Jan 28 | Toho | false |
| 3 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $11,059,355 | 431 | $15,802,569 | Feb 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 4 | In Time | - | - | - | $10,518,367 | 427 | $21,565,348 | Feb 17 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 5 | Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home | - | - | - | $6,375,647 | 314 | $7,713,159 | Feb 11 | Toei Company | false |
| 6 | Ace Attorney | - | - | - | $5,202,406 | 275 | $6,145,395 | Feb 11 | Toho | false |
| 7 | Nihon rettou: Ikimonotachi no monogatari | - | - | - | $4,992,005 | 276 | $5,059,460 | Jan 14 | Toho | false |
| 8 | Robo-G | - | - | - | $4,850,593 | 278 | $14,583,603 | Jan 14 | Toho | false |
| 9 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $4,727,090 | 637 | $69,695,185 | Dec 16 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 10 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | - | - | - | $3,876,553 | 309 | $6,109,517 | Feb 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Tower Heist | - | - | - | $3,773,669 | 216 | $4,056,777 | Feb 3 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 12 | Documentary of AKB48: Show Must Go On | - | - | - | $3,019,199 | 94 | $3,984,152 | Jan 27 | - | false |
| 13 | Arakawa Under the Bridge | - | - | - | $3,007,777 | 172 | $3,348,319 | Feb 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 14 | Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie | - | - | - | $2,812,702 | 266 | $6,688,303 | Jan 21 | Toho | false |
| 15 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $2,574,178 | 138 | $3,558,295 | Jan 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King | - | - | - | $1,348,352 | 93 | $1,348,352 | Feb 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 17 | You're My Pet | - | - | - | $1,258,087 | 92 | $3,682,096 | Jan 21 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 18 | Afro Tanaka | - | - | - | $1,176,056 | 72 | $1,872,727 | Feb 18 | Showgate | false |
| 19 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $1,108,362 | 206 | $3,455,688 | Feb 25 | - | false |
| 20 | Bread of Happiness | - | - | - | $941,844 | 47 | $1,659,800 | Jan 28 | Asmik Ace Entertainment | false |
| 21 | K-On! The Movie | - | - | - | $628,795 | 137 | $21,419,792 | Dec 3 | Shochiku | false |
| 22 | Magic Tree House | - | - | - | $538,324 | 178 | $5,747,918 | Jan 7 | Gaga | false |
| 23 | Underworld: Awakening | - | - | - | $347,409 | 177 | $1,351,034 | Feb 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 24 | The Woodsman and the Rain | - | - | - | $312,542 | 70 | $312,542 | Feb 11 | - | false |
| 25 | The Double | - | - | - | $214,699 | 55 | $214,699 | Feb 25 | - | false |
| 26 | Restless | - | - | - | $97,537 | 20 | $845,452 | Dec 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 27 | Carnage | - | - | - | $91,795 | 13 | $651,917 | Feb 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 28 | Jack and Jill | - | - | - | $50,012 | 19 | $193,324 | Jan 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 29 | 30 Minutes or Less | - | - | - | $5,235 | 7 | $114,834 | Dec 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 30 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $3,760 | 329 | $11,499,680 | Nov 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
