| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Ted | - | - | - | $21,572,413 | 457 | $43,994,113 | Jan 18 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 2 | A Good Day to Die Hard | - | - | - | $13,225,983 | 646 | $21,426,025 | Feb 14 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 3 | Strawberry Night | - | - | - | $12,858,504 | 312 | $21,936,264 | Jan 26 | Toho | false |
| 4 | Life of Pi | - | - | - | $10,581,888 | 715 | $19,653,717 | Jan 25 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 5 | The Brain Man | - | - | - | $10,278,988 | 303 | $12,752,752 | Feb 9 | Toho | false |
| 6 | Jack Reacher | - | - | - | $9,983,533 | 321 | $11,045,351 | Feb 1 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 7 | Les Misérables | - | - | - | $9,320,221 | 366 | $65,566,020 | Dec 21 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 8 | Tokyo Family | - | - | - | $5,918,477 | 319 | $16,713,198 | Jan 19 | Shochiku | false |
| 9 | Zero Dark Thirty | - | - | - | $2,915,067 | 164 | $3,931,506 | Feb 15 | Gaga | false |
| 10 | Documentary of AKB48: No Flower Without Rain | - | - | - | $1,953,335 | 119 | $2,269,118 | Feb 1 | - | false |
| 11 | Yellow Elephant | - | - | - | $1,710,933 | 236 | $3,666,854 | Feb 2 | Showgate | false |
| 12 | Masquerade | - | - | - | $1,706,486 | 94 | $3,082,338 | Feb 16 | - | false |
| 13 | Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie | - | - | - | $1,296,424 | 275 | $4,435,269 | Jan 19 | Toei Company | false |
| 14 | A Chair on the Plains | - | - | - | $1,236,993 | 208 | $1,488,461 | Feb 23 | Toei Company | false |
| 15 | A Story of Yonosuke | - | - | - | $1,026,405 | 202 | $1,267,497 | Feb 13 | Showgate | false |
| 16 | Reunion | - | - | - | $983,918 | 105 | $2,542,557 | Feb 23 | - | false |
| 17 | Hunter X Hunter: Phantom Rouge | - | - | - | $567,891 | 257 | $12,595,288 | Jan 12 | Toho | false |
| 18 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | - | - | - | $359,429 | 130 | $475,369 | Feb 8 | Shochiku | false |
| 19 | Silver Linings Playbook | - | - | - | $317,879 | 56 | $424,336 | Feb 22 | Gaga | false |
| 20 | Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent | - | - | - | $280,248 | 95 | $399,445 | Feb 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | Monsters, Inc. 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $221,819 | 121 | $221,819 | Feb 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 22 | Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo | - | - | - | $204,437 | 223 | $59,891,241 | Nov 17 | The Klockworx | false |
| 23 | Looper | - | - | - | $173,821 | 201 | $5,345,530 | Jan 12 | Gaga | false |
| 24 | Skyfall | - | - | - | $148,943 | 578 | $32,497,509 | Dec 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 25 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | - | - | - | $122,993 | 878 | $19,213,976 | Dec 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
