| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Smurfs | - | - | - | $4,461,545 | 124 | $5,015,374 | Aug 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 2 | The Intouchables | - | - | - | $2,568,363 | 86 | $6,914,579 | Jan 5 | Constantin Film | false |
| 3 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $1,413,734 | 89 | $6,038,904 | Dec 8 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 4 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $1,146,649 | 76 | $2,527,336 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $1,095,921 | 82 | $1,447,369 | Jan 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 6 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $1,002,914 | 88 | $2,472,653 | Dec 23 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 7 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $755,600 | 79 | $2,264,766 | Dec 16 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 8 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $413,192 | 78 | $1,801,678 | Dec 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | In Time | - | - | - | $334,878 | 69 | $1,645,191 | Dec 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 10 | Blutzbrüdaz | - | - | - | $325,812 | 28 | $476,110 | Dec 29 | Constantin Film | false |
| 11 | Jack and Jill | - | - | - | $322,240 | 79 | $1,076,180 | Jan 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 12 | The Muppets | - | - | - | $322,219 | 59 | $642,994 | Jan 19 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 13 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $288,727 | 40 | $527,793 | Dec 23 | Constantin Film | false |
| 14 | Woman in Love | - | - | - | $241,252 | 61 | $594,311 | Dec 16 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 15 | The Descendants | - | - | - | $231,059 | 60 | $1,047,156 | Jan 27 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 16 | Anfang 80 | - | - | - | $214,625 | 30 | $389,327 | Dec 30 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false |
| 17 | New Kids Nitro | - | - | - | $213,954 | 22 | $259,272 | Jan 5 | Constantin Film | false |
| 18 | The Darkest Hour | - | - | - | $189,276 | 65 | $275,731 | Dec 29 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 19 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $166,335 | 86 | $4,538,641 | Nov 23 | Constantin Film | false |
| 20 | Eine ganz heiße Nummer | - | - | - | $152,203 | 48 | $1,286,539 | Oct 26 | Constantin Film | false |
| 21 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $152,198 | 20 | $241,291 | Jan 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | Drive | - | - | - | $135,065 | 50 | $458,004 | Jan 26 | Constantin Film | false |
| 23 | Carnage | - | - | - | $132,889 | 39 | $780,744 | Nov 25 | Constantin Film | false |
| 24 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $120,185 | 71 | $827,718 | Dec 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | Laura's Star and the Dream Monster | - | - | - | $117,489 | 58 | $282,665 | Dec 16 | Einhorn-Film | false |
| 26 | Famous Five | - | - | - | $102,422 | 60 | $703,872 | Jan 27 | Constantin Film | false |
| 27 | Man on a Ledge | - | - | - | $97,328 | 43 | $299,978 | Jan 26 | Constantin Film | false |
| 28 | Dolphin Tale | - | - | - | $84,553 | 24 | $197,068 | Dec 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 29 | We Have a Pope | - | - | - | $84,379 | 21 | $274,034 | Dec 8 | Polyfilm Verleih | false |
| 30 | Tom Sawyer | - | - | - | $75,532 | 50 | $129,517 | Dec 29 | Einhorn-Film | false |
| 31 | This Must Be the Place | - | - | - | $69,193 | 11 | $84,879 | Jan 6 | - | false |
| 32 | Moskova'nin Sifresi: Temel | - | - | - | $65,483 | 9 | $157,538 | Jan 13 | - | false |
| 33 | The Artist | - | - | - | $52,751 | 46 | $594,885 | Jan 27 | Filmladen | false |
| 34 | The Women on the 6th Floor | - | - | - | $47,800 | 20 | $116,345 | Dec 16 | Filmladen | false |
| 35 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | - | - | - | $45,851 | 73 | $946,894 | Nov 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 36 | Chicken with Plums | - | - | - | $43,451 | 8 | $51,231 | Jan 6 | Polyfilm Verleih | false |
| 37 | Faust | - | - | - | $42,578 | 9 | $74,619 | Jan 13 | Polyfilm Verleih | false |
| 38 | Berlin Kaplani | - | - | - | $39,023 | 7 | $134,207 | Jan 27 | - | false |
| 39 | Breathing | - | - | - | $37,433 | 40 | $743,013 | Sep 30 | - | false |
| 40 | A Dangerous Method | - | - | - | $35,941 | 46 | $614,996 | Nov 11 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 41 | Chinese Take-Away | - | - | - | $26,380 | 7 | $26,380 | Jan 6 | Filmladen | false |
| 42 | The Salt of Life | - | - | - | $23,637 | 10 | $37,987 | Dec 30 | Filmladen | false |
| 43 | Margin Call | - | - | - | $23,260 | 21 | $180,321 | Dec 8 | Filmladen | false |
| 44 | Ronal the Barbarian | - | - | - | $21,613 | 16 | $21,613 | Jan 13 | Filmladen | false |
| 45 | The Help | - | - | - | $19,929 | 43 | $140,522 | Dec 8 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 46 | Jane Eyre | - | - | - | $18,448 | 14 | $152,696 | Dec 2 | Constantin Film | false |
| 47 | Le Havre | - | - | - | $16,180 | 11 | $194,090 | Nov 3 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false |
| 48 | Meek's Cutoff | - | - | - | $12,633 | 1 | $17,286 | Jan 5 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false |
| 49 | The Future | - | - | - | $12,232 | 6 | $14,233 | Dec 30 | - | false |
| 50 | Mama Africa | - | - | - | $10,942 | 4 | $14,751 | Dec 23 | - | false |
| 51 | Last Stop: Kurtulus | - | - | - | $10,646 | 4 | $10,646 | Jan 13 | - | false |
| 52 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $8,387 | 99 | $1,015,191 | Oct 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 53 | Kein Sex ist auch keine Lösung | - | - | - | $7,957 | 34 | $157,215 | Dec 1 | - | false |
| 54 | The Infidel | - | - | - | $6,926 | 16 | $80,850 | Dec 2 | - | false |
| 55 | American Passages | - | - | - | $6,870 | 7 | $57,450 | Nov 25 | Filmladen | false |
| 56 | Ibiza Occident | - | - | - | $6,115 | 10 | $6,115 | Jan 13 | - | false |
| 57 | Allah'in Sadik Kulu: Barla | - | - | - | $5,698 | 6 | $36,476 | Dec 16 | - | false |
| 58 | Empire Me: New Worlds Are Happening! | - | - | - | $5,084 | 8 | $6,018 | Jan 19 | - | false |
| 59 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $5,039 | 114 | $608,389 | Nov 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 60 | Sleeping Sickness | - | - | - | $4,895 | 1 | $22,490 | Dec 16 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false |
| 61 | Cairo Time | - | - | - | $4,581 | 5 | $8,278 | Dec 23 | - | false |
| 62 | Jonas | - | - | - | $4,510 | 7 | $4,510 | Jan 20 | Filmladen | false |
| 63 | The First Beautiful Thing 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,057 | 2 | $10,564 | Dec 23 | Polyfilm Verleih | false |
| 64 | Night Shifts | - | - | - | $3,100 | 4 | $3,100 | Jan 13 | Filmladen | false |
| 65 | Ay Büyürken Uyuyamam | - | - | - | $2,787 | 2 | $2,787 | Jan 6 | - | false |
| 66 | The Trial | - | - | - | $2,402 | 7 | $37,757 | Nov 25 | - | false |
| 67 | I Don't Know How She Does It | - | - | - | $1,713 | 38 | $189,740 | Nov 18 | - | false |
| 68 | Loggerheads | - | - | - | $1,659 | 5 | $17,220 | Jan 27 | - | false |
| 69 | Vysotsky. Thank You for Being Alive | - | - | - | $1,640 | 1 | $7,385 | Dec 9 | - | false |
| 70 | Musallat 2: Lanet | - | - | - | $1,632 | 1 | $23,902 | Dec 2 | - | false |
| 71 | Lapland Odyssey 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,493 | 3 | $1,493 | Jan 13 | - | false |
| 72 | Polisse | - | - | - | $1,464 | 4 | $1,464 | Jan 20 | - | false |
| 73 | Labyrinth | - | - | - | $1,061 | 4 | $6,896 | Dec 23 | - | false |
| 74 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | - | - | - | $975 | 2 | $1,887 | Dec 23 | - | false |
| 75 | Tyrannosaur | - | - | - | $627 | 3 | $3,151 | Jan 20 | Polyfilm Verleih | false |
| 76 | Anonymous | - | - | - | $582 | 29 | $132,379 | Nov 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
