| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $19,155,706 | 388 | $20,998,519 | Jan 5 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $17,918,281 | 368 | $20,341,322 | Jan 1 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 3 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $12,731,815 | 448 | $16,130,802 | Dec 26 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 4 | The Descendants | - | - | - | $10,180,408 | 229 | $15,947,488 | Jan 12 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 5 | The Muppets | - | - | - | $8,567,316 | 300 | $6,655,720 | - | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $6,904,132 | 257 | $8,870,177 | Jan 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 7 | Hugo | - | - | - | $6,555,706 | 396 | $10,813,316 | - | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 8 | War Horse | - | - | - | $6,411,282 | 242 | $10,922,401 | Dec 26 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 9 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $6,301,648 | 465 | $11,082,388 | Dec 26 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 10 | Tower Heist | - | - | - | $6,101,282 | 252 | $10,852,306 | Dec 26 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 11 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $5,809,454 | 414 | $18,954,599 | Dec 15 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 12 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | - | - | - | $5,280,994 | 351 | $7,518,548 | Jan 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | The Iron Lady | - | - | - | $4,630,044 | 181 | $10,627,254 | Dec 26 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | false |
| 14 | We Bought a Zoo | - | - | - | $4,186,096 | 235 | $7,755,984 | Dec 26 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 15 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | - | - | - | $3,593,214 | 144 | $6,919,623 | Jan 19 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 16 | Underworld: Awakening | - | - | - | $2,864,463 | 214 | $6,498,996 | Jan 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $2,395,657 | 512 | $15,642,773 | Dec 8 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 18 | A Few Best Men | - | - | - | $1,955,734 | 244 | $5,401,857 | Jan 26 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | false |
| 19 | The Darkest Hour | - | - | - | $1,297,532 | 156 | $1,317,231 | Jan 19 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 20 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $1,256,611 | 336 | $10,915,837 | Dec 8 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 21 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $813,706 | 90 | $2,037,881 | Jan 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | The Women on the 6th Floor | - | - | - | $649,575 | 27 | $1,660,005 | Dec 8 | Palace Films | false |
| 23 | Young Adult | - | - | - | $567,761 | 58 | $567,761 | Jan 19 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 24 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $464,855 | 87 | $4,588,966 | Nov 24 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 25 | Agneepath | - | - | - | $297,474 | 14 | $297,474 | Jan 26 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 26 | Albert Nobbs | - | - | - | $207,024 | 28 | $413,404 | Dec 26 | - | false |
| 27 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $187,447 | 618 | $18,531,509 | Nov 16 | - | false |
| 28 | The Skin I Live In | - | - | - | $167,959 | 21 | $395,065 | Dec 26 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 29 | Midnight in Paris | - | - | - | $112,362 | 162 | $7,328,764 | Oct 20 | Entertainment One | false |
| 30 | Faust | - | - | - | $88,701 | 26 | $88,701 | Jan 19 | Sharmill Films | false |
| 31 | The Secret World of Arrietty | - | - | - | $84,973 | 36 | $302,789 | - | Madman Entertainment | false |
| 32 | Nanban | - | - | - | $79,112 | 7 | $79,112 | Jan 12 | - | false |
| 33 | The Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Handel: Rodelinda | - | - | - | $77,599 | 20 | $77,599 | Jan 5 | Sharmill Films | false |
| 34 | National Theatre Live: Collaborators | - | - | - | $72,519 | 17 | $72,519 | Jan 12 | Sharmill Films | false |
| 35 | Melancholia | - | - | - | $64,066 | 21 | $439,491 | - | Madman Entertainment | false |
| 36 | Players | - | - | - | $46,864 | 12 | $46,864 | Jan 5 | - | false |
