| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Intouchables | - | - | - | $24,324,637 | 798 | $79,066,638 | Jan 5 | Senator Film | false |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $9,596,756 | 690 | $20,089,372 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $8,792,157 | 710 | $34,002,212 | Dec 8 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 4 | Woman in Love | - | - | - | $7,902,284 | 612 | $18,635,931 | Dec 15 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 5 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $7,246,497 | 648 | $9,575,635 | Jan 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 6 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $5,797,338 | 663 | $13,106,760 | Dec 22 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 7 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $5,489,459 | 598 | $16,257,743 | Dec 15 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 8 | Blutzbrüdaz | - | - | - | $3,255,410 | 296 | $4,902,541 | Dec 29 | Constantin Film | false |
| 9 | Offroad | - | - | - | $3,247,387 | 341 | $3,935,427 | Jan 12 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 10 | New Kids Nitro | - | - | - | $2,941,917 | 297 | $3,026,764 | Jan 5 | Constantin Film | false |
| 11 | The Muppets | - | - | - | $2,762,024 | 507 | $5,298,392 | Jan 19 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 12 | Jack and Jill | - | - | - | $1,822,873 | 511 | $5,279,500 | Jan 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 13 | Carnage | - | - | - | $1,804,196 | 440 | $7,754,332 | Nov 24 | Constantin Film | false |
| 14 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $1,668,421 | 143 | $3,208,028 | Dec 22 | TOBIS Film | false |
| 15 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $1,667,116 | 789 | $33,077,090 | Nov 24 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 16 | The Darkest Hour | - | - | - | $1,621,918 | 387 | $2,278,413 | Dec 29 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 17 | In Time | - | - | - | $1,382,649 | 441 | $9,478,285 | Dec 1 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 18 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $1,331,879 | 411 | $6,850,960 | Dec 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | The Descendants | - | - | - | $1,327,428 | 272 | $6,049,147 | Jan 26 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 20 | Famous Five | - | - | - | $1,147,398 | 564 | $7,103,467 | Jan 26 | Constantin Film | false |
| 21 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $1,082,619 | 155 | $1,492,876 | Jan 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | Moskova'nin Sifresi: Temel | - | - | - | $993,898 | 40 | $1,046,959 | Jan 5 | - | false |
| 23 | Eine ganz heiße Nummer | - | - | - | $920,340 | 214 | $10,702,573 | Oct 27 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 24 | Dolphin Tale | - | - | - | $840,970 | 311 | $1,803,021 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $664,063 | 513 | $3,962,619 | Dec 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | Man on a Ledge | - | - | - | $566,249 | 272 | $1,325,429 | Jan 26 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 27 | The Artist | - | - | - | $515,059 | 244 | $5,502,089 | Jan 26 | Delphi Filmverleih Produktion | false |
| 28 | Even the Rain | - | - | - | $489,525 | 51 | $702,688 | Dec 29 | Piffl Medien | false |
| 29 | Berlin Kaplani | - | - | - | $467,292 | 80 | $1,278,696 | Jan 26 | - | false |
| 30 | Drive | - | - | - | $457,306 | 148 | $1,796,027 | Jan 26 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 31 | Jonas | - | - | - | $441,983 | 149 | $513,508 | Jan 5 | Delphi Filmverleih Produktion | false |
| 32 | Tom Sawyer | - | - | - | $382,214 | 425 | $2,475,721 | Nov 17 | - | false |
| 33 | Chinese Take-Away | - | - | - | $345,880 | 69 | $385,667 | Jan 5 | - | false |
| 34 | Asana Travelogue | - | - | - | $310,665 | 48 | $437,814 | Jan 5 | MFA+ FilmDistribution | false |
| 35 | Combat Girls | - | - | - | $309,546 | 70 | $696,057 | Jan 19 | - | false |
| 36 | We Have a Pope | - | - | - | $283,720 | 81 | $978,122 | Dec 8 | Prokino Filmverleih | false |
| 37 | Hysteria | - | - | - | $253,166 | 71 | $561,800 | Dec 22 | Central Film | false |
| 38 | Jane Eyre | - | - | - | $213,027 | 71 | $1,091,405 | Dec 1 | TOBIS Film | false |
| 39 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | - | - | - | $200,751 | 455 | $6,985,209 | Nov 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 40 | Chicken with Plums | - | - | - | $199,902 | 52 | $214,244 | Jan 5 | - | false |
| 41 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $198,884 | 878 | $16,561,165 | Oct 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 42 | Intruders | - | - | - | $194,574 | 80 | $283,159 | Jan 19 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 43 | My Worst Nightmare | - | - | - | $187,427 | 68 | $231,599 | Jan 19 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 44 | Beautiful Lies | - | - | - | $154,618 | 48 | $267,432 | Jan 19 | - | false |
| 45 | Faust | - | - | - | $136,749 | 39 | $214,036 | Jan 19 | MFA+ FilmDistribution | false |
| 46 | Sommer der Gaukler | - | - | - | $119,705 | 126 | $343,484 | Dec 22 | Movienet | false |
| 47 | A Dangerous Method | - | - | - | $105,907 | 111 | $2,213,447 | Nov 10 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 48 | Last Stop: Kurtulus | - | - | - | $103,921 | 30 | $103,921 | Jan 12 | - | false |
| 49 | The Help | - | - | - | $95,187 | 165 | $874,777 | Dec 8 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 50 | I Travel Alone | - | - | - | $90,815 | 46 | $198,815 | Dec 29 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false |
| 51 | Three Quarter Moon | - | - | - | $76,196 | 135 | $2,744,227 | Oct 13 | - | false |
| 52 | When Santa Fell to Earth | - | - | - | $67,033 | 472 | $1,918,970 | Nov 24 | Constantin Film | false |
| 53 | Stopped on Track | - | - | - | $63,496 | 70 | $678,888 | Nov 17 | - | false |
| 54 | Totally True Love | - | - | - | $48,705 | 350 | $51,970 | Jan 12 | - | false |
| 55 | Anonymous | - | - | - | $40,606 | 322 | $2,227,187 | Nov 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 56 | Paranormal Activity 3 | - | - | - | $31,943 | 333 | $8,044,089 | Nov 3 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 57 | Reality XL | - | - | - | $27,498 | 20 | $27,498 | Jan 12 | - | false |
| 58 | Kein Sex ist auch keine Lösung | - | - | - | $27,302 | 290 | $1,739,297 | Dec 1 | - | false |
| 59 | Soul Surfer | - | - | - | $26,116 | 102 | $26,116 | Jan 12 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 60 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $20,536 | 711 | $3,265,322 | Nov 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
