| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $1,616,849 | 102 | $3,745,236 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $908,237 | 109 | $3,373,955 | Dec 15 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 3 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $831,183 | 96 | $1,862,861 | Jan 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Excuse Me | - | - | - | $701,475 | 77 | $768,538 | Jan 5 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 5 | Real Steel | - | - | - | $499,525 | 63 | $520,252 | Jan 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $480,575 | 98 | $971,825 | Dec 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 7 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $473,003 | 142 | $1,195,385 | Dec 25 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false |
| 8 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | - | - | - | $446,802 | 87 | $784,656 | Jan 19 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Inbetweeners | - | - | - | $407,127 | 42 | $439,866 | Jan 5 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 10 | The Reunion | - | - | - | $393,754 | 87 | $6,787,644 | Oct 13 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 11 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $165,662 | 286 | $6,764,564 | Oct 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 12 | In Time | - | - | - | $146,203 | 55 | $861,887 | Dec 1 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 13 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $136,722 | 77 | $906,488 | Dec 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $133,933 | 89 | $4,310,247 | Nov 17 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 15 | Pina | - | - | - | $121,784 | 7 | $246,559 | Jan 12 | - | false |
| 16 | This Must Be the Place | - | - | - | $81,790 | 8 | $81,790 | Jan 12 | United International Pictures | false |
| 17 | My Week with Marilyn | - | - | - | $74,953 | 42 | $408,762 | Jan 26 | Scanbox Entertainment | false |
| 18 | The Help | - | - | - | $72,773 | 98 | $1,694,204 | Nov 17 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Darkest Hour | - | - | - | $69,780 | 42 | $69,780 | Jan 12 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 20 | War Horse | - | - | - | $67,526 | 51 | $152,919 | Jan 26 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 21 | Larry Crowne | - | - | - | $33,974 | 9 | $92,623 | Dec 25 | Filmcompagniet | false |
| 22 | Jane Eyre | - | - | - | $32,348 | 12 | $313,708 | Nov 10 | Filmcompagniet | false |
| 23 | Drive | - | - | - | $30,892 | 19 | $1,278,666 | Sep 15 | - | false |
| 24 | The Last Journey | - | - | - | $30,274 | 86 | $286,342 | Dec 15 | United International Pictures | false |
| 25 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $23,063 | 8 | $108,552 | Dec 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 26 | The Secret World of Arrietty | - | - | - | $18,135 | 22 | $141,225 | Dec 25 | Camera Film | false |
| 27 | Hysteria | - | - | - | $15,506 | 28 | $183,800 | Dec 1 | Scanbox Entertainment | false |
| 28 | Tower Heist | - | - | - | $13,717 | 48 | $691,885 | Nov 10 | United International Pictures | false |
| 29 | A Separation | - | - | - | $9,672 | 3 | $90,925 | Nov 10 | - | false |
| 30 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $8,516 | 106 | $1,054,525 | Nov 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
