| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | War Horse | - | - | - | $21,111,748 | 513 | $29,572,235 | Jan 13 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $15,433,991 | 553 | $42,159,124 | Dec 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $14,861,594 | 517 | $28,916,714 | Dec 26 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 4 | The Iron Lady | - | - | - | $13,224,998 | 473 | $15,302,820 | Jan 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 5 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $11,589,755 | 479 | $18,796,728 | Dec 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 6 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $7,086,957 | 512 | $23,778,315 | Dec 16 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 7 | The Artist | - | - | - | $6,957,538 | 320 | $15,779,834 | Dec 30 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false |
| 8 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $6,782,184 | 510 | $24,035,077 | Dec 9 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 9 | Underworld: Awakening | - | - | - | $3,748,189 | 304 | $5,071,675 | Jan 20 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false |
| 10 | Haywire | - | - | - | $3,204,602 | 379 | $3,682,205 | Jan 20 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 11 | The Sitter | - | - | - | $3,095,071 | 355 | $3,862,166 | Jan 20 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 12 | The Descendants | - | - | - | $2,828,727 | 407 | $12,929,006 | Jan 27 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 13 | Goon | - | - | - | $2,816,630 | 358 | $2,816,630 | Jan 6 | Entertainment One | false |
| 14 | Shame | - | - | - | $2,447,903 | 118 | $3,203,687 | Jan 13 | Momentum Pictures | false |
| 15 | The Darkest Hour | - | - | - | $2,036,515 | 385 | $2,090,634 | Jan 13 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 16 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $1,926,026 | 438 | $11,659,393 | Dec 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 17 | The Grey | - | - | - | $1,721,740 | 348 | $5,060,542 | Jan 27 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false |
| 18 | A Monster in Paris | - | - | - | $1,641,805 | 470 | $5,160,885 | Jan 27 | Entertainment One | false |
| 19 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $1,291,595 | 259 | $1,647,423 | Jan 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | Hugo | - | - | - | $1,085,056 | 447 | $8,743,731 | Dec 2 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false |
| 21 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $951,111 | 845 | $34,138,253 | Nov 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 22 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $908,614 | 495 | $9,173,770 | Dec 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 23 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $616,341 | 546 | $48,806,194 | Nov 18 | Entertainment One | false |
| 24 | Coriolanus | - | - | - | $567,511 | 121 | $1,274,386 | Jan 20 | Lionsgate | false |
| 25 | Agneepath | - | - | - | $545,091 | 52 | $1,165,447 | Jan 27 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 26 | W.E. | - | - | - | $543,724 | 172 | $670,558 | Jan 20 | StudioCanal | false |
| 27 | Margin Call | - | - | - | $458,532 | 53 | $557,951 | Jan 13 | Stealth Media Group | false |
| 28 | Johnny English Reborn | - | - | - | $456,000 | 552 | $33,096,980 | Oct 7 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 29 | Don 2 | - | - | - | $391,216 | 76 | $2,233,312 | Dec 23 | Reliance Big Pictures | false |
| 30 | Players | - | - | - | $356,357 | 49 | $356,357 | Jan 6 | B4U Motion Pictures | false |
| 31 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | - | - | - | $349,327 | 468 | $22,550,697 | Sep 16 | StudioCanal UK | false |
| 32 | My Week with Marilyn | - | - | - | $345,442 | 398 | $5,137,004 | Nov 25 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false |
| 33 | Nanban | - | - | - | $324,882 | 24 | $340,011 | Jan 13 | - | false |
| 34 | The Lady | - | - | - | $253,532 | 117 | $451,066 | Dec 26 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false |
| 35 | Polish Roulette | - | - | - | $251,051 | 40 | $356,411 | Jan 27 | - | false |
| 36 | The Smurfs | - | - | - | $218,672 | 484 | $28,118,099 | Aug 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 37 | Like Crazy | - | - | - | $147,862 | 104 | $263,350 | Jan 27 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 38 | Dreams of a Life | - | - | - | $123,802 | 18 | $283,493 | Dec 16 | - | false |
| 39 | Intruders | - | - | - | $120,881 | 99 | $207,638 | Jan 27 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 40 | The Help | - | - | - | $115,625 | 335 | $6,845,373 | Oct 28 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 41 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | - | - | - | $109,205 | 117 | $3,518,623 | Oct 21 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 42 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | - | - | - | $79,599 | 452 | $19,578,622 | Oct 7 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 43 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $70,717 | 170 | $1,299,055 | Nov 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 44 | Midnight in Paris | - | - | - | $64,511 | 153 | $4,391,381 | Oct 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 45 | The Deep Blue Sea | - | - | - | $63,101 | 59 | $802,745 | Nov 25 | Artificial Eye | false |
| 46 | Wuthering Heights | - | - | - | $52,873 | 81 | $963,993 | Nov 11 | Artificial Eye | false |
| 47 | Vettai | - | - | - | $51,494 | 3 | $51,494 | Jan 13 | - | false |
| 48 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $27,806 | 217 | $4,731,759 | Oct 28 | Entertainment One | false |
| 49 | Uchithanai Muharnthaal | - | - | - | $24,067 | 4 | $24,067 | Jan 6 | - | false |
| 50 | Berlin Kaplani | - | - | - | $23,850 | 3 | $50,783 | Jan 27 | Kinostar Filmverleih | false |
| 51 | The Rum Diary | - | - | - | $22,105 | 324 | $2,499,158 | Nov 11 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false |
| 52 | The Awakening | - | - | - | $21,211 | 139 | $1,042,550 | Nov 11 | StudioCanal UK | false |
| 53 | Weekend | - | - | - | $18,475 | 20 | $351,043 | Nov 4 | Peccadillo Pictures | false |
| 54 | Margaret | - | - | - | $18,367 | 23 | $93,888 | Dec 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 55 | 50/50 | - | - | - | $15,994 | 228 | $2,357,318 | Nov 25 | Lionsgate | false |
| 56 | Tower Heist | - | - | - | $13,636 | 417 | $7,060,653 | Nov 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 57 | Drive | - | - | - | $12,784 | 190 | $4,693,696 | Sep 23 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | false |
| 58 | L'Atalante | - | - | - | $9,505 | 3 | $9,505 | Jan 20 | British Film Institute (BFI) | false |
| 59 | Desi Boyz | - | - | - | $9,044 | 52 | $928,010 | Nov 25 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 60 | Last Stop: Kurtulus | - | - | - | $8,555 | 2 | $8,555 | Jan 13 | Kinostar Filmverleih | false |
| 61 | Mother and Child | - | - | - | $7,472 | 12 | $7,472 | Jan 6 | - | false |
| 62 | House of Tolerance | - | - | - | $6,954 | 5 | $19,564 | Jan 27 | The Works UK Distribution | false |
| 63 | The Nine Muses | - | - | - | $6,400 | 3 | $11,127 | Jan 20 | New Wave Films | false |
| 64 | Another Earth | - | - | - | $6,309 | 116 | $363,659 | Dec 9 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 65 | Patience | - | - | - | $6,188 | 2 | $30,469 | Jan 27 | Soda Pictures | false |
| 66 | Acts of Godfrey | - | - | - | $5,458 | 2 | $5,458 | Jan 27 | Guerilla Films | false |
| 67 | Buried Secrets 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,380 | 32 | $222,494 | Dec 2 | - | false |
| 68 | Tatsumi | - | - | - | $4,243 | 5 | $4,243 | Jan 13 | Soda Pictures | false |
| 69 | We Have a Pope | - | - | - | $3,736 | 16 | $114,512 | Dec 2 | Soda Pictures | false |
| 70 | All's Well, Ends Well 2012 | - | - | - | $1,926 | 2 | $1,926 | Jan 27 | Metrodome Distribution | false |
| 71 | A Useful Life 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,888 | 3 | $1,888 | Jan 13 | - | false |
