| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $33,151,976 | 637 | $69,695,185 | Dec 16 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 2 | Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 | - | - | - | $18,604,944 | 473 | $40,757,117 | Jan 21 | Toho | false |
| 3 | Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet | - | - | - | $11,808,418 | 311 | $17,969,314 | Dec 23 | Toei Company | false |
| 4 | Friends: Naki on the Monster Island | - | - | - | $10,207,153 | 334 | $18,760,582 | Dec 17 | Toho | false |
| 5 | Robo-G | - | - | - | $9,733,010 | 278 | $14,583,603 | Jan 14 | Toho | false |
| 6 | Kaibutsu-kun: The Movie | - | - | - | $8,037,701 | 446 | $39,766,344 | Nov 26 | Toho | false |
| 7 | Inazuma Eleven GO the Movie: The Ultimate Bonds Gryphon 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $6,819,449 | 374 | $14,180,109 | Dec 23 | Toho | false |
| 8 | Genji monogatari: Sennen no nazo | - | - | - | $5,455,850 | 414 | $17,295,465 | Dec 10 | Toho | false |
| 9 | Magic Tree House | - | - | - | $5,209,594 | 178 | $5,747,918 | Jan 7 | Gaga | false |
| 10 | Kamen Rider Fourze: Everyone, Space is Here! | - | - | - | $5,049,047 | 302 | $18,982,811 | Dec 10 | Toei Company | false |
| 11 | Real Steel | - | - | - | $5,046,562 | 514 | $17,887,068 | Dec 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 12 | K-On! The Movie | - | - | - | $4,478,375 | 137 | $21,419,792 | Dec 3 | Shochiku | false |
| 13 | Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie | - | - | - | $3,875,601 | 266 | $6,688,303 | Jan 21 | Toho | false |
| 14 | Wild 7 | - | - | - | $3,735,710 | 292 | $7,464,912 | Dec 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | The Wings of the Kirin | - | - | - | $3,594,383 | 377 | $19,773,978 | Jan 28 | Toho | false |
| 16 | My Way | - | - | - | $2,767,504 | 300 | $2,767,504 | Jan 14 | Toei Company | false |
| 17 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $2,454,956 | 241 | $6,621,308 | Dec 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | You're My Pet | - | - | - | $2,424,009 | 92 | $3,682,096 | Jan 21 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 19 | A Ghost of a Chance | - | - | - | $2,131,368 | 427 | $53,982,636 | Oct 29 | Toho | false |
| 20 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $1,826,206 | 895 | $13,513,900 | Dec 1 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 21 | Fright Night | - | - | - | $1,606,049 | 444 | $1,606,049 | Jan 7 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 22 | Johnny English Reborn | - | - | - | $1,530,015 | 126 | $1,530,015 | Jan 21 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 23 | Himizu | - | - | - | $1,220,249 | 79 | $1,220,249 | Jan 14 | Gaga | false |
| 24 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $984,117 | 138 | $3,558,295 | Jan 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | Documentary of AKB48: Show Must Go On | - | - | - | $964,953 | 94 | $3,984,152 | Jan 27 | - | false |
| 26 | Bread of Happiness | - | - | - | $461,647 | 47 | $1,659,800 | Jan 28 | Asmik Ace Entertainment | false |
| 27 | Restless | - | - | - | $461,469 | 20 | $845,452 | Dec 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 28 | Tempest 3D 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $306,607 | 157 | $449,518 | Jan 28 | - | false |
| 29 | Jack and Jill | - | - | - | $143,312 | 19 | $193,324 | Jan 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 30 | Crossroads | - | - | - | $119,495 | 211 | $6,943,105 | Dec 3 | Shochiku | false |
| 31 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $111,590 | 329 | $11,499,680 | Nov 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 32 | 30 Minutes or Less | - | - | - | $21,047 | 7 | $114,834 | Dec 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 33 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $224 | 292 | $1,598,340 | Nov 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 34 | Friends with Benefits | - | - | - | $86 | 48 | $520,303 | Oct 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
