| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Omar & Salma 3 | - | - | - | $219,620 | 10 | $534,839 | Jan 12 | - | false |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $219,323 | 11 | $734,612 | Dec 15 | United International Pictures | false |
| 3 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $200,240 | 9 | $352,828 | Dec 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Where Do We Go Now? | - | - | - | $122,172 | 8 | $2,291,529 | Sep 22 | - | false |
| 5 | Underworld: Awakening | - | - | - | $100,021 | 8 | $168,565 | Jan 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 6 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $98,044 | 7 | $104,487 | Jan 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 7 | The Intouchables | - | - | - | $97,866 | 6 | $133,984 | Jan 5 | - | false |
| 8 | Cash Flow | - | - | - | $56,365 | 9 | $409,327 | Jan 26 | - | false |
| 9 | X-Large | - | - | - | $44,402 | 5 | $89,525 | Dec 29 | - | false |
| 10 | Contraband | - | - | - | $44,193 | 9 | $94,897 | Jan 26 | United International Pictures | false |
| 11 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $43,458 | 8 | $231,256 | Dec 15 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 12 | Coriolanus | - | - | - | $42,578 | 5 | $59,650 | Jan 19 | Prime Pictures | false |
| 13 | Hugo | - | - | - | $37,534 | 7 | $113,467 | Dec 22 | - | false |
| 14 | One for the Money | - | - | - | $36,470 | 9 | $119,153 | Jan 26 | Jaguar Film International Distribution | false |
| 15 | A Dangerous Method | - | - | - | $31,182 | 3 | $42,014 | Jan 19 | - | false |
| 16 | The Descendants | - | - | - | $28,410 | 6 | $70,602 | Jan 26 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 17 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $26,703 | 5 | $174,467 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | My Week with Marilyn | - | - | - | $19,722 | 5 | $23,130 | Jan 19 | Italian International Film | false |
| 19 | The Artist | - | - | - | $16,901 | 5 | $57,326 | Dec 15 | Joseph Chacra & Sons | false |
| 20 | The Darkest Hour | - | - | - | $15,879 | 5 | $64,325 | Jan 12 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 21 | Khallet Warde | - | - | - | $15,719 | 2 | $124,586 | Nov 24 | Italian International Film | false |
| 22 | Jack and Jill | - | - | - | $15,687 | 8 | $305,579 | Dec 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 23 | Warrior | - | - | - | $14,338 | 6 | $14,338 | Jan 5 | - | false |
| 24 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $12,860 | 12 | $236,421 | Nov 24 | United International Pictures | false |
| 25 | War Horse | - | - | - | $11,350 | 5 | $27,756 | Jan 26 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 26 | Machine Gun Preacher | - | - | - | $11,234 | 6 | $31,136 | Jan 12 | - | false |
| 27 | And Soon the Darkness | - | - | - | $9,328 | 4 | $9,328 | Jan 5 | - | false |
| 28 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $8,899 | 6 | $137,743 | Dec 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 29 | The Tree of Life | - | - | - | $3,232 | 3 | $16,565 | Dec 22 | Italian International Film | false |
| 30 | The Muppets | - | - | - | $2,258 | 2 | $20,409 | Dec 15 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 31 | A Dangerous Man | - | - | - | $2,215 | 3 | $2,215 | Jan 19 | - | false |
| 32 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $1,467 | 9 | $505,096 | Nov 17 | Jaguar Film International Distribution | false |
| 33 | Polisse | - | - | - | $1,324 | 1 | $6,402 | Jan 26 | Joseph Chacra & Sons | false |
| 34 | A Matador's Mistress 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $644 | 1 | $8,994 | Dec 29 | - | false |
| 35 | Immortals | - | - | - | $166 | 8 | $406,618 | Nov 10 | - | false |
| 36 | Seeking Justice | - | - | - | $118 | 5 | $67,188 | Nov 3 | Italian International Film | false |
| 37 | I Don't Know How She Does It | - | - | - | $60 | 5 | $30,142 | Nov 17 | Italian International Film | false |
