| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $6,935,971 | 1,171 | $10,552,525 | Dec 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $5,297,787 | 1,248 | $12,997,636 | Dec 22 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 3 | The Darkest Hour | - | - | - | $3,238,482 | 588 | $4,403,167 | Jan 13 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $2,779,292 | 540 | $5,383,935 | Jan 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $2,208,528 | 1,579 | $17,537,732 | Dec 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 6 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $2,123,681 | 1,016 | $8,203,448 | Dec 15 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 7 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $2,072,138 | 882 | $4,217,881 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 8 | Underworld: Awakening | - | - | - | $1,978,676 | 510 | $7,288,128 | Jan 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 9 | A Little Bit of Heaven | - | - | - | $1,272,097 | 201 | $2,379,649 | Dec 29 | - | false |
| 10 | We Bought a Zoo | - | - | - | $1,260,603 | 348 | $2,698,052 | Dec 22 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 11 | The Ward | - | - | - | $1,225,787 | 178 | $1,837,748 | Jan 6 | Videocine | false |
| 12 | Immortals | - | - | - | $1,221,070 | 685 | $5,365,813 | Dec 15 | Gussi Films | false |
| 13 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $1,139,129 | 172 | $1,525,192 | Jan 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | - | - | - | $852,645 | 365 | $1,562,714 | Jan 20 | Gussi Films | false |
| 15 | Hugo | - | - | - | $763,539 | 377 | $3,280,798 | Jan 27 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 16 | War Horse | - | - | - | $653,257 | 110 | $1,261,395 | Jan 13 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 17 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $577,669 | 409 | $2,855,630 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | One Day | - | - | - | $504,151 | 69 | $707,152 | Jan 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 19 | Tower Heist | - | - | - | $498,593 | 467 | $2,687,020 | Dec 9 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 20 | Sleep Tight | - | - | - | $450,814 | 200 | $1,107,633 | Dec 15 | - | false |
| 21 | The Skin I Live In | - | - | - | $405,051 | 107 | $1,116,612 | Dec 2 | Videocine | false |
| 22 | Seeking Justice | - | - | - | $371,794 | 130 | $790,783 | Jan 13 | - | false |
| 23 | Man on a Ledge | - | - | - | $313,778 | 255 | $1,460,436 | Jan 27 | - | false |
| 24 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | - | - | - | $260,504 | 48 | $393,338 | Jan 13 | - | false |
| 25 | The Thing | - | - | - | $239,376 | 152 | $571,895 | Nov 25 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 26 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $239,272 | 78 | $874,769 | Jan 27 | - | false |
| 27 | The Rum Diary | - | - | - | $238,580 | 57 | $394,042 | Jan 13 | Gussi Films | false |
| 28 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $227,538 | 851 | $3,366,205 | Dec 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 29 | Drive | - | - | - | $219,498 | 101 | $996,469 | Jan 27 | Gussi Films | false |
| 30 | The Conspirator | - | - | - | $107,499 | 54 | $231,829 | Dec 29 | Gussi Films | false |
| 31 | Love Life | - | - | - | $99,289 | 40 | $162,891 | Jan 6 | - | false |
| 32 | Three Steps Above Heaven | - | - | - | $99,136 | 61 | $358,350 | Jan 20 | - | false |
| 33 | The Last Death | - | - | - | $90,990 | 150 | $297,323 | Jan 27 | Videocine | false |
| 34 | 30 Minutes or Less | - | - | - | $79,271 | 100 | $353,786 | Oct 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 35 | Kidnapped | - | - | - | $67,477 | 50 | $103,933 | Jan 6 | Gussi Films | false |
| 36 | Exam | - | - | - | $56,951 | 43 | $86,514 | Jan 20 | - | false |
| 37 | In a Better World | - | - | - | $44,652 | 20 | $109,668 | Dec 22 | - | false |
| 38 | The Muppets | - | - | - | $30,258 | 752 | $4,318,666 | Nov 25 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 39 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $22,464 | 2,150 | $18,856,968 | Nov 17 | - | false |
| 40 | Stake Land | - | - | - | $15,443 | 12 | $61,615 | Dec 9 | - | false |
| 41 | Anonymous | - | - | - | $15,004 | 7 | $73,576 | Dec 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 42 | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | - | - | - | $9,843 | 13 | $48,105 | Dec 15 | - | false |
| 43 | The Double Hour | - | - | - | $8,428 | 13 | $14,250 | Dec 29 | - | false |
| 44 | Rapt 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $7,937 | 7 | $26,402 | Jan 13 | - | false |
| 45 | Jack and Jill | - | - | - | $6,053 | 874 | $8,609,215 | Nov 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 46 | Lebanon | - | - | - | $4,313 | 2 | $5,720 | Dec 29 | - | false |
| 47 | The Kid Who Lies | - | - | - | $3,537 | 3 | $3,537 | Jan 6 | - | false |
| 48 | When You're Strange | - | - | - | $3,210 | 2 | $9,893 | Dec 16 | - | false |
| 49 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $2,570 | 757 | $3,595,472 | Nov 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 50 | The Matchmaker | - | - | - | $2,463 | 3 | $2,920 | Jan 20 | - | false |
| 51 | Le Quattro Volte | - | - | - | $2,178 | 2 | $4,143 | Jan 20 | - | false |
| 52 | October | - | - | - | $938 | 2 | $1,477 | Dec 23 | - | false |
| 53 | Aurora | - | - | - | $737 | 2 | $4,468 | Dec 2 | - | false |
