| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $1,700,324 | 118 | $3,819,086 | Dec 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $1,304,434 | 135 | $3,690,085 | Dec 25 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 3 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | - | - | - | $1,104,074 | 141 | $1,542,185 | Jan 13 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $1,078,015 | 121 | $1,796,603 | Dec 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $845,499 | 164 | $3,471,179 | Jan 27 | United International Pictures | false |
| 6 | My Week with Marilyn | - | - | - | $324,429 | 57 | $406,370 | Jan 13 | Scanbox Entertainment | false |
| 7 | Hysteria | - | - | - | $306,307 | 64 | $441,770 | Dec 25 | Scanbox Entertainment | false |
| 8 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $289,888 | 75 | $1,332,549 | Dec 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $262,272 | 34 | $419,811 | Jan 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Certified Copy | - | - | - | $254,223 | 28 | $356,547 | Dec 25 | - | false |
| 11 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $238,763 | 21 | $248,011 | Jan 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 12 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $235,329 | 147 | $1,458,330 | Dec 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | The Darkest Hour | - | - | - | $220,618 | 63 | $220,618 | Jan 13 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 14 | Shame | - | - | - | $204,519 | 33 | $277,708 | Jan 13 | Arthouse | false |
| 15 | A Separation | - | - | - | $182,747 | 30 | $307,620 | Dec 25 | Arthouse | false |
| 16 | The Descendants | - | - | - | $180,838 | 49 | $1,171,534 | Jan 27 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 17 | The Dead Have It Easy | - | - | - | $134,551 | 95 | $952,036 | Jan 20 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 18 | The Secret World of Arrietty | - | - | - | $126,272 | 39 | $293,036 | Dec 25 | Arthouse | false |
| 19 | Jackpot | - | - | - | $117,020 | 116 | $893,367 | Dec 2 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 20 | Simon & the Oaks | - | - | - | $113,515 | 47 | $155,440 | Dec 25 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 21 | Magic Silver II | - | - | - | $94,404 | 165 | $4,017,761 | Nov 18 | - | false |
| 22 | A Dangerous Method | - | - | - | $85,196 | 37 | $378,543 | Dec 2 | Scanbox Entertainment | false |
| 23 | Drive | - | - | - | $83,658 | 53 | $899,673 | Oct 21 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 24 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $81,340 | 167 | $4,305,359 | Nov 18 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 25 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | - | - | - | $69,452 | 42 | $418,214 | Jan 27 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 26 | Dolphin Tale | - | - | - | $59,791 | 23 | $316,484 | Jan 27 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $33,722 | 145 | $919,317 | Dec 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 28 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $21,884 | 150 | $2,726,282 | Oct 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 29 | Elevator | - | - | - | $14,221 | 23 | $14,221 | Jan 20 | - | false |
| 30 | Play | - | - | - | $12,542 | 16 | $49,994 | Jan 27 | Arthouse | false |
| 31 | Immortals | - | - | - | $10,121 | 86 | $678,171 | Nov 25 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 32 | Oslo, August 31st | - | - | - | $8,028 | 43 | $970,181 | Aug 31 | - | false |
