| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $121,735 | 7 | $238,376 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | The Parade | - | - | - | $101,562 | 21 | $1,165,564 | Nov 3 | - | false |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $71,362 | 10 | $176,117 | Dec 15 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 4 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $60,084 | 10 | $205,073 | Dec 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 5 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $59,510 | 10 | $71,735 | Jan 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 6 | The Darkest Hour | - | - | - | $52,398 | 12 | $66,078 | Dec 29 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 7 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $50,729 | 7 | $171,517 | Dec 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Jack and Jill | - | - | - | $42,878 | 7 | $78,661 | Jan 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 9 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $35,987 | 7 | $100,925 | Dec 15 | United International Pictures | false |
| 10 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $33,672 | 10 | $50,928 | Jan 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $19,714 | 14 | $124,177 | Nov 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 12 | The Muppets | - | - | - | $15,555 | 5 | $21,916 | Jan 12 | United International Pictures | false |
| 13 | Underworld: Awakening | - | - | - | $15,414 | 9 | $50,814 | Jan 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 14 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $13,838 | 7 | $120,898 | Nov 24 | - | false |
| 15 | Immortals | - | - | - | $11,189 | 10 | $166,378 | Nov 17 | - | false |
| 16 | We Bought a Zoo | - | - | - | $8,741 | 8 | $35,248 | Jan 26 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 17 | Coriolanus | - | - | - | $4,606 | 3 | $38,825 | Jan 26 | - | false |
| 18 | The Thing | - | - | - | $4,346 | 3 | $5,042 | Dec 29 | United International Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Smurfs | - | - | - | $4,253 | 22 | $633,989 | Aug 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 20 | Haywire | - | - | - | $4,189 | 4 | $14,167 | Jan 26 | - | false |
| 21 | Midnight in Paris | - | - | - | $3,859 | 3 | $39,780 | Nov 10 | - | false |
| 22 | Freddy Frogface | - | - | - | $3,598 | 3 | $9,395 | Dec 29 | - | false |
| 23 | Dream House | - | - | - | $3,571 | 4 | $11,875 | Nov 17 | - | false |
| 24 | Pina | - | - | - | $2,926 | 2 | $16,901 | Dec 8 | - | false |
| 25 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $2,196 | 12 | $64,727 | Nov 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 26 | Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure | - | - | - | $1,715 | 10 | $41,843 | Oct 6 | - | false |
| 27 | Anonymous | - | - | - | $1,464 | 2 | $24,504 | Nov 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 28 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $1,351 | 2 | $13,588 | Dec 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 29 | Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying | - | - | - | $1,208 | 4 | $5,630 | Dec 8 | - | false |
| 30 | The Women on the 6th Floor | - | - | - | $1,048 | 1 | $2,479 | Dec 8 | - | false |
| 31 | The Three Musketeers | - | - | - | $919 | 9 | $120,792 | Oct 20 | - | false |
| 32 | Shame | - | - | - | $861 | 1 | $5,791 | Dec 8 | - | false |
| 33 | Santa's Apprentice | - | - | - | $545 | 2 | $993 | Dec 29 | - | false |
