| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | - | - | - | $25,977,181 | 888 | $88,849,559 | Dec 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Django Unchained | - | - | - | $22,716,701 | 865 | $51,597,323 | Jan 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Life of Pi | - | - | - | $15,017,414 | 722 | $26,838,011 | Dec 26 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 4 | The Break Up Man | - | - | - | $14,038,669 | 618 | $24,627,916 | Jan 10 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 5 | Jack Reacher | - | - | - | $5,487,147 | 510 | $5,511,119 | Jan 3 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 6 | Pitch Perfect | - | - | - | $4,276,097 | 401 | $10,171,719 | Dec 20 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 7 | Vampire Sisters | - | - | - | $3,638,630 | 579 | $6,960,442 | Dec 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 8 | Skyfall | - | - | - | $3,331,637 | 1,338 | $85,283,256 | Nov 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 9 | Jesus Loves Me | - | - | - | $2,559,473 | 394 | $6,555,894 | Dec 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Silver Linings Playbook | - | - | - | $2,536,324 | 201 | $3,002,483 | Jan 3 | Senator Film | false |
| 11 | A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise | - | - | - | $2,496,382 | 585 | $6,071,900 | Dec 20 | - | false |
| 12 | Wreck-It Ralph | - | - | - | $2,463,737 | 593 | $10,305,058 | Dec 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 13 | Knight Rusty | - | - | - | $2,398,557 | 607 | $4,740,985 | Jan 10 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 14 | Flight | - | - | - | $2,101,754 | 345 | $6,345,532 | Jan 24 | - | false |
| 15 | Hannah Arendt | - | - | - | $1,896,556 | 123 | $3,562,865 | Jan 10 | - | false |
| 16 | Celal and Ceren | - | - | - | $1,324,224 | 80 | $2,026,019 | Jan 17 | - | false |
| 17 | Lincoln | - | - | - | $1,113,488 | 261 | $5,134,662 | Jan 24 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 18 | Gangster Squad | - | - | - | $1,024,001 | 267 | $2,587,867 | Jan 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | House at the End of the Street | - | - | - | $1,008,402 | 181 | $1,463,627 | Jan 17 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 20 | Rust and Bone | - | - | - | $850,425 | 80 | $1,557,033 | Jan 10 | - | false |
| 21 | Movie 43 | - | - | - | $750,076 | 224 | $1,770,423 | Jan 24 | Constantin Film | false |
| 22 | Quartet | - | - | - | $630,200 | 147 | $2,562,810 | Jan 24 | - | false |
| 23 | Anna Karenina | - | - | - | $602,461 | 211 | $4,240,606 | Dec 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 24 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | - | - | - | $497,627 | 765 | $39,292,461 | Nov 22 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 25 | Paradise: Love | - | - | - | $335,209 | 61 | $698,358 | Jan 3 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false |
| 26 | Cloud Atlas | - | - | - | $278,160 | 554 | $12,663,498 | Nov 15 | X Verleih AG | false |
| 27 | Rise of the Guardians | - | - | - | $253,553 | 585 | $6,926,594 | Nov 29 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 28 | Ludwig II | - | - | - | $235,705 | 214 | $1,129,324 | Dec 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 29 | The Secret of the Gods | - | - | - | $219,664 | 490 | $5,393,372 | Nov 15 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 30 | Frankenweenie | - | - | - | $194,976 | 165 | $407,641 | Jan 24 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 31 | More Than Honey | - | - | - | $182,049 | 129 | $1,092,063 | Nov 8 | Senator Film | false |
| 32 | CM101MMXI Fundamentals | - | - | - | $173,780 | 29 | $296,370 | Jan 3 | - | false |
| 33 | A Coffee in Berlin | - | - | - | $153,824 | 55 | $2,035,193 | Nov 1 | X Verleih AG | false |
| 34 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | - | - | - | $149,090 | 60 | $681,551 | Dec 20 | MFA+ FilmDistribution | false |
| 35 | The Adventures of Huck Finn | - | - | - | $148,814 | 215 | $953,003 | Dec 20 | - | false |
| 36 | The Wall | - | - | - | $118,600 | 135 | $2,966,367 | Oct 11 | - | false |
| 37 | Haute Cuisine | - | - | - | $108,227 | 69 | $587,995 | Dec 20 | Alamode Film | false |
| 38 | The Sessions | - | - | - | $95,550 | 64 | $254,034 | Jan 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 39 | Seven Psychopaths | - | - | - | $95,464 | 165 | $1,577,210 | Dec 6 | - | false |
| 40 | The Art of Flight | - | - | - | $93,719 | 51 | $94,310 | Jan 11 | - | false |
| 41 | End of Watch | - | - | - | $92,320 | 179 | $1,895,639 | Dec 20 | TOBIS Film | false |
| 42 | Measuring the World | - | - | - | $88,494 | 332 | $7,035,544 | Oct 25 | - | false |
| 43 | Maniac | - | - | - | $87,644 | 87 | $431,401 | Dec 27 | - | false |
| 44 | Hotel Transylvania | - | - | - | $73,068 | 820 | $10,913,349 | Oct 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 45 | Silent Hill: Revelation | - | - | - | $70,096 | 278 | $2,899,299 | Nov 29 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 46 | Here Comes the Boom | - | - | - | $46,026 | 559 | $7,365,214 | Nov 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 47 | Bela Kiss: Prologue | - | - | - | $39,748 | 25 | $39,748 | Jan 10 | - | false |
| 48 | Chasing Mavericks | - | - | - | $32,966 | 83 | $89,890 | Jan 17 | Senator Film | false |
| 49 | Red Dawn | - | - | - | $32,422 | 210 | $658,101 | Dec 27 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 50 | Sinister | - | - | - | $29,638 | 106 | $1,237,963 | Nov 22 | - | false |
| 51 | Evim Sensin | - | - | - | $27,591 | 80 | $2,600,938 | Nov 29 | - | false |
| 52 | Staub auf unseren Herzen | - | - | - | $19,233 | 22 | $65,178 | Jan 17 | Movienet | false |
