| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Les Misérables | - | - | - | $32,755,672 | 366 | $65,566,020 | Dec 21 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 2 | One Piece Film Z | - | - | - | $24,059,125 | 311 | $72,822,122 | Dec 15 | Toei Company | false |
| 3 | Ted | - | - | - | $16,141,258 | 457 | $43,994,113 | Jan 18 | Toho-Towa | false |
| 4 | Hunter X Hunter: Phantom Rouge | - | - | - | $12,027,397 | 257 | $12,595,288 | Jan 12 | Toho | false |
| 5 | Tokyo Family | - | - | - | $10,794,721 | 319 | $16,713,198 | Jan 19 | Shochiku | false |
| 6 | Strawberry Night | - | - | - | $8,198,478 | 312 | $21,936,264 | Jan 26 | Toho | false |
| 7 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | - | - | - | $7,767,478 | 878 | $19,213,976 | Dec 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Life of Pi | - | - | - | $7,591,832 | 715 | $19,653,717 | Jan 25 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 9 | Skyfall | - | - | - | $7,501,126 | 578 | $32,497,509 | Dec 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 10 | Looper | - | - | - | $5,171,709 | 201 | $5,345,530 | Jan 12 | Gaga | false |
| 11 | Humanoid Monster, Bem the Movie | - | - | - | $4,785,717 | 331 | $12,628,578 | Dec 15 | Toho | false |
| 12 | Taken 2 | - | - | - | $4,253,567 | 288 | $4,703,075 | Jan 11 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 13 | Love for Beginners | - | - | - | $4,037,018 | 301 | $19,499,312 | Dec 8 | Toho | false |
| 14 | The Lady Shogun and Her Men 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $3,281,357 | 308 | $6,715,094 | Dec 22 | Shochiku | false |
| 15 | Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie | - | - | - | $3,138,845 | 275 | $4,435,269 | Jan 19 | Toei Company | false |
| 16 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | - | - | - | $2,726,499 | 151 | $4,083,596 | Dec 28 | - | false |
| 17 | Kamen Rider Movie War Ultimatum: Kamen Rider vs. Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze | - | - | - | $2,536,446 | 300 | $13,105,773 | Dec 8 | Toei Company | false |
| 18 | Frankenweenie | - | - | - | $1,767,839 | 489 | $7,287,912 | Dec 15 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 19 | Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo | - | - | - | $1,566,979 | 223 | $59,891,241 | Nov 17 | The Klockworx | false |
| 20 | Seven Souls in the Skull Castle | - | - | - | $1,021,783 | 76 | $1,074,459 | Jan 5 | - | false |
| 21 | Inazuma Eleven: The Movie | - | - | - | $633,794 | 270 | $7,243,674 | Dec 1 | Toho | false |
| 22 | Before the Vigil | - | - | - | $232,007 | 203 | $232,007 | Jan 26 | Toei Company | false |
| 23 | Blue Exorcist: The Movie | - | - | - | $197,393 | 183 | $5,973,125 | Dec 28 | Toho | false |
| 24 | Lesson of the Evil | - | - | - | $181,315 | 309 | $25,936,949 | Nov 10 | Toho | false |
