| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | - | - | - | $6,581,950 | 228 | $22,751,112 | Dec 12 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 2 | Life of Pi | - | - | - | $3,948,062 | 163 | $7,841,336 | Dec 21 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 3 | The Anderssons in Greece | - | - | - | $3,483,848 | 182 | $7,170,719 | Dec 25 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 4 | Django Unchained | - | - | - | $2,997,349 | 139 | $5,723,060 | Jan 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | Metal Brothers | - | - | - | $2,203,354 | 244 | $4,527,912 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 6 | Jack Reacher | - | - | - | $1,694,979 | 135 | $1,908,506 | Jan 4 | United International Pictures | false |
| 7 | Les Misérables | - | - | - | $1,536,047 | 141 | $3,109,484 | Jan 18 | United International Pictures | false |
| 8 | Gangster Squad | - | - | - | $940,478 | 110 | $1,107,062 | Jan 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | Skyfall | - | - | - | $930,283 | 222 | $17,862,662 | Oct 26 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 10 | The Intouchables | - | - | - | $815,574 | 81 | $6,673,949 | Sep 21 | Scanbox Entertainment | false |
| 11 | Rise of the Guardians | - | - | - | $765,367 | 157 | $2,424,971 | Nov 30 | United International Pictures | false |
| 12 | Wallander: Den orolige mannen | - | - | - | $507,097 | 89 | $540,701 | Jan 11 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 13 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | - | - | - | $338,446 | 32 | $338,777 | Jan 11 | NonStop Entertainment | false |
| 14 | Flight | - | - | - | $316,672 | 88 | $758,122 | Jan 25 | United International Pictures | false |
| 15 | Rust and Bone | - | - | - | $315,154 | 30 | $495,268 | Dec 21 | - | false |
| 16 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 | - | - | - | $297,090 | 195 | $8,318,364 | Nov 14 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 17 | Finding Nemo 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $242,553 | 113 | $457,925 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 18 | Call Girl | - | - | - | $237,785 | 141 | $1,751,540 | Nov 9 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 19 | Argo | - | - | - | $219,127 | 80 | $1,341,579 | Nov 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | The Secret of the Gods | - | - | - | $194,146 | 180 | $1,563,264 | Oct 26 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 21 | Lincoln | - | - | - | $164,728 | 44 | $653,283 | Jan 25 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 22 | Searching for Sugar Man | - | - | - | $144,175 | 67 | $1,749,108 | Aug 24 | NonStop Entertainment | false |
| 23 | Hotel Transylvania | - | - | - | $97,495 | 213 | $3,241,352 | Oct 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 24 | Little Anna and the Tall Uncle | - | - | - | $91,828 | 102 | $484,423 | Oct 26 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 25 | The Last Sentence | - | - | - | $55,034 | 43 | $243,547 | Dec 7 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 26 | Yoko | - | - | - | $47,539 | 50 | $135,894 | Jan 18 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 27 | Sinister | - | - | - | $42,426 | 39 | $322,272 | Nov 30 | Scanbox Entertainment | false |
| 28 | Frankenweenie | - | - | - | $41,700 | 40 | $41,700 | Jan 11 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 29 | Up & Away | - | - | - | $32,530 | 30 | $299,769 | Nov 30 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 30 | The Angels' Share | - | - | - | $31,538 | 20 | $76,455 | Dec 21 | Folkets Bio | false |
| 31 | Amour | - | - | - | $18,658 | 17 | $276,304 | Nov 23 | Folkets Bio | false |
