| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles ~Animal Adventure~ | - | - | - | $31,808,278 | 359 | $44,649,222 | Mar 3 | Toho | false |
| 2 | Liar Game: Reborn | - | - | - | $21,887,790 | 318 | $24,549,726 | Mar 3 | Toho | false |
| 3 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $17,821,714 | 464 | $22,772,632 | Mar 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 4 | We Were There: True Love | - | - | - | $16,623,907 | 297 | $28,876,929 | Mar 17 | Toho | false |
| 5 | Hugo | - | - | - | $9,890,038 | 508 | $11,695,447 | Mar 1 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 6 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $8,897,327 | 520 | $13,758,233 | Mar 16 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 7 | In Time | - | - | - | $7,958,458 | 427 | $21,565,348 | Feb 17 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 8 | Precure All Stars New Stage Movie: Friends of the Future | - | - | - | $7,884,952 | 172 | $11,848,319 | Mar 17 | Toei Company | false |
| 9 | War Horse | - | - | - | $7,196,531 | 336 | $7,675,193 | Mar 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 10 | The Iron Lady | - | - | - | $6,914,147 | 206 | $10,302,625 | Mar 17 | Gaga | false |
| 11 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $4,692,969 | 617 | $6,604,041 | Mar 16 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 12 | Ultraman Saga | - | - | - | $3,077,004 | 369 | $6,120,006 | Mar 24 | Shochiku | false |
| 13 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $2,710,000 | 431 | $15,802,569 | Feb 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 14 | Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 | - | - | - | $2,208,991 | 473 | $40,757,117 | Jan 21 | Toho | false |
| 15 | Ouran High School Host Club | - | - | - | $1,999,892 | 149 | $2,821,766 | Mar 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 16 | Train Brain Express | - | - | - | $1,570,252 | 204 | $2,137,888 | Mar 24 | Toei Company | false |
| 17 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | - | - | - | $1,363,489 | 309 | $6,109,517 | Feb 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $1,352,422 | 206 | $3,455,688 | Feb 25 | - | false |
| 19 | Strike Witches the Movie | - | - | - | $1,180,055 | 18 | $1,997,136 | Mar 17 | - | false |
| 20 | Welcome Home, Hayabusa | - | - | - | $1,080,837 | 463 | $1,080,837 | Mar 10 | Shochiku | false |
| 21 | The Wings of the Kirin | - | - | - | $1,010,976 | 377 | $19,773,978 | Jan 28 | Toho | false |
| 22 | Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home | - | - | - | $1,009,688 | 314 | $7,713,159 | Feb 11 | Toei Company | false |
| 23 | Ace Attorney | - | - | - | $762,476 | 275 | $6,145,395 | Feb 11 | Toho | false |
| 24 | Afro Tanaka | - | - | - | $492,545 | 72 | $1,872,727 | Feb 18 | Showgate | false |
| 25 | Underworld: Awakening | - | - | - | $478,992 | 177 | $1,351,034 | Feb 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 26 | Carnage | - | - | - | $327,972 | 13 | $651,917 | Feb 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 27 | Arakawa Under the Bridge | - | - | - | $172,586 | 172 | $3,348,319 | Feb 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 28 | Nihon rettou: Ikimonotachi no monogatari | - | - | - | $139,479 | 276 | $5,059,460 | Jan 14 | Toho | false |
| 29 | Restless | - | - | - | $17,362 | 20 | $845,452 | Dec 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
