| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $13,700,599 | 789 | $33,077,090 | Nov 24 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 2 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $10,633,749 | 878 | $16,561,165 | Oct 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Paranormal Activity 3 | - | - | - | $7,292,000 | 333 | $8,044,089 | Nov 3 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 4 | Immortals | - | - | - | $6,967,975 | 445 | $8,446,489 | Nov 10 | Constantin Film | false |
| 5 | Eine ganz heiße Nummer | - | - | - | $6,354,175 | 214 | $10,702,573 | Oct 27 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 6 | Real Steel | - | - | - | $6,074,362 | 500 | $6,588,375 | Nov 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 7 | One Day | - | - | - | $6,005,967 | 391 | $7,028,098 | Nov 3 | TOBIS Film | false |
| 8 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | - | - | - | $5,345,877 | 455 | $6,985,209 | Nov 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 9 | Tower Heist | - | - | - | $4,183,161 | 461 | $4,430,889 | Nov 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 10 | Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods | - | - | - | $2,473,717 | 747 | $17,526,529 | Sep 29 | Constantin Film | false |
| 11 | Killer Elite | - | - | - | $2,352,607 | 402 | $4,107,671 | Oct 27 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 12 | Johnny English Reborn | - | - | - | $2,275,239 | 709 | $14,175,999 | Oct 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 13 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $1,985,427 | 711 | $3,265,322 | Nov 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 14 | Anonymous | - | - | - | $1,894,058 | 322 | $2,227,187 | Nov 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 15 | A Dangerous Method | - | - | - | $1,588,591 | 111 | $2,213,447 | Nov 10 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 16 | Carnage | - | - | - | $1,305,986 | 440 | $7,754,332 | Nov 24 | Constantin Film | false |
| 17 | Contagion | - | - | - | $1,282,127 | 210 | $3,862,820 | Oct 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Three Quarter Moon | - | - | - | $1,063,680 | 135 | $2,744,227 | Oct 13 | - | false |
| 19 | Tom Sawyer | - | - | - | $978,928 | 425 | $2,475,721 | Nov 17 | - | false |
| 20 | I Don't Know How She Does It | - | - | - | $933,996 | 281 | $1,190,589 | Nov 17 | Central Film | false |
| 21 | Abduction | - | - | - | $897,105 | 303 | $4,147,250 | Oct 13 | - | false |
| 22 | Hotel Lux | - | - | - | $887,663 | 290 | $1,512,708 | Oct 27 | Constantin Film | false |
| 23 | Laura's Star and the Dream Monster | - | - | - | $878,815 | 494 | $2,750,767 | Oct 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | The Thing | - | - | - | $859,258 | 262 | $1,106,493 | Nov 17 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 25 | The Change-Up | - | - | - | $772,362 | 418 | $4,832,138 | Oct 13 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 26 | This Must Be the Place | - | - | - | $636,037 | 70 | $860,956 | Nov 10 | - | false |
| 27 | The Skin I Live In | - | - | - | $592,735 | 72 | $1,279,313 | Oct 20 | TOBIS Film | false |
| 28 | Men in the City 2 | - | - | - | $589,417 | 702 | $12,906,205 | Sep 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 29 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | - | - | - | $532,234 | 59 | $629,949 | Nov 3 | - | false |
| 30 | The Women on the 6th Floor | - | - | - | $505,534 | 77 | $548,369 | Nov 3 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 31 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $471,839 | 256 | $1,747,930 | Oct 20 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 32 | Melancholia | - | - | - | $454,137 | 117 | $2,474,779 | Oct 6 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 33 | The Smurfs | - | - | - | $428,621 | 832 | $29,398,271 | Aug 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 34 | Stopped on Track | - | - | - | $393,150 | 70 | $678,888 | Nov 17 | - | false |
| 35 | When Santa Fell to Earth | - | - | - | $366,821 | 472 | $1,918,970 | Nov 24 | Constantin Film | false |
| 36 | Midnight in Paris | - | - | - | $322,164 | 222 | $6,898,659 | Aug 18 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 37 | Summer Window | - | - | - | $240,145 | 48 | $248,538 | Nov 3 | Prokino Filmverleih | false |
| 38 | My Life in Orange | - | - | - | $199,627 | 180 | $4,553,113 | Aug 18 | - | false |
| 39 | Princess Lillifee and the Little Unicorn | - | - | - | $189,235 | 512 | $4,728,509 | Sep 1 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 40 | Le Havre | - | - | - | $157,116 | 91 | $2,195,987 | Sep 8 | - | false |
| 41 | 30 Minutes or Less | - | - | - | $151,040 | 122 | $302,438 | Nov 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 42 | What a Man | - | - | - | $146,626 | 495 | $17,143,751 | Aug 25 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 43 | Friends with Benefits | - | - | - | $137,222 | 497 | $10,945,963 | Sep 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 44 | The Three Musketeers | - | - | - | $128,960 | 651 | $16,195,214 | Sep 1 | Constantin Film | false |
| 45 | Horrible Bosses | - | - | - | $118,769 | 357 | $6,577,477 | Sep 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 46 | Anadolu Kartallari | - | - | - | $102,514 | 33 | $102,514 | Nov 3 | - | false |
| 47 | Margin Call | - | - | - | $101,838 | 79 | $1,317,722 | Sep 29 | - | false |
| 48 | The Guard | - | - | - | $91,100 | 99 | $1,369,996 | Sep 22 | - | false |
| 49 | Submarine | - | - | - | $86,336 | 38 | $131,913 | Nov 17 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false |
| 50 | Taste the Waste | - | - | - | $73,232 | 57 | $468,881 | Sep 8 | - | false |
| 51 | Certified Copy | - | - | - | $64,003 | 45 | $386,766 | Oct 13 | Alamode Film | false |
| 52 | The Mill and the Cross | - | - | - | $54,950 | 30 | $85,432 | Nov 24 | - | false |
| 53 | My Little Princess | - | - | - | $45,249 | 36 | $84,941 | Oct 27 | X Verleih AG | false |
| 54 | Final Destination 5 | - | - | - | $42,364 | 369 | $7,686,144 | Aug 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 55 | Gerhard Richter Painting | - | - | - | $35,663 | 30 | $463,645 | Sep 8 | Piffl Medien | false |
| 56 | The Future | - | - | - | $34,113 | 29 | $72,523 | Oct 27 | Alamode Film | false |
| 57 | Khodorkovsky | - | - | - | $29,472 | 25 | $57,374 | Nov 17 | - | false |
| 58 | Another Earth | - | - | - | $26,281 | 50 | $67,260 | Nov 10 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 59 | Mama Africa | - | - | - | $16,989 | 30 | $33,430 | Nov 10 | - | false |
| 60 | Restless | - | - | - | $8,431 | 101 | $86,749 | Oct 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
