| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Intouchables | $398,323 | -18.3% | 81 | - | $4,917 | $4,064,556 | 6 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Vow | $269,131 | - | 77 | - | $3,495 | $341,333 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Underworld: Awakening | $238,820 | -38.9% | 65 | - | $3,674 | $851,085 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | - | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $224,874 | - | 71 | - | $3,167 | $248,867 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Inbetweeners | $203,390 | -25.5% | 49 | - | $4,150 | $574,070 | 2 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 6 | - | Hugo | $137,392 | - | 48 | - | $2,862 | $139,083 | 1 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Jack and Jill | $116,474 | -44.9% | 79 | - | $1,474 | $857,004 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | The Descendants | $94,068 | -42.6% | 51 | -4 | $1,844 | $723,334 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Famous Five | $73,828 | -31.6% | 58 | - | $1,272 | $357,379 | 3 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $60,219 | -23.2% | 71 | -9 | $848 | $2,152,047 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Puss in Boots | $54,556 | -25.2% | 78 | +2 | $699 | $5,772,961 | 10 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | The Muppets | $47,185 | -33.2% | 59 | +7 | $799 | $519,929 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $46,665 | -34.5% | 34 | -1 | $1,372 | $172,820 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 14 | 8 | Drive | $41,393 | -49.1% | 50 | - | $827 | $379,636 | 3 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 15 | 7 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $38,201 | -56% | 53 | -21 | $720 | $1,356,098 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | The Artist | $28,824 | -32.5% | 27 | +1 | $1,067 | $191,204 | 3 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Man on a Ledge | $25,476 | -51.7% | 40 | -3 | $636 | $250,509 | 3 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 18 | 15 | Berlin Kaplani | $20,747 | -27.4% | 7 | +1 | $2,963 | $117,053 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 19 | 19 | Laura's Star and the Dream Monster | $12,234 | -20.4% | 42 | -1 | $291 | $246,038 | 9 | Einhorn-Film | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | J. Edgar | $12,038 | -32.8% | 20 | +2 | $601 | $223,009 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 21 | - | The Kid with a Bike | $10,031 | - | 7 | - | $1,433 | $10,031 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 22 | - | Anfang 80 | $9,355 | - | 17 | - | $550 | $303,464 | 7 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 23 | 18 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $8,728 | -51.1% | 18 | -14 | $484 | $2,484,012 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 24 | - | Breathing | $6,321 | - | 18 | - | $351 | $719,718 | 20 | N/A | false | false |
| 25 | - | Dolphin Tale | $5,784 | - | 17 | - | $340 | $188,818 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 26 | - | In Time | $5,474 | - | 9 | - | $608 | $1,645,191 | 11 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 27 | - | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $3,438 | - | 6 | - | $573 | $2,264,766 | 9 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 28 | - | Submarine | $3,402 | - | 6 | - | $567 | $11,086 | 1 | Polyfilm Verleih | true | false |
| 29 | 16 | Zettl | $2,813 | -84.7% | 23 | - | $122 | $28,833 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 30 | - | Faust | $2,343 | - | 3 | - | $781 | $62,173 | 5 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 31 | - | This Must Be the Place | $2,276 | - | 7 | - | $325 | $84,879 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 32 | - | Happy Feet Two | $2,111 | - | 8 | - | $263 | $812,289 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 33 | - | Chicken with Plums | $1,870 | - | 4 | - | $467 | $51,231 | 6 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 34 | - | Tom Sawyer | $1,302 | - | 11 | - | $118 | $117,687 | 7 | Einhorn-Film | false | false |
| 35 | - | Loggerheads | $1,045 | - | 3 | - | $348 | $9,739 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 36 | - | Moskova'nin Sifresi: Temel | $982 | - | 3 | - | $327 | $157,145 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 37 | - | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $908 | - | 5 | - | $181 | $945,393 | 14 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 38 | - | The Help | $505 | - | 4 | - | $126 | $134,707 | 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 39 | - | Meek's Cutoff | $379 | - | 1 | - | $379 | $15,626 | 6 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 40 | - | Sleeping Sickness | $271 | - | 1 | - | $271 | $21,870 | 9 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 41 | - | Kein Sex ist auch keine Lösung | $249 | - | 2 | - | $124 | $156,957 | 11 | N/A | false | false |
