| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Vow | - | - | - | $9,130,548 | 229 | $11,654,152 | Feb 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 2 | Chronicle | - | - | - | $7,666,092 | 192 | $8,024,267 | Feb 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 3 | Safe House | - | - | - | $7,262,390 | 234 | $9,017,159 | Feb 9 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 4 | This Means War | - | - | - | $4,665,267 | 242 | $8,377,261 | Feb 17 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 5 | The Descendants | - | - | - | $4,395,218 | 229 | $15,947,488 | Jan 12 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 6 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $3,524,530 | 186 | $3,891,001 | Feb 9 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 7 | Underworld: Awakening | - | - | - | $2,755,493 | 214 | $6,498,996 | Jan 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 8 | A Few Best Men | - | - | - | $2,532,127 | 244 | $5,401,857 | Jan 26 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | false |
| 9 | Hugo | - | - | - | $2,429,266 | 396 | $10,813,316 | - | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 10 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | - | - | - | $2,345,385 | 144 | $6,919,623 | Jan 19 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 11 | Contraband | - | - | - | $2,322,315 | 219 | $5,578,127 | Feb 23 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 12 | The Artist | - | - | - | $2,207,744 | 154 | $3,181,998 | Feb 2 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 13 | The Grey | - | - | - | $1,879,387 | 153 | $2,428,624 | Feb 17 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | false |
| 14 | My Week with Marilyn | - | - | - | $1,466,639 | 83 | $2,741,489 | Feb 17 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 15 | Any Questions for Ben? | - | - | - | $1,460,317 | 235 | $1,533,130 | Feb 9 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 16 | The Iron Lady | - | - | - | $1,400,939 | 181 | $10,627,254 | Dec 26 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | false |
| 17 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $1,357,082 | 257 | $8,870,177 | Jan 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 18 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | - | - | - | $1,342,294 | 351 | $7,518,548 | Jan 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $1,077,491 | 388 | $20,998,519 | Jan 5 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 20 | One for the Money | - | - | - | $920,752 | 147 | $920,752 | Feb 17 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 21 | Man on a Ledge | - | - | - | $818,210 | 149 | $818,210 | Feb 2 | Hoyts Distribution | false |
| 22 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $809,911 | 90 | $2,037,881 | Jan 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 23 | The Muppets | - | - | - | $724,791 | 300 | $6,655,720 | - | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 24 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | - | - | - | $615,346 | 101 | $1,256,486 | Feb 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | Gone | - | - | - | $415,681 | 140 | $541,190 | Feb 23 | Entertainment One | false |
| 26 | Killer Elite | - | - | - | $413,666 | 108 | $564,829 | Feb 23 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 27 | Shame | - | - | - | $380,270 | 30 | $380,366 | Feb 9 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 28 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $228,144 | 368 | $20,341,322 | Jan 1 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 29 | War Horse | - | - | - | $212,404 | 242 | $10,922,401 | Dec 26 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 30 | Tower Heist | - | - | - | $134,048 | 252 | $10,852,306 | Dec 26 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 31 | Exhibition on Screen: Leonardo from the National Gallery, London | - | - | - | $129,345 | 22 | $129,345 | Feb 17 | Sharmill Films | false |
| 32 | Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu | - | - | - | $112,682 | 15 | $112,682 | Feb 9 | Mind Blowing Films | false |
| 33 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $98,953 | 448 | $16,130,802 | Dec 26 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 34 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | - | - | - | $92,770 | 35 | $168,705 | Feb 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 35 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $79,552 | 414 | $18,954,599 | Dec 15 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
