| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $3,310,725 | 158 | $4,600,259 | Feb 10 | United International Pictures | false |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $2,093,417 | 164 | $3,471,179 | Jan 27 | United International Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Iron Lady | - | - | - | $1,825,295 | 89 | $2,272,603 | Feb 3 | Scanbox Entertainment | false |
| 4 | The Descendants | - | - | - | $857,943 | 49 | $1,171,534 | Jan 27 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 5 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $751,139 | 135 | $3,690,085 | Dec 25 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 6 | This Means War | - | - | - | $659,948 | 120 | $940,984 | Feb 17 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 7 | Chronicle | - | - | - | $599,172 | 116 | $628,441 | Feb 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 8 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $519,493 | 60 | $578,331 | Feb 10 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 9 | Safe House | - | - | - | $491,939 | 141 | $969,884 | Feb 24 | United International Pictures | false |
| 10 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $457,243 | 118 | $3,819,086 | Dec 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | - | - | - | $412,141 | 141 | $1,542,185 | Jan 13 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 12 | The Dead Have It Easy | - | - | - | $360,408 | 95 | $952,036 | Jan 20 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 13 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | - | - | - | $304,710 | 42 | $418,214 | Jan 27 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 14 | Thale | - | - | - | $266,964 | 98 | $293,652 | Feb 17 | - | false |
| 15 | War Horse | - | - | - | $227,373 | 83 | $227,373 | Feb 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 16 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $225,011 | 147 | $1,458,330 | Dec 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 17 | Dolphin Tale | - | - | - | $191,585 | 23 | $316,484 | Jan 27 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $154,800 | 34 | $419,811 | Jan 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Young Adult | - | - | - | $146,221 | 45 | $157,134 | Feb 17 | United International Pictures | false |
| 20 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $137,639 | 51 | $238,996 | Feb 24 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 21 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | - | - | - | $114,341 | 23 | $173,146 | Feb 24 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 22 | The Artist | - | - | - | $109,181 | 29 | $326,515 | Feb 24 | Scanbox Entertainment | false |
| 23 | My Week with Marilyn | - | - | - | $81,941 | 57 | $406,370 | Jan 13 | Scanbox Entertainment | false |
| 24 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | - | - | - | $68,264 | 23 | $83,709 | Feb 10 | Arthouse | false |
| 25 | Shame | - | - | - | $53,407 | 33 | $277,708 | Jan 13 | Arthouse | false |
| 26 | The Secret World of Arrietty | - | - | - | $45,030 | 39 | $293,036 | Dec 25 | Arthouse | false |
| 27 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $43,874 | 121 | $1,796,603 | Dec 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 28 | Carnage | - | - | - | $43,219 | 26 | $43,730 | Feb 10 | - | false |
| 29 | A Separation | - | - | - | $37,106 | 30 | $307,620 | Dec 25 | Arthouse | false |
| 30 | Big Miracle | - | - | - | $34,010 | 47 | $34,010 | Feb 17 | United International Pictures | false |
| 31 | Drive | - | - | - | $32,778 | 53 | $899,673 | Oct 21 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 32 | Folk ved fjorden | - | - | - | $28,498 | 7 | $39,116 | Feb 3 | - | false |
| 33 | Play | - | - | - | $24,472 | 16 | $49,994 | Jan 27 | Arthouse | false |
| 34 | Hysteria | - | - | - | $22,818 | 64 | $441,770 | Dec 25 | Scanbox Entertainment | false |
| 35 | Certified Copy | - | - | - | $22,130 | 28 | $356,547 | Dec 25 | - | false |
| 36 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $9,248 | 21 | $248,011 | Jan 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 37 | Into the Dark | - | - | - | $5,036 | 19 | $5,036 | Feb 3 | - | false |
