| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles ~Animal Adventure~ | $5,305,991 | -22.1% | 359 | - | $14,779 | $13,174,442 | 2 | Toho | false | false |
| 2 | - | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $3,739,559 | - | 464 | - | $8,059 | $3,739,559 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Liar Game: Reborn | $3,276,786 | -15.5% | 318 | - | $10,304 | $10,731,242 | 2 | Toho | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Hugo | $1,473,828 | -31.9% | 508 | +53 | $2,901 | $6,789,726 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | In Time | $1,245,053 | -32.9% | 413 | -1 | $3,014 | $18,665,467 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | War Horse | $934,148 | -33.5% | 335 | +3 | $2,788 | $4,843,602 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $435,043 | -37.4% | 337 | -11 | $1,290 | $14,826,425 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | - | Welcome Home, Hayabusa | $426,139 | - | 463 | - | $920 | $426,139 | 1 | Shochiku | true | false |
| 9 | 7 | Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 | $408,098 | -38.4% | 473 | - | $862 | $40,223,131 | 8 | Toho | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $295,208 | -38.9% | 309 | - | $955 | $6,109,517 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $287,589 | -36.8% | 206 | - | $1,396 | $3,455,688 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | The Wings of the Kirin | $229,591 | -41.8% | 377 | +40 | $608 | $19,773,978 | 7 | Toho | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home | $227,287 | -43.7% | 314 | +1 | $723 | $7,713,159 | 5 | Toei Company | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Ace Attorney | $189,019 | -38.3% | 275 | - | $687 | $6,145,395 | 5 | Toho | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Afro Tanaka | $121,619 | -32.8% | 72 | - | $1,689 | $1,872,727 | 4 | Showgate | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | Underworld: Awakening | $64,283 | -52.9% | 151 | -25 | $425 | $1,108,055 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | 17 | Carnage | $37,956 | -29.6% | 11 | - | $3,450 | $296,878 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Arakawa Under the Bridge | $17,145 | -72.7% | 24 | -57 | $714 | $3,301,814 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | Restless | $2,072 | -33.5% | 4 | -2 | $518 | $830,112 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
