| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $42,159,124 | 553 | $5,951,669 | 14.1% | 540 | Dec 16 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $28,916,714 | 517 | $4,205,800 | 14.5% | 509 | Dec 26 | - | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 3 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $24,035,077 | 510 | $3,097,091 | 12.9% | 510 | Dec 9 | - | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $23,778,315 | 512 | $3,672,457 | 15.4% | 488 | Dec 16 | - | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 5 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $18,796,728 | 479 | $2,436,462 | 13% | 479 | Dec 26 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 6 | The Artist | - | - | - | $15,779,834 | 320 | $75,314 | 0.5% | 1 | Dec 30 | - | Entertainment Film Distributors | false |
| 7 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $11,659,393 | 438 | $2,015,161 | 17.3% | 431 | Dec 9 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $9,173,770 | 495 | $2,630,655 | 28.7% | 491 | Dec 2 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | Hugo | - | - | - | $8,743,731 | 447 | $1,912,676 | 21.9% | 442 | Dec 2 | - | Entertainment Film Distributors | false |
| 10 | Don 2 | - | - | - | $2,233,312 | 76 | $501,294 | 22.4% | 76 | Dec 23 | - | Reliance Big Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Thing | - | - | - | $1,869,460 | 313 | $757,487 | 40.5% | 304 | Dec 2 | - | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 12 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | - | - | - | $900,984 | 166 | $288,112 | 32% | 131 | Dec 9 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | The Lady | - | - | - | $451,066 | 117 | $99,105 | 22% | 117 | Dec 26 | - | Entertainment Film Distributors | false |
| 14 | Another Earth | - | - | - | $363,659 | 116 | $142,568 | 39.2% | 116 | Dec 9 | - | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 15 | The Big Year | - | - | - | $320,280 | 175 | $191,190 | 59.7% | 175 | Dec 2 | - | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 16 | Dreams of a Life | - | - | - | $283,493 | 18 | $42,138 | 14.9% | 18 | Dec 16 | - | - | false |
| 17 | Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl | - | - | - | $259,080 | 34 | $115,987 | 44.8% | 34 | Dec 9 | - | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 18 | Buried Secrets 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $222,494 | 32 | $25,603 | 11.5% | 8 | Dec 2 | - | - | false |
| 19 | The Dirty Picture | - | - | - | $206,342 | 16 | $68,324 | 33.1% | 16 | Dec 2 | - | - | false |
| 20 | We Have a Pope | - | - | - | $114,512 | 16 | $26,394 | 23% | 14 | Dec 2 | - | Soda Pictures | false |
| 21 | Margaret | - | - | - | $93,888 | 23 | $7,169 | 7.6% | 1 | Dec 2 | - | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 22 | Meet Me in St. Louis 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $82,411 | 9 | $20,285 | 24.6% | 9 | Dec 16 | - | British Film Institute (BFI) | false |
| 23 | Las Acacias | - | - | - | $68,022 | 19 | $14,958 | 22% | 6 | Dec 2 | - | Verve Pictures | false |
| 24 | Osthi | - | - | - | $44,286 | 13 | $44,286 | 100% | 13 | Dec 9 | - | Ayngaran International | false |
| 25 | Wreckers | - | - | - | $10,962 | 3 | $5,867 | 53.5% | 3 | Dec 16 | - | Artificial Eye | false |
| 26 | Poraali | - | - | - | $7,684 | 5 | $7,684 | 100% | 5 | Dec 2 | - | Ayngaran International | false |
| 27 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | - | - | - | $5,736 | 6 | $5,736 | 100% | 6 | Dec 9 | - | Pathé | false |
| 28 | Mambattiyan | - | - | - | $4,907 | 9 | $4,907 | 100% | 9 | Dec 16 | - | Ayngaran International | false |
| 29 | Mysteries of Lisbon | - | - | - | $4,505 | 2 | $4,505 | 100% | 2 | Dec 9 | - | New Wave Films | false |
| 30 | Ghett'a Life | - | - | - | $3,966 | 13 | $3,966 | 100% | 13 | Dec 2 | - | - | false |
| 31 | Surviving Life 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $3,899 | 1 | $3,899 | 100% | 1 | Dec 2 | - | Verve Pictures | false |
| 32 | The Last Waltz 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $3,602 | 1 | $3,602 | 100% | 1 | Dec 2 | - | Park Circus | false |
| 33 | Swapna Sanchari | - | - | - | $2,188 | 4 | $2,188 | 100% | 4 | Dec 9 | - | - | false |
| 34 | Happy Magic | - | - | - | $432 | 3 | $432 | 100% | 3 | Dec 16 | - | Metrodome Distribution | false |
