| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (new) |  | Mission:Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) | £8,188,209 | £8,188,209 | £8,188,209 | new | 1 |
| 2 (new) |  | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo () | £4,325,594 | £4,325,594 | £4,325,594 | new | 1 |
| 3 (2) |  | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) | £2,546,529 | £6,877,380 | £16,044,022 | 33% | 3 |
| 4 (3) |  | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip Wrecked () | £1,451,331 | £3,522,535 | £9,210,473 | 22% | 3 |
| 5 (4) |  | Puss In Boots () | £1,366,975 | £3,214,893 | £9,893,533 | 34% | 4 |
| 6 (5) |  | New Years Eve (2011) | £736,024 | £1,697,694 | £6,107,736 | 46% | 4 |
| 7 (1) |  | Arthur Christmas () | £302,006 | £606,141 | £20,476,988 | -85% | 8 |
| 8 (7) |  | Hugo (2011) | £244,283 | £562,636 | £4,567,647 | -16% | 5 |
| 9 (8) |  | Happy Feet Two (2011) | £221,804 | £522,523 | £4,841,060 | -6% | 5 |
| 10 (6) |  | Don 2 () | £182,669 | £865,411 | £1,184,910 | -43% | 2 |
| 11 (9) |  | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) | £136,555 | £195,270 | £30,361,634 | 27% | 7 |
| 12 (new) | | The Lady (2011) | £91,690 | £91,690 | £91,690 | new | 1 |
| 13 (new) |  | The Artist (2011) | £48,445 | £48,445 | £48,445 | new | 1 |
| 14 (20) |  | Johnny English Reborn () | £33,076 | £35,228 | £20,584,736 | 94% | 13 |
| 15 (13) |  | My Week With Marilyn () | £24,203 | £44,468 | £2,891,090 | 8% | 6 |
| 16 (16) | | Dreams of a Life () | £12,545 | £35,659 | £84,021 | 57% | 3 |
| 17 (18) |  | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011) | £11,507 | £30,470 | £14,111,239 | 76% | 16 |
| 18 (19) | | The Deep Blue Sea (2011) | £4,852 | £12,604 | £459,959 | 49% | 6 |
| 19 (22) |  | We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) | £3,545 | £9,549 | £2,166,950 | 70% | 11 |
| 20 (25) |  | Wuthering Heights (2011) | £2,059 | £3,197 | £568,646 | 81% | 8 |
| 21 (17) | | Desi Boyz () | £1,942 | £4,769 | £591,116 | -33% | 6 |
| 22 (26) |  | Weekend (2011) | £1,797 | £3,688 | £208,232 | 79% | 9 |
| 23 (23) | | The Story of Lovers Rock (2011) | £1,143 | £1,143 | £58,667 | 17% | 12 |
| 24 (30) |  | The Debt () | £957 | £3,015 | £1,534,833 | 98% | 13 |
| 25 (28) |  | Wreckers (2011) | £598 | £988 | £7,051 | 49% | 3 |
| 26 (re) | | Tyrannosaur () | £344 | £344 | £243,252 | re | 12 |
| 27 (27) | | The Awakening () | £252 | £1,591 | £656,966 | -23% | 8 |