| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (1) |  | Mission:Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) | £2,223,200 | £4,875,283 | £13,063,492 | -73% | 2 |
| 2 (3) |  | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) | £2,163,718 | £4,684,508 | £20,728,530 | -15% | 4 |
| 3 (new) |  | The Iron Lady () | £2,151,368 | £2,151,368 | £2,151,368 | new | 1 |
| 4 (2) |  | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo () | £1,649,100 | £3,533,550 | £7,859,144 | -62% | 2 |
| 5 (4) |  | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip Wrecked () | £922,103 | £2,440,323 | £11,650,796 | -36% | 4 |
| 6 (5) |  | Puss In Boots () | £917,161 | £2,259,726 | £12,153,259 | -33% | 5 |
| 7 (new) |  | Goon (2012) | £728,286 | £728,286 | £728,286 | new | 1 |
| 8 (13) |  | The Artist (2011) | £629,495 | £672,604 | £721,049 | 92% | 2 |
| 9 (6) |  | New Years Eve (2011) | £339,685 | £949,980 | £7,057,716 | -54% | 5 |
| 10 (8) |  | Hugo (2011) | £161,794 | £411,695 | £4,979,342 | -34% | 6 |
| 11 (9) |  | Happy Feet Two (2011) | £138,984 | £394,044 | £5,235,104 | -37% | 6 |
| 12 (new) |  | Players (2012) | £109,512 | £109,512 | £109,512 | new | 1 |
| 13 (11) |  | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) | £96,374 | £275,158 | £30,636,792 | -29% | 8 |
| 14 (7) |  | Arthur Christmas () | £60,860 | £287,522 | £20,764,510 | -80% | 9 |
| 15 (10) |  | Don 2 () | £57,418 | £192,429 | £1,377,339 | -69% | 3 |
| 16 (15) |  | My Week With Marilyn () | £31,681 | £75,395 | £2,966,485 | 24% | 7 |
| 17 (12) | | The Lady (2011) | £25,557 | £108,829 | £200,519 | -72% | 2 |
| 18 (16) | | Dreams of a Life () | £18,101 | £36,424 | £120,445 | 31% | 4 |
| 19 (19) |  | We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) | £8,738 | £15,033 | £2,181,983 | 59% | 12 |
| 20 (17) |  | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011) | £7,048 | £22,261 | £14,133,500 | -39% | 17 |
| 21 (20) |  | Wuthering Heights (2011) | £4,816 | £8,703 | £577,349 | 57% | 9 |
| 22 (new) |  | Mother and Child () | £4,816 | £4,816 | £4,816 | new | 1 |
| 23 (27) | | The Awakening () | £2,843 | £3,769 | £660,735 | 91% | 9 |
| 24 (14) |  | Johnny English Reborn () | £2,659 | £28,729 | £20,613,465 | -92% | 14 |
| 25 (18) | | The Deep Blue Sea (2011) | £2,412 | £12,835 | £472,794 | -50% | 7 |
| 26 (22) |  | Weekend (2011) | £1,910 | £4,028 | £212,260 | 6% | 10 |
| 27 (21) | | Desi Boyz () | £727 | £1,976 | £593,092 | -63% | 7 |