| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (new) |  | Chronicle () | £2,193,072 | £2,193,072 | £2,193,072 | new | 1 |
| 2 (new) |  | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) | £1,200,587 | £1,200,587 | £1,200,587 | new | 1 |
| 3 (2) |  | The Descendants () | £1,112,964 | £2,372,007 | £4,169,946 | -38% | 2 |
| 4 (1) |  | War Horse () | £889,687 | £1,914,477 | £15,333,104 | -57% | 4 |
| 5 (new) |  | Jack and Jill () | £848,814 | £848,814 | £848,814 | new | 1 |
| 6 (new) |  | Man On a Ledge () | £697,394 | £697,394 | £697,394 | new | 1 |
| 7 (3) |  | The Grey (2012) | £521,188 | £1,115,569 | £2,209,907 | -52% | 2 |
| 8 (4) |  | A Monster In Paris () | £474,941 | £622,915 | £1,666,446 | -54% | 2 |
| 9 (5) |  | The Artist (2011) | £374,889 | £844,246 | £5,314,327 | -47% | 6 |
| 10 (new) |  | Carnage (2012) | £298,733 | £298,733 | £298,733 | new | 1 |
| 11 (11) |  | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip Wrecked () | £222,999 | £250,142 | £13,855,689 | -51% | 8 |
| 12 (7) |  | Underworld: Awakening (2012) | £181,557 | £560,605 | £2,942,954 | -71% | 3 |
| 13 (6) |  | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) | £180,502 | £430,668 | £26,093,974 | -72% | 8 |
| 14 (8) |  | The Iron Lady () | £169,799 | £568,166 | £8,973,975 | -70% | 5 |
| 15 (12) |  | Puss In Boots () | £153,006 | £183,747 | £14,270,527 | -61% | 9 |
| 16 (new) |  | Young Adult (2011) | £137,736 | £137,736 | £137,736 | new | 1 |
| 17 (new) | | Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) | £110,156 | £110,156 | £110,156 | new | 1 |
| 18 (16) |  | Shame () | £56,917 | £170,241 | £1,726,128 | -67% | 4 |
| 19 (21) |  | Hugo (2011) | £33,453 | £42,945 | £5,246,002 | -11% | 10 |
| 20 (20) |  | Coriolanus () | £21,582 | £68,018 | £428,728 | -72% | 3 |
| 21 (22) |  | W.E. () | £6,445 | £23,850 | £369,441 | -71% | 3 |
| 22 (24) |  | My Week With Marilyn () | £5,458 | £13,207 | £3,089,521 | -24% | 11 |
| 23 (19) | | Intruders () | £4,419 | £53,758 | £130,590 | -94% | 2 |
| 24 (new) | | Bombay Beach (2011) | £3,622 | £3,622 | £3,622 | new | 1 |
| 25 (25) |  | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011) | £3,325 | £5,303 | £14,170,970 | -33% | 21 |
| 26 (30) |  | We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) | £2,150 | £5,607 | £2,216,230 | -35% | 16 |
| 27 (28) | | Dreams of a Life () | £1,556 | £6,674 | £168,386 | -58% | 8 |
| 28 (37) | | The Deep Blue Sea (2011) | £1,134 | £5,474 | £500,077 | 49% | 11 |
| 29 (32) |  | Johnny English Reborn () | £1,093 | £1,688 | £20,631,765 | -51% | 18 |
| 30 (38) |  | Weekend (2011) | £896 | £931 | £218,433 | 57% | 14 |
| 31 (36) |  | Wuthering Heights (2011) | £688 | £4,470 | £599,968 | -34% | 13 |
| 32 (31) | | The Lady (2011) | £371 | £5,009 | £256,755 | -88% | 6 |
| 33 (new) |  | Best Laid Plans () | £362 | £362 | £362 | new | 1 |
| 34 (33) |  | Arthur Christmas () | £299 | £355 | £20,838,656 | -84% | 13 |
| 35 (35) | | The Nine Muses (2012) | £247 | £1,551 | £5,619 | -79% | 3 |
| 36 (27) | | Patience (After Sebald) () | £155 | £4,672 | £8,605 | -96% | 2 |