UK Box Office 16th December, 2011
| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks | ||
| 1 (new) |  | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) | £3,827,697 | £3,827,697 | £3,827,697 | new | 1 |
| 2 (new) |  | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip Wrecked (2011) | £2,361,867 | £2,361,867 | £2,361,867 | new | 1 |
| 3 (2) |  | Arthur Christmas (2011) | £1,345,238 | £1,870,679 | £15,244,303 | -6% | 6 |
| 4 (1) |  | Puss In Boots (2011) | £1,297,998 | £2,104,483 | £4,080,241 | -34% | 2 |
| 5 (3) |  | New Years Eve (2011) | £846,761 | £1,708,544 | £2,994,096 | -34% | 2 |
| 6 (4) |  | Hugo (2011) | £387,208 | £737,936 | £3,191,545 | -47% | 3 |
| 7 (5) |  | Happy Feet Two (2011) | £343,563 | £636,443 | £3,561,834 | -53% | 3 |
| 8 (6) |  | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) | £327,253 | £734,451 | £29,512,091 | -52% | 5 |
| 9 (8) |  | A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas (2011) | £109,063 | £254,013 | £437,811 | -41% | 2 |
| 10 (7) |  | My Week With Marilyn (2011) | £89,207 | £295,796 | £2,742,329 | -54% | 4 |
| 11 (9) |  | The Thing (2011) | £49,461 | £191,339 | £1,130,842 | -72% | 3 |
| 12 (new) |  | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Rerelease | £46,785 | £46,785 | £46,785 | RE | 4 |
| 13 (11) |  | The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011) | £32,406 | £78,450 | £15,968,925 | -64% | 8 |
| 14 (12) |  | 50/50 (2011) | £30,479 | £95,571 | £1,288,725 | -62% | 4 |
| 15 (15) |  | Moneyball (2011) | £30,188 | £73,216 | £721,659 | -46% | 4 |
| 16 (new) | Dreams of a Life (2011) | £27,100 | £27,100 | £27,100 | new | 1 | |
| 17 (16) | The Deep Blue Sea (2011) | £14,836 | £53,803 | £430,442 | -61% | 4 | |
| 18 (18) | Desi Boyz (2011) | £13,472 | £28,443 | £576,743 | -49% | 4 | |
| 19 (22) |  | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011) | £6,303 | £12,853 | £14,072,324 | -27% | 14 |
| 20 (21) |  | We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) | £5,880 | £16,799 | £2,147,038 | -48% | 9 |
| 21 (19) |  | Johnny English Reborn (2011) | £5,519 | £15,636 | £20,538,658 | -63% | 11 |
| 22 (new) |  | Wreckers (2011) | £3,773 | £3,773 | £3,773 | new | 1 |
| 23 (new) | Mambattiyaan (2011) | £3,156 | £3,156 | £3,156 | new | 1 | |
| 24 (23) |  | Weekend (2011) | £2,707 | £5,915 | £201,237 | -51% | 7 |
| 25 (20) |  | Wuthering Heights (2011) | £2,632 | £19,465 | £557,817 | -80% | 6 |
| 26 (33) | The Story of Lovers Rock (2011) | £2,569 | £3,312 | £55,887 | 99% | 10 | |
| 27 (26) | The Awakening (2011) | £412 | £4,076 | £654,644 | -85% | 6 | |
| 28 (31) | The British Guide to Showing Off (2011) | £365 | £503 | £9,966 | 73% | 5 | |
| 29 (new) |  | Magic to Win (2011) | £278 | £278 | £278 | new | 1 |
| 30 (30) | Tyrannosaur (2011) | £267 | £1,023 | £242,705 | -9% | 11 | |
| 31 (32) |  | The Debt (2011) | £14 | £14 | £1,531,800 | -68% | 11 |