| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $16,535,465 | 4,066 | $281,287,133 | Nov 18 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 2 | The Muppets | - | - | - | $11,082,755 | 3,440 | $88,631,237 | Nov 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Hugo | - | - | - | $7,557,709 | 2,608 | $73,864,507 | Nov 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $7,401,736 | 3,376 | $46,462,469 | Nov 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $5,919,390 | 3,611 | $64,006,466 | Nov 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Jack and Jill | - | - | - | $5,356,973 | 3,438 | $74,158,157 | Nov 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 7 | The Descendants | - | - | - | $5,200,000 | 2,038 | $82,584,160 | Nov 16 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | true |
| 8 | Immortals | - | - | - | $4,464,889 | 3,120 | $83,504,017 | Nov 11 | Relativity Media | false |
| 9 | Tower Heist | - | - | - | $3,953,925 | 3,370 | $78,046,570 | Nov 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $3,042,241 | 3,963 | $149,260,504 | Oct 28 | DreamWorks | false |
| 11 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $2,308,411 | 1,985 | $37,306,030 | Nov 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | My Week with Marilyn | - | - | - | $1,179,545 | 630 | $14,600,347 | Nov 23 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 13 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | - | - | - | $985,378 | 2,875 | $35,061,031 | Nov 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | In Time | - | - | - | $575,000 | 3,127 | $37,520,095 | Oct 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | true |
| 15 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $570,147 | 3,018 | $75,605,492 | Sep 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 16 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $515,897 | 2,199 | $40,962,534 | Oct 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | Shame | - | - | - | $361,000 | 95 | $3,909,002 | Dec 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | true |
| 18 | Dolphin Tale | - | - | - | $315,278 | 3,515 | $72,286,779 | Sep 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Melancholia | - | - | - | $270,335 | 145 | $3,030,848 | Nov 11 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 20 | Like Crazy | - | - | - | $257,767 | 162 | $3,395,391 | Oct 28 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 21 | Midnight in Paris | - | - | - | $241,434 | 1,038 | $56,817,045 | May 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 22 | Margin Call | - | - | - | $215,436 | 199 | $5,354,039 | Oct 21 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 23 | Courageous | - | - | - | $212,898 | 1,214 | $34,522,221 | Sep 30 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 24 | The Artist | - | - | - | $211,265 | 1,756 | $44,671,682 | Nov 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 25 | Real Steel | - | - | - | $183,228 | 3,440 | $85,468,508 | Oct 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 26 | The Way 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $178,076 | 283 | $4,430,765 | Oct 7 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | false |
| 27 | The Help | - | - | - | $175,552 | 3,014 | $169,708,112 | Aug 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 28 | Desi Boyz | - | - | - | $170,511 | 103 | $1,078,826 | Nov 25 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 29 | The Skin I Live In | - | - | - | $156,767 | 116 | $3,185,812 | Oct 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 30 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $142,667 | 3,555 | $51,802,742 | Oct 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 31 | 50/50 | - | - | - | $132,180 | 2,479 | $35,014,192 | Sep 30 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 32 | The Smurfs | - | - | - | $131,777 | 3,427 | $142,614,158 | Jul 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 33 | Paranormal Activity 3 | - | - | - | $130,883 | 3,329 | $104,028,807 | Oct 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 34 | A Dangerous Method | - | - | - | $119,574 | 365 | $5,704,709 | Nov 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 35 | The Three Musketeers | - | - | - | $118,889 | 3,017 | $20,374,484 | Oct 21 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 36 | Abduction | - | - | - | $94,514 | 3,118 | $28,087,155 | Sep 23 | Lionsgate | false |
| 37 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | - | - | - | $91,343 | 183 | $2,990,625 | Oct 21 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 38 | Pastorela | - | - | - | $82,175 | 55 | $161,194 | Dec 2 | Lionsgate | false |
| 39 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $72,013 | 25 | $711,168 | Nov 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 40 | Anonymous | - | - | - | $71,883 | 513 | $4,463,292 | Oct 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 41 | Contagion | - | - | - | $71,007 | 3,222 | $75,658,097 | Sep 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 42 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $64,295 | 208 | $25,978,556 | Apr 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 43 | Drive | - | - | - | $60,515 | 2,904 | $35,061,555 | Sep 16 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 44 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | - | - | - | $43,435 | 3,691 | $176,760,185 | Aug 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 45 | Take Shelter | - | - | - | $42,379 | 91 | $1,730,296 | Sep 30 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 46 | The Rum Diary | - | - | - | $38,110 | 2,292 | $13,109,815 | Oct 28 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 47 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | - | - | - | $36,687 | 2,340 | $94,242,001 | Sep 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 48 | Hubble | - | - | - | $33,858 | 151 | $52,522,904 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 49 | Le Havre | - | - | - | $21,618 | 25 | $611,709 | Oct 21 | Janus Films | false |
| 50 | Kinyarwanda | - | - | - | $21,097 | 9 | $35,412 | Dec 2 | - | false |
| 51 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | - | - | - | $20,639 | 12 | $153,088 | Nov 11 | First Run | false |
| 52 | The Women on the 6th Floor | - | - | - | $19,473 | 17 | $719,823 | Oct 7 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 53 | Into the Abyss | - | - | - | $14,494 | 30 | $223,880 | Nov 11 | IFC Films | false |
| 54 | Answers to Nothing | - | - | - | $14,262 | 21 | $22,029 | Dec 2 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 55 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $14,185 | 108 | $36,262,926 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 56 | Tomboy | - | - | - | $13,710 | 10 | $129,834 | Nov 16 | Dada Films | false |
| 57 | The Guard | - | - | - | $13,074 | 203 | $5,360,274 | Jul 29 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 58 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | - | - | - | $10,525 | 15 | $304,052 | Oct 21 | Submarine Deluxe | false |
| 59 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | - | - | - | $9,760 | 7 | $100,119 | Nov 11 | Variance Films | false |
| 60 | Sleeping Beauty | - | - | - | $9,207 | 4 | $36,578 | Dec 2 | IFC Films | false |
| 61 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | - | - | - | $9,007 | 5 | $86,202 | Nov 25 | - | false |
| 62 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | - | - | - | $8,910 | 3,305 | $38,538,188 | Aug 19 | Dimension Films | false |
| 63 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $8,808 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 64 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | - | - | - | $8,278 | 8 | $183,342 | Sep 23 | First Run | false |
| 65 | Cars 2 | - | - | - | $7,686 | 4,115 | $191,452,396 | Jun 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 66 | Outrage | - | - | - | $6,518 | 7 | $44,745 | Dec 2 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 67 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | - | - | - | $6,341 | 14 | $6,096,582 | May 28 | 3D Entertainment | false |
| 68 | Mozart's Sister | - | - | - | $6,215 | 36 | $707,885 | Aug 19 | Music Box Films | false |
| 69 | Khodorkovsky | - | - | - | $6,110 | 2 | $39,522 | Nov 30 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 70 | Sigur Rós: Inni | - | - | - | $5,774 | 7 | $123,482 | Oct 28 | Cinema Purgatorio | false |
| 71 | Young Goethe in Love | - | - | - | $5,717 | 9 | $162,138 | Nov 4 | Music Box Films | false |
| 72 | The Mill and the Cross | - | - | - | $5,678 | 17 | $312,187 | Sep 14 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics | false |
| 73 | Blackthorn | - | - | - | $5,504 | 21 | $200,558 | Oct 7 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 74 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | - | - | - | $4,997 | 29 | $906,666 | Jul 8 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 75 | Rockstar | - | - | - | $4,608 | 112 | $986,697 | Nov 11 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 76 | The Greatest Miracle | - | - | - | $4,102 | 87 | $555,166 | Oct 14 | - | false |
| 77 | Circumstance | - | - | - | $3,960 | 31 | $454,121 | Aug 26 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 78 | The Other F Word | - | - | - | $3,604 | 6 | $53,714 | Nov 4 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 79 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $3,376 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 80 | Sarah's Key | - | - | - | $2,956 | 319 | $7,693,187 | Jul 22 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 81 | House of Tolerance | - | - | - | $2,767 | 3 | $19,327 | Nov 25 | IFC Films | false |
| 82 | Revenge of the Electric Car | - | - | - | $2,545 | 11 | $150,886 | Oct 21 | Area 23a | false |
| 83 | America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments | - | - | - | $2,182 | 3 | $12,366 | Oct 14 | Rogers & Cowan/PMK | false |
| 84 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | - | - | - | $2,038 | 287 | $7,706,436 | Sep 9 | Codeblack Entertainment | false |
| 85 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | - | - | - | $1,940 | 10 | $237,181 | Jul 27 | - | false |
| 86 | My Reincarnation | - | - | - | $1,902 | 5 | $92,822 | Oct 28 | Long Shot Factory | false |
| 87 | Tyrannosaur | - | - | - | $1,392 | 5 | $22,321 | Nov 18 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 88 | Hell and Back Again | - | - | - | $1,300 | 4 | $40,634 | Oct 5 | Docurama Films | false |
| 89 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,262 | 81 | $841,733 | Aug 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 90 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | - | - | - | $1,099 | 2 | $35,671 | Oct 19 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 91 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | - | - | - | $1,017 | 19 | $233,007 | Aug 31 | Music Box Films | false |
| 92 | The Bride Wore Black | - | - | - | $1,016 | 2 | $44,566 | Nov 4 | The Film Desk | false |
| 93 | Granito | - | - | - | $980 | 5 | $43,942 | Sep 14 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 94 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $919 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 95 | The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $837 | 4 | $10,352 | Nov 18 | Music Box Films | false |
| 96 | The Whale | - | - | - | $707 | 5 | $81,881 | Sep 9 | Paladin | false |
| 97 | Thunder Soul | - | - | - | $279 | 37 | $143,986 | Sep 23 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 98 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | - | - | - | $277 | 1 | $22,039 | Jul 20 | The Film Desk | false |
| 99 | Rapt 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $205 | 3 | $45,759 | Jul 6 | Lorber Films | false |
| 100 | The Conquest | - | - | - | $118 | 8 | $74,474 | Nov 11 | Music Box Films | false |
| 101 | Restless | - | - | - | $18 | 126 | $163,265 | Sep 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
