| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $61,853,847 | 4,066 | $281,287,133 | Nov 18 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 2 | The Muppets | - | - | - | $41,516,691 | 3,440 | $88,631,237 | Nov 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $18,351,970 | 3,611 | $64,006,466 | Nov 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $16,301,131 | 3,376 | $46,462,469 | Nov 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | Hugo | - | - | - | $15,402,042 | 2,608 | $73,864,507 | Nov 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Jack and Jill | - | - | - | $13,812,944 | 3,438 | $74,158,157 | Nov 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 7 | Immortals | - | - | - | $12,604,881 | 3,120 | $83,504,017 | Nov 11 | Relativity Media | false |
| 8 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $10,446,739 | 3,963 | $149,260,504 | Oct 28 | DreamWorks | false |
| 9 | Tower Heist | - | - | - | $10,012,075 | 3,370 | $78,046,570 | Nov 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | The Descendants | - | - | - | $7,345,952 | 2,038 | $82,584,160 | Nov 16 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | true |
| 11 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $6,780,616 | 1,985 | $37,306,030 | Nov 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | - | - | - | $2,339,557 | 2,875 | $35,061,031 | Nov 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | My Week with Marilyn | - | - | - | $2,062,150 | 630 | $14,600,347 | Nov 23 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 14 | In Time | - | - | - | $774,934 | 3,127 | $37,520,095 | Oct 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | true |
| 15 | Like Crazy | - | - | - | $586,195 | 162 | $3,395,391 | Oct 28 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 16 | We Bought a Zoo | - | - | - | $458,486 | 3,170 | $75,624,550 | Dec 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 17 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $414,876 | 3,555 | $51,802,742 | Oct 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 18 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $389,655 | 3,018 | $75,605,492 | Sep 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 19 | Paranormal Activity 3 | - | - | - | $381,167 | 3,329 | $104,028,807 | Oct 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 20 | Margin Call | - | - | - | $369,361 | 199 | $5,354,039 | Oct 21 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 21 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $340,766 | 2,199 | $40,962,534 | Oct 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 22 | The Three Musketeers | - | - | - | $310,171 | 3,017 | $20,374,484 | Oct 21 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 23 | Courageous | - | - | - | $295,216 | 1,214 | $34,522,221 | Sep 30 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 24 | 50/50 | - | - | - | $262,706 | 2,479 | $35,014,192 | Sep 30 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 25 | Dolphin Tale | - | - | - | $252,174 | 3,515 | $72,286,779 | Sep 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | The Smurfs | - | - | - | $239,511 | 3,427 | $142,614,158 | Jul 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 27 | Contagion | - | - | - | $217,306 | 3,222 | $75,658,097 | Sep 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | The Artist | - | - | - | $204,878 | 1,756 | $44,671,682 | Nov 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 29 | Abduction | - | - | - | $178,002 | 3,118 | $28,087,155 | Sep 23 | Lionsgate | false |
| 30 | Drive | - | - | - | $121,607 | 2,904 | $35,061,555 | Sep 16 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 31 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $118,437 | 208 | $25,978,556 | Apr 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 32 | Anonymous | - | - | - | $92,897 | 513 | $4,463,292 | Oct 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 33 | The Rum Diary | - | - | - | $74,476 | 2,292 | $13,109,815 | Oct 28 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 34 | The Way 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $62,680 | 283 | $4,430,765 | Oct 7 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | false |
| 35 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $55,299 | 25 | $711,168 | Nov 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | - | - | - | $35,836 | 3,305 | $38,538,188 | Aug 19 | Dimension Films | false |
| 37 | The Mighty Macs | - | - | - | $18,737 | 975 | $1,891,936 | Oct 21 | Quaker Media | false |
| 38 | Johnny English Reborn | - | - | - | $17,425 | 1,554 | $8,305,970 | Oct 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 39 | Sarah's Key | - | - | - | $14,823 | 319 | $7,693,187 | Jul 22 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 40 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | - | - | - | $14,291 | 3,020 | $84,351,197 | Jul 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | Machine Gun Preacher | - | - | - | $5,308 | 93 | $538,690 | Sep 23 | Relativity Media | false |
| 42 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | - | - | - | $3,710 | 287 | $7,706,436 | Sep 9 | Codeblack Entertainment | false |
| 43 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | - | - | - | $3,697 | 4,375 | $381,011,219 | Jul 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 44 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | - | - | - | $1,578 | 6 | $100,072 | Jun 24 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 45 | Shark Night | - | - | - | $1,229 | 2,848 | $18,877,153 | Sep 2 | Relativity Media | false |
| 46 | Our Idiot Brother | - | - | - | $489 | 2,555 | $24,816,118 | Aug 26 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 47 | I Don't Know How She Does It | - | - | - | $436 | 2,490 | $9,662,284 | Sep 16 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 48 | Circumstance | - | - | - | $216 | 31 | $454,121 | Aug 26 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 49 | Apollo 18 | - | - | - | $171 | 3,330 | $17,687,709 | Sep 2 | Dimension Films | false |
| 50 | The Future | - | - | - | $15 | 31 | $568,662 | Jul 29 | Roadside Attractions | false |
