| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $124,051,629 | 3,703 | $186,848,418 | Dec 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $122,347,325 | 3,555 | $209,397,903 | Dec 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $88,151,196 | 3,734 | $133,110,742 | Dec 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $50,338,690 | 2,950 | $102,515,793 | Dec 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $46,690,128 | 4,066 | $281,287,133 | Nov 18 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 6 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $44,205,254 | 3,505 | $54,544,638 | Dec 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $43,852,027 | 3,087 | $77,591,831 | Dec 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | The Muppets | - | - | - | $37,354,567 | 3,440 | $88,631,237 | Nov 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | We Bought a Zoo | - | - | - | $36,839,453 | 3,170 | $75,624,550 | Dec 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 10 | War Horse | - | - | - | $36,352,197 | 2,856 | $79,884,879 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Hugo | - | - | - | $31,580,346 | 2,608 | $73,864,507 | Nov 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $28,099,285 | 3,376 | $46,462,469 | Nov 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 13 | The Descendants | - | - | - | $25,941,013 | 2,038 | $82,584,160 | Nov 16 | - | false |
| 14 | The Sitter | - | - | - | $25,610,935 | 2,752 | $30,441,326 | Dec 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 15 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $15,376,587 | 3,611 | $64,006,466 | Nov 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | Jack and Jill | - | - | - | $13,218,882 | 3,438 | $74,158,157 | Nov 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | Immortals | - | - | - | $11,996,502 | 3,120 | $83,504,017 | Nov 11 | Relativity Media | false |
| 18 | The Darkest Hour | - | - | - | $11,672,484 | 2,327 | $21,443,494 | Dec 25 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 19 | Young Adult | - | - | - | $11,306,815 | 987 | $16,311,571 | Dec 9 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 20 | Tower Heist | - | - | - | $10,363,085 | 3,370 | $78,046,570 | Nov 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 21 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $9,017,151 | 3,963 | $149,260,504 | Oct 28 | DreamWorks | false |
| 22 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $6,560,452 | 1,985 | $37,306,030 | Nov 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 23 | My Week with Marilyn | - | - | - | $6,081,139 | 630 | $14,600,347 | Nov 23 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 24 | The Artist | - | - | - | $4,330,954 | 1,756 | $44,671,682 | Nov 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 25 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | - | - | - | $3,566,606 | 886 | $24,149,393 | Dec 9 | Focus Features | false |
| 26 | Don 2 | - | - | - | $2,952,602 | 167 | $3,680,306 | Dec 22 | Reliance Big Pictures | false |
| 27 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | - | - | - | $2,888,585 | 2,875 | $35,061,031 | Nov 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | Shame | - | - | - | $1,882,498 | 95 | $3,909,002 | Dec 2 | - | false |
| 29 | In Time | - | - | - | $1,775,955 | 3,127 | $37,520,095 | Oct 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 30 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $1,695,929 | 3,018 | $75,605,492 | Sep 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 31 | Dolphin Tale | - | - | - | $1,533,189 | 3,515 | $72,286,779 | Sep 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 32 | Melancholia | - | - | - | $1,227,017 | 145 | $3,030,848 | Nov 11 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 33 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $1,204,392 | 2,199 | $40,962,534 | Oct 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 34 | Real Steel | - | - | - | $1,181,251 | 3,440 | $85,468,508 | Oct 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 35 | Courageous | - | - | - | $1,177,591 | 1,214 | $34,522,221 | Sep 30 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 36 | A Dangerous Method | - | - | - | $1,166,423 | 365 | $5,704,709 | Nov 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 37 | Margin Call | - | - | - | $790,193 | 199 | $5,354,039 | Oct 21 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 38 | Like Crazy | - | - | - | $785,628 | 162 | $3,395,391 | Oct 28 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 39 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $741,003 | 3,555 | $51,802,742 | Oct 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 40 | The Way 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $725,819 | 283 | $4,430,765 | Oct 7 | - | false |
| 41 | The Help | - | - | - | $679,582 | 3,014 | $169,708,112 | Aug 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 42 | Midnight in Paris | - | - | - | $677,098 | 1,038 | $56,817,045 | May 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 43 | Paranormal Activity 3 | - | - | - | $676,243 | 3,329 | $104,028,807 | Oct 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 44 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $653,884 | 208 | $25,978,556 | Apr 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 45 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $622,659 | 25 | $711,168 | Nov 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 46 | The Skin I Live In | - | - | - | $576,323 | 116 | $3,185,812 | Oct 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 47 | Hubble | - | - | - | $545,098 | 151 | $52,522,904 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 48 | The Three Musketeers | - | - | - | $414,671 | 3,017 | $20,374,484 | Oct 21 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 49 | 50/50 | - | - | - | $404,727 | 2,479 | $35,014,192 | Sep 30 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 50 | Desi Boyz | - | - | - | $380,967 | 103 | $1,078,826 | Nov 25 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 51 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | - | - | - | $368,025 | 183 | $2,990,625 | Oct 21 | - | false |
| 52 | Carnage | - | - | - | $302,798 | 494 | $2,547,047 | Dec 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 53 | Drive | - | - | - | $292,429 | 2,904 | $35,061,555 | Sep 16 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 54 | The Smurfs | - | - | - | $286,310 | 3,427 | $142,614,158 | Jul 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 55 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | - | - | - | $267,923 | 2,630 | $31,847,881 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 56 | The Greatest Miracle | - | - | - | $257,568 | 87 | $555,166 | Oct 14 | - | false |
| 57 | Abduction | - | - | - | $222,198 | 3,118 | $28,087,155 | Sep 23 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 58 | Take Shelter | - | - | - | $212,319 | 91 | $1,730,296 | Sep 30 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 59 | Pina | - | - | - | $198,417 | 84 | $3,524,826 | Dec 23 | IFC Films | false |
| 60 | Contagion | - | - | - | $174,240 | 3,222 | $75,658,097 | Sep 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 61 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | - | - | - | $170,756 | 3,691 | $176,760,185 | Aug 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 62 | Le Havre | - | - | - | $168,657 | 25 | $611,709 | Oct 21 | Janus Films | false |
| 63 | Pastorela | - | - | - | $161,194 | 55 | $161,194 | Dec 2 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 64 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | - | - | - | $161,062 | 2,340 | $94,242,001 | Sep 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 65 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $155,714 | 108 | $36,262,926 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 66 | Anonymous | - | - | - | $146,826 | 513 | $4,463,292 | Oct 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 67 | The Iron Lady | - | - | - | $142,752 | 1,244 | $30,017,992 | Dec 30 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 68 | The Rum Diary | - | - | - | $134,317 | 2,292 | $13,109,815 | Oct 28 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 69 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $125,850 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 70 | The Women on the 6th Floor | - | - | - | $115,072 | 17 | $719,823 | Oct 7 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 71 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | - | - | - | $75,017 | 12 | $153,088 | Nov 11 | First Run | false |
| 72 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | - | - | - | $73,389 | 15 | $304,052 | Oct 21 | Submarine Deluxe | false |
| 73 | Into the Abyss | - | - | - | $67,583 | 30 | $223,880 | Nov 11 | IFC Films | false |
| 74 | Pariah | - | - | - | $66,222 | 24 | $769,552 | Dec 28 | Focus Features | false |
| 75 | Mozart's Sister | - | - | - | $61,351 | 36 | $707,885 | Aug 19 | Music Box Films | false |
| 76 | Tomboy | - | - | - | $59,431 | 10 | $129,834 | Nov 16 | Dada Films | false |
| 77 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | - | - | - | $57,386 | 14 | $6,096,582 | May 28 | 3D Entertainment | false |
| 78 | The Guard | - | - | - | $54,430 | 203 | $5,360,274 | Jul 29 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 79 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $48,868 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 80 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | - | - | - | $45,062 | 7 | $100,119 | Nov 11 | Variance Films | false |
| 81 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | - | - | - | $44,770 | 18 | $303,877 | Dec 23 | FilmDistrict | false |
| 82 | The Big Year | - | - | - | $42,133 | 2,150 | $7,204,138 | Oct 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 83 | Young Goethe in Love | - | - | - | $41,548 | 9 | $162,138 | Nov 4 | Music Box Films | false |
| 84 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | - | - | - | $39,297 | 80 | $1,738,692 | Dec 9 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 85 | Sleeping Beauty | - | - | - | $36,578 | 4 | $36,578 | Dec 2 | IFC Films | false |
| 86 | Kinyarwanda | - | - | - | $35,412 | 9 | $35,412 | Dec 2 | - | false |
| 87 | A Separation | - | - | - | $30,116 | 282 | $7,099,055 | Dec 30 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 88 | Outrage | - | - | - | $30,111 | 7 | $44,745 | Dec 2 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 89 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | - | - | - | $29,175 | 5 | $86,202 | Nov 25 | - | false |
| 90 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | - | - | - | $28,016 | 8 | $183,342 | Sep 23 | First Run | false |
| 91 | My Reincarnation | - | - | - | $25,133 | 5 | $92,822 | Oct 28 | Long Shot Factory | false |
| 92 | Khodorkovsky | - | - | - | $24,697 | 2 | $39,522 | Nov 30 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 93 | Blackthorn | - | - | - | $23,775 | 21 | $200,558 | Oct 7 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 94 | Answers to Nothing | - | - | - | $22,029 | 21 | $22,029 | Dec 2 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 95 | The Mill and the Cross | - | - | - | $19,289 | 17 | $312,187 | Sep 14 | - | false |
| 96 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | - | - | - | $19,192 | 3,305 | $38,538,188 | Aug 19 | - | false |
| 97 | Cars 2 | - | - | - | $18,106 | 4,115 | $191,452,396 | Jun 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 98 | The Interrupters | - | - | - | $17,350 | 10 | $282,448 | Jul 29 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 99 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | - | - | - | $17,342 | 10 | $237,181 | Jul 27 | - | false |
| 100 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | - | - | - | $17,321 | 29 | $906,666 | Jul 8 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 101 | Weekend | - | - | - | $15,961 | 26 | $484,592 | Sep 23 | IFC Films | false |
| 102 | Sigur Rós: Inni | - | - | - | $15,194 | 7 | $123,482 | Oct 28 | Cinema Purgatorio | false |
| 103 | House of Tolerance | - | - | - | $12,380 | 3 | $19,327 | Nov 25 | IFC Films | false |
| 104 | Circumstance | - | - | - | $12,292 | 31 | $454,121 | Aug 26 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 105 | Rockstar | - | - | - | $11,798 | 112 | $986,697 | Nov 11 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 106 | Revenge of the Electric Car | - | - | - | $11,669 | 11 | $150,886 | Oct 21 | Area 23a | false |
| 107 | Happy Magic | - | - | - | $10,697 | 5 | $10,697 | Dec 9 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 108 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $10,635 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 109 | Cook County | - | - | - | $9,727 | 5 | $17,977 | Dec 16 | Hannover House | false |
| 110 | The Other F Word | - | - | - | $8,819 | 6 | $53,714 | Nov 4 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 111 | Amigo | - | - | - | $8,295 | 10 | $184,705 | Aug 19 | Variance Films | false |
| 112 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $7,843 | 81 | $841,733 | Aug 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 113 | The Bride Wore Black | - | - | - | $7,411 | 2 | $44,566 | Nov 4 | The Film Desk | false |
| 114 | Addiction Incorporated | - | - | - | $7,063 | 5 | $40,106 | Dec 14 | Variance Films | false |
| 115 | Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | - | - | - | $7,000 | 2 | $7,000 | Dec 16 | Anchor Bay Films | false |
| 116 | My Piece of the Pie | - | - | - | $6,850 | 2 | $6,850 | Dec 9 | IFC Films | false |
| 117 | The Whale | - | - | - | $6,572 | 5 | $81,881 | Sep 9 | Paladin | false |
| 118 | I Melt with You | - | - | - | $6,361 | 2 | $6,361 | Dec 9 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 119 | London Boulevard | - | - | - | $5,906 | 2 | $16,075 | Nov 11 | IFC Films | false |
| 120 | Sarah's Key | - | - | - | $5,378 | 319 | $7,693,187 | Jul 22 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 121 | Miss Minoes 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,220 | 4 | $10,189 | Dec 23 | Music Box Films | false |
| 122 | London River 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,152 | 2 | $7,200 | Dec 7 | - | false |
| 123 | Garbo: The Spy 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,126 | 2 | $28,563 | Nov 18 | First Run | false |
| 124 | Rid of Me | - | - | - | $4,920 | 2 | $11,740 | Nov 18 | Submarine Deluxe | false |
| 125 | Tyrannosaur | - | - | - | $4,220 | 5 | $22,321 | Nov 18 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 126 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | - | - | - | $4,134 | 287 | $7,706,436 | Sep 9 | Codeblack Entertainment | false |
| 127 | Jane's Journey | - | - | - | $3,996 | 3 | $27,253 | Sep 16 | First Run | false |
| 128 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | - | - | - | $3,949 | 19 | $233,007 | Aug 31 | Music Box Films | false |
| 129 | Project Nim | - | - | - | $3,800 | 22 | $411,184 | Jul 8 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 130 | Prince of the Himalayas | - | - | - | $3,553 | 1 | $10,190 | Dec 23 | - | false |
| 131 | Hell and Back Again | - | - | - | $3,477 | 4 | $40,634 | Oct 5 | - | false |
| 132 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | $2,849 | 82 | $34,137,524 | Sep 23 | IMAX | false |
| 133 | El Sicario, Room 164 | - | - | - | $2,782 | 1 | $6,123 | Dec 28 | Icarus Films | false |
| 134 | The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,747 | 4 | $10,352 | Nov 18 | Music Box Films | false |
| 135 | Knuckle | - | - | - | $2,647 | 3 | $2,647 | Dec 9 | Vitagraph Films | false |
| 136 | America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments | - | - | - | $2,622 | 3 | $12,366 | Oct 14 | Rogers & Cowan/PMK | false |
| 137 | The Look | - | - | - | $2,487 | 2 | $19,988 | Nov 4 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 138 | The Conquest | - | - | - | $2,346 | 8 | $74,474 | Nov 11 | Music Box Films | false |
| 139 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | - | - | - | $2,344 | 2 | $35,671 | Oct 19 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 140 | The Mighty Macs | - | - | - | $2,044 | 975 | $1,891,936 | Oct 21 | Quaker Media | false |
| 141 | Granito | - | - | - | $2,026 | 5 | $43,942 | Sep 14 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 142 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | - | - | - | $1,996 | 1 | $22,039 | Jul 20 | The Film Desk | false |
| 143 | American Teacher | - | - | - | $1,858 | 2 | $33,144 | Sep 30 | First Run | false |
| 144 | Littlerock | - | - | - | $1,814 | 3 | $17,309 | Aug 12 | Variance Films | false |
| 145 | King of Devil's Island | - | - | - | $1,712 | 2 | $7,615 | Nov 18 | Film Movement | false |
| 146 | Restless | - | - | - | $1,593 | 126 | $163,265 | Sep 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 147 | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,181 | 2 | $43,839 | Jun 9 | The Film Desk | false |
| 148 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | - | - | - | $1,174 | 3 | $34,023 | Sep 9 | The Film Desk | false |
| 149 | Love Crime | - | - | - | $1,125 | 29 | $539,792 | Sep 2 | IFC Films | false |
| 150 | The Worst Movie Ever! | - | - | - | $1,080 | 2 | $25,206 | Aug 19 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut | false |
| 151 | Oka! | - | - | - | $884 | 2 | $18,364 | Oct 14 | Dada Films | false |
| 152 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | - | - | - | $872 | 6 | $152,408 | Jan 4 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 153 | Rapt 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $831 | 3 | $45,759 | Jul 6 | Lorber Films | false |
| 154 | To Die Is Hard | - | - | - | $810 | 1 | $5,129 | Dec 17 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut | false |
| 155 | Farmageddon | - | - | - | $714 | 7 | $56,573 | Jun 17 | - | false |
| 156 | Ra.One | - | - | - | $691 | 189 | $2,511,689 | Oct 26 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 157 | The Woodmans | - | - | - | $691 | 3 | $46,623 | Jan 19 | Lorber Films | false |
| 158 | Mississippi Mermaid | - | - | - | $650 | 1 | $33,216 | Jul 10 | The Film Desk | false |
| 159 | 3 | - | - | - | $635 | 6 | $59,954 | Sep 16 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 160 | American: The Bill Hicks Story | - | - | - | $452 | 11 | $92,234 | Apr 8 | Variance Films | false |
| 161 | My Joy | - | - | - | $380 | 1 | $6,298 | Sep 30 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 162 | The Future | - | - | - | $372 | 31 | $568,662 | Jul 29 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 163 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | - | - | - | $361 | 6 | $100,072 | Jun 24 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 164 | Senna | - | - | - | $279 | 47 | $1,612,430 | Aug 12 | - | false |
| 165 | Thunder Soul | - | - | - | $279 | 37 | $143,986 | Sep 23 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 166 | Metropolis Giorgio Moroder Presents | - | - | - | $264 | 16 | $27,362 | Oct 7 | - | false |
| 167 | Angels Crest | - | - | - | $236 | 1 | $832 | Dec 30 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 168 | Machine Gun Preacher | - | - | - | $214 | 93 | $538,690 | Sep 23 | Relativity Media | false |
| 169 | Tucker and Dale vs Evil | - | - | - | $213 | 44 | $223,838 | Sep 30 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 170 | Bill Cunningham: New York | - | - | - | $167 | 34 | $1,510,026 | Mar 16 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 171 | The Names of Love | - | - | - | $150 | 24 | $514,237 | Jun 24 | Music Box Films | false |
| 172 | Film socialisme | - | - | - | $129 | 3 | $42,925 | Jun 3 | Lorber Films | false |
| 173 | Raw Faith | - | - | - | $125 | 1 | $23,667 | Jun 24 | - | false |
| 174 | Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace | - | - | - | $69 | 3 | $12,139 | Sep 16 | - | false |
| 175 | Putty Hill | - | - | - | $27 | 3 | $49,918 | Feb 18 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 176 | I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive | - | - | - | $21 | 1 | $8,705 | Sep 2 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 177 | Aurora | - | - | - | $17 | 1 | $5,677 | Jun 29 | The Cinema Guild | false |
