Domestic Box Office For October 2011
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puss in Boots | $149,260,504 | 3,963 | $34,077,439 | 22.8% | 3,952 | Oct 28 | Mar 1 | DreamWorks |
| 2 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $104,028,807 | 3,329 | $52,568,183 | 50.5% | 3,321 | Oct 21 | Jan 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | Real Steel | $85,468,508 | 3,440 | $27,319,677 | 32% | 3,440 | Oct 7 | Feb 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $51,802,742 | 3,555 | $15,556,113 | 30% | 3,549 | Oct 14 | Jan 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | The Ides of March | $40,962,534 | 2,199 | $10,470,143 | 25.6% | 2,199 | Oct 7 | Jan 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | In Time | $37,520,095 | 3,127 | $12,050,368 | 32.1% | 3,122 | Oct 28 | Feb 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | The Three Musketeers | $20,374,484 | 3,017 | $8,674,452 | 42.6% | 3,017 | Oct 21 | Dec 29 | Summit Entertainment |
| 8 | The Thing | $16,928,670 | 2,996 | $8,493,665 | 50.2% | 2,996 | Oct 14 | Nov 17 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | The Rum Diary | $13,109,815 | 2,292 | $5,135,369 | 39.2% | 2,273 | Oct 28 | Dec 22 | FilmDistrict |
| 10 | Johnny English Reborn | $8,305,970 | 1,554 | $3,833,300 | 46.2% | 1,552 | Oct 21 | Nov 24 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | The Big Year | $7,204,138 | 2,150 | $3,251,884 | 45.1% | 2,150 | Oct 14 | Dec 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $5,705,874 | 27 | - | - | - | Oct 7 | - | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 13 | Margin Call | $5,354,039 | 199 | $561,906 | 10.5% | 56 | Oct 21 | Feb 16 | Roadside Attractions |
| 14 | Anonymous | $4,463,292 | 513 | $1,021,768 | 22.9% | 265 | Oct 28 | Dec 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $4,430,765 | 283 | $110,418 | 2.5% | 33 | Oct 7 | Mar 15 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) |
| 16 | Like Crazy | $3,395,391 | 162 | $123,140 | 3.6% | 4 | Oct 28 | Jan 12 | Paramount Vantage |
| 17 | The Skin I Live In | $3,185,812 | 116 | $223,119 | 7% | 6 | Oct 14 | Mar 29 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 18 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $2,990,625 | 183 | $137,651 | 4.6% | 4 | Oct 21 | Dec 29 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 19 | Ra.One | $2,511,689 | 189 | - | - | 189 | Oct 26 | Dec 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 20 | The Mighty Macs | $1,891,936 | 975 | $963,221 | 50.9% | 975 | Oct 21 | Dec 1 | Quaker Media |
| 21 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $719,823 | 17 | $26,200 | 3.6% | 6 | Oct 7 | Jun 28 | Strand Releasing |
| 22 | Le Havre | $611,709 | 25 | $26,363 | 4.3% | 6 | Oct 21 | Apr 15 | Janus Films |
| 23 | The Greatest Miracle | $555,166 | 87 | $35,768 | 6.4% | 13 | Oct 14 | Jan 19 | - |
| 24 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $304,052 | 15 | $22,963 | 7.6% | 1 | Oct 21 | Apr 26 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 25 | Rascals | $273,829 | 61 | $168,082 | 61.4% | 61 | Oct 7 | Oct 20 | Eros Worldwide |
| 26 | The Afflicted | $212,940 | 13 | $90,272 | 42.4% | 13 | Oct 21 | Nov 13 | Nocturnal Features |
| 27 | Blackthorn | $200,558 | 21 | $15,254 | 7.6% | 8 | Oct 7 | Feb 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 28 | October Baby | $199,442 | 14 | $102,096 | 51.2% | 13 | Oct 28 | Nov 17 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 29 | Revenge of the Electric Car | $150,886 | 11 | $17,482 | 11.6% | 2 | Oct 21 | Jan 1 | Area 23a |
| 30 | Oranges and Sunshine | $143,480 | 15 | $18,600 | 13% | 4 | Oct 21 | Nov 6 | Cohen Media Group |
| 31 | The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) | $141,877 | 24 | $49,456 | 34.9% | 18 | Oct 7 | Nov 10 | IFC Films |
| 32 | The Double | $137,921 | 45 | $26,640 | 19.3% | 11 | Oct 28 | Nov 17 | Image Entertainment |
| 33 | Red Lips | $136,163 | 67 | $73,476 | 54% | 67 | Oct 14 | Nov 3 | Lionsgate |
| 34 | 1911 | $135,739 | 33 | $55,850 | 41.1% | 33 | Oct 7 | Nov 10 | Variance Films |
| 35 | Sigur Rós: Inni | $123,482 | 7 | $14,903 | 12.1% | 3 | Oct 28 | Jan 15 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 36 | My Reincarnation | $92,822 | 5 | $6,498 | 7% | 1 | Oct 28 | May 10 | Long Shot Factory |
| 37 | Inkubus | $81,600 | 16 | - | - | - | Oct 28 | Nov 3 | Screen Media Films |
| 38 | Fireflies in the Garden 2011 Re-release | $70,600 | 14 | $36,884 | 52.2% | 5 | Oct 14 | - | - |
| 39 | Dirty Girl | $55,125 | 10 | $17,859 | 32.4% | 9 | Oct 7 | Nov 10 | The Weinstein Company |
| 40 | Snowmen | $54,805 | 16 | $54,333 | 99.1% | 16 | Oct 21 | Oct 27 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 41 | Texas Killing Fields | $45,469 | 10 | $8,772 | 19.3% | 3 | Oct 14 | Nov 17 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 42 | Hell and Back Again | $40,634 | 4 | $3,413 | 8.4% | 1 | Oct 5 | Apr 5 | Docurama Films |
| 43 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $35,671 | 2 | $5,754 | 16.1% | 1 | Oct 19 | Mar 1 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 44 | Metropolis Giorgio Moroder Presents | $27,362 | 16 | - | - | - | Oct 7 | Jan 5 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics |
| 45 | The Last Ride | $27,000 | 7 | $16,270 | 60.3% | 7 | Oct 21 | Nov 3 | Category One Entertainment Group |
| 46 | Trespass | $24,094 | 10 | $16,816 | 69.8% | 10 | Oct 14 | Oct 20 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 47 | All's Faire in Love | $22,180 | 75 | $16,440 | 74.1% | 75 | Oct 28 | Nov 3 | Hannover House |
| 48 | Oka! | $18,364 | 2 | $4,461 | 24.3% | 1 | Oct 14 | Jan 29 | Dada Films |
| 49 | America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments | $12,366 | 3 | $5,599 | 45.3% | 3 | Oct 14 | Dec 8 | Rogers & Cowan/PMK |
| 50 | Janie Jones | $6,840 | 2 | - | - | - | Oct 28 | - | Tribeca Films |
| 51 | Elevate | $5,580 | 2 | $3,547 | 63.6% | 1 | Oct 21 | Nov 10 | Variance Films |
| 52 | And They're Off | $5,154 | 10 | $5,154 | 100% | 10 | Oct 28 | - | Kinobild Releasing |
| 53 | The Catechism Cataclysm | $4,373 | 1 | $897 | 20.5% | 1 | Oct 19 | Oct 27 | IFC Films |
| 54 | The Sons of Tennessee Williams | $3,242 | 1 | $1,492 | 46% | 1 | Oct 7 | Oct 20 | First Run |
| 55 | Balls to the Wall | $3,140 | 10 | $3,140 | 100% | 10 | Oct 21 | - | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 56 | Restitution | $2,664 | 1 | $1,779 | 66.8% | 1 | Oct 28 | Nov 10 | Monterey Media |
| 57 | Sidewalls | $2,377 | 1 | $1,304 | 54.9% | 1 | Oct 26 | Nov 3 | IFC Films |
| 58 | Chalet Girl | $1,710 | 1 | $192 | 11.2% | 1 | Oct 14 | Oct 27 | IFC Films |
| 59 | Redneck Carnage | $706 | 1 | - | - | - | Oct 29 | Jan 29 | - |
