Domestic Box Office For October 2011

RankRelease GrossTheatersTotal GrossRelease DateDistributor
1Paranormal Activity 3$83,450,7553,329$104,028,807Oct 21Paramount Pictures
2Real Steel$74,322,6023,440$85,468,508Oct 7Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
3Dolphin Tale$40,454,0993,515$72,286,779Sep 23Warner Bros.
4Footloose
2011 Re-release
$38,924,8743,555$51,802,742Oct 14Paramount Pictures
5Moneyball$37,915,7273,018$75,605,492Sep 23Sony Pictures Releasing
6Puss in Boots$36,189,6613,963$149,260,504Oct 28DreamWorks
7The Ides of March$33,949,9382,199$40,962,534Oct 7Sony Pictures Releasing
850/50$28,598,6062,479$35,014,192Sep 30Summit Entertainment
9Courageous$24,748,6231,214$34,522,221Sep 30TriStar Pictures
10The Lion King
2011 3D Release
$21,270,8172,340$94,242,001Sep 16Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
11Dream House$17,985,2352,664$21,302,340Sep 30Universal Pictures
12The Thing$16,207,5052,996$16,928,670Oct 14Universal Pictures
13The Three Musketeers$15,233,1083,017$20,374,484Oct 21Summit Entertainment
14Contagion$12,998,3413,222$75,658,097Sep 9Warner Bros.
15Abduction$11,985,0863,118$28,087,155Sep 23Lionsgate Films
16What's Your Number?$11,787,3783,011$14,011,084Sep 30Twentieth Century Fox
17Killer Elite$10,824,9562,986$25,124,966Sep 23Open Road Films (II)
18The Help$9,699,1053,014$169,708,112Aug 10Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
19Drive$9,028,7242,904$35,061,555Sep 16FilmDistrict
20Johnny English Reborn$6,628,8551,554$8,305,970Oct 21Universal Pictures
21The Big Year$6,620,1742,150$7,204,138Oct 14Twentieth Century Fox
22The Rum Diary$5,679,6132,292$13,109,815Oct 28FilmDistrict
23The Smurfs$2,292,4693,427$142,614,158Jul 29Sony Pictures Releasing
24Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain$1,894,426287$7,706,436Sep 9Codeblack Entertainment
25Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2$1,676,0434,375$381,011,219Jul 15Warner Bros.
26Rise of the Planet of the Apes$1,642,9983,691$176,760,185Aug 5Twentieth Century Fox
27Margin Call$1,568,032199$5,354,039Oct 21Roadside Attractions
28The Mighty Macs$1,545,199975$1,891,936Oct 21Quaker Media
29Captain America: The First Avenger$1,543,6313,715$176,654,505Jul 22Paramount Pictures
30The Debt$1,538,9371,874$31,177,548Aug 31Focus Features
31Crazy, Stupid, Love.$1,428,4603,020$84,351,197Jul 29Warner Bros.
32Cars 2$1,356,9564,115$191,452,396Jun 24Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
33The Way
2010 Re-release
$1,297,130283$4,430,765Oct 7-
34Anonymous$1,132,214513$4,463,292Oct 28Sony Pictures Releasing
35In Time$1,070,4603,127$37,520,095Oct 28Twentieth Century Fox
36Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World$1,037,7053,305$38,538,188Aug 19-
37Colombiana$981,8502,614$36,665,854Aug 26TriStar Pictures
38Warrior$892,4591,883$13,657,115Sep 9Lionsgate Films
39Midnight in Paris$816,6401,038$56,817,045May 20Sony Pictures Classics
40The Skin I Live In$812,836116$3,185,812Oct 14Sony Pictures Classics
41Cowboys & Aliens$802,3553,754$100,240,551Jul 29Universal Pictures
42The Guard$760,256203$5,360,274Jul 29Sony Pictures Classics
43Born to Be Wild$729,569208$25,978,556Apr 8Warner Bros.
44Take Shelter$724,26791$1,730,296Sep 30Sony Pictures Classics
45I Don't Know How She Does It$655,2802,490$9,662,284Sep 16The Weinstein Company
46Zookeeper$555,3493,482$80,360,843Jul 8Sony Pictures Releasing
47Straw Dogs$549,1822,408$10,324,441Sep 16Screen Gems
48Hubble$462,239151$52,522,904Mar 19Warner Bros.
49Horrible Bosses$431,2973,134$117,538,559Jul 8Warner Bros.
50Machine Gun Preacher$423,13693$538,690Sep 23Relativity Media
51Shark Night$413,6412,848$18,877,153Sep 2Relativity Media
52Sarah's Key$369,504319$7,693,187Jul 22The Weinstein Company
53Don't Be Afraid of the Dark$361,9542,780$24,046,682Aug 26FilmDistrict
54Senna$360,81647$1,612,430Aug 12-
55Weekend$337,10926$484,592Sep 23IFC Films
56Transformers: Dark of the Moon$316,6404,088$352,390,543Jun 29DreamWorks
57Rascals$273,82961$273,829Oct 7Eros Worldwide
58The Hedgehog$253,74740$707,945Aug 19NeoClassics Films
59Bad Teacher$245,2203,049$100,292,856Jun 24Sony Pictures Releasing
60Love Crime$229,72829$539,792Sep 2IFC Films
61Munger Road$229,52832$266,689Sep 30Freestyle Releasing
62Martha Marcy May Marlene$225,983183$2,990,625Oct 21-
63My Afternoons with Margueritte$225,37441$666,557Sep 16Cohen Media Group
64Seven Days in Utopia$224,030561$4,373,074Sep 2Visio Entertainment
65Mozart's Sister$222,17736$707,885Aug 19Music Box Films
66War of the Arrows$218,46616$251,200Sep 30CJ Entertainment
67Our Idiot Brother$205,9642,555$24,816,118Aug 26The Weinstein Company
68The Women on the 6th Floor$204,03717$719,823Oct 7Strand Releasing
69Fright Night$192,7963,114$18,302,607Aug 19Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
70Tucker and Dale vs Evil$190,68944$223,838Sep 30Magnolia Pictures
71Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust$185,99811$202,531Sep 30Nocturnal Features
72Higher Ground
2011 Re-release
$178,87481$841,733Aug 26Sony Pictures Classics
73Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness$167,86129$906,666Jul 8International Film Circuit
74The Afflicted$163,17813$212,940Oct 21Nocturnal Features
75Apollo 18$162,9543,330$17,687,709Sep 2-
76Mausam$156,87496$728,316Sep 23Eros Worldwide
77The Greatest Miracle$156,56187$555,166Oct 14-
78Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame$150,82148$459,836Sep 2-
79The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975$148,58513$273,749Sep 9IFC Films
80Mr. Popper's Penguins$146,9753,342$68,224,452Jun 17Twentieth Century Fox
81Red Lips$135,10967$136,163Oct 14Lionsgate Films
82Like Crazy$133,803162$3,395,391Oct 28Paramount Vantage
831911$132,58933$135,739Oct 7Variance Films
84The Mill and the Cross$128,60817$312,187Sep 14-
85Blackthorn$124,86821$200,558Oct 7Magnolia Pictures
86Final Destination 5$121,7703,155$42,587,643Aug 12Warner Bros.
87Under the Sea 3D$121,763108$36,262,926Feb 13Warner Bros.
88The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)$117,21524$141,877Oct 7IFC Films
89Space Station 3D$110,78664$93,383,953Apr 19IMAX
90Restless$102,006126$163,265Sep 16Sony Pictures Classics
91Circumstance$98,79831$454,121Aug 26Roadside Attractions
92The Whistleblower$90,98770$1,124,966Aug 5The Samuel Goldwyn Company
93Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World$76,96414$6,096,582May 283D Entertainment
94The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby$76,1148$183,342Sep 23First Run
95Thunder Soul$73,89537$143,986Sep 23Roadside Attractions
96Fireflies in the Garden
2011 Re-release
$69,63014$70,600Oct 14-
97The Tree of Life$69,079237$13,303,319May 27-
98October Baby$67,37614$199,442Oct 28Five & Two Pictures
99Point Blank$63,25537$708,215Jul 29Magnolia Pictures
100Conan the Barbarian$61,2563,015$21,295,021Aug 19Lionsgate Films
101Cave of Forgotten Dreams$57,573123$5,304,920Apr 29IFC Films
102Snowmen$54,80516$54,805Oct 21Cinedigm Entertainment Group
103Oranges and Sunshine$54,53015$143,480Oct 21Cohen Media Group
104Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life$54,31919$233,007Aug 31Music Box Films
105Le Havre$53,87425$611,709Oct 21Janus Films
106Dirty Girl$51,48910$55,125Oct 7The Weinstein Company
107Finding Joe$51,1737$55,518Sep 30Balcony Releasing
108Brighton Rock$48,51324$229,653Aug 26IFC Films
109The Interrupters$47,32810$282,448Jul 29The Cinema Guild
110Inkubus$46,62816$81,600Oct 28Screen Media Films
111Margaret$44,42314$46,495Sep 30-
112Passione$40,2135$255,355Jun 22Abramorama
113Revenge of the Electric Car$38,78111$150,886Oct 21Area 23a
114El Bulli: Cooking in Progress$37,97710$237,181Jul 27-
115Limelight$36,6994$60,335Sep 23Magnolia Pictures
116Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey$36,01115$304,052Oct 21Submarine Deluxe
117The Future$35,39231$568,662Jul 29Roadside Attractions
118Texas Killing Fields$35,06710$45,469Oct 14Anchor Bay Films
119Pearl Jam Twenty$32,68260$471,334Sep 20Abramorama
120Puncture$31,1315$68,945Sep 23Millennium Entertainment
121The Double$29,82845$137,921Oct 28Image Entertainment
122Sigur Rós: Inni$28,1887$123,482Oct 28Cinema Purgatorio
123Mysteries of Lisbon$26,8546$110,507Aug 5Music Box Films
124American Teacher$25,6392$33,144Sep 30First Run
125The Names of Love$25,29824$514,237Jun 24Music Box Films
126Muran$24,99510$30,116Sep 30UTV Motion Pictures
127The Last Ride$24,0967$27,000Oct 21-
128Trespass$24,09410$24,094Oct 14Millennium Entertainment
1293$20,5036$59,954Sep 16Strand Releasing
130Happy, Happy$19,9337$45,154Sep 16Magnolia Pictures
131Hell and Back Again$18,6934$40,634Oct 5-
132Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology$18,5427$46,782Sep 16Paladin
133All's Faire in Love$18,36075$22,180Oct 28Hannover House
134Paul Goodman Changed My Life$17,2142$35,671Oct 19Zeitgeist Films
135Amigo$17,18210$184,705Aug 19Variance Films
136Metropolis
Giorgio Moroder Presents
$16,25116$27,362Oct 7-
137Where Soldiers Come From$15,9115$39,201Sep 9International Film Circuit
138Buck$15,789152$4,038,912Jun 17IFC Films
139Life, Above All$15,36218$134,461Jul 15Sony Pictures Classics
140The Trip$14,61762$2,030,962Jun 10IFC Films
141Granito$14,3925$43,942Sep 14International Film Circuit
142Tabloid$14,36237$696,921Jul 15IFC Films
143Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place$13,51718$154,521Aug 5Magnolia Pictures
144Benda Bilili!$13,0073$13,420Sep 30National Geographic Entertainment
145The Whale$12,8225$81,881Sep 9Paladin
146Incendiary$12,4013$22,457Sep 23Truly Indie
147Another Earth$12,01894$1,321,194Jul 22-
148The Tree$11,9548$71,158Jul 15Zeitgeist Films
149Bellflower$11,90713$168,226Aug 5Oscilloscope
150My Suicide$11,2801$17,282Sep 23Rocket Releasing
151Turtle: The Incredible Journey$10,82624$386,073Jun 24Hannover House
152Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster$10,7619$14,231Sep 30UTV Motion Pictures
153Oka!$9,6162$18,364Oct 14Dada Films
154Project Nim$9,50522$411,184Jul 8Roadside Attractions
155Sarah Palin: You Betcha!$8,8536$10,935Sep 30Freestyle Releasing
156Page One$8,73465$1,067,028Jun 17Magnolia Pictures
157My Reincarnation$8,1925$92,822Oct 28Long Shot Factory
158America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments$8,1133$12,366Oct 14Rogers & Cowan/PMK
159Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest$8,01754$1,200,326Jul 8Sony Pictures Classics
160City of Life and Death$7,9199$122,558May 11Kino International
161The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu$7,8203$34,023Sep 9The Film Desk
162Gun Hill Road$7,64310$148,994Aug 5Motion Film Group
163Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace$7,4863$12,139Sep 16-
164Bill Cunningham: New York$7,43734$1,510,026Mar 16Zeitgeist Films
165October$7,2502$32,127May 6New Yorker Films
166The Man Who Fell to Earth$7,0416$100,072Jun 24Rialto Pictures
167Shaolin$6,80111$66,099Sep 9Variance Films
168The Last Circus$5,9256$40,548Aug 19Magnolia Pictures
169Farmageddon$5,3847$56,573Jun 17-
170A Bird of the Air$5,3412$10,152Sep 23Paladin
171Jane's Journey$5,1813$27,253Sep 16First Run
172And They're Off$5,15410$5,154Oct 28Kinobild Releasing
173Elevate$5,0002$5,580Oct 21Variance Films
174Went the Day Well?$4,4711$47,214May 20Rialto Pictures
175The Catechism Cataclysm$4,3731$4,373Oct 19IFC Films
176Bride Flight
2011 Re-release
$4,34627$501,360Jun 10Music Box Films
177My Joy$4,3241$6,298Sep 30Kino Lorber
178Shut Up Little Man$3,8898$23,901Aug 26Tribeca Films
179The Sons of Tennessee Williams$3,2421$3,242Oct 7First Run
180Balls to the Wall$3,14010$3,140Oct 21Rocky Mountain Pictures
181!Women Art Revolution$2,7274$52,681Jun 1Zeitgeist Films
182Nostalgia for the Light$2,6656$163,962Jan 13Icarus Films
183Make Believe$2,4441$19,085May 13-
184Galapagos$2,32114$18,630,372Oct 29IMAX
185The Pool Boys$1,944101$2,269Sep 30Cinedigm Entertainment Group
186Janie Jones$1,8842$6,840Oct 28Tribeca Films
187The Green Ray
2011 Re-release
$1,7862$43,839Jun 9The Film Desk
188Chalet Girl$1,7101$1,710Oct 14IFC Films
189How to Live Forever$1,7054$60,630May 13Variance Films
190Film socialisme$1,6753$42,925Jun 3Lorber Films
191Rapt
2011 Re-release
$1,5563$45,759Jul 6Lorber Films
192Special Treatment$1,4251$8,856Aug 26First Run
193Sidewalls$1,4061$2,377Oct 26IFC Films
194Restitution$1,3401$2,664Oct 28Monterey Media
195Jig$1,2835$183,790Jun 17Screen Media Films
196Tuesday, After Christmas$1,1402$27,813May 25Lorber Films
197The Sleeping Beauty$1,0663$29,066Jul 8Strand Releasing
198Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow$1,0073$51,301Aug 10-
199Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre$8165$25,844Sep 16Nocturnal Features
200Aurora$8151$5,677Jun 29The Cinema Guild