| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | The Devil Inside | - | - | - | $44,158,518 | 2,551 | $53,261,944 | 82.9% | Jan 6, 2012 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $33,558,239 | 3,555 | $209,397,903 | 16% | Dec 16, 2011 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $24,143,677 | 3,703 | $186,848,418 | 12.9% | Dec 16, 2011 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $20,226,421 | 2,950 | $102,515,793 | 19.7% | Dec 21, 2011 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | Contraband | - | - | - | $17,149,370 | 2,870 | $66,528,000 | 25.8% | Jan 13, 2012 | Universal Pictures |
| 6 | War Horse | - | - | - | $15,940,878 | 2,856 | $79,884,879 | 20% | Dec 25, 2011 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $14,734,184 | 3,734 | $133,110,742 | 11.1% | Dec 16, 2011 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | We Bought a Zoo | - | - | - | $14,099,782 | 3,170 | $75,624,550 | 18.6% | Dec 23, 2011 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | Beauty and the Beast 2012 3D Release | - | - | - | $12,324,864 | 2,625 | $47,617,067 | 25.9% | Jan 13, 2012 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $10,980,841 | 3,087 | $77,591,831 | 14.2% | Dec 21, 2011 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | - | - | - | $9,533,657 | 886 | $24,149,393 | 39.5% | Dec 9, 2011 | Focus Features |
| 12 | Joyful Noise | - | - | - | $7,863,021 | 2,735 | $30,932,113 | 25.4% | Jan 13, 2012 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | The Descendants | - | - | - | $5,059,397 | 2,038 | $82,584,160 | 6.1% | Nov 16, 2011 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 14 | The Darkest Hour | - | - | - | $4,635,940 | 2,327 | $21,443,494 | 21.6% | Dec 25, 2011 | Summit Entertainment |
| 15 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $4,619,368 | 3,505 | $54,544,638 | 8.5% | Dec 9, 2011 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | The Iron Lady | - | - | - | $4,045,884 | 1,244 | $30,017,992 | 13.5% | Dec 30, 2011 | The Weinstein Company |
| 17 | Hugo | - | - | - | $2,737,655 | 2,608 | $73,864,507 | 3.7% | Nov 23, 2011 | Paramount Pictures |
| 18 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $2,456,021 | 4,066 | $281,287,133 | 0.9% | Nov 18, 2011 | Summit Entertainment |
| 19 | The Artist | - | - | - | $2,413,738 | 1,756 | $44,671,682 | 5.4% | Nov 25, 2011 | The Weinstein Company |
| 20 | Young Adult | - | - | - | $2,106,252 | 987 | $16,311,571 | 12.9% | Dec 9, 2011 | Paramount Pictures |
| 21 | The Muppets | - | - | - | $1,985,864 | 3,440 | $88,631,237 | 2.2% | Nov 23, 2011 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 22 | The Sitter | - | - | - | $1,906,869 | 2,752 | $30,441,326 | 6.3% | Dec 9, 2011 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 23 | My Week with Marilyn | - | - | - | $1,565,080 | 630 | $14,600,347 | 10.7% | Nov 23, 2011 | The Weinstein Company |
| 24 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $995,599 | 3,963 | $149,260,504 | 0.7% | Oct 28, 2011 | DreamWorks |
| 25 | A Dangerous Method | - | - | - | $609,656 | 365 | $5,704,709 | 10.7% | Nov 23, 2011 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 26 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $589,347 | 3,611 | $64,006,466 | 0.9% | Nov 18, 2011 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | Tower Heist | - | - | - | $571,750 | 3,370 | $78,046,570 | 0.7% | Nov 4, 2011 | Universal Pictures |
| 28 | Carnage | - | - | - | $472,576 | 494 | $2,547,047 | 18.6% | Dec 16, 2011 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 29 | Jack and Jill | - | - | - | $469,196 | 3,438 | $74,158,157 | 0.6% | Nov 11, 2011 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 30 | Shame | - | - | - | $422,900 | 95 | $3,909,002 | 10.8% | Dec 2, 2011 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 31 | Real Steel | - | - | - | $319,136 | 3,440 | $85,468,508 | 0.4% | Oct 7, 2011 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 32 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $299,941 | 3,018 | $75,605,492 | 0.4% | Sep 23, 2011 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 33 | Courageous | - | - | - | $250,176 | 1,214 | $34,522,221 | 0.7% | Sep 30, 2011 | TriStar Pictures |
| 34 | Immortals | - | - | - | $239,299 | 3,120 | $83,504,017 | 0.3% | Nov 11, 2011 | Relativity Media |
| 35 | Don 2 | - | - | - | $223,175 | 167 | $3,680,306 | 6.1% | Dec 22, 2011 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 36 | Pariah | - | - | - | $218,958 | 24 | $769,552 | 28.5% | Dec 28, 2011 | Focus Features |
| 37 | In Time | - | - | - | $212,496 | 3,127 | $37,520,095 | 0.6% | Oct 28, 2011 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 38 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $205,880 | 1,985 | $37,306,030 | 0.6% | Nov 9, 2011 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $205,025 | 208 | $25,978,556 | 0.8% | Apr 8, 2011 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | - | - | - | $204,414 | 2,630 | $31,847,881 | 0.6% | Dec 25, 2011 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | Pina | - | - | - | $192,086 | 84 | $3,524,826 | 5.4% | Dec 23, 2011 | IFC Films |
| 42 | Melancholia | - | - | - | $190,080 | 145 | $3,030,848 | 6.3% | Nov 11, 2011 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 43 | A Separation | - | - | - | $173,815 | 282 | $7,099,055 | 2.4% | Dec 30, 2011 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 44 | Dolphin Tale | - | - | - | $143,995 | 3,515 | $72,286,779 | 0.2% | Sep 23, 2011 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $124,622 | 3,376 | $46,462,469 | 0.3% | Nov 23, 2011 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 46 | Drive | - | - | - | $101,802 | 2,904 | $35,061,555 | 0.3% | Sep 16, 2011 | FilmDistrict |
| 47 | Hubble | - | - | - | $97,403 | 151 | $52,522,904 | 0.2% | Mar 19, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | Footloose Original Release | - | - | - | $96,238 | 3,555 | $51,802,742 | 0.2% | Oct 14, 2011 | Paramount Pictures |
| 49 | The Way 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $94,035 | 283 | $4,430,765 | 2.1% | Oct 7, 2011 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) |
| 50 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | - | - | - | $83,255 | 2,875 | $35,061,031 | 0.2% | Nov 4, 2011 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | - | - | - | $75,608 | 18 | $303,877 | 24.9% | Dec 23, 2011 | FilmDistrict |
| 52 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $71,199 | 2,199 | $40,962,534 | 0.2% | Oct 7, 2011 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 53 | Vettai | - | - | - | $57,523 | 34 | $204,373 | 28.1% | Jan 13, 2012 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 54 | Margin Call | - | - | - | $52,732 | 199 | $5,354,039 | 1% | Oct 21, 2011 | Roadside Attractions |
| 55 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | - | - | - | $47,219 | 14 | $6,096,582 | 0.8% | May 28, 2010 | 3D Entertainment |
| 56 | The Help | - | - | - | $46,823 | 3,014 | $169,708,112 | <0.1% | Aug 10, 2011 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 57 | The Skin I Live In | - | - | - | $46,423 | 116 | $3,185,812 | 1.5% | Oct 14, 2011 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 58 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $41,921 | 108 | $36,262,926 | 0.1% | Feb 13, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 59 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $41,450 | 64 | $93,383,953 | <0.1% | Apr 19, 2002 | IMAX |
| 60 | The Women on the 6th Floor | - | - | - | $36,225 | 17 | $719,823 | 5% | Oct 7, 2011 | Strand Releasing |
| 61 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | - | - | - | $29,102 | 27 | $5,705,874 | 0.5% | Oct 7, 2011 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 62 | Midnight in Paris | - | - | - | $27,901 | 1,038 | $56,817,045 | <0.1% | May 20, 2011 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 63 | The Flowers of War | - | - | - | $26,054 | 30 | $311,434 | 8.4% | Jan 20, 2012 | Wrekin Hill Entertainment |
| 64 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | - | - | - | $23,055 | 6 | $152,408 | 15.1% | Jan 4, 2012 | The Cinema Guild |
| 65 | Take Shelter | - | - | - | $22,139 | 91 | $1,730,296 | 1.3% | Sep 30, 2011 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 66 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | - | - | - | $20,492 | 80 | $1,738,692 | 1.2% | Dec 9, 2011 | Oscilloscope |
| 67 | Like Crazy | - | - | - | $14,619 | 162 | $3,395,391 | 0.4% | Oct 28, 2011 | Paramount Vantage |
| 68 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | - | - | - | $13,382 | 15 | $304,052 | 4.4% | Oct 21, 2011 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 69 | Norwegian Wood | - | - | - | $13,000 | 3 | $13,000 | 100% | Jan 6, 2012 | Red Flag Releasing (RFR) |
| 70 | The Conquest | - | - | - | $10,103 | 8 | $74,474 | 13.6% | Nov 11, 2011 | Music Box Films |
| 71 | The Greatest Miracle | - | - | - | $9,209 | 87 | $555,166 | 1.7% | Oct 14, 2011 | - |
| 72 | Young Goethe in Love | - | - | - | $9,033 | 9 | $162,138 | 5.6% | Nov 4, 2011 | Music Box Films |
| 73 | The Mill and the Cross | - | - | - | $8,970 | 17 | $312,187 | 2.9% | Sep 14, 2011 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics |
| 74 | Mozart's Sister | - | - | - | $8,637 | 36 | $707,885 | 1.2% | Aug 19, 2011 | Music Box Films |
| 75 | My Reincarnation | - | - | - | $7,648 | 5 | $92,822 | 8.2% | Oct 28, 2011 | Long Shot Factory |
| 76 | The Guard | - | - | - | $7,413 | 203 | $5,360,274 | 0.1% | Jul 29, 2011 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 77 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | - | - | - | $6,960 | 10 | $237,181 | 2.9% | Jul 27, 2011 | - |
| 78 | Outrage | - | - | - | $6,892 | 7 | $44,745 | 15.4% | Dec 2, 2011 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 79 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | - | - | - | $5,637 | 2,340 | $94,242,001 | <0.1% | Sep 16, 2011 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 80 | Sigur Rós: Inni | - | - | - | $5,189 | 7 | $123,482 | 4.2% | Oct 28, 2011 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 81 | The Whale | - | - | - | $5,099 | 5 | $81,881 | 6.2% | Sep 9, 2011 | Paladin |
| 82 | Sing Your Song | - | - | - | $4,946 | 4 | $47,718 | 10.4% | Jan 13, 2012 | S2BN Films |
| 83 | Roadie | - | - | - | $4,503 | 1 | $7,825 | 57.5% | Jan 6, 2012 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 84 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | - | - | - | $4,366 | 12 | $153,088 | 2.9% | Nov 11, 2011 | First Run |
| 85 | Sophomore | - | - | - | $4,162 | 1 | $18,945 | 22% | Jan 13, 2012 | N/A |
| 86 | Garbo: The Spy 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,036 | 2 | $28,563 | 14.1% | Nov 18, 2011 | First Run |
| 87 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | - | - | - | $3,855 | 7 | $100,119 | 3.9% | Nov 11, 2011 | Variance Films |
| 88 | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | - | - | - | $3,827 | 3 | $51,301 | 7.5% | Aug 10, 2011 | - |
| 89 | Blackthorn | - | - | - | $3,569 | 21 | $200,558 | 1.8% | Oct 7, 2011 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 90 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | - | - | - | $3,312 | 2 | $35,671 | 9.3% | Oct 19, 2011 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 91 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | - | - | - | $3,123 | 8 | $183,342 | 1.7% | Sep 23, 2011 | First Run |
| 92 | Tomboy | - | - | - | $3,080 | 10 | $129,834 | 2.4% | Nov 16, 2011 | Dada Films |
| 93 | Prince of the Himalayas | - | - | - | $3,019 | 1 | $10,190 | 29.6% | Dec 23, 2011 | - |
| 94 | Hell and Back Again | - | - | - | $2,335 | 4 | $40,634 | 5.7% | Oct 5, 2011 | Docurama Films |
| 95 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | - | - | - | $2,240 | 19 | $233,007 | 1% | Aug 31, 2011 | Music Box Films |
| 96 | Rid of Me | - | - | - | $2,069 | 2 | $11,740 | 17.6% | Nov 18, 2011 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 97 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | - | - | - | $2,038 | 5 | $86,202 | 2.4% | Nov 25, 2011 | - |
| 98 | Loosies | - | - | - | $1,984 | 3 | $3,519 | 56.4% | Jan 11, 2012 | IFC Films |
| 99 | Tyrannosaur | - | - | - | $1,682 | 5 | $22,321 | 7.5% | Nov 18, 2011 | Strand Releasing |
| 100 | Khodorkovsky | - | - | - | $1,673 | 2 | $39,522 | 4.2% | Nov 30, 2011 | Kino Lorber |
| 101 | Santa Mesa | - | - | - | $1,554 | 3 | $10,490 | 14.8% | Jan 13, 2012 | Indican Pictures |
| 102 | Newlyweds | - | - | - | $1,428 | 1 | $5,000 | 28.6% | Jan 13, 2012 | Tribeca Films |
| 103 | King of Devil's Island | - | - | - | $1,411 | 2 | $7,615 | 18.5% | Nov 18, 2011 | Film Movement |
| 104 | Domain 2012 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,380 | 1 | $7,105 | 19.4% | Jan 13, 2012 | Strand Releasing |
| 105 | Jane's Journey | - | - | - | $1,261 | 3 | $27,253 | 4.6% | Sep 16, 2011 | First Run |
| 106 | Crazy Horse | - | - | - | $1,248 | 14 | $157,782 | 0.8% | Jan 18, 2012 | Zipporah Films |
| 107 | Addiction Incorporated | - | - | - | $1,210 | 5 | $40,106 | 3% | Dec 14, 2011 | Variance Films |
| 108 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | - | - | - | $1,171 | 3 | $34,023 | 3.4% | Sep 9, 2011 | The Film Desk |
| 109 | Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars | - | - | - | $1,100 | 5 | $8,688 | 12.7% | Jan 13, 2012 | First Run |
| 110 | Granito | - | - | - | $902 | 5 | $43,942 | 2.1% | Sep 14, 2011 | International Film Circuit |
| 111 | The Devil, Probably | - | - | - | $864 | 2 | $26,816 | 3.2% | Jan 13, 2012 | The Film Desk |
| 112 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | - | - | - | $844 | 29 | $906,666 | <0.1% | Jul 8, 2011 | International Film Circuit |
| 113 | The Interrupters | - | - | - | $736 | 10 | $282,448 | 0.3% | Jul 29, 2011 | The Cinema Guild |
| 114 | The City Dark | - | - | - | $696 | 2 | $9,269 | 7.5% | Jan 18, 2012 | Argot Pictures |
| 115 | Nostalgia for the Light | - | - | - | $658 | 6 | $163,962 | 0.4% | Jan 13, 2011 | Icarus Films |
| 116 | CornerStore | - | - | - | $650 | 2 | $45,176 | 1.4% | Aug 12, 2011 | Shotown Pictures |
| 117 | The Bride Wore Black | - | - | - | $518 | 2 | $44,566 | 1.2% | Nov 4, 2011 | The Film Desk |
| 118 | Amigo | - | - | - | $462 | 10 | $184,705 | 0.3% | Aug 19, 2011 | Variance Films |
| 119 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $411 | 14 | $18,630,372 | <0.1% | Oct 29, 1999 | IMAX |
| 120 | Pianomania | - | - | - | $404 | 6 | $49,852 | 0.8% | May 27, 2011 | First Run |
| 121 | Dystopia: 2013 | - | - | - | $288 | 1 | $1,708 | 16.9% | Jan 13, 2012 | - |
| 122 | American: The Bill Hicks Story | - | - | - | $258 | 11 | $92,234 | 0.3% | Apr 8, 2011 | Variance Films |
| 123 | El Sicario, Room 164 | - | - | - | $254 | 1 | $6,123 | 4.1% | Dec 28, 2011 | Icarus Films |
| 124 | The Look | - | - | - | $196 | 2 | $19,988 | 1% | Nov 4, 2011 | Kino Lorber |
| 125 | Battleship Potemkin | - | - | - | $192 | 5 | $51,198 | 0.4% | Jan 14, 2011 | Kino International |
| 126 | Redneck Carnage | - | - | - | $94 | 1 | $706 | 13.3% | Oct 29, 2011 | - |
| 127 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | - | - | - | $86 | 1 | $22,039 | 0.4% | Jul 20, 2011 | The Film Desk |
