| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Cars 2 | $90,930,615 | $66,135,507 | 72.7% | $24,795,108 | 27.3% | 4,115 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | $64,765,347 | - | - | - | - | 4,011 | 1 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 3 | Bad Teacher | $45,445,971 | $31,603,106 | 69.5% | $13,842,865 | 30.5% | 3,049 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 4 | Green Lantern | $24,726,863 | $18,028,056 | 72.9% | $6,698,807 | 27.1% | 3,514 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Super 8 | $17,456,795 | $12,028,092 | 68.9% | $5,428,703 | 31.1% | 3,424 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Mr. Popper's Penguins | $15,877,043 | $10,145,662 | 63.9% | $5,731,381 | 36.1% | 3,342 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | X-Men: First Class | $9,496,799 | $6,680,480 | 70.3% | $2,816,319 | 29.7% | 2,023 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Bridesmaids | $8,087,340 | $5,260,290 | 65% | $2,827,050 | 35% | 1,590 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Hangover Part II | $7,774,201 | $5,574,179 | 71.7% | $2,200,022 | 28.3% | 2,025 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | $7,189,592 | $4,928,925 | 68.6% | $2,260,667 | 31.4% | 1,742 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | $6,302,170 | $4,173,144 | 66.2% | $2,129,026 | 33.8% | 2,527 | 6 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 12 | Midnight in Paris | $6,100,482 | $4,481,000 | - | - | - | 951 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | true |
| 13 | The Tree of Life | $1,988,172 | $1,328,026 | 66.8% | $660,146 | 33.2% | 215 | 5 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer | $971,539 | $617,578 | 63.6% | $353,961 | 36.4% | 891 | 3 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 15 | Rio | $931,565 | $532,180 | 57.1% | $399,385 | 42.9% | 344 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 16 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2011 Re-release | $818,580 | - | - | - | - | 521 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | Thor | $805,216 | $511,300 | 63.5% | $293,916 | 36.5% | 404 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Fast Five | $727,570 | $508,335 | 69.9% | $219,235 | 30.1% | 343 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Beginners | $687,294 | $470,981 | 68.5% | $216,313 | 31.5% | 73 | 4 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 20 | Born to Be Wild | $469,343 | $225,942 | 48.1% | $243,401 | 51.9% | 47 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 21 | Buck | $435,249 | $291,503 | 67% | $143,746 | 33% | 54 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 22 | Water for Elephants | $421,351 | $255,630 | 60.7% | $165,721 | 39.3% | 292 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 23 | Double Dhamaal | $391,545 | $301,831 | 77.1% | $89,714 | 22.9% | 54 | 1 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | Soul Surfer | $383,040 | $208,866 | 54.5% | $174,174 | 45.5% | 240 | 12 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 25 | Something Borrowed | $364,378 | $226,135 | 62.1% | $138,243 | 37.9% | 231 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 26 | African Cats | $306,773 | $199,479 | 65% | $107,294 | 35% | 122 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 27 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | $242,608 | $142,275 | 58.6% | $100,333 | 41.4% | 78 | 9 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 28 | The Trip | $229,096 | $155,327 | 67.8% | $73,769 | 32.2% | 38 | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 29 | Hubble | $223,272 | $111,221 | 49.8% | $112,051 | 50.2% | 33 | 67 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 30 | The Lincoln Lawyer | $208,416 | $137,259 | 65.9% | $71,157 | 34.1% | 189 | 15 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 31 | The Art of Getting By | $207,024 | $135,232 | 65.3% | $71,792 | 34.7% | 129 | 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Rango | $202,938 | $116,786 | 57.6% | $86,152 | 42.4% | 156 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 33 | Conan O'Brien Can't Stop | $141,412 | $97,043 | 68.6% | $44,369 | 31.4% | 24 | 1 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 34 | Source Code | $113,963 | $68,638 | 60.2% | $45,325 | 39.8% | 106 | 13 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 35 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $113,119 | $59,321 | 52.4% | $53,798 | 47.6% | 11 | 57 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 36 | Insidious | $112,105 | $72,569 | 64.7% | $39,536 | 35.3% | 74 | 13 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 37 | Incendies | $106,397 | $69,996 | 65.8% | $36,401 | 34.2% | 62 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 38 | Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil | $100,972 | $55,158 | 54.6% | $45,814 | 45.4% | 114 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 39 | Jumping the Broom | $99,866 | $99,866 | 100% | $0 | - | 117 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | Beginning of the Great Revival | $99,257 | $65,866 | 66.4% | $33,391 | 33.6% | 29 | 1 | China Lion Film Distribution | - | false |
| 41 | Turtle: The Incredible Journey | $95,974 | $69,389 | 72.3% | $26,585 | 27.7% | 24 | 1 | Hannover House | - | false |
| 42 | A Better Life | $83,670 | $62,087 | 74.2% | $21,583 | 25.8% | 4 | 1 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 43 | Under the Sea 3D | $77,933 | $37,770 | 48.5% | $40,163 | 51.5% | 14 | 124 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 44 | Limitless | $75,346 | $46,409 | 61.6% | $28,937 | 38.4% | 85 | 15 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 45 | Page One | $72,022 | $45,249 | 62.8% | $26,773 | 37.2% | 17 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 46 | The Double Hour | $71,336 | $49,514 | 69.4% | $21,822 | 30.6% | 31 | 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 47 | Submarine | $67,953 | $42,103 | 62% | $25,850 | 38% | 26 | 4 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 48 | Hanna | $63,781 | $40,222 | 63.1% | $23,559 | 36.9% | 59 | 12 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 49 | Jane Eyre | $55,344 | $32,002 | 57.8% | $23,342 | 42.2% | 51 | 16 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 50 | Space Station 3D | $54,881 | $25,619 | 46.7% | $29,262 | 53.3% | 2 | 480 | IMAX | - | false |
| 51 | Bride Flight 2011 Re-release | $53,078 | $33,647 | 63.4% | $19,431 | 36.6% | 20 | 3 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 52 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules | $48,529 | $28,131 | 58% | $20,398 | 42% | 58 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 53 | The Names of Love | $44,265 | $30,372 | 68.6% | $13,893 | 31.4% | 5 | 1 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 54 | Bill Cunningham: New York | $34,902 | $22,043 | 63.2% | $12,859 | 36.8% | 12 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 55 | 13 Assassins | $32,014 | $18,181 | 56.8% | $13,833 | 43.2% | 21 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 56 | Win Win | $31,654 | $22,155 | 70% | $9,499 | 30% | 32 | 15 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 57 | Troll Hunter | $31,176 | $20,125 | 64.6% | $11,051 | 35.4% | 9 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 58 | The Beaver | $29,625 | $17,128 | 57.8% | $12,497 | 42.2% | 66 | 8 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 59 | Madea's Big Happy Family | $28,978 | $19,492 | 67.3% | $9,486 | 32.7% | 46 | 10 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 60 | Everything Must Go | $25,526 | $16,361 | 64.1% | $9,165 | 35.9% | 33 | 7 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 61 | Passione | $25,307 | $15,377 | 60.8% | $9,930 | 39.2% | 1 | 2 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 62 | In a Better World | $25,143 | $18,871 | 75% | $6,272 | 25% | 21 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 63 | Meek's Cutoff | $24,184 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 12 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 64 | Forks Over Knives | $22,240 | $11,368 | 51.1% | $10,872 | 48.9% | 15 | 25 | - | - | false |
| 65 | City of Life and Death | $20,752 | $13,293 | 64.1% | $7,459 | 35.9% | 9 | 8 | Kino International | - | false |
| 66 | The Conspirator | $19,965 | $13,426 | 67.2% | $6,539 | 32.8% | 25 | 11 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 67 | Ready | $18,546 | $14,161 | 76.4% | $4,385 | 23.6% | 97 | 4 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 68 | Rejoice and Shout | $18,212 | $11,025 | 60.5% | $7,187 | 39.5% | 5 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 69 | The Last Mountain | $16,723 | $13,008 | 77.8% | $3,715 | 22.2% | 6 | 4 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 70 | I Am | $15,750 | $11,090 | 70.4% | $4,660 | 29.6% | 13 | 19 | Paladin | - | false |
| 71 | Deep Sea | $15,696 | $6,130 | 39% | $9,566 | 61% | 2 | 278 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 72 | Hobo with a Shotgun | $14,807 | $9,255 | 62.5% | $5,552 | 37.5% | 12 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 73 | Viva Riva! | $13,578 | $9,326 | 68.7% | $4,252 | 31.3% | 5 | 3 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 74 | L'amour fou | $13,058 | $8,320 | 63.7% | $4,738 | 36.3% | 12 | 7 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 75 | Queen to Play | $12,591 | $7,290 | 57.9% | $5,301 | 42.1% | 4 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 76 | The First Grader | $12,149 | $8,434 | 69.4% | $3,715 | 30.6% | 11 | 7 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 77 | Winter in Wartime 2010 Re-release | $12,097 | $7,101 | 58.7% | $4,996 | 41.3% | 10 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 78 | If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front | $11,931 | $5,634 | 47.2% | $6,297 | 52.8% | 2 | 2 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 79 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | $10,963 | $5,922 | 54% | $5,041 | 46% | 1 | 1 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 80 | Scream 4 | $10,442 | $6,406 | 61.4% | $4,036 | 38.6% | 18 | 11 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 81 | Pianomania | $8,863 | $4,819 | 54.4% | $4,044 | 45.6% | 2 | 5 | First Run | - | false |
| 82 | The Princess of Montpensier | $8,630 | $5,302 | 61.4% | $3,328 | 38.6% | 10 | 11 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 83 | Beautiful Boy | $8,168 | $5,609 | 68.7% | $2,559 | 31.3% | 4 | 4 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 84 | Potiche | $7,872 | $5,065 | 64.3% | $2,807 | 35.7% | 9 | 14 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 85 | My Perestroika | $6,566 | $4,533 | 69% | $2,033 | 31% | 5 | 15 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 86 | How to Live Forever | $6,262 | $4,351 | 69.5% | $1,911 | 30.5% | 4 | 7 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 87 | Raw Faith | $5,906 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | false |
| 88 | Road to Nowhere | $5,808 | $3,936 | 67.8% | $1,872 | 32.2% | 4 | 3 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 89 | Small Town Murder Songs | $4,986 | $3,743 | 75.1% | $1,243 | 24.9% | 6 | 4 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 90 | Farmageddon | $4,980 | $3,013 | 60.5% | $1,967 | 39.5% | 1 | 2 | - | - | false |
| 91 | !Women Art Revolution | $4,769 | $2,554 | 53.6% | $2,215 | 46.4% | 3 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 92 | Leap Year | $4,236 | $2,727 | 64.4% | $1,509 | 35.6% | 1 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 93 | Battle for Brooklyn | $3,651 | $2,253 | 61.7% | $1,398 | 38.3% | 1 | 2 | RumuR Inc. | - | false |
| 94 | The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls 2011 Re-release | $3,588 | $3,087 | 86% | $501 | 14% | 1 | 7 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| 95 | The Greatest Movie Ever Sold | $3,323 | $1,850 | 55.7% | $1,473 | 44.3% | 6 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 96 | Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' | $3,076 | $1,722 | 56% | $1,354 | 44% | 2 | 7 | First Run | - | false |
| 97 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $2,997 | $1,360 | 45.4% | $1,637 | 54.6% | 1 | 662 | IMAX | - | false |
| 98 | Make Believe | $2,425 | $2,038 | 84% | $387 | 16% | 1 | 7 | - | - | false |
| 99 | Nostalgia for the Light | $2,415 | $1,445 | 59.8% | $970 | 40.2% | 1 | 25 | Icarus Films | - | false |
| 100 | Kill the Irishman | $2,213 | $1,730 | 78.2% | $483 | 21.8% | 2 | 16 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 101 | 35 and Ticking | $2,156 | $1,831 | 84.9% | $325 | 15.1% | 1 | 6 | Image Entertainment | - | false |
| 102 | Hesher | $2,132 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | Wrekin Hill Entertainment | - | false |
| 103 | Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | $2,109 | $1,062 | 50.4% | $1,047 | 49.6% | 2 | 18 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 104 | Poetry | $2,104 | $1,856 | 88.2% | $248 | 11.8% | 2 | 20 | Kino International | - | false |
| 105 | Circo | $2,028 | $749 | 36.9% | $1,279 | 63.1% | 2 | 13 | First Run | - | false |
| 106 | Le Quattro Volte | $1,987 | $833 | 41.9% | $1,154 | 58.1% | 3 | 14 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 107 | Film socialisme | $1,725 | $689 | 39.9% | $1,036 | 60.1% | 3 | 4 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 108 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | $1,663 | $761 | 45.8% | $902 | 54.2% | 2 | 7 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 109 | Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune | $1,541 | $430 | 27.9% | $1,111 | 72.1% | 2 | 26 | First Run | - | false |
| 110 | Always Kabhi Kabhi | $1,416 | $848 | 59.9% | $568 | 40.1% | 29 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 111 | Blank City | $1,197 | $792 | 66.2% | $405 | 33.8% | 1 | 13 | Insurgent Media | - | false |
| 112 | Strangers Online | $968 | $968 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 1 | Breaking Glass Pictures | - | false |
| 113 | Aurora | $898 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 114 | Galapagos | $879 | $491 | 55.9% | $388 | 44.1% | 1 | 609 | IMAX | - | false |
| 115 | Putty Hill | $873 | $500 | 57.3% | $373 | 42.7% | 1 | 19 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 116 | The Music Never Stopped | $872 | $596 | 68.4% | $276 | 31.6% | 2 | 15 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 117 | Kings of Pastry | $764 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 42 | First Run | - | false |
| 118 | Into Eternity | $640 | $640 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 22 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 119 | October | $471 | $284 | 60.3% | $187 | 39.7% | 1 | 8 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 120 | Making the Boys | $467 | $267 | 57.2% | $200 | 42.8% | 2 | 16 | First Run | - | false |
| 121 | Freedom | $343 | $240 | 70% | $103 | 30% | 1 | 14 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 122 | The Robber | $196 | $196 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 22 | Kino International | - | false |
| 123 | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | $188 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 124 | Of Gods and Men | $20 | $5,827 | 29,135% | $-5,807 | - | 7 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | American: The Bill Hicks Story | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | Variance Films | - | false |
| - | General Orders No. 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Variance Films | - | false |
| - | The Wildest Dream | - | - | - | - | - | - | 47 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Nine Nation Animation | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | The World According to Shorts | - | false |
| - | Gnomeo & Juliet | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Jig | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| - | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 301 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | The Last Lions | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| - | To Die Is Hard | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut | - | false |
