| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Captain America: The First Avenger | $91,867,268 | $65,058,524 | 70.8% | $26,808,744 | 29.2% | 3,715 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | $70,417,440 | $47,422,212 | 67.3% | $22,995,228 | 32.7% | 4,375 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Friends with Benefits | $28,900,281 | $18,622,150 | 64.4% | $10,278,131 | 35.6% | 2,926 | 1 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 4 | Horrible Bosses | $18,419,168 | $11,884,319 | 64.5% | $6,534,849 | 35.5% | 3,104 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | $18,131,964 | $12,051,735 | 66.5% | $6,080,229 | 33.5% | 3,375 | 5 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 6 | Zookeeper | $14,026,640 | $8,702,055 | 62% | $5,324,585 | 38% | 3,215 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | Cars 2 | $9,050,110 | $5,655,857 | 62.5% | $3,394,253 | 37.5% | 2,668 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Winnie the Pooh | $8,225,614 | $5,162,046 | 62.8% | $3,063,568 | 37.2% | 2,405 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Bad Teacher | $4,120,644 | $2,610,925 | 63.4% | $1,509,719 | 36.6% | 2,034 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 10 | Midnight in Paris | $2,716,475 | $1,899,000 | - | - | - | 621 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | true |
| 11 | Bridesmaids | $2,091,100 | $1,325,985 | 63.4% | $765,115 | 36.6% | 680 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Mr. Popper's Penguins | $1,592,175 | $935,068 | 58.7% | $657,107 | 41.3% | 591 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | Larry Crowne | $1,537,010 | $1,019,475 | 66.3% | $517,535 | 33.7% | 1,035 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Super 8 | $1,194,977 | $760,042 | 63.6% | $434,935 | 36.4% | 658 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara | $880,694 | $670,258 | 76.1% | $210,436 | 23.9% | 100 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 16 | The Tree of Life | $869,797 | $555,573 | 63.9% | $314,224 | 36.1% | 230 | 9 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Monte Carlo | $843,441 | $475,973 | 56.4% | $367,468 | 43.6% | 360 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 18 | Beginners | $618,975 | $425,205 | 68.7% | $193,770 | 31.3% | 157 | 8 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 19 | Green Lantern | $605,512 | $381,612 | 63% | $223,900 | 37% | 421 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 20 | Thor | $580,076 | $343,000 | 59.1% | $237,076 | 40.9% | 236 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | X-Men: First Class | $574,015 | $348,046 | 60.6% | $225,969 | 39.4% | 295 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 22 | Born to Be Wild | $565,624 | $247,045 | 43.7% | $318,579 | 56.3% | 48 | 16 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 23 | Rio | $561,662 | $304,210 | 54.2% | $257,452 | 45.8% | 210 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 24 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | $560,912 | $317,481 | 56.6% | $243,431 | 43.4% | 250 | 10 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 25 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | $518,083 | $311,464 | 60.1% | $206,619 | 39.9% | 246 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | The Hangover Part II | $467,300 | $298,592 | 63.9% | $168,708 | 36.1% | 275 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 27 | Buck | $422,116 | $266,508 | 63.1% | $155,608 | 36.9% | 128 | 6 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 28 | Snow Flower and the Secret Fan | $315,319 | $200,333 | 63.5% | $114,986 | 36.5% | 61 | 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | A Better Life | $310,250 | $215,376 | 69.4% | $94,874 | 30.6% | 182 | 5 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 30 | Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer | $292,660 | $136,277 | 46.6% | $156,383 | 53.4% | 190 | 7 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 31 | Fast Five | $274,000 | $169,650 | 61.9% | $104,350 | 38.1% | 174 | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Hubble | $254,461 | $121,417 | 47.7% | $133,044 | 52.3% | 27 | 71 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 33 | Singham | $223,766 | $161,063 | 72% | $62,703 | 28% | 50 | 1 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest | $223,579 | $145,256 | 65% | $78,323 | 35% | 54 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 35 | Starbuck | $189,847 | - | - | - | - | 76 | 1 | Entertainment One | - | false |
| 36 | The Trip | $181,156 | $129,612 | 71.6% | $51,544 | 28.4% | 46 | 7 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 37 | Tabloid | $176,675 | $121,057 | 68.5% | $55,618 | 31.5% | 31 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 38 | Sarah's Key | $169,960 | $115,708 | 68.1% | $54,252 | 31.9% | 5 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 39 | Page One | $147,148 | $95,671 | 65% | $51,477 | 35% | 65 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | Terri | $126,257 | $87,679 | 69.4% | $38,578 | 30.6% | 36 | 4 | ATO Pictures | - | false |
| 41 | Another Earth | $112,266 | $77,740 | 69.2% | $34,526 | 30.8% | 4 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | Water for Elephants | $111,236 | $66,121 | 59.4% | $45,115 | 40.6% | 91 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 43 | Under the Sea 3D | $103,995 | $47,761 | 45.9% | $56,234 | 54.1% | 12 | 128 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 44 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $91,071 | $49,136 | 54% | $41,935 | 46% | 10 | 61 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 45 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $89,833 | $57,200 | 63.7% | $32,633 | 36.3% | 8 | 3 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 46 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | $89,240 | $54,410 | 61% | $34,830 | 39% | 42 | 13 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 47 | Project Nim | $74,192 | $50,145 | 67.6% | $24,047 | 32.4% | 19 | 3 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 48 | A Little Help | $69,430 | $44,870 | 64.6% | $24,560 | 35.4% | 24 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 49 | Insidious | $61,147 | $37,990 | 62.1% | $23,157 | 37.9% | 59 | 17 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 50 | Incendies | $59,220 | $40,361 | 68.2% | $18,859 | 31.8% | 29 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 51 | Something Borrowed | $49,625 | $29,322 | 59.1% | $20,303 | 40.9% | 47 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 52 | Space Station 3D | $49,491 | $20,020 | 40.4% | $29,471 | 59.6% | 1 | 484 | IMAX | - | false |
| 53 | Delhi Belly | $49,340 | $35,947 | 72.9% | $13,393 | 27.1% | 67 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 54 | The Double Hour | $43,876 | $29,147 | 66.4% | $14,729 | 33.6% | 20 | 15 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 55 | Turtle: The Incredible Journey | $38,194 | $25,841 | 67.7% | $12,353 | 32.3% | 7 | 5 | Hannover House | - | false |
| 56 | Bride Flight 2011 Re-release | $36,634 | $25,974 | 70.9% | $10,660 | 29.1% | 17 | 7 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 57 | Submarine | $33,309 | $21,376 | 64.2% | $11,933 | 35.8% | 18 | 8 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 58 | The Undefeated | $30,280 | $24,664 | 81.4% | $5,616 | 18.6% | 14 | 2 | Arc Entertainment | - | false |
| 59 | Life, Above All | $26,889 | $15,571 | 57.9% | $11,318 | 42.1% | 10 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 60 | Passione | $20,375 | $14,441 | 70.9% | $5,934 | 29.1% | 4 | 6 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 61 | Deep Sea | $19,157 | $8,372 | 43.7% | $10,785 | 56.3% | 3 | 282 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 62 | Queen to Play | $18,754 | $13,886 | 74% | $4,868 | 26% | 12 | 17 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 63 | Bill Cunningham: New York | $17,519 | $11,134 | 63.6% | $6,385 | 36.4% | 6 | 20 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 64 | Troll Hunter | $16,122 | $10,305 | 63.9% | $5,817 | 36.1% | 21 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 65 | The Names of Love | $12,983 | $9,788 | 75.4% | $3,195 | 24.6% | 8 | 5 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 66 | If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front | $12,832 | $6,272 | 48.9% | $6,560 | 51.1% | 5 | 6 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 67 | Forks Over Knives | $12,184 | $5,211 | 42.8% | $6,973 | 57.2% | 7 | 29 | - | - | false |
| 68 | The Myth of the American Sleepover | $12,029 | $8,700 | 72.3% | $3,329 | 27.7% | 1 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 69 | In a Better World | $10,981 | $6,512 | 59.3% | $4,469 | 40.7% | 8 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 70 | Winter in Wartime 2010 Re-release | $10,467 | $5,230 | 50% | $5,237 | 50% | 5 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 71 | Everything Must Go | $10,111 | $5,999 | 59.3% | $4,112 | 40.7% | 9 | 11 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 72 | The Tree | $9,199 | $5,893 | 64.1% | $3,306 | 35.9% | 4 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 73 | 13 Assassins | $9,088 | $4,818 | 53% | $4,270 | 47% | 8 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 74 | Rapt 2011 Re-release | $8,760 | $5,791 | 66.1% | $2,969 | 33.9% | 3 | 4 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 75 | Meek's Cutoff | $8,604 | $6,796 | 79% | $1,808 | 21% | 5 | 16 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 76 | Trigun: Badlands Rumble 2011 Re-release | $8,426 | $2,113 | 25.1% | $6,313 | 74.9% | 2 | 3 | Eleven Arts | - | false |
| 77 | The Woman with the 5 Elephants 2011 Re-release | $7,567 | $4,988 | 65.9% | $2,579 | 34.1% | 1 | 2 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 78 | The Conspirator | $7,533 | $5,954 | 79% | $1,579 | 21% | 7 | 15 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 79 | The Last Mountain | $7,086 | $3,848 | 54.3% | $3,238 | 45.7% | 3 | 8 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 80 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $6,742 | $5,051 | 74.9% | $1,691 | 25.1% | 1 | 2 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 81 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $6,553 | $3,156 | 48.2% | $3,397 | 51.8% | 1 | 666 | IMAX | - | false |
| 82 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $6,317 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | false |
| 83 | The Sleeping Beauty | $5,791 | $3,234 | 55.8% | $2,557 | 44.2% | 2 | 3 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 84 | Road to Nowhere | $5,098 | $3,609 | 70.8% | $1,489 | 29.2% | 5 | 7 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 85 | Viva Riva! | $4,833 | $3,641 | 75.3% | $1,192 | 24.7% | 4 | 7 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 86 | The Perfect Host | $4,777 | $2,488 | 52.1% | $2,289 | 47.9% | 3 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 87 | Potiche | $4,716 | $520 | 11% | $4,196 | 89% | 2 | 18 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 88 | Conan O'Brien Can't Stop | $4,243 | $2,283 | 53.8% | $1,960 | 46.2% | 2 | 5 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 89 | Le Quattro Volte | $3,934 | $2,107 | 53.6% | $1,827 | 46.4% | 3 | 18 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 90 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | $3,750 | $1,942 | 51.8% | $1,808 | 48.2% | 1 | 5 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 91 | I Am | $3,609 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 23 | Paladin | - | false |
| 92 | Rejoice and Shout | $3,456 | $2,255 | 65.2% | $1,201 | 34.8% | 4 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 93 | City of Life and Death | $2,913 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 12 | Kino International | - | false |
| 94 | Hobo with a Shotgun | $2,875 | $1,966 | 68.4% | $909 | 31.6% | 5 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 95 | Love Etc. | $2,560 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | Paladin | - | false |
| 96 | The Arbor | $2,474 | $1,511 | 61.1% | $963 | 38.9% | 2 | 14 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 97 | Hesher | $2,441 | $1,004 | 41.1% | $1,437 | 58.9% | 2 | 11 | Wrekin Hill Entertainment | - | false |
| 98 | The Little Traitor | $2,373 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 92 | N/A | - | false |
| 99 | Crime After Crime | $2,274 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | Life Sentence Films | - | false |
| 100 | Lucky | $2,132 | $1,413 | 66.3% | $719 | 33.7% | 3 | 2 | Phase 4 Films | - | false |
| 101 | 35 and Ticking | $2,127 | $1,078 | 50.7% | $1,049 | 49.3% | 3 | 10 | Image Entertainment | - | false |
| 102 | Nine Nation Animation | $2,058 | $2,058 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 44 | The World According to Shorts | - | false |
| 103 | How to Live Forever | $1,840 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 104 | Make Believe | $1,760 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | - | - | false |
| 105 | Salvation Boulevard | $1,720 | $968 | 56.3% | $752 | 43.7% | 2 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 106 | Into Eternity | $1,639 | $600 | 36.6% | $1,039 | 63.4% | 1 | 26 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 107 | Nostalgia for the Light | $1,602 | $1,602 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 29 | Icarus Films | - | false |
| 108 | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | $1,547 | $801 | 51.8% | $746 | 48.2% | 1 | 8 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 109 | Poetry | $1,492 | $853 | 57.2% | $639 | 42.8% | 2 | 24 | Kino International | - | false |
| 110 | Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | $1,365 | $830 | 60.8% | $535 | 39.2% | 1 | 22 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 111 | Small Town Murder Songs | $1,242 | $1,187 | 95.6% | $55 | 4.4% | 2 | 8 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 112 | Battleship Potemkin | $1,008 | $816 | 81% | $192 | 19% | 1 | 28 | Kino International | - | false |
| 113 | Anchor Baby | $980 | $640 | 65.3% | $340 | 34.7% | 1 | 3 | Alpha Galore films | - | false |
| 114 | Farmageddon | $852 | $463 | 54.3% | $389 | 45.7% | 1 | 6 | - | - | false |
| 115 | Double Dhamaal | $715 | $470 | 65.7% | $245 | 34.3% | 2 | 5 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 116 | Circo | $680 | $351 | 51.6% | $329 | 48.4% | 1 | 17 | First Run | - | false |
| 117 | The Robber | $635 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 26 | Kino International | - | false |
| 118 | Galapagos | $632 | $487 | 77.1% | $145 | 22.9% | 1 | 613 | IMAX | - | false |
| 119 | Daylight | $519 | $519 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 2 | Cinema Purgatorio | - | false |
| 120 | The Greatest Movie Ever Sold | $412 | $262 | 63.6% | $150 | 36.4% | 2 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 121 | The Music Never Stopped | $379 | $193 | 50.9% | $186 | 49.1% | 4 | 19 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 122 | Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' | $329 | $329 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 11 | First Run | - | false |
| 123 | Went the Day Well? | $281 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 124 | Film socialisme | $215 | $215 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 8 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 125 | Blank City | $202 | $202 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 17 | Insurgent Media | - | false |
| - | The Salvation Poem | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 48 | CanZion Films | - | false |
| - | My Perestroika | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| - | Every Man for Himself | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Jig | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| - | The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| - | Pianomania | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Making the Boys | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | First Run | - | false |
| - | The First Grader | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Raw Faith | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | false |
| - | Tuesday, After Christmas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Lorber Films | - | false |
