| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Smurfs | $55,201,831 | $35,611,637 | 64.5% | $19,590,194 | 35.5% | 3,395 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 2 | Cowboys & Aliens | $51,620,065 | $36,431,290 | 70.6% | $15,188,775 | 29.4% | 3,750 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Captain America: The First Avenger | $38,314,777 | $25,554,303 | 66.7% | $12,760,474 | 33.3% | 3,715 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | $34,106,505 | $21,977,093 | 64.4% | $12,129,412 | 35.6% | 4,145 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | $30,085,106 | $19,104,303 | 63.5% | $10,980,803 | 36.5% | 3,020 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Friends with Benefits | $14,938,123 | $9,275,692 | 62.1% | $5,662,431 | 37.9% | 2,926 | 2 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 7 | Horrible Bosses | $11,440,611 | $7,189,365 | 62.8% | $4,251,246 | 37.2% | 2,510 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | $9,236,927 | $6,086,311 | 65.9% | $3,150,616 | 34.1% | 2,604 | 6 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 9 | Zookeeper | $6,913,924 | $4,301,893 | 62.2% | $2,612,031 | 37.8% | 2,418 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 10 | Cars 2 | $3,814,946 | $2,349,142 | 61.6% | $1,465,804 | 38.4% | 1,763 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Winnie the Pooh | $2,975,981 | $1,777,625 | 59.7% | $1,198,356 | 40.3% | 1,632 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Midnight in Paris | $1,809,654 | $1,220,000 | - | - | - | 471 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | true |
| 13 | Bridesmaids | $1,345,680 | $859,095 | 63.8% | $486,585 | 36.2% | 484 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Bad Teacher | $1,296,735 | $842,740 | 65% | $453,995 | 35% | 765 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 15 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | $1,176,104 | $662,153 | 56.3% | $513,951 | 43.7% | 319 | 11 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 16 | Mr. Popper's Penguins | $861,931 | $467,542 | 54.2% | $394,389 | 45.8% | 412 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 17 | Starbuck | $852,263 | $508,952 | 59.7% | $343,311 | 40.3% | 81 | 2 | Entertainment One | - | false |
| 18 | The Hangover Part II | $667,987 | $399,026 | 59.7% | $268,961 | 40.3% | 346 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 19 | Sarah's Key | $562,048 | $366,690 | 65.2% | $195,358 | 34.8% | 33 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 20 | The Tree of Life | $550,790 | $332,997 | 60.5% | $217,793 | 39.5% | 196 | 10 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Born to Be Wild | $531,930 | $244,633 | 46% | $287,297 | 54% | 49 | 17 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 22 | X-Men: First Class | $486,450 | $287,509 | 59.1% | $198,941 | 40.9% | 254 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 23 | Super 8 | $476,713 | $303,794 | 63.7% | $172,919 | 36.3% | 325 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara | $458,970 | $348,092 | 75.8% | $110,878 | 24.2% | 100 | 3 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 25 | Larry Crowne | $392,100 | $263,005 | 67.1% | $129,095 | 32.9% | 335 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | $371,469 | $205,376 | 55.3% | $166,093 | 44.7% | 246 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 27 | Beginners | $359,731 | $231,217 | 64.3% | $128,514 | 35.7% | 147 | 9 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 28 | Rio | $347,441 | $184,065 | 53% | $163,376 | 47% | 174 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 29 | Thor | $343,283 | $207,531 | 60.4% | $135,752 | 39.6% | 190 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | Green Lantern | $315,983 | $183,505 | 58.1% | $132,478 | 41.9% | 135 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 31 | Snow Flower and the Secret Fan | $311,420 | $183,896 | 59% | $127,524 | 41% | 93 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Buck | $283,815 | $178,919 | 63% | $104,896 | 37% | 111 | 7 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 33 | Monte Carlo | $247,469 | $135,839 | 54.9% | $111,630 | 45.1% | 168 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 34 | Hubble | $246,486 | $196,940 | 79.9% | $49,546 | 20.1% | 28 | 72 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 35 | Attack the Block | $218,090 | $139,506 | 64% | $78,584 | 36% | 8 | 1 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 36 | Fast Five | $196,825 | $138,110 | 70.2% | $58,715 | 29.8% | 125 | 14 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 37 | Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest | $189,758 | $117,549 | 62% | $72,209 | 38% | 43 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 38 | Another Earth | $169,955 | $109,226 | 64.3% | $60,729 | 35.7% | 20 | 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 39 | The Trip | $152,159 | $99,394 | 65.3% | $52,765 | 34.7% | 53 | 8 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 40 | The Devil's Double | $143,715 | $96,414 | 67.1% | $47,301 | 32.9% | 5 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 41 | Life in a Day | $116,392 | $45,202 | 38.8% | $71,190 | 61.2% | 11 | 1 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 42 | The Guard | $115,173 | $76,834 | 66.7% | $38,339 | 33.3% | 4 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 43 | Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer | $114,668 | $64,068 | 55.9% | $50,600 | 44.1% | 161 | 8 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 44 | A Better Life | $114,525 | $76,724 | 67% | $37,801 | 33% | 108 | 6 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 45 | Tabloid | $113,359 | $73,322 | 64.7% | $40,037 | 35.3% | 37 | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 46 | Under the Sea 3D | $108,046 | $53,015 | 49.1% | $55,031 | 50.9% | 13 | 129 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 47 | Page One | $103,003 | $59,388 | 57.7% | $43,615 | 42.3% | 52 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 48 | Singham | $87,384 | $63,782 | 73% | $23,602 | 27% | 39 | 2 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $81,650 | $41,980 | 51.4% | $39,670 | 48.6% | 10 | 62 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 50 | Point Blank | $62,127 | $41,031 | 66% | $21,096 | 34% | 6 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 51 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | $62,019 | $35,546 | 57.3% | $26,473 | 42.7% | 31 | 14 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 52 | Terri | $60,473 | $39,313 | 65% | $21,160 | 35% | 24 | 5 | ATO Pictures | - | false |
| 53 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $54,664 | $35,584 | 65.1% | $19,080 | 34.9% | 8 | 4 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 54 | Project Nim | $51,349 | $31,774 | 61.9% | $19,575 | 38.1% | 21 | 4 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 55 | Water for Elephants | $45,670 | $24,951 | 54.6% | $20,719 | 45.4% | 41 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 56 | The Future | $44,430 | $27,137 | 61.1% | $17,293 | 38.9% | 1 | 1 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 57 | Space Station 3D | $44,373 | $22,354 | 50.4% | $22,019 | 49.6% | 1 | 485 | IMAX | - | false |
| 58 | Bride Flight 2011 Re-release | $36,146 | $25,081 | 69.4% | $11,065 | 30.6% | 19 | 8 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 59 | The Names of Love | $35,772 | $25,611 | 71.6% | $10,161 | 28.4% | 9 | 6 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 60 | Incendies | $33,470 | $20,217 | 60.4% | $13,253 | 39.6% | 22 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 61 | Insidious | $31,700 | $20,163 | 63.6% | $11,537 | 36.4% | 41 | 18 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 62 | A Little Help | $30,439 | $19,360 | 63.6% | $11,079 | 36.4% | 24 | 2 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 63 | The Double Hour | $26,117 | $17,841 | 68.3% | $8,276 | 31.7% | 17 | 16 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 64 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $24,080 | $12,756 | 53% | $11,324 | 47% | 1 | 2 | - | - | false |
| 65 | Passione | $21,628 | $10,586 | 49% | $11,042 | 51% | 3 | 7 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 66 | Deep Sea | $18,937 | $8,564 | 45.2% | $10,373 | 54.8% | 3 | 283 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 67 | Turtle: The Incredible Journey | $18,548 | $12,068 | 65.1% | $6,480 | 34.9% | 4 | 6 | Hannover House | - | false |
| 68 | Submarine | $17,576 | $10,466 | 59.6% | $7,110 | 40.4% | 19 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 69 | In a Better World | $17,236 | $11,578 | 67.2% | $5,658 | 32.8% | 15 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 70 | Meek's Cutoff | $15,565 | $9,037 | 58.1% | $6,528 | 41.9% | 7 | 17 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 71 | Bill Cunningham: New York | $13,291 | $5,173 | 38.9% | $8,118 | 61.1% | 5 | 21 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 72 | Delhi Belly | $12,032 | $9,228 | 76.7% | $2,804 | 23.3% | 7 | 5 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 73 | The Myth of the American Sleepover | $11,989 | $7,704 | 64.3% | $4,285 | 35.7% | 2 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 74 | The Interrupters | $11,552 | $7,920 | 68.6% | $3,632 | 31.4% | 1 | 1 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 75 | Troll Hunter | $11,105 | $7,588 | 68.3% | $3,517 | 31.7% | 12 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 76 | Queen to Play | $10,615 | $6,962 | 65.6% | $3,653 | 34.4% | 6 | 18 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 77 | Forks Over Knives | $9,472 | $6,211 | 65.6% | $3,261 | 34.4% | 6 | 30 | - | - | false |
| 78 | The Salvation Poem | $8,544 | $5,008 | 58.6% | $3,536 | 41.4% | 13 | 49 | CanZion Films | - | false |
| 79 | Jig | $8,232 | $4,518 | 54.9% | $3,714 | 45.1% | 2 | 7 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 80 | Life, Above All | $7,802 | $4,615 | 59.2% | $3,187 | 40.8% | 5 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 81 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $7,514 | $3,403 | 45.3% | $4,111 | 54.7% | 1 | 667 | IMAX | - | false |
| 82 | How to Live Forever | $7,462 | $4,974 | 66.7% | $2,488 | 33.3% | 2 | 12 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 83 | Conan O'Brien Can't Stop | $7,096 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 84 | Love Etc. | $6,890 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | Paladin | - | false |
| 85 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | $6,156 | $3,696 | 60% | $2,460 | 40% | 3 | 6 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 86 | The Undefeated | $6,125 | $5,080 | 82.9% | $1,045 | 17.1% | 4 | 3 | Arc Entertainment | - | false |
| 87 | Everything Must Go | $5,820 | $3,245 | 55.8% | $2,575 | 44.2% | 8 | 12 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 88 | The Greatest Movie Ever Sold | $4,990 | $4,205 | 84.3% | $785 | 15.7% | 9 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 89 | Good Neighbours | $4,779 | $2,953 | 61.8% | $1,826 | 38.2% | 3 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 90 | The Perfect Host | $4,368 | $2,444 | 56% | $1,924 | 44% | 4 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 91 | 13 Assassins | $3,887 | $2,397 | 61.7% | $1,490 | 38.3% | 7 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 92 | The Harvest/La Cosecha | $3,709 | $2,245 | 60.5% | $1,464 | 39.5% | 1 | 1 | Cinema Libre Studio | - | false |
| 93 | The Tree | $3,487 | $2,087 | 59.8% | $1,400 | 40.2% | 3 | 3 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 94 | Crime After Crime | $3,460 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | Life Sentence Films | - | false |
| 95 | Hobo with a Shotgun | $3,111 | $2,205 | 70.9% | $906 | 29.1% | 4 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 96 | The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls 2011 Re-release | $2,998 | $1,770 | 59% | $1,228 | 41% | 1 | 12 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| 97 | Salvation Boulevard | $2,772 | $1,626 | 58.7% | $1,146 | 41.3% | 2 | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 98 | The Robber | $2,707 | $1,515 | 56% | $1,192 | 44% | 1 | 27 | Kino International | - | false |
| 99 | Rejoice and Shout | $2,622 | $895 | 34.1% | $1,727 | 65.9% | 3 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 100 | If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front | $2,443 | $1,349 | 55.2% | $1,094 | 44.8% | 3 | 7 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 101 | Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune | $2,378 | $430 | 18.1% | $1,948 | 81.9% | 1 | 31 | First Run | - | false |
| 102 | Nine Nation Animation | $2,367 | $1,470 | 62.1% | $897 | 37.9% | 2 | 45 | The World According to Shorts | - | false |
| 103 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | $2,012 | $461 | 22.9% | $1,551 | 77.1% | 1 | 12 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 104 | The Sleeping Beauty | $1,968 | $1,070 | 54.4% | $898 | 45.6% | 3 | 4 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 105 | I Am | $1,706 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 24 | Paladin | - | false |
| 106 | Went the Day Well? | $1,656 | $1,235 | 74.6% | $421 | 25.4% | 1 | 11 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 107 | Nostalgia for the Light | $1,592 | $1,001 | 62.9% | $591 | 37.1% | 1 | 30 | Icarus Films | - | false |
| 108 | Viva Riva! | $1,477 | $1,000 | 67.7% | $477 | 32.3% | 4 | 8 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 109 | The First Grader | $1,467 | $1,773 | 120.9% | $-306 | - | 3 | 12 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 110 | Rapt 2011 Re-release | $1,444 | $1,223 | 84.7% | $221 | 15.3% | 1 | 5 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 111 | The Last Mountain | $1,387 | $876 | 63.2% | $511 | 36.8% | 2 | 9 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 112 | Tuesday, After Christmas | $1,352 | $1,164 | 86.1% | $188 | 13.9% | 1 | 11 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 113 | Raw Faith | $1,320 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | false |
| 114 | Hesher | $1,300 | $1,300 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 12 | Wrekin Hill Entertainment | - | false |
| 115 | Le Quattro Volte | $1,060 | $286 | 27% | $774 | 73% | 2 | 19 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 116 | Road to Nowhere | $1,009 | $1,009 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 8 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 117 | 35 and Ticking | $1,009 | $571 | 56.6% | $438 | 43.4% | 2 | 11 | Image Entertainment | - | false |
| 118 | The Music Never Stopped | $944 | $631 | 66.8% | $313 | 33.2% | 2 | 20 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 119 | Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | $896 | $598 | 66.7% | $298 | 33.3% | 1 | 23 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 120 | Winter in Wartime 2010 Re-release | $834 | $594 | 71.2% | $240 | 28.8% | 2 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 121 | Daylight | $752 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | Cinema Purgatorio | - | false |
| 122 | Making the Boys | $706 | $706 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 21 | First Run | - | false |
| 123 | City of Life and Death | $574 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 13 | Kino International | - | false |
| 124 | Galapagos | $539 | $271 | 50.3% | $268 | 49.7% | 1 | 614 | IMAX | - | false |
| 125 | The Arbor | $512 | $203 | 39.6% | $309 | 60.4% | 1 | 15 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 126 | The Conspirator | $510 | $510 | 100% | $0 | - | 3 | 16 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 127 | Pianomania | $484 | $338 | 69.8% | $146 | 30.2% | 1 | 10 | First Run | - | false |
| 128 | Every Man for Himself | $422 | $422 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 38 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 129 | Potiche | $313 | $313 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 19 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 130 | Film socialisme | $255 | $255 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 9 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 131 | My Perestroika | $124 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 20 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 132 | Double Dhamaal | $60 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| - | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | - | - | - | - | - | - | 200 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| - | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | - | - | - | 177 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Trigun: Badlands Rumble 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Eleven Arts | - | false |
| - | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Battleship Potemkin | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | Into Eternity | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| - | Poetry | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | Small Town Murder Songs | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Monterey Media | - | false |
