| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Dolphin Tale | $16,638,268 | $13,912,419 | 83.6% | $2,725,849 | 16.4% | 3,515 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Moneyball | $15,784,640 | $12,031,592 | 76.2% | $3,753,048 | 23.8% | 2,993 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 3 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $12,815,840 | $10,615,645 | 82.8% | $2,200,195 | 17.2% | 2,340 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | 50/50 | $11,830,372 | $8,644,095 | 73.1% | $3,186,277 | 26.9% | 2,458 | 1 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 5 | Courageous | $11,292,156 | $9,112,839 | 80.7% | $2,179,317 | 19.3% | 1,161 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Dream House | $9,991,965 | $8,129,355 | 81.4% | $1,862,610 | 18.6% | 2,661 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | What's Your Number? | $7,256,018 | $5,421,669 | 74.7% | $1,834,349 | 25.3% | 3,002 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Abduction | $6,979,954 | $5,608,053 | 80.4% | $1,371,901 | 19.6% | 3,118 | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 9 | Killer Elite | $6,861,120 | $4,916,839 | 71.7% | $1,944,281 | 28.3% | 2,986 | 2 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 10 | Contagion | $6,421,756 | $4,907,154 | 76.4% | $1,514,602 | 23.6% | 2,744 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Drive | $4,552,007 | $3,289,714 | 72.3% | $1,262,293 | 27.7% | 1,974 | 3 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 12 | The Help | $4,350,287 | $3,015,995 | 69.3% | $1,334,292 | 30.7% | 2,505 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | $946,449 | $735,231 | 77.7% | $211,218 | 22.3% | 278 | 4 | Codeblack Entertainment | - | false |
| 14 | The Debt | $870,970 | $628,884 | 72.2% | $242,086 | 27.8% | 603 | 6 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 15 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $700,358 | $541,075 | 77.3% | $159,283 | 22.7% | 591 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 16 | Warrior | $634,697 | $460,263 | 72.5% | $174,434 | 27.5% | 707 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 17 | Captain America: The First Avenger | $599,889 | $436,207 | 72.7% | $163,682 | 27.3% | 350 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Straw Dogs | $595,625 | $426,681 | 71.6% | $168,944 | 28.4% | 874 | 3 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 19 | I Don't Know How She Does It | $565,927 | $401,675 | 71% | $164,252 | 29% | 745 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 20 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | $553,216 | $398,083 | 72% | $155,133 | 28% | 405 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 21 | Colombiana | $540,381 | $407,354 | 75.4% | $133,027 | 24.6% | 412 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | Bad Teacher | $508,104 | $473,817 | 93.2% | $34,287 | 6.8% | 354 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 23 | Cars 2 | $499,197 | $382,241 | 76.6% | $116,956 | 23.4% | 255 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | $419,849 | $359,592 | 85.6% | $60,257 | 14.4% | 710 | 7 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 25 | The Smurfs | $396,747 | $336,049 | 84.7% | $60,698 | 15.3% | 411 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 26 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | $372,539 | $273,263 | 73.4% | $99,276 | 26.6% | 252 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 27 | The Guard | $265,879 | $193,343 | 72.7% | $72,536 | 27.3% | 157 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 28 | Zookeeper | $264,218 | $211,317 | 80% | $52,901 | 20% | 253 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 29 | Midnight in Paris | $258,054 | $180,622 | 70% | $77,432 | 30% | 140 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 30 | Cowboys & Aliens | $255,565 | $186,795 | 73.1% | $68,770 | 26.9% | 241 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | $254,500 | $200,720 | 78.9% | $53,780 | 21.1% | 208 | 15 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 32 | Horrible Bosses | $234,859 | $171,737 | 73.1% | $63,122 | 26.9% | 222 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 33 | Shark Night | $179,283 | $141,688 | 79% | $37,595 | 21% | 292 | 5 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 34 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | $170,487 | $129,142 | 75.8% | $41,345 | 24.2% | 216 | 6 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 35 | Sarah's Key | $163,944 | $109,812 | 67% | $54,132 | 33% | 139 | 11 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 36 | Born to Be Wild | $162,431 | $111,946 | 68.9% | $50,485 | 31.1% | 49 | 26 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | Mausam | $132,326 | $103,018 | 77.8% | $29,308 | 22.2% | 96 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 38 | My Afternoons with Margueritte | $127,718 | $88,800 | - | - | - | 41 | 3 | Cohen Media Group | - | true |
| 39 | Seven Days in Utopia | $121,443 | $84,244 | 69.4% | $37,199 | 30.6% | 135 | 5 | Visio Entertainment | - | false |
| 40 | Machine Gun Preacher | $120,433 | $84,732 | 70.4% | $35,701 | 29.6% | 33 | 2 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 41 | Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust | $115,731 | $86,086 | 74.4% | $29,645 | 25.6% | 11 | 1 | Nocturnal Features | - | false |
| 42 | Final Destination 5 | $99,775 | $75,574 | 75.7% | $24,201 | 24.3% | 144 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 43 | Our Idiot Brother | $90,578 | $64,252 | 70.9% | $26,326 | 29.1% | 136 | 6 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 44 | Hubble | $89,429 | $48,259 | 54% | $41,170 | 46% | 26 | 81 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 45 | Mr. Popper's Penguins | $83,500 | $69,498 | 83.2% | $14,002 | 16.8% | 103 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 46 | Weekend | $81,801 | $48,418 | 59.2% | $33,383 | 40.8% | 6 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 47 | Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame | $76,167 | $51,900 | 68.1% | $24,267 | 31.9% | 34 | 5 | Indomina Releasing | - | false |
| 48 | Conan the Barbarian | $74,622 | $50,505 | 67.7% | $24,117 | 32.3% | 115 | 7 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 49 | Take Shelter | $74,221 | $52,041 | 70.1% | $22,180 | 29.9% | 3 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 50 | Tucker and Dale vs Evil | $71,566 | $52,843 | 73.8% | $18,723 | 26.2% | 31 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 51 | Senna | $71,365 | $43,907 | 61.5% | $27,458 | 38.5% | 32 | 8 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 52 | The Hedgehog | $70,453 | $48,138 | 68.3% | $22,315 | 31.7% | 26 | 7 | NeoClassics Films | - | false |
| 53 | Apollo 18 | $69,223 | $52,239 | 75.5% | $16,984 | 24.5% | 114 | 5 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 54 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | $68,862 | $48,079 | 69.8% | $20,783 | 30.2% | 51 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 55 | Love Crime | $65,661 | $46,867 | 71.4% | $18,794 | 28.6% | 21 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 56 | The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 | $51,083 | $32,712 | 64% | $18,371 | 36% | 9 | 4 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 57 | Munger Road | $47,157 | $36,605 | 77.6% | $10,552 | 22.4% | 1 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 58 | Mozart's Sister | $44,507 | $32,481 | 73% | $12,026 | 27% | 18 | 7 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 59 | The Tree of Life | $41,365 | $17,740 | 42.9% | $23,625 | 57.1% | 29 | 19 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 60 | Pearl Jam Twenty | $38,135 | $21,585 | 56.6% | $16,550 | 43.4% | 5 | 3 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 61 | Restless | $34,307 | $20,960 | 61.1% | $13,347 | 38.9% | 43 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 62 | The Whistleblower | $33,342 | $22,799 | 68.4% | $10,543 | 31.6% | 34 | 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 63 | The Mill and the Cross | $32,380 | $20,982 | 64.8% | $11,398 | 35.2% | 7 | 4 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics | - | false |
| 64 | War of the Arrows | $31,793 | $24,041 | 75.6% | $7,752 | 24.4% | 1 | 1 | CJ Entertainment | - | false |
| 65 | Circumstance | $30,464 | $20,387 | 66.9% | $10,077 | 33.1% | 23 | 6 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 66 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $28,333 | $19,212 | 67.8% | $9,121 | 32.2% | 10 | 71 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 67 | Point Blank | $27,663 | $18,888 | 68.3% | $8,775 | 31.7% | 24 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 68 | Under the Sea 3D | $25,605 | $20,181 | 78.8% | $5,424 | 21.2% | 10 | 138 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 69 | Fright Night | $23,024 | $16,730 | 72.7% | $6,294 | 27.3% | 23 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 70 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $21,773 | $16,320 | 75% | $5,453 | 25% | 12 | 13 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 71 | Thunder Soul | $21,359 | $16,538 | 77.4% | $4,821 | 22.6% | 13 | 2 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 72 | Muran | $19,795 | $16,490 | 83.3% | $3,305 | 16.7% | 10 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 73 | Brighton Rock | $19,774 | $13,535 | 68.4% | $6,239 | 31.6% | 24 | 6 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 74 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $19,175 | $13,762 | 71.8% | $5,413 | 28.2% | 3 | 2 | First Run | - | false |
| 75 | Space Station 3D | $17,994 | $7,573 | 42.1% | $10,421 | 57.9% | 1 | 494 | IMAX | - | false |
| 76 | Passione | $17,100 | $10,200 | 59.6% | $6,900 | 40.4% | 3 | 16 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 77 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $15,262 | $8,031 | 52.6% | $7,231 | 47.4% | 9 | 11 | - | - | false |
| 78 | Another Earth | $14,022 | $8,902 | 63.5% | $5,120 | 36.5% | 15 | 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 79 | The Future | $13,551 | $8,654 | 63.9% | $4,897 | 36.1% | 16 | 10 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 80 | Puncture | $13,389 | $10,141 | 75.7% | $3,248 | 24.3% | 4 | 2 | Millennium Entertainment | - | false |
| 81 | My Suicide | $13,165 | $13,165 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 2 | Rocket Releasing | - | false |
| 82 | Mysteries of Lisbon | $12,120 | $8,145 | 67.2% | $3,975 | 32.8% | 5 | 9 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 83 | Margaret | $11,821 | $7,525 | 63.7% | $4,296 | 36.3% | 2 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 84 | Finding Joe | $11,528 | $8,753 | 75.9% | $2,775 | 24.1% | 1 | 1 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| 85 | Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster | $11,314 | $9,548 | 84.4% | $1,766 | 15.6% | 9 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 86 | American Teacher | $10,865 | $6,036 | 55.6% | $4,829 | 44.4% | 2 | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| 87 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | $10,720 | $8,271 | 77.2% | $2,449 | 22.8% | 4 | 6 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 88 | Limelight | $10,152 | $6,321 | 62.3% | $3,831 | 37.7% | 1 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 89 | Sarah Palin: You Betcha! | $9,578 | $6,911 | 72.2% | $2,667 | 27.8% | 6 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 90 | The Interrupters | $9,556 | $4,939 | 51.7% | $4,617 | 48.3% | 5 | 10 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 91 | Happy, Happy | $9,342 | $6,061 | 64.9% | $3,281 | 35.1% | 7 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 92 | Where Soldiers Come From | $7,826 | $7,826 | 100% | $0 | - | 3 | 4 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 93 | The Names of Love | $7,323 | $5,227 | 71.4% | $2,096 | 28.6% | 11 | 15 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 94 | Bellflower | $7,007 | $2,514 | 35.9% | $4,493 | 64.1% | 13 | 9 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 95 | Incendiary | $7,006 | $4,120 | 58.8% | $2,886 | 41.2% | 2 | 2 | Truly Indie | - | false |
| 96 | The Whale | $5,562 | $4,556 | 81.9% | $1,006 | 18.1% | 2 | 4 | Paladin | - | false |
| 97 | The Tree | $5,446 | $3,542 | 65% | $1,904 | 35% | 8 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 98 | Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology | $5,344 | $5,344 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 3 | Paladin | - | false |
| 99 | Shaolin | $4,802 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 100 | Page One | $4,784 | $2,446 | 51.1% | $2,338 | 48.9% | 7 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 101 | Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place | $4,307 | $3,029 | 70.3% | $1,278 | 29.7% | 5 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 102 | Granito | $3,202 | $2,320 | 72.4% | $882 | 27.6% | 2 | 4 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 103 | My Joy | $3,054 | $2,077 | 68% | $977 | 32% | 1 | 1 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 104 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | $2,964 | $1,955 | 66% | $1,009 | 34% | 1 | 15 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 105 | Benda Bilili! | $2,879 | $1,678 | 58.3% | $1,201 | 41.7% | 1 | 1 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 106 | Project Nim | $2,817 | $1,851 | 65.7% | $966 | 34.3% | 7 | 13 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 107 | Life, Above All | $2,604 | $1,778 | 68.3% | $826 | 31.7% | 7 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 108 | 3 | $2,595 | $1,569 | 60.5% | $1,026 | 39.5% | 2 | 3 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 109 | Shut Up Little Man | $2,470 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | Tribeca Films | - | false |
| 110 | The Pool Boys | $2,269 | - | - | - | - | 101 | 1 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 111 | The Last Circus | $2,020 | $1,634 | 80.9% | $386 | 19.1% | 5 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 112 | !Women Art Revolution | $2,001 | $818 | 40.9% | $1,183 | 59.1% | 1 | 19 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 113 | Gun Hill Road | $1,730 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | Motion Film Group | - | false |
| 114 | Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest | $1,701 | $774 | 45.5% | $927 | 54.5% | 4 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 115 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $1,636 | $384 | 23.5% | $1,252 | 76.5% | 1 | 4 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 116 | Hell and Back Again | $1,396 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Docurama Films | - | false |
| 117 | Jane's Journey | $1,389 | $959 | 69% | $430 | 31% | 2 | 3 | First Run | - | false |
| 118 | Tuesday, After Christmas | $1,332 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 20 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 119 | Bill Cunningham: New York | $1,244 | $350 | 28.1% | $894 | 71.9% | 2 | 30 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 120 | City of Life and Death | $1,225 | $1,060 | 86.5% | $165 | 13.5% | 1 | 22 | Kino International | - | false |
| 121 | Amigo | $1,178 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 122 | Turtle: The Incredible Journey | $1,136 | $646 | 56.9% | $490 | 43.1% | 1 | 15 | Hannover House | - | false |
| 123 | A Bird of the Air | $1,100 | $809 | 73.6% | $291 | 26.4% | 1 | 2 | Paladin | - | false |
| 124 | Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre | $952 | $952 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 3 | Nocturnal Features | - | false |
| 125 | Bol | $842 | $587 | 69.7% | $255 | 30.3% | 38 | 6 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 126 | Pianomania | $836 | $604 | 72.2% | $232 | 27.8% | 1 | 19 | First Run | - | false |
| 127 | Leap Year | $823 | $405 | 49.2% | $418 | 50.8% | 1 | 15 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 128 | Make Believe | $762 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 21 | - | - | false |
| 129 | Crime After Crime | $671 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | Life Sentence Films | - | false |
| 130 | Nostalgia for the Light | $544 | $278 | 51.1% | $266 | 48.9% | 1 | 39 | Icarus Films | - | false |
| 131 | Deep Sea | $497 | $497 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 292 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 132 | Aurora | $371 | $371 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 15 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 133 | Rapt 2011 Re-release | $290 | $91 | 31.4% | $199 | 68.6% | 2 | 14 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 134 | Went the Day Well? | $228 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 20 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 135 | Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles | $217 | $217 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 5 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| 136 | The Robber | $192 | $192 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 36 | Kino International | - | false |
| 137 | Galapagos | $46 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 623 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Force | - | - | - | - | - | 58 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| - | Film socialisme | - | $188 | - | - | - | 1 | 18 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| - | The Weird World of Blowfly | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | Variance Films | - | false |
| - | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | false |
| - | Monte Carlo | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | How to Live Forever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | Variance Films | - | false |
| - | Jig | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| - | Special Treatment | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | First Run | - | false |
