Domestic 2011 Week 40
October 7-13, 2011
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Real Steel | $35,439,801 | - | 3,440 | - | $10,302 | $35,439,801 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | - | The Ides of March | $14,654,389 | - | 2,199 | - | $6,664 | $14,654,389 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | 1 | Dolphin Tale | $12,417,336 | -25.4% | 3,478 | -37 | $3,570 | $52,326,981 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 2 | Moneyball | $10,459,080 | -33.7% | 3,018 | +25 | $3,465 | $52,212,258 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 4 | 50/50 | $8,188,693 | -30.8% | 2,479 | +21 | $3,303 | $20,019,065 | 2 | Summit Entertainment |
| 6 | 5 | Courageous | $6,685,434 | -40.8% | 1,161 | - | $5,758 | $17,977,590 | 2 | TriStar Pictures |
| 7 | 3 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $6,333,926 | -50.6% | 2,267 | -73 | $2,793 | $87,743,915 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 6 | Dream House | $5,927,405 | -40.7% | 2,664 | +3 | $2,225 | $15,919,370 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 7 | What's Your Number? | $4,549,749 | -37.3% | 3,011 | +9 | $1,511 | $11,805,767 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | 10 | Contagion | $4,104,092 | -36.1% | 2,250 | -494 | $1,824 | $70,188,313 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 8 | Abduction | $3,882,349 | -44.4% | 2,591 | -527 | $1,498 | $24,351,491 | 3 | Lionsgate Films |
| 12 | 9 | Killer Elite | $3,286,937 | -52.1% | 2,411 | -575 | $1,363 | $22,732,504 | 3 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 13 | 12 | The Help | $3,010,973 | -30.8% | 2,064 | -441 | $1,458 | $163,718,288 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 11 | Drive | $2,731,984 | -40% | 1,330 | -644 | $2,054 | $30,997,306 | 4 | FilmDistrict |
| 15 | 25 | The Smurfs | $727,538 | +83.4% | 515 | +104 | $1,412 | $139,597,281 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 16 | 13 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | $627,967 | -33.7% | 248 | -30 | $2,532 | $7,089,895 | 5 | Codeblack Entertainment |
| 17 | 26 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | $605,966 | +62.7% | 407 | +155 | $1,488 | $379,950,852 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | 17 | Captain America: The First Avenger | $446,433 | -25.6% | 303 | -47 | $1,473 | $175,940,533 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 19 | 15 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $426,539 | -39.1% | 382 | -209 | $1,116 | $175,068,451 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | 23 | Cars 2 | $395,245 | -20.8% | 262 | +7 | $1,508 | $190,573,530 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 21 | 14 | The Debt | $387,568 | -55.5% | 358 | -245 | $1,082 | $30,703,405 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 22 | 21 | Colombiana | $311,314 | -42.4% | 245 | -167 | $1,270 | $36,289,802 | 7 | TriStar Pictures |
| 23 | 20 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | $294,535 | -46.8% | 222 | -183 | $1,326 | $83,213,208 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 16 | Warrior | $247,006 | -61.1% | 319 | -388 | $774 | $13,504,107 | 5 | Lionsgate Films |
| 25 | 24 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | $230,318 | -45.1% | 365 | -345 | $631 | $37,834,962 | 8 | - |
| 26 | - | Rascals | $221,001 | - | 61 | - | $3,622 | $221,001 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 27 | 30 | Cowboys & Aliens | $207,065 | -19% | 206 | -35 | $1,005 | $99,828,446 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 28 | 28 | Zookeeper | $206,771 | -21.7% | 198 | -55 | $1,044 | $80,171,862 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 29 | 29 | Midnight in Paris | $202,934 | -21.4% | 119 | -21 | $1,705 | $54,977,695 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | 27 | The Guard | $190,273 | -28.4% | 124 | -33 | $1,534 | $4,717,944 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 31 | 40 | Machine Gun Preacher | $177,514 | +47.4% | 93 | +60 | $1,908 | $356,146 | 3 | Relativity Media |
| 32 | 36 | Born to Be Wild | $176,676 | +8.8% | 49 | - | $3,605 | $13,408,780 | 27 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | - | The Way 2010 Re-release | $158,900 | - | 33 | - | $4,815 | $163,081 | 1 | - |
| 34 | 19 | I Don't Know How She Does It | $149,962 | -73.5% | 240 | -505 | $624 | $9,536,327 | 4 | The Weinstein Company |
| 35 | 32 | Horrible Bosses | $143,939 | -38.7% | 142 | -80 | $1,013 | $117,430,987 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 31 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | $114,665 | -54.9% | 143 | -65 | $801 | $352,390,543 | 16 | DreamWorks |
| 37 | 35 | Sarah's Key | $104,342 | -36.4% | 113 | -26 | $923 | $6,928,565 | 12 | The Weinstein Company |
| 38 | 44 | Hubble | $100,007 | +11.8% | 19 | -7 | $5,263 | $28,840,485 | 82 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 34 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | $93,513 | -45.1% | 114 | -102 | $820 | $23,843,368 | 7 | FilmDistrict |
| 40 | 18 | Straw Dogs | $87,594 | -85.3% | 181 | -693 | $483 | $10,324,441 | 4 | Screen Gems |
| 41 | - | 1911 | $86,811 | - | 33 | - | $2,630 | $86,811 | 1 | Variance Films |
| 42 | 33 | Shark Night | $86,204 | -51.9% | 145 | -147 | $594 | $18,615,904 | 6 | Relativity Media |
| 43 | 49 | Take Shelter | $81,998 | +10.5% | 11 | +8 | $7,454 | $156,247 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 44 | 38 | My Afternoons with Margueritte | $80,430 | -37% | 40 | -1 | $2,010 | $337,850 | 4 | Cohen Media Group |
| 45 | 39 | Seven Days in Utopia | $77,301 | -36.3% | 41 | -94 | $1,885 | $4,313,454 | 6 | Visio Entertainment |
| 46 | 64 | War of the Arrows | $77,207 | +142.8% | 14 | +13 | $5,514 | $109,000 | 2 | CJ Entertainment |
| 47 | 46 | Weekend | $76,178 | -6.9% | 14 | +8 | $5,441 | $189,530 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 48 | 52 | The Hedgehog | $73,016 | +3.6% | 30 | +4 | $2,433 | $587,598 | 8 | NeoClassics Films |
| 49 | 57 | Munger Road | $65,189 | +38.2% | 9 | +8 | $7,243 | $112,021 | 2 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 50 | 41 | Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust | $64,512 | -44.3% | 8 | -3 | $8,064 | $180,243 | 2 | Nocturnal Features |
| 51 | 55 | Love Crime | $59,696 | -9.1% | 29 | +8 | $2,058 | $371,566 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 52 | 50 | Tucker and Dale vs Evil | $57,142 | -20.2% | 44 | +13 | $1,298 | $128,708 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 53 | 45 | Mr. Popper's Penguins | $52,841 | -36.7% | 68 | -35 | $777 | $68,198,003 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 54 | 61 | Restless | $52,279 | +52.4% | 126 | +83 | $414 | $136,417 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 55 | - | The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) | $50,082 | - | 18 | - | $2,782 | $50,082 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 56 | 51 | Senna | $49,046 | -31.3% | 31 | -1 | $1,582 | $1,333,795 | 9 | - |
| 57 | 47 | Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame | $47,934 | -37.1% | 26 | -8 | $1,843 | $422,235 | 6 | - |
| 58 | 71 | Thunder Soul | $46,394 | +117.2% | 37 | +24 | $1,253 | $132,605 | 3 | Roadside Attractions |
| 59 | - | The Women on the 6th Floor | $44,522 | - | 6 | - | $7,420 | $44,522 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 60 | 43 | Our Idiot Brother | $43,162 | -52.3% | 67 | -69 | $644 | $24,672,712 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 61 | 42 | Final Destination 5 | $42,524 | -57.4% | 61 | -83 | $697 | $42,587,643 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 62 | 58 | Mozart's Sister | $40,435 | -9.1% | 23 | +5 | $1,758 | $336,566 | 8 | Music Box Films |
| 63 | 37 | Mausam | $36,994 | -72% | 96 | - | $385 | $721,854 | 3 | Eros Worldwide |
| 64 | 22 | Bad Teacher | $32,554 | -93.6% | 64 | -290 | $508 | $100,292,856 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 65 | 54 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | $30,860 | -55.2% | 34 | -17 | $907 | $712,935 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 66 | - | Dirty Girl | $29,007 | - | 9 | - | $3,223 | $29,007 | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
| 67 | 56 | The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 | $28,134 | -44.9% | 8 | -1 | $3,516 | $172,745 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 68 | 68 | Under the Sea 3D | $28,127 | +9.8% | 8 | -2 | $3,515 | $28,507,591 | 139 | Warner Bros. |
| 69 | 65 | Circumstance | $27,845 | -8.6% | 18 | -5 | $1,546 | $383,645 | 7 | Roadside Attractions |
| 70 | 69 | Fright Night | $26,563 | +15.4% | 22 | -1 | $1,207 | $18,116,947 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 71 | 75 | Space Station 3D | $25,380 | +41% | 1 | - | $25,380 | $84,343,735 | 495 | IMAX |
| 72 | - | Blackthorn | $25,280 | - | 8 | - | $3,160 | $25,280 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 73 | 83 | Margaret | $24,360 | +106.1% | 14 | +12 | $1,740 | $36,181 | 2 | - |
| 74 | 53 | Apollo 18 | $23,998 | -65.3% | 46 | -68 | $521 | $17,527,041 | 6 | - |
| 75 | 63 | The Mill and the Cross | $23,848 | -26.3% | 9 | +2 | $2,649 | $112,188 | 5 | - |
| 76 | 62 | The Whistleblower | $21,527 | -35.4% | 30 | -4 | $717 | $1,084,084 | 10 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 77 | 59 | The Tree of Life | $16,733 | -59.5% | 11 | -18 | $1,521 | $13,286,427 | 20 | - |
| 78 | 67 | Point Blank | $15,143 | -45.3% | 16 | -8 | $946 | $670,013 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 79 | 73 | Brighton Rock | $13,580 | -31.3% | 23 | -1 | $590 | $205,835 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 80 | 86 | American Teacher | $13,484 | +24.1% | 1 | -1 | $13,484 | $24,349 | 2 | First Run |
| 81 | 66 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $12,344 | -56.4% | 10 | - | $1,234 | $4,292,832 | 72 | 3D Entertainment |
| 82 | 90 | The Interrupters | $12,327 | +29% | 6 | +1 | $2,054 | $216,555 | 11 | The Cinema Guild |
| 83 | 74 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $12,306 | -35.8% | 3 | - | $4,102 | $52,526 | 3 | First Run |
| 84 | 87 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | $11,297 | +5.4% | 5 | +1 | $2,259 | $144,371 | 7 | Music Box Films |
| 85 | 82 | Mysteries of Lisbon | $11,283 | -6.9% | 5 | - | $2,256 | $104,597 | 10 | Music Box Films |
| 86 | 72 | Muran | $10,321 | -47.9% | 7 | -3 | $1,474 | $30,116 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 87 | 76 | Passione | $9,885 | -42.2% | 2 | -1 | $4,942 | $231,471 | 17 | Abramorama |
| 88 | 80 | Puncture | $9,868 | -26.3% | 5 | +1 | $1,973 | $59,154 | 3 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 89 | 84 | Finding Joe | $8,678 | -24.7% | 2 | +1 | $4,339 | $20,206 | 2 | Balcony Releasing |
| 90 | 88 | Limelight | $8,074 | -20.5% | 1 | - | $8,074 | $36,498 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 91 | 70 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $7,593 | -65.1% | 7 | -5 | $1,084 | $595,916 | 14 | International Film Circuit |
| 92 | 121 | Amigo | $7,542 | +540.2% | 5 | +3 | $1,508 | $142,109 | 8 | Variance Films |
| 93 | 93 | The Names of Love | $6,509 | -11.1% | 2 | -9 | $3,254 | $494,907 | 16 | Music Box Films |
| 94 | 79 | The Future | $6,336 | -53.2% | 15 | -1 | $422 | $547,042 | 11 | Roadside Attractions |
| 95 | 116 | Hell and Back Again | $6,064 | +334.4% | 1 | - | $6,064 | $7,460 | 2 | - |
| 96 | 115 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $4,859 | +197% | 2 | +1 | $2,429 | $22,443 | 5 | The Film Desk |
| 97 | 100 | Page One | $4,578 | -4.3% | 3 | -4 | $1,526 | $1,066,970 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 98 | 95 | Incendiary | $4,408 | -37.1% | 3 | +1 | $1,469 | $20,464 | 3 | Truly Indie |
| 99 | 108 | 3 | $4,388 | +69.1% | 3 | +1 | $1,462 | $36,463 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 100 | 123 | A Bird of the Air | $4,194 | +281.3% | 2 | +1 | $2,097 | $9,947 | 3 | Paladin |
| 101 | 107 | Life, Above All | $4,109 | +57.8% | 9 | +2 | $456 | $121,472 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 102 | - | Metropolis Giorgio Moroder Presents | $4,006 | - | 4 | - | $1,001 | $4,006 | 1 | - |
| 103 | 94 | Bellflower | $3,996 | -43% | 8 | -5 | $499 | $163,559 | 10 | Oscilloscope |
| 104 | 105 | Benda Bilili! | $3,865 | +34.2% | 2 | +1 | $1,932 | $6,744 | 2 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 105 | 77 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $3,568 | -76.6% | 5 | -4 | $713 | $136,626 | 12 | - |
| 106 | 122 | Turtle: The Incredible Journey | $3,497 | +207.8% | 4 | +3 | $874 | $379,720 | 16 | Hannover House |
| 107 | 92 | Where Soldiers Come From | $3,274 | -58.2% | 3 | - | $1,091 | $28,633 | 5 | International Film Circuit |
| 108 | 98 | Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology | $3,108 | -41.8% | 1 | - | $3,108 | $35,610 | 4 | Paladin |
| 109 | 91 | Happy, Happy | $3,064 | -67.2% | 2 | -5 | $1,532 | $28,848 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 110 | 85 | Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster | $2,917 | -74.2% | 9 | - | $324 | $14,231 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 111 | 99 | Shaolin | $2,685 | -44.1% | 1 | -2 | $2,685 | $66,099 | 5 | Variance Films |
| 112 | 120 | City of Life and Death | $2,678 | +118.6% | 2 | +1 | $1,339 | $115,489 | 23 | Kino International |
| 113 | 119 | Bill Cunningham: New York | $2,613 | +110% | 1 | -1 | $2,613 | $1,504,320 | 31 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 114 | - | The Sons of Tennessee Williams | $2,319 | - | 1 | - | $2,319 | $2,319 | 1 | First Run |
| 115 | 103 | My Joy | $1,708 | -44.1% | 1 | - | $1,708 | $4,762 | 2 | Kino Lorber |
| 116 | - | How to Live Forever | $1,705 | - | 1 | - | $1,705 | $60,630 | 22 | Variance Films |
| 117 | 128 | Make Believe | $1,698 | +122.8% | 1 | - | $1,698 | $18,987 | 22 | - |
| 118 | 97 | The Tree | $1,618 | -70.3% | 3 | -5 | $539 | $59,186 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 119 | 101 | Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place | $1,421 | -67% | 4 | -1 | $355 | $145,299 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 120 | 89 | Sarah Palin: You Betcha! | $1,357 | -85.8% | 4 | -2 | $339 | $10,935 | 2 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 121 | - | Jig | $1,283 | - | 1 | - | $1,283 | $183,790 | 17 | Screen Media Films |
| 122 | 102 | Granito | $1,121 | -65% | 2 | - | $560 | $19,936 | 5 | International Film Circuit |
| 123 | 104 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | $1,023 | -65.5% | 2 | +1 | $511 | $89,239 | 16 | Rialto Pictures |
| 124 | 114 | Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest | $1,020 | -40% | 2 | -2 | $510 | $1,192,316 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 125 | 96 | The Whale | $979 | -82.4% | 1 | -1 | $979 | $20,764 | 5 | Paladin |
| 126 | 133 | Rapt 2011 Re-release | $964 | +232.4% | 3 | +1 | $321 | $41,896 | 15 | Lorber Films |
| 127 | 106 | Project Nim | $891 | -68.4% | 6 | -1 | $148 | $399,642 | 14 | Roadside Attractions |
| 128 | 117 | Jane's Journey | $831 | -40.2% | 2 | - | $415 | $15,413 | 4 | First Run |
| 129 | 109 | Shut Up Little Man | $756 | -69.4% | 2 | -4 | $378 | $22,880 | 7 | Tribeca Films |
| 130 | - | Special Treatment | $621 | - | 1 | - | $621 | $7,507 | 7 | First Run |
| 131 | 111 | The Last Circus | $512 | -74.7% | 2 | -3 | $256 | $35,478 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 132 | 112 | !Women Art Revolution | $419 | -79.1% | 1 | - | $419 | $51,308 | 20 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 133 | - | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | $381 | - | 1 | - | $381 | $34,098 | 19 | The Film Desk |
| 134 | - | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | $235 | - | 2 | - | $117 | $41,037 | 10 | - |
| 135 | 137 | Galapagos | $182 | +295.7% | 1 | - | $182 | $17,976,364 | 624 | IMAX |
| 136 | - | Film socialisme | $180 | - | 1 | - | $180 | $34,094 | 19 | Lorber Films |
