| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $62,774,654 | $52,568,183 | 83.7% | $10,206,471 | 16.3% | 3,321 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Real Steel | $13,250,627 | $10,824,512 | 81.7% | $2,426,115 | 18.3% | 3,412 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $13,029,768 | $10,351,207 | 79.4% | $2,678,561 | 20.6% | 3,555 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Three Musketeers | $11,339,878 | $8,674,452 | 76.5% | $2,665,426 | 23.5% | 3,017 | 1 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 5 | The Ides of March | $6,536,857 | $4,853,051 | 74.2% | $1,683,806 | 25.8% | 2,042 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 6 | Moneyball | $5,362,156 | $3,981,852 | 74.3% | $1,380,304 | 25.7% | 2,353 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | Dolphin Tale | $5,211,189 | $4,217,260 | 80.9% | $993,929 | 19.1% | 2,828 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Johnny English Reborn | $4,771,770 | $3,833,300 | 80.3% | $938,470 | 19.7% | 1,552 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Thing | $4,238,405 | $3,069,875 | 72.4% | $1,168,530 | 27.6% | 2,995 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | 50/50 | $3,946,173 | $2,835,208 | 71.8% | $1,110,965 | 28.2% | 1,932 | 4 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 11 | Courageous | $3,362,713 | $2,494,020 | 74.2% | $868,693 | 25.8% | 1,195 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Big Year | $2,273,702 | $1,681,040 | 73.9% | $592,662 | 26.1% | 2,150 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $1,585,406 | $1,254,237 | 79.1% | $331,169 | 20.9% | 1,091 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Dream House | $1,388,900 | $1,132,170 | 81.5% | $256,730 | 18.5% | 1,224 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | The Mighty Macs | $1,285,694 | $963,221 | 74.9% | $322,473 | 25.1% | 975 | 1 | Quaker Media | - | false |
| 16 | Contagion | $1,145,174 | $853,062 | 74.5% | $292,112 | 25.5% | 901 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | The Help | $1,031,565 | $713,429 | 69.2% | $318,136 | 30.8% | 776 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Drive | $873,025 | $608,534 | 69.7% | $264,491 | 30.3% | 367 | 6 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 19 | Margin Call | $761,247 | $561,906 | 73.8% | $199,341 | 26.2% | 56 | 1 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 20 | Abduction | $746,513 | $581,021 | 77.8% | $165,492 | 22.2% | 753 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 21 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $738,442 | $506,522 | 68.6% | $231,920 | 31.4% | 283 | 3 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 22 | Killer Elite | $590,579 | $410,036 | 69.4% | $180,543 | 30.6% | 1,431 | 5 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 23 | The Smurfs | $481,573 | $387,297 | 80.4% | $94,276 | 19.6% | 327 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 24 | What's Your Number? | $415,924 | $293,977 | 70.7% | $121,947 | 29.3% | 343 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 25 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | $345,599 | $239,168 | 69.2% | $106,431 | 30.8% | 308 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 26 | The Skin I Live In | $344,939 | $247,193 | 71.7% | $97,746 | 28.3% | 21 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 27 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $319,568 | $237,066 | 74.2% | $82,502 | 25.8% | 249 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 28 | Take Shelter | $252,157 | $181,190 | 71.9% | $70,967 | 28.1% | 55 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 29 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | $245,917 | $180,790 | 73.5% | $65,127 | 26.5% | 240 | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 30 | Captain America: The First Avenger | $210,095 | $160,743 | 76.5% | $49,352 | 23.5% | 184 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $198,994 | $137,651 | 69.2% | $61,343 | 30.8% | 4 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Cars 2 | $182,427 | $144,346 | 79.1% | $38,081 | 20.9% | 193 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 33 | Colombiana | $160,719 | $117,631 | 73.2% | $43,088 | 26.8% | 176 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | Born to Be Wild | $155,292 | $93,016 | 59.9% | $62,276 | 40.1% | 49 | 29 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 35 | Midnight in Paris | $150,951 | $109,215 | 72.4% | $41,736 | 27.6% | 96 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 36 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | $147,235 | $111,677 | 75.8% | $35,558 | 24.2% | 103 | 7 | Codeblack Entertainment | - | false |
| 37 | The Debt | $144,309 | $100,550 | 69.7% | $43,759 | 30.3% | 119 | 9 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 38 | Hubble | $131,944 | $85,053 | 64.5% | $46,891 | 35.5% | 24 | 84 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 39 | Cowboys & Aliens | $131,660 | $95,015 | 72.2% | $36,645 | 27.8% | 131 | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | The Guard | $130,535 | $111,062 | 85.1% | $19,473 | 14.9% | 82 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 41 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | $128,783 | $107,340 | 83.4% | $21,443 | 16.6% | 178 | 10 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 42 | The Afflicted | $124,922 | $90,272 | 72.3% | $34,650 | 27.7% | 13 | 1 | Nocturnal Features | - | false |
| 43 | Fright Night | $102,113 | $74,054 | 72.5% | $28,059 | 27.5% | 120 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | Shark Night | $85,550 | $66,626 | 77.9% | $18,924 | 22.1% | 102 | 8 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 45 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $79,283 | $55,425 | 69.9% | $23,858 | 30.1% | 29 | 16 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 46 | My Afternoons with Margueritte | $77,786 | $50,086 | - | - | - | 38 | 6 | Cohen Media Group | - | true |
| 47 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $72,452 | $49,254 | 68% | $23,198 | 32% | 17 | 3 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 48 | Weekend | $69,022 | $48,407 | 70.1% | $20,615 | 29.9% | 26 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 49 | The Greatest Miracle | $65,268 | $39,509 | 60.5% | $25,759 | 39.5% | 10 | 2 | - | - | false |
| 50 | Mozart's Sister | $57,889 | $41,055 | 70.9% | $16,834 | 29.1% | 33 | 10 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 51 | Snowmen | $54,805 | $54,333 | 99.1% | $472 | 0.9% | 16 | 1 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 52 | Our Idiot Brother | $51,777 | $33,650 | 65% | $18,127 | 35% | 79 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 53 | Machine Gun Preacher | $48,415 | $31,779 | 65.6% | $16,636 | 34.4% | 25 | 5 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 54 | Zookeeper | $43,653 | $43,653 | 100% | $0 | - | 94 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 55 | Love Crime | $40,413 | $28,921 | 71.6% | $11,492 | 28.4% | 26 | 8 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 56 | Warrior | $39,984 | $28,575 | 71.5% | $11,409 | 28.5% | 65 | 7 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 57 | Sarah's Key | $39,832 | $22,222 | 55.8% | $17,610 | 44.2% | 48 | 14 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 58 | The Hedgehog | $38,307 | $38,307 | 100% | $0 | - | 40 | 10 | NeoClassics Films | - | false |
| 59 | The Mill and the Cross | $37,981 | $24,589 | 64.7% | $13,392 | 35.3% | 15 | 7 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics | - | false |
| 60 | Blackthorn | $37,132 | $25,990 | 70% | $11,142 | 30% | 19 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 61 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | $35,901 | $27,818 | 77.5% | $8,083 | 22.5% | 53 | 9 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 62 | Munger Road | $35,699 | $29,778 | 83.4% | $5,921 | 16.6% | 16 | 4 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 63 | Red Lips | $34,374 | $24,235 | 70.5% | $10,139 | 29.5% | 43 | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 64 | Horrible Bosses | $32,300 | $22,387 | 69.3% | $9,913 | 30.7% | 50 | 16 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 65 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | $31,398 | $22,731 | 72.4% | $8,667 | 27.6% | 36 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 66 | Le Havre | $30,374 | $26,363 | 86.8% | $4,011 | 13.2% | 6 | 1 | Janus Films | - | false |
| 67 | Under the Sea 3D | $29,252 | $18,725 | 64% | $10,527 | 36% | 11 | 141 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 68 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $29,239 | $22,963 | 78.5% | $6,276 | 21.5% | 1 | 1 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 69 | The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 | $28,982 | $16,943 | 58.5% | $12,039 | 41.5% | 13 | 7 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 70 | Revenge of the Electric Car | $28,397 | $17,482 | 61.6% | $10,915 | 38.4% | 2 | 1 | Area 23a | - | false |
| 71 | Fireflies in the Garden 2011 Re-release | $26,294 | $17,660 | 67.2% | $8,634 | 32.8% | 14 | 2 | N/A | - | false |
| 72 | Senna | $25,888 | $16,068 | 62.1% | $9,820 | 37.9% | 20 | 11 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 73 | Oranges and Sunshine | $25,314 | $18,600 | 73.5% | $6,714 | 26.5% | 4 | 1 | Cohen Media Group | - | false |
| 74 | Space Station 3D | $24,401 | $6,825 | 28% | $17,576 | 72% | 2 | 497 | IMAX | - | false |
| 75 | War of the Arrows | $24,144 | $18,108 | 75% | $6,036 | 25% | 8 | 4 | CJ Entertainment | - | false |
| 76 | The Last Ride | $20,232 | $16,270 | 80.4% | $3,962 | 19.6% | 7 | 1 | Category One Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 77 | Tucker and Dale vs Evil | $20,065 | $13,043 | 65% | $7,022 | 35% | 29 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 78 | The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) | $19,385 | $15,204 | 78.4% | $4,181 | 21.6% | 24 | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 79 | Seven Days in Utopia | $17,683 | $11,382 | 64.4% | $6,301 | 35.6% | 20 | 8 | Visio Entertainment | - | false |
| 80 | Sigur Rós: Inni | $17,344 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Cinema Purgatorio | - | false |
| 81 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $16,363 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 74 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 82 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $15,390 | $10,559 | 68.6% | $4,831 | 31.4% | 5 | 5 | First Run | - | false |
| 83 | Texas Killing Fields | $14,639 | $9,392 | 64.2% | $5,247 | 35.8% | 4 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 84 | The Whistleblower | $14,113 | $10,061 | 71.3% | $4,052 | 28.7% | 13 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 85 | Circumstance | $13,927 | $9,074 | 65.2% | $4,853 | 34.8% | 10 | 9 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 86 | 1911 | $12,886 | $9,366 | 72.7% | $3,520 | 27.3% | 12 | 3 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 87 | I Don't Know How She Does It | $12,214 | $8,773 | 71.8% | $3,441 | 28.2% | 29 | 6 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 88 | Finding Joe | $12,080 | $7,394 | 61.2% | $4,686 | 38.8% | 7 | 4 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| 89 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | $11,216 | $7,017 | 62.6% | $4,199 | 37.4% | 7 | 9 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 90 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $9,186 | $5,754 | 62.6% | $3,432 | 37.4% | 1 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 91 | Apollo 18 | $8,413 | $6,074 | 72.2% | $2,339 | 27.8% | 13 | 8 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 92 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $8,349 | $5,691 | 68.2% | $2,658 | 31.8% | 10 | 14 | - | - | false |
| 93 | The Interrupters | $7,979 | $2,222 | 27.8% | $5,757 | 72.2% | 4 | 13 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 94 | The Future | $7,554 | $5,130 | 67.9% | $2,424 | 32.1% | 14 | 13 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 95 | 3 | $7,241 | $4,729 | 65.3% | $2,512 | 34.7% | 5 | 6 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 96 | Point Blank | $7,222 | $4,367 | 60.5% | $2,855 | 39.5% | 11 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 97 | Dirty Girl | $6,889 | $4,132 | 60% | $2,757 | 40% | 5 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 98 | Metropolis Giorgio Moroder Presents | $6,409 | $2,131 | 33.2% | $4,278 | 66.8% | 13 | 3 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics | - | false |
| 99 | Brighton Rock | $6,188 | $4,406 | 71.2% | $1,782 | 28.8% | 11 | 9 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 100 | The Tree of Life | $6,147 | $6,147 | 100% | $0 | - | 4 | 22 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 101 | Passione | $6,012 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 19 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 102 | Puncture | $5,985 | $4,111 | 68.7% | $1,874 | 31.3% | 4 | 5 | Millennium Entertainment | - | false |
| 103 | Project Nim | $5,153 | $1,681 | 32.6% | $3,472 | 67.4% | 12 | 16 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 104 | Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust | $5,152 | $5,152 | 100% | $0 | - | 8 | 4 | Nocturnal Features | - | false |
| 105 | Elevate | $5,000 | $3,547 | 70.9% | $1,453 | 29.1% | 1 | 1 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 106 | Restless | $4,863 | $3,578 | 73.6% | $1,285 | 26.4% | 11 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 107 | The Names of Love | $4,087 | $2,531 | 61.9% | $1,556 | 38.1% | 3 | 18 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 108 | Hell and Back Again | $3,999 | $2,326 | 58.2% | $1,673 | 41.8% | 2 | 4 | Docurama Films | - | false |
| 109 | Gun Hill Road | $3,874 | $3,874 | 100% | $0 | - | - | 12 | Motion Film Group | - | false |
| 110 | Amigo | $3,714 | $684 | 18.4% | $3,030 | 81.6% | 4 | 10 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 111 | Margaret | $3,437 | $3,437 | 100% | $0 | - | 5 | 4 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 112 | Life, Above All | $3,199 | $2,564 | 80.2% | $635 | 19.8% | 15 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 113 | The Tree | $2,822 | $778 | 27.6% | $2,044 | 72.4% | 1 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 114 | The Whale | $2,608 | $2,226 | 85.4% | $382 | 14.6% | 1 | 7 | Paladin | - | false |
| 115 | Where Soldiers Come From | $2,550 | $2,087 | 81.8% | $463 | 18.2% | 3 | 7 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 116 | Mysteries of Lisbon | $2,352 | $1,566 | 66.6% | $786 | 33.4% | 4 | 12 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 117 | Limelight | $2,345 | $1,052 | 44.9% | $1,293 | 55.1% | 3 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 118 | Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest | $2,047 | $292 | 14.3% | $1,755 | 85.7% | 4 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 119 | Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace | $1,927 | $1,809 | 93.9% | $118 | 6.1% | 1 | 6 | Fisher Klingenstein Films | - | false |
| 120 | Oka! | $1,789 | $885 | 49.5% | $904 | 50.5% | 1 | 2 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 121 | Happy, Happy | $1,623 | $753 | 46.4% | $870 | 53.6% | 3 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 122 | Bride Flight 2011 Re-release | $1,621 | $611 | 37.7% | $1,010 | 62.3% | 2 | 20 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 123 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | $1,521 | $267 | 17.6% | $1,254 | 82.4% | 3 | 18 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 124 | Bill Cunningham: New York | $1,458 | $757 | 51.9% | $701 | 48.1% | 1 | 33 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 125 | Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place | $1,438 | $435 | 30.2% | $1,003 | 69.8% | 2 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 126 | Thunder Soul | $1,414 | $1,052 | 74.4% | $362 | 25.6% | 4 | 5 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 127 | The Catechism Cataclysm | $1,234 | $897 | 72.7% | $337 | 27.3% | 1 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 128 | The Last Circus | $1,196 | $662 | 55.4% | $534 | 44.6% | 2 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 129 | American Teacher | $1,049 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | First Run | - | false |
| 130 | Jane's Journey | $1,010 | $1,010 | 100% | $0 | - | 3 | 6 | First Run | - | false |
| 131 | Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology | $992 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | Paladin | - | false |
| 132 | The Sleeping Beauty | $826 | $551 | 66.7% | $275 | 33.3% | 1 | 16 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 133 | Special Treatment | $804 | $583 | 72.5% | $221 | 27.5% | 1 | 9 | First Run | - | false |
| 134 | Chalet Girl | $763 | $763 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 135 | Putty Hill | $635 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 36 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 136 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $504 | $504 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 7 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 137 | Bellflower | $459 | $200 | 43.6% | $259 | 56.4% | 3 | 12 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 138 | Sidewalls | $430 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 139 | Le Amiche | $412 | $412 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 71 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 140 | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | $390 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | - | - | false |
| 141 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $373 | $373 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 15 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 142 | Rapt 2011 Re-release | $346 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 17 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 143 | America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments | $255 | $192 | 75.3% | $63 | 24.7% | 2 | 2 | Rogers & Cowan/PMK | - | false |
| 144 | Nostalgia for the Light | $193 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 42 | Icarus Films | - | false |
| 145 | Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles | $144 | $144 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 8 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| 146 | The Worst Movie Ever! | $12 | $12 | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut | - | true |
| - | Film socialisme | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| - | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | The Strange Case of Angelica | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | Galapagos | - | - | - | - | - | - | 626 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Granito | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| - | October | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| - | City of Life and Death | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | Mr. Popper's Penguins | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
