| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Immortals | $40,727,930 | $32,206,425 | 79.1% | $8,521,505 | 20.9% | 3,112 | 1 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 2 | Jack and Jill | $29,027,906 | $25,003,575 | 86.1% | $4,024,331 | 13.9% | 3,438 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 3 | Puss in Boots | $28,278,396 | $24,726,193 | 87.4% | $3,552,203 | 12.6% | 3,903 | 3 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 4 | Tower Heist | $15,741,925 | $12,773,765 | 81.1% | $2,968,160 | 18.9% | 3,370 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | J. Edgar | $14,696,160 | $11,217,324 | 76.3% | $3,478,836 | 23.7% | 1,910 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $8,110,464 | $5,915,143 | 72.9% | $2,195,321 | 27.1% | 2,875 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | In Time | $5,227,104 | $4,150,000 | - | - | - | 2,591 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | true |
| 8 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $4,421,125 | $3,611,283 | 81.7% | $809,842 | 18.3% | 2,776 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $3,264,902 | $2,726,736 | 83.5% | $538,166 | 16.5% | 2,215 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Real Steel | $2,255,930 | $1,864,688 | 82.7% | $391,242 | 17.3% | 1,758 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Courageous | $1,354,390 | $1,012,220 | 74.7% | $342,170 | 25.3% | 905 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Moneyball | $1,337,335 | $1,066,267 | 79.7% | $271,068 | 20.3% | 813 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 13 | The Ides of March | $1,225,845 | $944,292 | 77% | $281,553 | 23% | 696 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 14 | The Rum Diary | $1,123,213 | $803,456 | 71.5% | $319,757 | 28.5% | 947 | 3 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 15 | Dolphin Tale | $815,359 | $693,294 | 85% | $122,065 | 15% | 705 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Anonymous | $804,951 | $582,527 | 72.4% | $222,424 | 27.6% | 482 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 17 | Margin Call | $725,642 | $544,341 | 75% | $181,301 | 25% | 199 | 4 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 18 | Rockstar | $714,898 | $612,235 | 85.6% | $102,663 | 14.4% | 112 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 19 | Like Crazy | $693,740 | $504,512 | 72.7% | $189,228 | 27.3% | 70 | 3 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 20 | 50/50 | $678,257 | $507,529 | 74.8% | $170,728 | 25.2% | 424 | 7 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 21 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $673,741 | $481,474 | 71.5% | $192,267 | 28.5% | 183 | 4 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | The Three Musketeers | $662,427 | $496,871 | 75% | $165,556 | 25% | 669 | 4 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 23 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $464,650 | $331,884 | 71.4% | $132,766 | 28.6% | 171 | 6 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 24 | The Skin I Live In | $426,571 | $297,391 | 69.7% | $129,180 | 30.3% | 91 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 25 | Contagion | $425,423 | $312,329 | 73.4% | $113,094 | 26.6% | 355 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 26 | The Smurfs | $375,615 | $318,803 | 84.9% | $56,812 | 15.1% | 269 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 27 | Melancholia | $371,682 | $257,174 | 69.2% | $114,508 | 30.8% | 19 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | The Help | $345,688 | $245,321 | 71% | $100,367 | 29% | 278 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | Johnny English Reborn | $257,370 | $204,665 | 79.5% | $52,705 | 20.5% | 210 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $241,654 | $195,222 | 80.8% | $46,432 | 19.2% | 96 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | Born to Be Wild | $172,843 | $117,788 | 68.2% | $55,055 | 31.8% | 49 | 32 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 32 | Take Shelter | $167,397 | $119,702 | 71.5% | $47,695 | 28.5% | 82 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 33 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $165,943 | $130,158 | 78.4% | $35,785 | 21.6% | 164 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 34 | Sarah's Key | $152,513 | $99,077 | 65% | $53,436 | 35% | 162 | 17 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 35 | Drive | $147,502 | $105,466 | 71.5% | $42,036 | 28.5% | 75 | 9 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 36 | Ra.One | $138,050 | $118,611 | 85.9% | $19,439 | 14.1% | 189 | 4 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 37 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | $114,050 | $82,451 | 72.3% | $31,599 | 27.7% | 130 | 16 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 38 | Hubble | $101,680 | $54,869 | 54% | $46,811 | 46% | 22 | 87 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 39 | Dream House | $97,815 | $78,915 | 80.7% | $18,900 | 19.3% | 172 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | Killer Elite | $97,108 | $65,729 | 67.7% | $31,379 | 32.3% | 159 | 8 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| 41 | Abduction | $90,744 | $71,243 | 78.5% | $19,501 | 21.5% | 127 | 8 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 42 | The Thing | $86,145 | $64,925 | 75.4% | $21,220 | 24.6% | 141 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 43 | The Descendants | $79,200 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | true |
| 44 | Cars 2 | $78,736 | $66,741 | 84.8% | $11,995 | 15.2% | 101 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 45 | The Mighty Macs | $73,833 | $54,181 | 73.4% | $19,652 | 26.6% | 61 | 4 | Quaker Media | - | false |
| 46 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | $72,941 | $53,798 | 73.8% | $19,143 | 26.2% | 85 | 18 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 47 | Into the Abyss | $68,374 | $47,559 | 69.6% | $20,815 | 30.4% | 12 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 48 | Midnight in Paris | $60,968 | $46,149 | 75.7% | $14,819 | 24.3% | 38 | 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 49 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | $59,092 | $51,340 | 86.9% | $7,752 | 13.1% | 72 | 13 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 50 | Le Havre | $57,309 | $39,192 | 68.4% | $18,117 | 31.6% | 18 | 4 | Janus Films | - | false |
| 51 | The Guard | $48,209 | $34,633 | 71.8% | $13,576 | 28.2% | 29 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 52 | The Big Year | $43,842 | $32,622 | 74.4% | $11,220 | 25.6% | 83 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 53 | I Don't Know How She Does It | $40,545 | $28,741 | 70.9% | $11,804 | 29.1% | 83 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 54 | Revenge of the Electric Car | $37,982 | $26,802 | 70.6% | $11,180 | 29.4% | 11 | 4 | Area 23a | - | false |
| 55 | October Baby | $36,114 | $31,601 | 87.5% | $4,513 | 12.5% | 12 | 3 | Five & Two Pictures | - | false |
| 56 | Mozart's Sister | $33,737 | $22,395 | 66.4% | $11,342 | 33.6% | 22 | 13 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 57 | Under the Sea 3D | $32,975 | $21,821 | 66.2% | $11,154 | 33.8% | 10 | 144 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 58 | What's Your Number? | $31,974 | $22,471 | 70.3% | $9,503 | 29.7% | 63 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 59 | The Greatest Miracle | $30,773 | $23,200 | 75.4% | $7,573 | 24.6% | 6 | 5 | - | - | false |
| 60 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $30,541 | $19,417 | 63.6% | $11,124 | 36.4% | 9 | 4 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 61 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $29,879 | $21,864 | 73.2% | $8,015 | 26.8% | 12 | 6 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 62 | Sigur Rós: Inni | $25,189 | $18,000 | 71.5% | $7,189 | 28.5% | 7 | 3 | Cinema Purgatorio | - | false |
| 63 | The Conquest | $24,486 | $16,273 | 66.5% | $8,213 | 33.5% | 6 | 1 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 64 | Space Station 3D | $24,257 | $15,561 | 64.2% | $8,696 | 35.8% | 4 | 500 | IMAX | - | false |
| 65 | Weekend | $20,210 | $12,766 | 63.2% | $7,444 | 36.8% | 17 | 8 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 66 | Shark Night | $19,392 | $15,831 | 81.6% | $3,561 | 18.4% | 29 | 11 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 67 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $18,377 | $13,129 | 71.4% | $5,248 | 28.6% | 19 | 19 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 68 | The Mill and the Cross | $18,180 | $12,042 | 66.2% | $6,138 | 33.8% | 13 | 10 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics | - | false |
| 69 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | $18,037 | $13,845 | 76.8% | $4,192 | 23.2% | 32 | 12 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 70 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $12,465 | $8,648 | 69.4% | $3,817 | 30.6% | 1 | 1 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 71 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $12,444 | $8,212 | 66% | $4,232 | 34% | 11 | 77 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 72 | Galapagos | $10,953 | $7,725 | 70.5% | $3,228 | 29.5% | 1 | 629 | IMAX | - | false |
| 73 | The Other F Word | $10,493 | $6,459 | 61.6% | $4,034 | 38.4% | 3 | 2 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 74 | Amigo | $10,373 | $2,522 | 24.3% | $7,851 | 75.7% | 3 | 13 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 75 | Our Idiot Brother | $10,344 | $7,272 | 70.3% | $3,072 | 29.7% | 12 | 12 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 76 | Apollo 18 | $9,992 | $7,749 | 77.6% | $2,243 | 22.4% | 18 | 11 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 77 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $9,765 | $6,555 | 67.1% | $3,210 | 32.9% | 6 | 8 | First Run | - | false |
| 78 | The Double | $9,686 | $6,050 | 62.5% | $3,636 | 37.5% | 12 | 3 | Image Entertainment | - | false |
| 79 | Young Goethe in Love | $9,402 | $5,088 | 54.1% | $4,314 | 45.9% | 3 | 2 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 80 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $9,049 | $3,892 | 43% | $5,157 | 57% | 7 | 17 | - | - | false |
| 81 | Love Crime | $8,917 | $4,560 | 51.1% | $4,357 | 48.9% | 10 | 11 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 82 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | $8,758 | $5,674 | 64.8% | $3,084 | 35.2% | 10 | 12 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 83 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | $8,014 | $6,573 | 82% | $1,441 | 18% | 13 | 10 | Codeblack Entertainment | - | false |
| 84 | The Interrupters | $7,209 | $5,177 | 71.8% | $2,032 | 28.2% | 3 | 16 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 85 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | $7,010 | $4,420 | 63% | $2,590 | 37% | 17 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 86 | Blackthorn | $6,991 | $5,150 | 73.7% | $1,841 | 26.3% | 6 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 87 | Senna | $6,414 | $3,837 | 59.8% | $2,577 | 40.2% | 3 | 14 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 88 | Munger Road | $5,411 | $4,913 | 90.8% | $498 | 9.2% | 7 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 89 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | $5,411 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| 90 | Point Blank | $5,111 | $3,833 | 75% | $1,278 | 25% | 9 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 91 | London Boulevard | $4,834 | $3,431 | 71% | $1,403 | 29% | 1 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 92 | The Son of No One | $4,493 | $2,683 | 59.7% | $1,810 | 40.3% | 4 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 93 | Tucker and Dale vs Evil | $3,492 | $2,437 | 69.8% | $1,055 | 30.2% | 7 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 94 | My Reincarnation | $3,403 | $2,362 | 69.4% | $1,041 | 30.6% | 2 | 3 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 95 | Machine Gun Preacher | $3,334 | $2,101 | 63% | $1,233 | 37% | 12 | 8 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 96 | Metropolis Giorgio Moroder Presents | $3,009 | $3,009 | 100% | $0 | - | 9 | 6 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics | - | false |
| 97 | Happy, Happy | $2,934 | $2,032 | 69.3% | $902 | 30.7% | 4 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 98 | Granito | $2,744 | $1,742 | 63.5% | $1,002 | 36.5% | 5 | 10 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 99 | Limelight | $2,687 | $2,006 | 74.7% | $681 | 25.3% | 2 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 100 | Circumstance | $2,557 | $1,543 | 60.3% | $1,014 | 39.7% | 5 | 12 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 101 | The Names of Love | $2,403 | $1,705 | 71% | $698 | 29% | 2 | 21 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 102 | Life, Above All | $2,067 | $1,667 | 80.6% | $400 | 19.4% | 6 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 103 | Pianomania | $2,045 | $1,769 | 86.5% | $276 | 13.5% | 5 | 25 | First Run | - | false |
| 104 | Tomboy | $2,040 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 105 | The Tree | $1,922 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 18 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 106 | The Worst Movie Ever! | $1,810 | $1,810 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 13 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut | - | false |
| 107 | Passione | $1,677 | $1,107 | 66% | $570 | 34% | 1 | 22 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 108 | The Whale | $1,433 | $1,275 | 89% | $158 | 11% | 1 | 10 | Paladin | - | false |
| 109 | Farmageddon | $1,343 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 22 | - | - | false |
| 110 | Where Soldiers Come From | $1,050 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 111 | The Look | $1,006 | $502 | 49.9% | $504 | 50.1% | 1 | 2 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 112 | American Teacher | $974 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | First Run | - | false |
| 113 | Texas Killing Fields | $907 | $719 | 79.3% | $188 | 20.7% | 3 | 5 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 114 | Restless | $902 | $490 | 54.3% | $412 | 45.7% | 4 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 115 | City of Life and Death | $877 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 28 | Kino International | - | false |
| 116 | Janie Jones | $797 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | Tribeca Films | - | false |
| 117 | Hell and Back Again | $775 | $775 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 7 | Docurama Films | - | false |
| 118 | Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest | $710 | $430 | 60.6% | $280 | 39.4% | 2 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 119 | Public Speaking | $559 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 39 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 120 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $510 | $284 | 55.7% | $226 | 44.3% | 1 | 10 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 121 | The Future | $461 | $355 | 77% | $106 | 23% | 3 | 16 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 122 | Went the Day Well? | $460 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 26 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 123 | Putty Hill | $444 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 39 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 124 | 3 | $412 | $304 | 73.8% | $108 | 26.2% | 1 | 9 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 125 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $228 | $138 | 60.5% | $90 | 39.5% | 1 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 126 | Project Nim | $171 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 19 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 127 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | $126 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 21 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 128 | My Joy | $126 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 129 | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | $1 | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Dirty Girl | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| - | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | false |
| - | Oka! | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Dada Films | - | false |
| - | The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | IFC Films | - | false |
| - | The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | IFC Films | - | false |
| - | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | My Afternoons with Margueritte | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Cohen Media Group | - | false |
| - | Special Treatment | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | First Run | - | false |
| - | The Woodmans | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| - | Littlerock | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Variance Films | - | false |
