| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $179,148,435 | $138,122,261 | 77.1% | $41,026,174 | 22.9% | 4,066 | 1 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 2 | Happy Feet Two | $30,358,011 | $21,237,068 | 70% | $9,120,943 | 30% | 3,606 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Immortals | $19,103,146 | $12,351,959 | 64.7% | $6,751,187 | 35.3% | 2,677 | 2 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 4 | Jack and Jill | $18,092,064 | $11,738,573 | 64.9% | $6,353,491 | 35.1% | 3,029 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | Puss in Boots | $16,331,494 | $10,804,311 | 66.2% | $5,527,183 | 33.8% | 3,005 | 4 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 6 | The Muppets | $12,277,665 | - | - | - | - | 3,440 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Tower Heist | $11,590,390 | $7,105,045 | 61.3% | $4,485,345 | 38.7% | 2,472 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | J. Edgar | $9,067,977 | $5,928,120 | 65.4% | $3,139,857 | 34.6% | 1,947 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $4,532,489 | $2,902,434 | 64% | $1,630,055 | 36% | 960 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Arthur Christmas | $4,232,200 | - | - | - | - | 3,376 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 11 | Hugo | $4,037,537 | - | - | - | - | 1,277 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Descendants | $3,461,800 | $1,190,096 | 34.4% | $2,271,704 | 65.6% | 390 | 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | In Time | $2,531,986 | $1,710,692 | 67.6% | $821,294 | 32.4% | 749 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $1,351,720 | $1,000,518 | 74% | $351,202 | 26% | 355 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $1,239,400 | $861,189 | 69.5% | $378,211 | 30.5% | 384 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Real Steel | $846,626 | $553,871 | 65.4% | $292,755 | 34.6% | 314 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Like Crazy | $808,312 | $522,352 | 64.6% | $285,960 | 35.4% | 150 | 4 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 18 | Moneyball | $740,657 | $512,387 | 69.2% | $228,270 | 30.8% | 187 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 19 | The Ides of March | $648,727 | $460,272 | 71% | $188,455 | 29% | 151 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 20 | Courageous | $642,657 | $430,493 | 67% | $212,164 | 33% | 211 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Margin Call | $581,671 | $423,667 | 72.8% | $158,004 | 27.2% | 182 | 5 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 22 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $525,826 | $384,642 | 73.2% | $141,184 | 26.8% | 180 | 5 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | The Help | $508,474 | $297,702 | 58.6% | $210,772 | 41.4% | 312 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | Melancholia | $499,295 | $337,530 | 67.6% | $161,765 | 32.4% | 95 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 25 | Dolphin Tale | $421,264 | $260,991 | 62% | $160,273 | 38% | 216 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 26 | The Skin I Live In | $409,668 | $281,980 | 68.8% | $127,688 | 31.2% | 113 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 27 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $405,447 | $275,281 | 67.9% | $130,166 | 32.1% | 101 | 7 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 28 | The Smurfs | $355,955 | $212,934 | 59.8% | $143,021 | 40.2% | 248 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 29 | The Three Musketeers | $346,367 | $215,819 | 62.3% | $130,548 | 37.7% | 224 | 5 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 30 | 50/50 | $344,758 | $231,891 | 67.3% | $112,867 | 32.7% | 210 | 8 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 31 | Contagion | $316,380 | $200,035 | 63.2% | $116,345 | 36.8% | 218 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 32 | My Week with Marilyn | $311,643 | - | - | - | - | 123 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 33 | Anonymous | $255,465 | $176,612 | 69.1% | $78,853 | 30.9% | 72 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 34 | Rockstar | $221,569 | $196,166 | 88.5% | $25,403 | 11.5% | 112 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 35 | The Rum Diary | $211,575 | $148,070 | 70% | $63,505 | 30% | 152 | 4 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 36 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $208,952 | $130,006 | 62.2% | $78,946 | 37.8% | 72 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 37 | Abduction | $206,079 | $124,185 | 60.3% | $81,894 | 39.7% | 163 | 9 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 38 | Born to Be Wild | $162,743 | $79,713 | 49% | $83,030 | 51% | 49 | 33 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 39 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $139,638 | $86,291 | 61.8% | $53,347 | 38.2% | 131 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 40 | Take Shelter | $126,234 | $91,829 | 72.8% | $34,405 | 27.2% | 74 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 41 | Johnny English Reborn | $123,810 | $86,945 | 70.2% | $36,865 | 29.8% | 108 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | Hubble | $109,141 | $45,121 | 41.3% | $64,020 | 58.7% | 19 | 88 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 43 | Drive | $105,563 | $61,775 | 58.5% | $43,788 | 41.5% | 46 | 10 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 44 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | $74,721 | $47,494 | 63.6% | $27,227 | 36.4% | 91 | 17 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 45 | Into the Abyss | $61,561 | $42,519 | 69.1% | $19,042 | 30.9% | 27 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 46 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | $61,192 | $37,399 | 61.1% | $23,793 | 38.9% | 70 | 14 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 47 | Midnight in Paris | $60,149 | $34,691 | 57.7% | $25,458 | 42.3% | 36 | 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 48 | Cars 2 | $59,967 | $35,637 | 59.4% | $24,330 | 40.6% | 86 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | A Dangerous Method | $58,732 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 50 | Sarah's Key | $45,397 | $31,913 | 70.3% | $13,484 | 29.7% | 27 | 18 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 51 | Ra.One | $43,749 | $33,727 | 77.1% | $10,022 | 22.9% | 189 | 5 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 52 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $43,582 | $31,914 | 73.2% | $11,668 | 26.8% | 15 | 5 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 53 | Under the Sea 3D | $43,436 | $19,604 | 45.1% | $23,832 | 54.9% | 10 | 145 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 54 | The Big Year | $42,352 | $27,962 | 66% | $14,390 | 34% | 59 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 55 | Le Havre | $42,286 | $29,627 | 70.1% | $12,659 | 29.9% | 15 | 5 | Janus Films | - | false |
| 56 | Space Station 3D | $37,449 | $13,000 | 34.7% | $24,449 | 65.3% | 1 | 501 | IMAX | - | false |
| 57 | The Guard | $37,414 | $26,118 | 69.8% | $11,296 | 30.2% | 22 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 58 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | $36,457 | $25,423 | 69.7% | $11,034 | 30.3% | 78 | 19 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 59 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $32,600 | $23,687 | 72.7% | $8,913 | 27.3% | 15 | 7 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 60 | The Mighty Macs | $32,237 | $19,564 | 60.7% | $12,673 | 39.3% | 28 | 5 | Quaker Media | - | false |
| 61 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | $29,260 | $24,481 | 83.7% | $4,779 | 16.3% | 6 | 2 | First Run | - | false |
| 62 | Mozart's Sister | $24,161 | $16,609 | 68.7% | $7,552 | 31.3% | 25 | 14 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 63 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | $19,171 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 64 | The Greatest Miracle | $16,662 | $11,281 | 67.7% | $5,381 | 32.3% | 5 | 6 | - | - | false |
| 65 | Young Goethe in Love | $15,872 | $8,800 | 55.4% | $7,072 | 44.6% | 4 | 3 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 66 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $15,668 | $11,253 | 71.8% | $4,415 | 28.2% | 3 | 2 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 67 | Weekend | $14,601 | $9,325 | 63.9% | $5,276 | 36.1% | 11 | 9 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 68 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $14,162 | $9,719 | 68.6% | $4,443 | 31.4% | 13 | 20 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 69 | What's Your Number? | $14,099 | $11,208 | 79.5% | $2,891 | 20.5% | 25 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 70 | Shark Night | $13,189 | $8,558 | 64.9% | $4,631 | 35.1% | 27 | 12 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 71 | The Conquest | $12,728 | $9,592 | 75.4% | $3,136 | 24.6% | 8 | 2 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 72 | Revenge of the Electric Car | $12,504 | $5,505 | 44% | $6,999 | 56% | 3 | 5 | Area 23a | - | false |
| 73 | Tomboy | $11,811 | $7,078 | 59.9% | $4,733 | 40.1% | 1 | 2 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 74 | I Don't Know How She Does It | $11,238 | $8,028 | 71.4% | $3,210 | 28.6% | 38 | 10 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 75 | Galapagos | $11,062 | $6,891 | 62.3% | $4,171 | 37.7% | 1 | 630 | IMAX | - | false |
| 76 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $10,954 | $7,678 | 70.1% | $3,276 | 29.9% | 9 | 78 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 77 | Tyrannosaur | $10,764 | $7,635 | 70.9% | $3,129 | 29.1% | 5 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 78 | Sigur Rós: Inni | $10,078 | $6,182 | 61.3% | $3,896 | 38.7% | 6 | 4 | Cinema Purgatorio | - | false |
| 79 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | $9,610 | $6,435 | 67% | $3,175 | 33% | 11 | 11 | Codeblack Entertainment | - | false |
| 80 | The Other F Word | $9,466 | $6,821 | 72.1% | $2,645 | 27.9% | 6 | 3 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 81 | Love Crime | $9,147 | $6,333 | 69.2% | $2,814 | 30.8% | 11 | 12 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 82 | The Whale | $8,998 | $7,254 | 80.6% | $1,744 | 19.4% | 5 | 11 | Paladin | - | false |
| 83 | The Mill and the Cross | $8,906 | $4,657 | 52.3% | $4,249 | 47.7% | 11 | 11 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics | - | false |
| 84 | Garbo: The Spy 2011 Re-release | $7,677 | $5,593 | 72.8% | $2,084 | 27.2% | 1 | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| 85 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $6,883 | $5,310 | 77.2% | $1,573 | 22.8% | 3 | 9 | First Run | - | false |
| 86 | Hell and Back Again | $6,448 | $4,974 | 77.1% | $1,474 | 22.9% | 3 | 8 | Docurama Films | - | false |
| 87 | Blackthorn | $6,008 | $4,332 | 72.1% | $1,676 | 27.9% | 6 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 88 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | $5,456 | $4,140 | 75.9% | $1,316 | 24.1% | 5 | 13 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 89 | Senna | $5,434 | $2,333 | 42.9% | $3,101 | 57.1% | 2 | 15 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 90 | Machine Gun Preacher | $5,252 | $3,514 | 66.9% | $1,738 | 33.1% | 9 | 9 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 91 | 3 | $4,241 | $2,545 | 60% | $1,696 | 40% | 5 | 10 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 92 | The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch 2011 Re-release | $3,790 | $2,830 | 74.7% | $960 | 25.3% | 4 | 1 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 93 | Our Idiot Brother | $3,499 | $2,211 | 63.2% | $1,288 | 36.8% | 6 | 13 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 94 | London Boulevard | $3,445 | $2,077 | 60.3% | $1,368 | 39.7% | 1 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 95 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $3,268 | $1,695 | 51.9% | $1,573 | 48.1% | 2 | 18 | - | - | false |
| 96 | My Reincarnation | $3,209 | $1,976 | 61.6% | $1,233 | 38.4% | 2 | 4 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 97 | Amigo | $3,150 | $2,416 | 76.7% | $734 | 23.3% | 4 | 14 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 98 | The Woodmans | $3,116 | $1,935 | 62.1% | $1,181 | 37.9% | 1 | 45 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 99 | Rid of Me | $2,634 | $2,070 | 78.6% | $564 | 21.4% | 1 | 1 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 100 | Tucker and Dale vs Evil | $2,375 | $2,040 | 85.9% | $335 | 14.1% | 7 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 101 | Public Speaking | $2,042 | $1,210 | 59.3% | $832 | 40.7% | 2 | 40 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 102 | Apollo 18 | $1,796 | $1,016 | 56.6% | $780 | 43.4% | 5 | 12 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 103 | The Names of Love | $1,711 | $1,197 | 70% | $514 | 30% | 1 | 22 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 104 | The Interrupters | $1,679 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 17 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 105 | Farmageddon | $1,260 | $1,240 | 98.4% | $20 | 1.6% | 1 | 23 | - | - | false |
| 106 | Happy, Happy | $1,250 | $1,043 | 83.4% | $207 | 16.6% | 3 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 107 | Life, Above All | $1,101 | $718 | 65.2% | $383 | 34.8% | 1 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 108 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $1,028 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 19 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 109 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | $1,008 | $656 | 65.1% | $352 | 34.9% | 6 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 110 | Circumstance | $857 | $432 | 50.4% | $425 | 49.6% | 2 | 13 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 111 | Littlerock | $792 | $892 | 112.6% | $-100 | - | 1 | 15 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 112 | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | $440 | $440 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 16 | - | - | false |
| 113 | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | $425 | $425 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 25 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 114 | Restless | $402 | $237 | 59% | $165 | 41% | 2 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 115 | Oka! | $347 | $280 | 80.7% | $67 | 19.3% | 1 | 6 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 116 | Granito | $246 | $81 | 32.9% | $165 | 67.1% | 1 | 11 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 117 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | $213 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 22 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 118 | The Future | $104 | $25 | 24% | $79 | 76% | 1 | 17 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| - | Killer Elite | - | - | - | - | - | 77 | 9 | Open Road Films (II) | - | false |
| - | Project Nim | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 20 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| - | The Son of No One | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| - | Putty Hill | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Bill Cunningham: New York | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| - | Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Fisher Klingenstein Films | - | false |
| - | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 322 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Aurora | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | The Bride Wore Black | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Raw Faith | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | - | false |
| - | Rapt 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | Lorber Films | - | false |
