| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $51,242,509 | $41,683,574 | 81.4% | $9,558,935 | 18.6% | 4,046 | 2 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 2 | The Muppets | $32,996,750 | $29,239,026 | 88.6% | $3,757,724 | 11.4% | 3,440 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Happy Feet Two | $15,427,165 | $13,397,346 | 86.8% | $2,029,819 | 13.2% | 3,611 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Arthur Christmas | $13,709,551 | $12,068,931 | 88% | $1,640,620 | 12% | 3,376 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | Hugo | $13,525,939 | $11,364,505 | 84% | $2,161,434 | 16% | 1,277 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Jack and Jill | $11,688,511 | $10,000,142 | 85.6% | $1,688,369 | 14.4% | 3,029 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | Immortals | $11,363,209 | $8,875,905 | 78.1% | $2,487,304 | 21.9% | 2,677 | 3 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 8 | The Descendants | $9,346,330 | $7,200,000 | - | - | - | 390 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | true |
| 9 | Tower Heist | $8,620,665 | $7,174,615 | 83.2% | $1,446,050 | 16.8% | 2,474 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Puss in Boots | $8,553,145 | $7,511,036 | 87.8% | $1,042,109 | 12.2% | 3,005 | 5 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 11 | J. Edgar | $6,398,410 | $4,975,172 | 77.8% | $1,423,238 | 22.2% | 1,910 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | My Week with Marilyn | $2,369,563 | $1,750,507 | 73.9% | $619,056 | 26.1% | 244 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 13 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $2,134,632 | $1,594,054 | 74.7% | $540,578 | 25.3% | 875 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | In Time | $1,019,566 | $760,000 | - | - | - | 749 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | true |
| 15 | Desi Boyz | $814,168 | $702,325 | 86.3% | $111,843 | 13.7% | 103 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 16 | Like Crazy | $563,288 | $425,116 | 75.5% | $138,172 | 24.5% | 150 | 5 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 17 | Melancholia | $460,606 | $329,622 | 71.6% | $130,984 | 28.4% | 95 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | We Bought a Zoo | $458,486 | $458,486 | 100% | $0 | - | - | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 19 | The Help | $418,296 | $311,076 | 74.4% | $107,220 | 25.6% | 283 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | Margin Call | $395,456 | $293,825 | 74.3% | $101,631 | 25.7% | 140 | 6 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 21 | Real Steel | $391,109 | $330,377 | 84.5% | $60,732 | 15.5% | 262 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | Moneyball | $347,777 | $285,687 | 82.2% | $62,090 | 17.8% | 187 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 23 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $343,487 | $288,787 | 84.1% | $54,700 | 15.9% | 384 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $341,164 | $275,373 | 80.7% | $65,791 | 19.3% | 355 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 25 | The Ides of March | $319,095 | $254,648 | 79.8% | $64,447 | 20.2% | 151 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 26 | The Three Musketeers | $296,478 | $229,830 | 77.5% | $66,648 | 22.5% | 208 | 6 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 27 | The Artist | $290,359 | $204,878 | 70.6% | $85,481 | 29.4% | 4 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 28 | The Smurfs | $283,778 | $239,511 | 84.4% | $44,267 | 15.6% | 248 | 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 29 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $276,596 | $205,441 | 74.3% | $71,155 | 25.7% | 101 | 8 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 30 | Courageous | $272,591 | $209,123 | 76.7% | $63,468 | 23.3% | 211 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | 50/50 | $270,861 | $197,651 | 73% | $73,210 | 27% | 210 | 9 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 32 | The Skin I Live In | $257,301 | $184,737 | 71.8% | $72,564 | 28.2% | 91 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 33 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $241,055 | $176,158 | 73.1% | $64,897 | 26.9% | 127 | 6 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | A Dangerous Method | $234,631 | $167,953 | 71.6% | $66,678 | 28.4% | 4 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 35 | Dolphin Tale | $222,197 | $185,854 | 83.6% | $36,343 | 16.4% | 216 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 36 | Contagion | $200,121 | $155,298 | 77.6% | $44,823 | 22.4% | 218 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | Abduction | $164,550 | $132,281 | 80.4% | $32,269 | 19.6% | 163 | 10 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 38 | Born to Be Wild | $137,457 | $89,022 | 64.8% | $48,435 | 35.2% | 49 | 34 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 39 | Drive | $130,897 | $93,344 | 71.3% | $37,553 | 28.7% | 93 | 11 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 40 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $125,837 | $105,747 | 84% | $20,090 | 16% | 68 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 41 | Hubble | $108,984 | $71,141 | 65.3% | $37,843 | 34.7% | 20 | 89 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 42 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $94,729 | $77,065 | 81.4% | $17,664 | 18.6% | 120 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 43 | Anonymous | $91,766 | $69,211 | 75.4% | $22,555 | 24.6% | 72 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 44 | The Rum Diary | $78,017 | $54,243 | 69.5% | $23,774 | 30.5% | 54 | 5 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 45 | Midnight in Paris | $77,572 | $58,955 | 76% | $18,617 | 24% | 41 | 28 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 46 | Take Shelter | $70,846 | $50,282 | 71% | $20,564 | 29% | 49 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 47 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | $68,347 | $55,299 | 80.9% | $13,048 | 19.1% | 19 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 48 | Rockstar | $44,837 | $35,787 | 79.8% | $9,050 | 20.2% | 112 | 3 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 49 | Space Station 3D | $35,901 | $24,980 | 69.6% | $10,921 | 30.4% | 2 | 502 | IMAX | - | false |
| 50 | Le Havre | $34,203 | $26,738 | 78.2% | $7,465 | 21.8% | 12 | 6 | Janus Films | - | false |
| 51 | Cars 2 | $32,549 | $28,394 | 87.2% | $4,155 | 12.8% | 63 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 52 | The Big Year | $30,764 | $25,014 | 81.3% | $5,750 | 18.7% | 52 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 53 | Into the Abyss | $30,755 | $19,002 | 61.8% | $11,753 | 38.2% | 19 | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 54 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | $30,488 | $18,335 | 60.1% | $12,153 | 39.9% | 8 | 3 | First Run | - | false |
| 55 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | $29,688 | $26,764 | 90.2% | $2,924 | 9.8% | 48 | 15 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 56 | Under the Sea 3D | $28,963 | $20,178 | 69.7% | $8,785 | 30.3% | 8 | 146 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 57 | The Guard | $28,802 | $19,930 | 69.2% | $8,872 | 30.8% | 23 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 58 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $27,054 | $17,514 | 64.7% | $9,540 | 35.3% | 11 | 6 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 59 | Tomboy | $26,689 | $17,947 | 67.2% | $8,742 | 32.8% | 6 | 3 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 60 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $25,252 | $17,242 | 68.3% | $8,010 | 31.7% | 16 | 8 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 61 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $18,951 | $12,609 | 66.5% | $6,342 | 33.5% | 9 | 79 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 62 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $16,994 | $10,304 | 60.6% | $6,690 | 39.4% | 1 | 1 | - | - | false |
| 63 | The Mighty Macs | $14,311 | $11,897 | 83.1% | $2,414 | 16.9% | 11 | 6 | Quaker Media | - | false |
| 64 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $13,987 | $6,667 | 47.7% | $7,320 | 52.3% | 4 | 19 | - | - | false |
| 65 | Mozart's Sister | $13,895 | $10,974 | 79% | $2,921 | 21% | 13 | 15 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 66 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $13,576 | $9,118 | 67.2% | $4,458 | 32.8% | 5 | 3 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 67 | Sarah's Key | $13,431 | $10,061 | 74.9% | $3,370 | 25.1% | 27 | 19 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 68 | Galapagos | $12,961 | $9,836 | 75.9% | $3,125 | 24.1% | 1 | 631 | IMAX | - | false |
| 69 | Sigur Rós: Inni | $11,274 | $7,002 | 62.1% | $4,272 | 37.9% | 3 | 5 | Cinema Purgatorio | - | false |
| 70 | Weekend | $9,212 | $9,212 | 100% | $0 | - | 8 | 10 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 71 | Revenge of the Electric Car | $9,131 | $5,307 | 58.1% | $3,824 | 41.9% | 4 | 6 | Area 23a | - | false |
| 72 | House of Tolerance | $8,104 | $4,766 | 58.8% | $3,338 | 41.2% | 1 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 73 | Love Crime | $7,875 | $6,439 | 81.8% | $1,436 | 18.2% | 8 | 13 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 74 | The Greatest Miracle | $7,704 | $6,410 | 83.2% | $1,294 | 16.8% | 2 | 7 | - | - | false |
| 75 | Young Goethe in Love | $7,260 | $5,173 | 71.2% | $2,087 | 28.8% | 4 | 4 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 76 | The Whale | $7,130 | $6,604 | 92.6% | $526 | 7.4% | 2 | 12 | Paladin | - | false |
| 77 | Garbo: The Spy 2011 Re-release | $6,753 | $5,000 | 74% | $1,753 | 26% | 2 | 2 | First Run | - | false |
| 78 | The Other F Word | $6,394 | $3,887 | 60.8% | $2,507 | 39.2% | 4 | 4 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 79 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $5,622 | $2,986 | 53.1% | $2,636 | 46.9% | 7 | 21 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 80 | Machine Gun Preacher | $5,357 | $4,247 | 79.3% | $1,110 | 20.7% | 9 | 10 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 81 | The Mill and the Cross | $5,014 | $3,762 | 75% | $1,252 | 25% | 6 | 12 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics | - | false |
| 82 | Ra.One | $4,842 | $2,303 | 47.6% | $2,539 | 52.4% | 189 | 6 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 83 | The Woodmans | $4,841 | $287 | 5.9% | $4,554 | 94.1% | 1 | 46 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 84 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $3,958 | $2,498 | 63.1% | $1,460 | 36.9% | 1 | 20 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 85 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | $3,851 | $992 | 25.8% | $2,859 | 74.2% | 6 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 86 | Khodorkovsky | $3,524 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 87 | Blackthorn | $3,179 | $2,201 | 69.2% | $978 | 30.8% | 3 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 88 | The Interrupters | $3,091 | $404 | 13.1% | $2,687 | 86.9% | 3 | 18 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 89 | My Reincarnation | $3,000 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 90 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | $2,636 | $2,167 | 82.2% | $469 | 17.8% | 4 | 12 | Codeblack Entertainment | - | false |
| 91 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | $2,529 | $1,578 | 62.4% | $951 | 37.6% | 2 | 23 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 92 | Granito | $2,422 | $1,524 | 62.9% | $898 | 37.1% | 3 | 12 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 93 | Restless | $2,383 | $835 | 35% | $1,548 | 65% | 3 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 94 | London Boulevard | $2,205 | $2,205 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 95 | Senna | $1,959 | $1,959 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 16 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 96 | The Conquest | $1,831 | $1,246 | 68% | $585 | 32% | 3 | 3 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 97 | The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch 2011 Re-release | $1,728 | $1,360 | 78.7% | $368 | 21.3% | 3 | 2 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 98 | Tucker and Dale vs Evil | $1,492 | $1,269 | 85% | $223 | 15% | 5 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 99 | Amigo | $1,367 | $1,193 | 87.3% | $174 | 12.7% | 2 | 15 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 100 | Tyrannosaur | $1,298 | $804 | 61.9% | $494 | 38.1% | 3 | 2 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 101 | 3 | $1,174 | $599 | 51% | $575 | 49% | 2 | 11 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 102 | Bill Cunningham: New York | $1,172 | $1,172 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 38 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 103 | Rapt 2011 Re-release | $1,128 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 22 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 104 | Rid of Me | $1,088 | $715 | 65.7% | $373 | 34.3% | 2 | 2 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 105 | The Names of Love | $1,055 | $654 | 62% | $401 | 38% | 1 | 23 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 106 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $1,040 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 323 | IMAX | - | false |
| 107 | Raw Faith | $876 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 23 | - | - | false |
| 108 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $738 | $529 | 71.7% | $209 | 28.3% | 1 | 10 | First Run | - | false |
| 109 | The Bride Wore Black | $666 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 110 | Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace | $488 | $346 | 70.9% | $142 | 29.1% | 2 | 11 | Fisher Klingenstein Films | - | false |
| 111 | Project Nim | $440 | $231 | 52.5% | $209 | 47.5% | 1 | 21 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 112 | Oka! | $230 | $168 | 73% | $62 | 27% | 1 | 7 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 113 | Putty Hill | $195 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 41 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 114 | I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive | $147 | $147 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 13 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 115 | Aurora | $119 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 23 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | - | - | - | - | - | 91 | 18 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 78 | 20 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Thunder Soul | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| - | Hell and Back Again | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Docurama Films | - | false |
| - | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Film socialisme | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| - | America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Rogers & Cowan/PMK | - | false |
| - | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| - | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | - | - | - | 684 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Circumstance | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| - | Littlerock | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | Variance Films | - | false |
| - | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
