| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $70,547,746 | $29,556,629 | 41.9% | $40,991,117 | 58.1% | 3,448 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $51,268,704 | $20,270,555 | 39.5% | $30,998,149 | 60.5% | 3,703 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $39,419,148 | $12,585,192 | 31.9% | $26,833,956 | 68.1% | 3,683 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $32,383,831 | $12,768,604 | 39.4% | $19,615,227 | 60.6% | 2,914 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | The Adventures of Tintin | $28,030,964 | $9,720,993 | 34.7% | $18,309,971 | 65.3% | 3,087 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | We Bought a Zoo | $27,028,831 | $9,360,434 | 34.6% | $17,668,397 | 65.4% | 3,117 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | War Horse | $26,029,043 | $7,515,402 | 28.9% | $18,513,641 | 71.1% | 2,376 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | New Year's Eve | $10,327,855 | $3,313,739 | 32.1% | $7,014,116 | 67.9% | 2,225 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | The Darkest Hour | $8,974,722 | $2,993,519 | 33.4% | $5,981,203 | 66.6% | 2,327 | 1 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 10 | The Muppets | $6,310,736 | $2,145,762 | 34% | $4,164,974 | 66% | 1,536 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Descendants | $5,733,094 | $2,073,371 | 36.2% | $3,659,723 | 63.8% | 753 | 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Hugo | $5,365,323 | $2,131,828 | 39.7% | $3,233,495 | 60.3% | 951 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $4,667,895 | $1,466,306 | 31.4% | $3,201,589 | 68.6% | 1,603 | 6 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 14 | Young Adult | $4,559,690 | $1,746,450 | 38.3% | $2,813,240 | 61.7% | 987 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | The Sitter | $4,155,859 | $1,739,165 | 41.8% | $2,416,694 | 58.2% | 1,486 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 16 | Arthur Christmas | $3,669,065 | $2,073,319 | 56.5% | $1,595,746 | 43.5% | 1,524 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 17 | Don 2 | $2,584,678 | $1,673,921 | 64.8% | $910,757 | 35.2% | 158 | 2 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | The Artist | $2,235,144 | $883,063 | 39.5% | $1,352,081 | 60.5% | 167 | 5 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 19 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $1,768,708 | $717,459 | 40.6% | $1,051,249 | 59.4% | 55 | 3 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 20 | My Week with Marilyn | $1,591,176 | $561,097 | 35.3% | $1,030,079 | 64.7% | 602 | 6 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 21 | Puss in Boots | $1,480,231 | $410,577 | 27.7% | $1,069,654 | 72.3% | 389 | 9 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 22 | Happy Feet Two | $778,523 | $219,513 | 28.2% | $559,010 | 71.8% | 525 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 23 | A Dangerous Method | $481,789 | $197,230 | 40.9% | $284,559 | 59.1% | 58 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 24 | Jack and Jill | $449,002 | $185,706 | 41.4% | $263,296 | 58.6% | 242 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 25 | Real Steel | $426,997 | $136,939 | 32.1% | $290,058 | 67.9% | 227 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | J. Edgar | $414,711 | $142,139 | 34.3% | $272,572 | 65.7% | 455 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 27 | Tower Heist | $367,995 | $137,255 | 37.3% | $230,740 | 62.7% | 283 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | Moneyball | $365,012 | $114,352 | 31.3% | $250,660 | 68.7% | 242 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 29 | Shame | $358,166 | $123,574 | 34.5% | $234,592 | 65.5% | 53 | 4 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | Dolphin Tale | $300,510 | $76,093 | 25.3% | $224,417 | 74.7% | 188 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 31 | Courageous | $289,621 | $90,524 | 31.3% | $199,097 | 68.7% | 192 | 13 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Immortals | $288,007 | $120,959 | 42% | $167,048 | 58% | 228 | 7 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 33 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $262,339 | $111,974 | 42.7% | $150,365 | 57.3% | 245 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 34 | Hubble | $254,299 | $33,770 | 13.3% | $220,529 | 86.7% | 15 | 93 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 35 | Born to Be Wild | $214,140 | $32,178 | 15% | $181,962 | 85% | 49 | 38 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 36 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $202,274 | $72,348 | 35.8% | $129,926 | 64.2% | 6 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $161,534 | $42,762 | 26.5% | $118,772 | 73.5% | 182 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 38 | Pina | $157,369 | $68,012 | 43.2% | $89,357 | 56.8% | 3 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 39 | The Ides of March | $138,768 | $44,098 | 31.8% | $94,670 | 68.2% | 145 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 40 | Carnage | $137,789 | $58,216 | 42.2% | $79,573 | 57.8% | 7 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 41 | In Time | $133,617 | $44,941 | 33.6% | $88,676 | 66.4% | 112 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 42 | Melancholia | $119,438 | - | - | - | - | 66 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 43 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | $116,389 | $59,004 | 50.7% | $57,385 | 49.3% | 20 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 44 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $92,160 | $27,270 | 29.6% | $64,890 | 70.4% | 45 | 12 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 45 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $91,696 | $30,058 | 32.8% | $61,638 | 67.2% | 124 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 46 | The Help | $70,788 | $19,974 | 28.2% | $50,814 | 71.8% | 65 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 47 | Under the Sea 3D | $61,097 | $8,686 | 14.2% | $52,411 | 85.8% | 10 | 150 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 48 | Margin Call | $57,282 | $20,911 | 36.5% | $36,371 | 63.5% | 30 | 10 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 49 | The Skin I Live In | $43,121 | $14,886 | 34.5% | $28,235 | 65.5% | 34 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 50 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $39,663 | $18,854 | 47.5% | $20,809 | 52.5% | 3 | 1 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 51 | Midnight in Paris | $37,121 | $11,450 | 30.8% | $25,671 | 69.2% | 28 | 32 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 52 | Pariah | $36,407 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 53 | Drive | $33,204 | $11,879 | 35.8% | $21,325 | 64.2% | 26 | 15 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 54 | The Three Musketeers | $24,571 | $8,207 | 33.4% | $16,364 | 66.6% | 37 | 10 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 55 | Like Crazy | $24,331 | $7,731 | 31.8% | $16,600 | 68.2% | 30 | 9 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 56 | Space Station 3D | $19,268 | $19,130 | 99.3% | $138 | 0.7% | 2 | 506 | IMAX | - | false |
| 57 | Galapagos | $17,929 | $3,263 | 18.2% | $14,666 | 81.8% | 1 | 635 | IMAX | - | false |
| 58 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $17,330 | $6,088 | 35.1% | $11,242 | 64.9% | 15 | 10 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 59 | The Greatest Miracle | $17,086 | $6,970 | 40.8% | $10,116 | 59.2% | 8 | 11 | - | - | false |
| 60 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $15,383 | $9,872 | 64.2% | $5,511 | 35.8% | 9 | 83 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 61 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $14,786 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 10 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 62 | Take Shelter | $14,756 | $5,192 | 35.2% | $9,564 | 64.8% | 24 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 63 | 50/50 | $14,074 | $3,694 | 26.2% | $10,380 | 73.8% | 31 | 13 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 64 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $12,564 | $5,883 | 46.8% | $6,681 | 53.2% | 6 | 12 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 65 | My Reincarnation | $12,445 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 9 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 66 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $11,577 | $2,585 | 22.3% | $8,992 | 77.7% | 10 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 67 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $5,944 | $163 | 2.7% | $5,781 | 97.3% | 1 | 688 | IMAX | - | false |
| 68 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | $5,196 | $1,478 | 28.4% | $3,718 | 71.6% | 5 | 7 | First Run | - | false |
| 69 | The Guard | $4,659 | $1,380 | 29.6% | $3,279 | 70.4% | 6 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 70 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $4,574 | $472 | 10.3% | $4,102 | 89.7% | 2 | 23 | - | - | false |
| 71 | Miss Minoes 2011 Re-release | $4,458 | $1,901 | 42.6% | $2,557 | 57.4% | 3 | 1 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 72 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $4,379 | $2,483 | 56.7% | $1,896 | 43.3% | 5 | 25 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 73 | Sleeping Beauty | $4,187 | $1,556 | 37.2% | $2,631 | 62.8% | 3 | 4 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 74 | The Mill and the Cross | $3,707 | $1,027 | 27.7% | $2,680 | 72.3% | 5 | 16 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics | - | false |
| 75 | Into the Abyss | $3,331 | $939 | 28.2% | $2,392 | 71.8% | 3 | 7 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 76 | The Interrupters | $3,201 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 22 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 77 | Prince of the Himalayas | $2,883 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | false |
| 78 | Blackthorn | $2,743 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 79 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | $2,380 | $455 | 19.1% | $1,925 | 80.9% | 5 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 80 | Mozart's Sister | $2,084 | $1,260 | 60.5% | $824 | 39.5% | 3 | 19 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 81 | The Bride Wore Black | $1,761 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 82 | El Sicario, Room 164 | $1,604 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Icarus Films | - | false |
| 83 | Rid of Me | $1,560 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 84 | Outrage | $1,472 | $1,105 | 75.1% | $367 | 24.9% | 1 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 85 | Amigo | $1,269 | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 86 | Addiction Incorporated | $1,183 | $562 | 47.5% | $621 | 52.5% | 1 | 3 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 87 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $1,166 | $562 | 48.2% | $604 | 51.8% | 2 | 7 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 88 | I Melt with You | $1,148 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 89 | Young Goethe in Love | $1,142 | $344 | 30.1% | $798 | 69.9% | 2 | 8 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 90 | The Worst Movie Ever! | $1,080 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 19 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut | - | false |
| 91 | The Whale | $1,067 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | Paladin | - | false |
| 92 | Jane's Journey | $949 | $397 | 41.8% | $552 | 58.2% | 1 | 15 | First Run | - | false |
| 93 | Sigur Rós: Inni | $655 | $165 | 25.2% | $490 | 74.8% | 1 | 9 | Cinema Purgatorio | - | false |
| 94 | Tyrannosaur | $650 | $288 | 44.3% | $362 | 55.7% | 1 | 6 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 95 | Mississippi Mermaid | $650 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 129 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 96 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $586 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 24 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 97 | Oka! | $400 | $100 | 25% | $300 | 75% | 1 | 11 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 98 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $323 | $323 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | false |
| 99 | Kinyarwanda | $150 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | false |
| - | Le Havre | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 10 | Janus Films | - | false |
| - | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Metropolis Giorgio Moroder Presents | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics | - | false |
| - | My Joy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| - | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 327 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Garbo: The Spy 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | First Run | - | false |
| - | To Die Is Hard | - | - | - | - | - | - | 54 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut | - | false |
| - | Revenge of the Electric Car | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Area 23a | - | false |
| - | Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | First Run | - | false |
| - | The Look | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| - | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
