| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $46,716,705 | $29,421,879 | 63% | $17,294,826 | 37% | 3,455 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $33,337,735 | $20,881,420 | 62.6% | $12,456,315 | 37.4% | 3,703 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $25,729,119 | $16,369,799 | 63.6% | $9,359,320 | 36.4% | 3,724 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $24,775,610 | $14,824,577 | 59.8% | $9,951,033 | 40.2% | 2,914 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | War Horse | $22,196,169 | $14,422,729 | 65% | $7,773,440 | 35% | 2,547 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | We Bought a Zoo | $20,606,792 | $13,238,241 | 64.2% | $7,368,551 | 35.8% | 3,163 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | The Adventures of Tintin | $19,241,288 | $11,436,160 | 59.4% | $7,805,128 | 40.6% | 3,087 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | New Year's Eve | $9,095,747 | $6,334,300 | 69.6% | $2,761,447 | 30.4% | 2,225 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | The Darkest Hour | $6,591,567 | $4,163,241 | 63.2% | $2,428,326 | 36.8% | 2,327 | 2 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 10 | The Descendants | $5,351,917 | $3,396,129 | 63.5% | $1,955,788 | 36.5% | 758 | 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Muppets | $4,335,645 | $2,662,191 | 61.4% | $1,673,454 | 38.6% | 1,541 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Hugo | $4,037,465 | $2,461,610 | 61% | $1,575,855 | 39% | 951 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Young Adult | $3,497,366 | $2,092,633 | 59.8% | $1,404,733 | 40.2% | 987 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $3,473,842 | $2,060,942 | 59.3% | $1,412,900 | 40.7% | 1,411 | 7 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 15 | The Sitter | $2,924,074 | $1,673,796 | 57.2% | $1,250,278 | 42.8% | 1,348 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 16 | The Artist | $2,243,927 | $1,310,770 | 58.4% | $933,157 | 41.6% | 167 | 6 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 17 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $1,780,859 | $1,085,444 | 61% | $695,415 | 39% | 57 | 4 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 18 | My Week with Marilyn | $1,620,641 | $925,349 | 57.1% | $695,292 | 42.9% | 630 | 7 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 19 | Puss in Boots | $1,278,397 | $752,233 | 58.8% | $526,164 | 41.2% | 389 | 10 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 20 | Arthur Christmas | $1,200,780 | $683,168 | 56.9% | $517,612 | 43.1% | 1,343 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 21 | Don 2 | $772,725 | $531,620 | 68.8% | $241,105 | 31.2% | 164 | 3 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | Happy Feet Two | $718,444 | $397,003 | 55.3% | $321,441 | 44.7% | 525 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 23 | A Dangerous Method | $518,882 | $299,741 | 57.8% | $219,141 | 42.2% | 61 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 24 | J. Edgar | $424,851 | $245,624 | 57.8% | $179,227 | 42.2% | 455 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 25 | Tower Heist | $413,660 | $253,005 | 61.2% | $160,655 | 38.8% | 253 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | Real Steel | $400,116 | $240,399 | 60.1% | $159,717 | 39.9% | 227 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 27 | Shame | $391,027 | $200,291 | 51.2% | $190,736 | 48.8% | 55 | 5 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | The Iron Lady | $344,295 | $220,409 | 64% | $123,886 | 36% | 4 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 29 | Moneyball | $343,404 | $205,193 | 59.8% | $138,211 | 40.2% | 250 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 30 | Jack and Jill | $304,376 | $188,938 | 62.1% | $115,438 | 37.9% | 222 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 31 | Courageous | $269,459 | $152,531 | 56.6% | $116,928 | 43.4% | 181 | 14 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Dolphin Tale | $258,807 | $152,126 | 58.8% | $106,681 | 41.2% | 188 | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 33 | Immortals | $230,910 | $125,370 | 54.3% | $105,540 | 45.7% | 228 | 8 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 34 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $197,270 | $110,775 | 56.2% | $86,495 | 43.8% | 6 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 35 | Born to Be Wild | $181,555 | $89,351 | 49.2% | $92,204 | 50.8% | 49 | 39 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 36 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $181,253 | $98,513 | 54.4% | $82,740 | 45.6% | 245 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | In Time | $166,336 | $89,670 | 53.9% | $76,666 | 46.1% | 123 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 38 | Carnage | $165,743 | $93,161 | 56.2% | $72,582 | 43.8% | 12 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 39 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $150,348 | $88,848 | 59.1% | $61,500 | 40.9% | 182 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | The Ides of March | $149,434 | $83,711 | 56% | $65,723 | 44% | 143 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 41 | Hubble | $145,576 | $84,150 | 57.8% | $61,426 | 42.2% | 15 | 94 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 42 | Pina | $143,672 | $71,623 | 49.8% | $72,049 | 50.2% | 3 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 43 | Melancholia | $134,340 | $63,088 | 47% | $71,252 | 53% | 63 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | A Separation | $105,408 | $59,481 | 56.4% | $45,927 | 43.6% | 3 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 45 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $97,904 | $56,830 | 58% | $41,074 | 42% | 47 | 13 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 46 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $89,112 | $53,544 | 60.1% | $35,568 | 39.9% | 124 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 47 | Pariah | $87,032 | $48,579 | 55.8% | $38,453 | 44.2% | 4 | 2 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 48 | The Help | $66,365 | $37,980 | 57.2% | $28,385 | 42.8% | 65 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | Space Station 3D | $53,964 | $14,724 | 27.3% | $39,240 | 72.7% | 2 | 507 | IMAX | - | false |
| 50 | Under the Sea 3D | $53,546 | $27,998 | 52.3% | $25,548 | 47.7% | 6 | 151 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 51 | Drive | $47,714 | $24,518 | 51.4% | $23,196 | 48.6% | 25 | 16 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 52 | Margin Call | $45,945 | $22,934 | 49.9% | $23,011 | 50.1% | 28 | 11 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 53 | The Skin I Live In | $44,225 | $22,210 | 50.2% | $22,015 | 49.8% | 28 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 54 | Le Havre | $40,283 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 11 | Janus Films | - | false |
| 55 | Midnight in Paris | $31,881 | $17,665 | 55.4% | $14,216 | 44.6% | 23 | 33 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 56 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | $29,437 | $26,505 | 90% | $2,932 | 10% | 16 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 57 | Like Crazy | $22,305 | $9,531 | 42.7% | $12,774 | 57.3% | 30 | 10 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 58 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $21,990 | $12,001 | 54.6% | $9,989 | 45.4% | 7 | 13 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 59 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $20,387 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 84 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 60 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $18,729 | $9,479 | 50.6% | $9,250 | 49.4% | 2 | 2 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 61 | Take Shelter | $17,426 | $9,022 | 51.8% | $8,404 | 48.2% | 20 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 62 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $16,244 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 11 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 63 | Mozart's Sister | $14,812 | $7,299 | 49.3% | $7,513 | 50.7% | 9 | 20 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 64 | The Greatest Miracle | $11,486 | $4,762 | 41.5% | $6,724 | 58.5% | 4 | 12 | - | - | false |
| 65 | Galapagos | $7,846 | $7,846 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 636 | IMAX | - | false |
| 66 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $7,501 | $4,488 | 59.8% | $3,013 | 40.2% | 7 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 67 | My Reincarnation | $6,506 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 68 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | $5,588 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | First Run | - | false |
| 69 | Garbo: The Spy 2011 Re-release | $5,095 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | First Run | - | false |
| 70 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $4,715 | $3,771 | 80% | $944 | 20% | 1 | 689 | IMAX | - | false |
| 71 | The Guard | $4,582 | $2,571 | 56.1% | $2,011 | 43.9% | 4 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 72 | Young Goethe in Love | $4,234 | $1,894 | 44.7% | $2,340 | 55.3% | 5 | 9 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 73 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $3,739 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 15 | First Run | - | false |
| 74 | El Sicario, Room 164 | $3,724 | $2,040 | 54.8% | $1,684 | 45.2% | 1 | 2 | Icarus Films | - | false |
| 75 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | $3,056 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 76 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $2,963 | $1,716 | 57.9% | $1,247 | 42.1% | 3 | 26 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 77 | Miss Minoes 2011 Re-release | $2,670 | $1,489 | 55.8% | $1,181 | 44.2% | 3 | 2 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 78 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $2,649 | $1,427 | 53.9% | $1,222 | 46.1% | 2 | 8 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 79 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $2,537 | $566 | 22.3% | $1,971 | 77.7% | 2 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 80 | Prince of the Himalayas | $2,349 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | false |
| 81 | Blackthorn | $2,338 | $1,122 | 48% | $1,216 | 52% | 4 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 82 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | $2,237 | $1,560 | 69.7% | $677 | 30.3% | 4 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 83 | Outrage | $2,079 | $923 | 44.4% | $1,156 | 55.6% | 1 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 84 | The Whale | $1,985 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 17 | Paladin | - | false |
| 85 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $1,760 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 24 | - | - | false |
| 86 | Rid of Me | $1,656 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 87 | Jane's Journey | $1,645 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | First Run | - | false |
| 88 | Oka! | $1,586 | $684 | 43.1% | $902 | 56.9% | 1 | 12 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 89 | The Mill and the Cross | $1,284 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 17 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics | - | false |
| 90 | Metropolis Giorgio Moroder Presents | $927 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 13 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics | - | false |
| 91 | Angels Crest | $832 | $407 | 48.9% | $425 | 51.1% | 1 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 92 | To Die Is Hard | $810 | $810 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 55 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut | - | false |
| 93 | Sigur Rós: Inni | $794 | $495 | 62.3% | $299 | 37.7% | 2 | 10 | Cinema Purgatorio | - | false |
| 94 | Amigo | $727 | $415 | 57.1% | $312 | 42.9% | 2 | 20 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 95 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $695 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 17 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 96 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $574 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 328 | IMAX | - | false |
| 97 | The Bride Wore Black | $322 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 98 | The Look | $161 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 99 | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | $130 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 31 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 100 | My Joy | $103 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| - | Hell and Back Again | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Docurama Films | - | false |
| - | King of Devil's Island | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Film Movement | - | false |
| - | Tyrannosaur | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | false |
| - | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| - | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | - | false |
| - | Granito | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| - | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Conquest | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| - | Khodorkovsky | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| - | The Interrupters | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | Tomboy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Dada Films | - | false |
