| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Devil Inside | $38,346,847 | $33,732,515 | 88% | $4,614,332 | 12% | 2,285 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $25,545,877 | $19,868,059 | 77.8% | $5,677,818 | 22.2% | 3,555 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $18,239,583 | $13,689,321 | 75% | $4,550,262 | 25% | 3,603 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $15,644,935 | $11,364,714 | 72.6% | $4,280,221 | 27.4% | 2,950 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | War Horse | $11,946,751 | $8,679,470 | 72.6% | $3,267,281 | 27.4% | 2,783 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $10,892,834 | $9,496,913 | 87.2% | $1,395,921 | 12.8% | 3,425 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | We Bought a Zoo | $10,394,425 | $8,305,797 | 79.9% | $2,088,628 | 20.1% | 3,170 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | The Adventures of Tintin | $8,424,931 | $6,727,740 | 79.9% | $1,697,191 | 20.1% | 3,006 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $7,291,391 | $5,478,521 | 75.1% | $1,812,870 | 24.9% | 809 | 5 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 10 | New Year's Eve | $3,893,330 | $3,107,343 | 79.8% | $785,987 | 20.2% | 1,864 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | The Darkest Hour | $3,882,885 | $3,124,316 | 80.5% | $758,569 | 19.5% | 2,163 | 3 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 12 | The Descendants | $3,627,633 | $2,584,137 | 71.2% | $1,043,496 | 28.8% | 737 | 9 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Hugo | $2,086,598 | $1,600,851 | 76.7% | $485,747 | 23.3% | 843 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $1,926,047 | $1,472,095 | 76.4% | $453,952 | 23.6% | 1,058 | 8 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 15 | Young Adult | $1,809,323 | $1,281,347 | 70.8% | $527,976 | 29.2% | 830 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | The Muppets | $1,632,622 | $1,358,289 | 83.2% | $274,333 | 16.8% | 1,236 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | The Artist | $1,619,278 | $1,120,111 | 69.2% | $499,167 | 30.8% | 172 | 7 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 18 | The Sitter | $1,569,098 | $1,154,859 | 73.6% | $414,239 | 26.4% | 758 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 19 | My Week with Marilyn | $1,242,697 | $827,327 | 66.6% | $415,370 | 33.4% | 584 | 8 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 20 | Puss in Boots | $727,302 | $587,390 | 80.8% | $139,912 | 19.2% | 351 | 11 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 21 | Tower Heist | $402,735 | $303,850 | 75.4% | $98,885 | 24.6% | 295 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | A Dangerous Method | $390,294 | $279,280 | 71.6% | $111,014 | 28.4% | 64 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 23 | Shame | $325,813 | $210,059 | 64.5% | $115,754 | 35.5% | 45 | 6 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | Happy Feet Two | $284,535 | $226,987 | 79.8% | $57,548 | 20.2% | 285 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 25 | Real Steel | $259,656 | $204,587 | 78.8% | $55,069 | 21.2% | 213 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | The Iron Lady | $243,326 | $176,374 | 72.5% | $66,952 | 27.5% | 5 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 27 | Moneyball | $242,840 | $167,252 | 68.9% | $75,588 | 31.1% | 231 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 28 | Don 2 | $198,794 | $159,372 | 80.2% | $39,422 | 19.8% | 111 | 4 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | Jack and Jill | $198,220 | $161,407 | 81.4% | $36,813 | 18.6% | 171 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 30 | Courageous | $194,079 | $158,761 | 81.8% | $35,318 | 18.2% | 191 | 15 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | J. Edgar | $167,434 | $110,346 | 65.9% | $57,088 | 34.1% | 152 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 32 | Carnage | $165,278 | $109,338 | 66.2% | $55,940 | 33.8% | 15 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 33 | In Time | $161,682 | $115,356 | 71.4% | $46,326 | 28.6% | 132 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 34 | Melancholia | $155,998 | $87,155 | 55.9% | $68,843 | 44.1% | 61 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | Pariah | $148,930 | $109,972 | 73.8% | $38,958 | 26.2% | 11 | 3 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 36 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $144,972 | $99,125 | 68.4% | $45,847 | 31.6% | 6 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | Born to Be Wild | $137,500 | $87,537 | 63.7% | $49,963 | 36.3% | 45 | 40 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 38 | A Separation | $136,615 | $92,638 | 67.8% | $43,977 | 32.2% | 6 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 39 | Immortals | $132,743 | $89,374 | 67.3% | $43,369 | 32.7% | 128 | 9 | Relativity Media | - | false |
| 40 | Pina | $131,152 | $83,027 | 63.3% | $48,125 | 36.7% | 3 | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 41 | Arthur Christmas | $124,622 | $102,644 | 82.4% | $21,978 | 17.6% | 280 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 42 | Dolphin Tale | $117,743 | $95,346 | 81% | $22,397 | 19% | 149 | 16 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 43 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $96,238 | $74,033 | 76.9% | $22,205 | 23.1% | 131 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $83,255 | $55,983 | 67.2% | $27,272 | 32.8% | 125 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 45 | Drive | $82,012 | $56,208 | 68.5% | $25,804 | 31.5% | 30 | 17 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 46 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $76,915 | $55,496 | 72.2% | $21,419 | 27.8% | 50 | 14 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | - | false |
| 47 | Hubble | $72,493 | $36,477 | 50.3% | $36,016 | 49.7% | 17 | 95 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 48 | The Ides of March | $71,199 | $71,199 | 100% | $0 | - | 114 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 49 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $47,251 | $32,289 | 68.3% | $14,962 | 31.7% | 7 | 3 | FilmDistrict | - | false |
| 50 | Margin Call | $41,782 | $31,234 | 74.8% | $10,548 | 25.2% | 30 | 12 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 51 | The Help | $40,275 | $28,247 | 70.1% | $12,028 | 29.9% | 50 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 52 | The Skin I Live In | $36,551 | $21,663 | 59.3% | $14,888 | 40.7% | 42 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 53 | Space Station 3D | $31,714 | $14,280 | 45% | $17,434 | 55% | 2 | 508 | IMAX | - | false |
| 54 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $31,423 | $19,121 | 60.8% | $12,302 | 39.2% | 9 | 85 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 55 | Under the Sea 3D | $30,599 | $21,171 | 69.2% | $9,428 | 30.8% | 9 | 152 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 56 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $30,019 | $19,055 | 63.5% | $10,964 | 36.5% | 11 | 14 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 57 | Midnight in Paris | $22,535 | $15,335 | 68% | $7,200 | 32% | 21 | 34 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 58 | Take Shelter | $19,405 | $11,201 | 57.7% | $8,204 | 42.3% | 21 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 59 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $19,236 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 14 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 60 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | $17,921 | $10,952 | 61.1% | $6,969 | 38.9% | 1 | 2 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 61 | Like Crazy | $14,619 | $7,438 | 50.9% | $7,181 | 49.1% | 15 | 11 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 62 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $11,826 | $9,233 | 78.1% | $2,593 | 21.9% | 9 | 12 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 63 | The Conquest | $8,987 | $5,805 | 64.6% | $3,182 | 35.4% | 6 | 9 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 64 | The Greatest Miracle | $7,927 | $5,520 | 69.6% | $2,407 | 30.4% | 4 | 13 | - | - | false |
| 65 | Young Goethe in Love | $7,733 | $5,587 | 72.2% | $2,146 | 27.8% | 7 | 10 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 66 | Mozart's Sister | $7,351 | $4,768 | 64.9% | $2,583 | 35.1% | 7 | 21 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 67 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $6,418 | $3,732 | 58.2% | $2,686 | 41.8% | 2 | 25 | - | - | false |
| 68 | My Reincarnation | $6,260 | $4,748 | 75.8% | $1,512 | 24.2% | 3 | 11 | Long Shot Factory | - | false |
| 69 | Outrage | $6,258 | $3,740 | 59.8% | $2,518 | 40.2% | 7 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 70 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $5,637 | $4,271 | 75.8% | $1,366 | 24.2% | 7 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 71 | The Guard | $5,243 | $3,316 | 63.2% | $1,927 | 36.8% | 11 | 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 72 | The Mill and the Cross | $5,198 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 18 | Kino Lorber Studio Classics | - | false |
| 73 | Sigur Rós: Inni | $5,189 | $4,163 | 80.2% | $1,026 | 19.8% | 3 | 11 | Cinema Purgatorio | - | false |
| 74 | The Whale | $4,723 | $3,631 | 76.9% | $1,092 | 23.1% | 3 | 18 | Paladin | - | false |
| 75 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | $4,366 | $2,045 | 46.8% | $2,321 | 53.2% | 3 | 9 | First Run | - | false |
| 76 | Roadie | $4,007 | $2,661 | 66.4% | $1,346 | 33.6% | 1 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 77 | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | $3,769 | $1,344 | 35.7% | $2,425 | 64.3% | 3 | 23 | - | - | false |
| 78 | Garbo: The Spy 2011 Re-release | $3,554 | $2,334 | 65.7% | $1,220 | 34.3% | 2 | 8 | First Run | - | false |
| 79 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $3,312 | $2,497 | 75.4% | $815 | 24.6% | 2 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 80 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $3,237 | $2,768 | 85.5% | $469 | 14.5% | 3 | 9 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 81 | Prince of the Himalayas | $2,649 | $1,530 | 57.8% | $1,119 | 42.2% | 1 | 3 | - | - | false |
| 82 | Blackthorn | $2,583 | $1,480 | 57.3% | $1,103 | 42.7% | 4 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 83 | Tomboy | $2,442 | $1,235 | 50.6% | $1,207 | 49.4% | 1 | 9 | Dada Films | - | false |
| 84 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | $2,240 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 20 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 85 | Hell and Back Again | $2,231 | $1,235 | 55.4% | $996 | 44.6% | 2 | 15 | Docurama Films | - | false |
| 86 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $2,205 | $1,423 | 64.5% | $782 | 35.5% | 1 | 16 | First Run | - | false |
| 87 | Rid of Me | $2,069 | $702 | 33.9% | $1,367 | 66.1% | 1 | 8 | Submarine Deluxe | - | false |
| 88 | Tyrannosaur | $1,682 | $1,122 | 66.7% | $560 | 33.3% | 1 | 8 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 89 | Loosies | $1,678 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 90 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $1,432 | $636 | 44.4% | $796 | 55.6% | 1 | 7 | - | - | false |
| 91 | Khodorkovsky | $1,417 | $564 | 39.8% | $853 | 60.2% | 1 | 7 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| 92 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $1,171 | $1,171 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 18 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 93 | Jane's Journey | $1,113 | $737 | 66.2% | $376 | 33.8% | 1 | 17 | First Run | - | false |
| 94 | Granito | $902 | $352 | 39% | $550 | 61% | 1 | 18 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 95 | The Interrupters | $736 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 24 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 96 | Amigo | $462 | $462 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 21 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 97 | Galapagos | $399 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 637 | IMAX | - | false |
| 98 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $86 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 26 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Redneck Carnage | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | false |
| - | American: The Bill Hicks Story | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | Variance Films | - | false |
| - | Addiction Incorporated | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Variance Films | - | false |
| - | London River 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Cinéma Libre | - | false |
| - | Nostalgia for the Light | - | - | - | - | - | - | 53 | Icarus Films | - | false |
| - | El Sicario, Room 164 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Icarus Films | - | false |
| - | Pianomania | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Battleship Potemkin | - | - | - | - | - | - | 52 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | We Need to Talk About Kevin | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| - | The Look | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Kino Lorber | - | false |
| - | CornerStore | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | Shotown Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Bride Wore Black | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
