Domestic Box Office For September 2011

RankRelease GrossTheatersTotal GrossRelease DateDistributor
1The Lion King
2011 3D Release
$71,891,4862,340$94,242,001Sep 16Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2Contagion$61,144,2153,222$75,658,097Sep 9Warner Bros.
3The Help$54,643,1173,014$169,708,112Aug 10Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
4Moneyball$29,797,9563,018$75,605,492Sep 23Sony Pictures Releasing
5The Debt$28,645,5601,874$31,177,548Aug 31Focus Features
6Dolphin Tale$26,758,3373,515$72,286,779Sep 23Warner Bros.
7Drive$24,721,9532,904$35,061,555Sep 16FilmDistrict
8Rise of the Planet of the Apes$22,628,9303,691$176,760,185Aug 5Twentieth Century Fox
9Colombiana$21,815,0152,614$36,665,854Aug 26TriStar Pictures
10Shark Night$18,386,7912,848$18,877,153Sep 2Relativity Media
11Apollo 18$17,447,7893,330$17,687,709Sep 2-
12Abduction$15,195,1203,118$28,087,155Sep 23Lionsgate
13Our Idiot Brother$14,964,4952,555$24,816,118Aug 26The Weinstein Company
14Killer Elite$14,098,2752,986$25,124,966Sep 23Open Road Films (II)
15Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World$13,343,9963,305$38,538,188Aug 19-
16Don't Be Afraid of the Dark$12,774,1832,780$24,046,682Aug 26FilmDistrict
17Warrior$12,760,1791,883$13,657,115Sep 9Lionsgate
18Crazy, Stupid, Love.$11,628,9403,020$84,351,197Jul 29Warner Bros.
19The Smurfs$11,023,7243,427$142,614,158Jul 29Sony Pictures Releasing
20Straw Dogs$9,775,2592,408$10,324,441Sep 16Screen Gems
21I Don't Know How She Does It$8,948,2812,490$9,662,284Sep 16The Weinstein Company
22Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2$7,196,8904,375$381,011,219Jul 15Warner Bros.
23Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain$5,746,236287$7,706,436Sep 9Codeblack Entertainment
24Captain America: The First Avenger$5,535,3803,715$176,654,505Jul 22Paramount Pictures
25Cowboys & Aliens$5,241,3113,754$100,240,551Jul 29Universal Pictures
2630 Minutes or Less$4,156,4442,888$37,053,924Aug 12Sony Pictures Releasing
27Seven Days in Utopia$4,143,418561$4,373,074Sep 2Visio Entertainment
28Final Destination 5$3,668,5883,155$42,587,643Aug 12Warner Bros.
29Conan the Barbarian$3,347,2913,015$21,295,021Aug 19Lionsgate
30Courageous$3,127,9401,214$34,522,221Sep 30TriStar Pictures
31One Day$3,115,1211,725$13,843,771Aug 19Focus Features
32Horrible Bosses$3,028,6153,134$117,538,559Jul 8Warner Bros.
3350/50$2,887,3772,479$35,014,192Sep 30Summit Entertainment
34Dream House$2,887,1852,664$21,302,340Sep 30Universal Pictures
35Midnight in Paris$2,670,8021,038$56,817,045May 20Sony Pictures Classics
36Fright Night$2,643,9813,114$18,302,607Aug 19Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
37Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star$2,529,3951,500$2,529,395Sep 9Sony Pictures Releasing
38Zookeeper$2,476,4353,482$80,360,843Jul 8Sony Pictures Releasing
39The Guard$2,435,989203$5,360,274Jul 29Sony Pictures Classics
40Transformers: Dark of the Moon$2,389,0484,088$352,390,543Jun 29DreamWorks
41Sarah's Key$2,345,325319$7,693,187Jul 22The Weinstein Company
42Cars 2$2,321,8114,115$191,452,396Jun 24Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
43The Change-Up$2,183,5952,913$37,081,475Aug 5Universal Pictures
44What's Your Number?$2,030,4033,011$14,011,084Sep 30Twentieth Century Fox
45Bad Teacher$1,721,1913,049$100,292,856Jun 24Sony Pictures Releasing
46Bodyguard$1,641,76288$1,834,384Aug 31Reliance Big Pictures
47Private Pérez$1,400,726165$1,400,726Sep 2Lionsgate
48Mr. Popper's Penguins$976,8813,342$68,224,452Jun 17Twentieth Century Fox
49Bridesmaids$961,3952,958$169,106,725May 13Universal Pictures
50Kung Fu Panda 2$906,7443,952$165,249,063May 26DreamWorks
51Born to Be Wild$865,720208$25,978,556Apr 8Warner Bros.
52Super 8$856,9513,424$127,004,179Jun 10Paramount Pictures
53Senna$619,86547$1,612,430Aug 12-
54Higher Ground
2011 Re-release
$585,69281$841,733Aug 26Sony Pictures Classics
55Mausam$571,43796$728,316Sep 23Eros Worldwide
56Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides$569,0734,164$241,071,802May 20Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
57Winnie the Pooh$565,9062,405$26,692,846Jul 15Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
58Green Lantern$558,6183,816$116,601,172Jun 17Warner Bros.
59Creature$508,7141,507$508,714Sep 9-
60Friends with Benefits$504,7082,926$55,802,754Jul 22Screen Gems
61Mere Brother Ki Dulhan$496,17274$496,172Sep 9Yash Raj Films
62Hubble$452,153151$52,522,904Mar 19Warner Bros.
63Pearl Jam Twenty$438,64660$471,334Sep 20Abramorama
64The Whistleblower$393,85270$1,124,966Aug 5The Samuel Goldwyn Company
65The Hedgehog$342,18940$707,945Aug 19NeoClassics Films
66The Tree of Life$334,799237$13,303,319May 27-
67Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame$309,01548$459,836Sep 2-
68Attack the Block$286,80666$1,024,175Jul 29Screen Gems
69Monte Carlo$273,6682,473$23,186,769Jul 1Twentieth Century Fox
70Circumstance$269,76131$454,121Aug 26Roadside Attractions
71Love Crime$255,58929$539,792Sep 2IFC Films
72X-Men: First Class$250,8293,692$146,408,305Jun 3Twentieth Century Fox
73Point Blank$241,55937$708,215Jul 29Magnolia Pictures
74Buck$205,144152$4,038,912Jun 17IFC Films
75A Good Old Fashioned Orgy$200,227143$200,227Sep 2The Samuel Goldwyn Company
76Mozart's Sister$176,78936$707,885Aug 19Music Box Films
77Bol$172,78038$188,850Aug 31Eros Worldwide
78Another Earth$168,17494$1,321,194Jul 22-
79Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World$167,96214$6,096,582May 283D Entertainment
80My Afternoons with Margueritte$147,94741$666,557Sep 16Cohen Media Group
81The Devil's Double$146,65589$1,361,512Jul 29Lionsgate
82The Hangover Part II$138,7103,675$254,464,305May 26Warner Bros.
83Under the Sea 3D$136,053108$36,262,926Feb 13Warner Bros.
84Brighton Rock$127,08524$229,653Aug 26IFC Films
85Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness$124,52529$906,666Jul 8International Film Circuit
86Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life$119,56619$233,007Aug 31Music Box Films
87Glee: The 3D Concert Movie$118,9702,040$11,862,398Aug 12Twentieth Century Fox
88The Future$117,71231$568,662Jul 29Roadside Attractions
89The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975$100,82513$273,749Sep 9IFC Films
90The Interrupters$98,90910$282,448Jul 29The Cinema Guild
91The Names of Love$98,51324$514,237Jun 24Music Box Films
92The Trip$97,81362$2,030,962Jun 10IFC Films
93Machine Gun Preacher$83,72993$538,690Sep 23Relativity Media
94Space Station 3D$76,74364$93,383,953Apr 19IMAX
95Thunder Soul$69,72937$143,986Sep 23Roadside Attractions
96Beginners$66,956170$5,790,894Jun 3Focus Features
97Tabloid$61,16737$696,921Jul 15IFC Films
98Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place$60,60418$154,521Aug 5Magnolia Pictures
99The Mill and the Cross$60,58517$312,187Sep 14-
100Shaolin$59,29811$66,099Sep 9Variance Films
101Amigo$59,08210$184,705Aug 19Variance Films
102Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest$57,92354$1,200,326Jul 8Sony Pictures Classics
103Weekend$55,49926$484,592Sep 23IFC Films
104Restless$54,732126$163,265Sep 16Sony Pictures Classics
105Terri$50,69136$655,802Jul 1ATO Pictures
106Bellflower$50,24813$168,226Aug 5Oscilloscope
107Project Nim$46,08022$411,184Jul 8Roadside Attractions
1083-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy$43,41410$153,215Aug 12China Lion Film Distribution
109Red State$40,7425$1,104,682Mar 5SModcast Pictures
110Life in a Day$38,87919$252,788Jul 29National Geographic Entertainment
111Puncture$37,8095$68,945Sep 23Millennium Entertainment
112My Kingdom$36,53320$36,533Sep 9China Lion Film Distribution
113Love in Space$34,78716$34,787Sep 9China Lion Film Distribution
1143$29,8506$59,954Sep 16Strand Releasing
115Incendies$29,75890$2,071,334Apr 22Sony Pictures Classics
116Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara$28,950100$3,108,485Jul 15Eros Worldwide
117Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology$27,9217$46,782Sep 16Paladin
118Page One$25,85465$1,067,028Jun 17Magnolia Pictures
119Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre$25,0285$25,844Sep 16Nocturnal Features
120Life, Above All$24,95418$134,461Jul 15Sony Pictures Classics
121El Bulli: Cooking in Progress$24,65110$237,181Jul 27-
122After$24,5441$24,544Sep 9-
123Snow Flower and the Secret Fan$24,115116$1,348,205Jul 15-
124The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby$23,7848$183,342Sep 23First Run
125Mysteries of Lisbon$22,8516$110,507Aug 5Music Box Films
126Bride Flight
2011 Re-release
$22,76627$501,360Jun 10Music Box Films
127Bill Cunningham: New York$21,55234$1,510,026Mar 16Zeitgeist Films
128The Last Circus$21,4586$40,548Aug 19Magnolia Pictures
129Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles$20,6691$21,242Sep 2Argot Pictures
130Gun Hill Road$20,01210$148,994Aug 5Motion Film Group
131Limelight$19,7224$60,335Sep 23Magnolia Pictures
132Farmageddon$19,0917$56,573Jun 17-
133The Tree$18,9288$71,158Jul 15Zeitgeist Films
134Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon$18,69982$34,137,524Sep 23IMAX
135Where Soldiers Come From$18,6515$39,201Sep 9International Film Circuit
136Rio$18,5863,842$143,619,809Apr 15Twentieth Century Fox
137Jig$18,0935$183,790Jun 17Screen Media Films
138Passione$18,0355$255,355Jun 22Abramorama
139Happy, Happy$17,7767$45,154Sep 16Magnolia Pictures
140Turtle: The Incredible Journey$17,07024$386,073Jun 24Hannover House
141Insidious$17,0012,419$54,009,150Apr 1FilmDistrict
142Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure$16,710252$23,746,066Oct 5National Geographic Entertainment
143Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust$16,53311$202,531Sep 30Nocturnal Features
144Shut Up Little Man$16,4988$23,901Aug 26Tribeca Films
145Munger Road$16,40632$266,689Sep 30Freestyle Releasing
146The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu$16,1813$34,023Sep 9The Film Desk
147Granito$16,0705$43,942Sep 14International Film Circuit
148The Whale$15,0175$81,881Sep 9Paladin
149The Man Who Fell to Earth$14,5326$100,072Jun 24Rialto Pictures
150Jane's Journey$13,3913$27,253Sep 16First Run
151Aarakshan$12,89491$651,096Aug 12Reliance Big Pictures
152Littlerock$10,9653$17,309Aug 12Variance Films
153Take Shelter$10,60391$1,730,296Sep 30Sony Pictures Classics
154Marriage Italian Style
2011 Re-release
$10,6001$10,600Sep 23-
155Tucker and Dale vs Evil$10,22344$223,838Sep 30Magnolia Pictures
156Incendiary$10,0503$22,457Sep 23Truly Indie
157Rebirth$9,9644$12,358Aug 31Oscilloscope
158Crime After Crime$9,8085$60,291Jul 1-
159Troll Hunter$8,52921$253,444Jun 10Magnolia Pictures
160I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive$7,6941$8,705Sep 2Strand Releasing
161Special Treatment$7,5141$8,856Aug 26First Run
162City of Life and Death$7,2789$122,558May 11Kino International
163CornerStore$7,1942$45,176Aug 12Shotown Pictures
164Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow$7,0653$51,301Aug 10-
165Rapt
2011 Re-release
$6,4583$45,759Jul 6Lorber Films
166My Suicide$5,9971$17,282Sep 23Rocket Releasing
1675 Days of War$5,8026$17,479Aug 19Anchor Bay Films
168!Women Art Revolution$5,7924$52,681Jun 1Zeitgeist Films
169Tuesday, After Christmas$5,2652$27,813May 25Lorber Films
170Muran$5,12110$30,116Sep 30UTV Motion Pictures
171Tanner Hall$5,0735$5,073Sep 9Anchor Bay Films
172Redemption Road$4,99626$29,384Aug 26Freestyle Releasing
173Film socialisme$4,8473$42,925Jun 3Lorber Films
174Burke and Hare$4,8331$4,833Sep 9IFC Films
175A Bird of the Air$4,8102$10,152Sep 23Paladin
176T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous$4,62038$53,354,743Oct 23IMAX
177War of the Arrows$4,54116$251,200Sep 30CJ Entertainment
178Evidence of a Haunting$4,27210$29,904Aug 26Nocturnal Features
179Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace$4,1653$12,139Sep 16-
180Viva Riva!$3,5025$61,759Jun 10Music Box Films
181Make Believe$3,4941$19,085May 13-
182Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster$3,4709$14,231Sep 30UTV Motion Pictures
183Nostalgia for the Light$3,3306$163,962Jan 13Icarus Films
184Deep Sea$3,21047$46,412,757Mar 3Warner Bros.
185Conan O'Brien Can't Stop$3,13624$267,965Jun 24Abramorama
186Main Street$2,5601$2,560Sep 9Magnolia Pictures
187The Green Ray
2011 Re-release
$2,5272$43,839Jun 9The Film Desk
188Vito Bonafacci$2,4571$9,570May 6-
189Everything Must Go$2,245245$2,711,643May 13Roadside Attractions
190Pianomania$2,1436$49,852May 27First Run
191Sarah Palin: You Betcha!$2,0826$10,935Sep 30Freestyle Releasing
192Margaret$2,07214$46,495Sep 30-
193The Weird World of Blowfly$1,9561$3,062Sep 16Variance Films
194The Family Tree$1,8732$6,035Aug 26Entertainment One
195The Perfect Host$1,66410$48,764Jul 1Magnolia Pictures
196Finding Joe$1,6467$55,518Sep 30Balcony Releasing
197Battleship Potemkin$1,6425$51,198Jan 14Kino International
198Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle$1,5581$22,039Jul 20The Film Desk
199Little Girl$1,5571$1,350Sep 2First Run
200American Teacher$1,5522$33,144Sep 30First Run