Domestic 2011 Week 39
September 30-October 6, 2011
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Dolphin Tale | $16,638,268 | -28.5% | 3,515 | +8 | $4,733 | $39,909,645 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 2 | Moneyball | $15,784,640 | -39.2% | 2,993 | - | $5,273 | $41,753,178 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | 1 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $12,815,840 | -55.9% | 2,340 | +10 | $5,476 | $81,409,989 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | - | 50/50 | $11,830,372 | - | 2,458 | - | $4,813 | $11,830,372 | 1 | Summit Entertainment |
| 5 | - | Courageous | $11,292,156 | - | 1,161 | - | $9,726 | $11,292,156 | 1 | TriStar Pictures |
| 6 | - | Dream House | $9,991,965 | - | 2,661 | - | $3,754 | $9,991,965 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 7 | - | What's Your Number? | $7,256,018 | - | 3,002 | - | $2,417 | $7,256,018 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | 4 | Abduction | $6,979,954 | -48.3% | 3,118 | - | $2,238 | $20,469,142 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 9 | 5 | Killer Elite | $6,861,120 | -45.5% | 2,986 | - | $2,297 | $19,445,567 | 2 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 10 | 6 | Contagion | $6,421,756 | -42.2% | 2,744 | -392 | $2,340 | $66,084,221 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 7 | Drive | $4,552,007 | -43.5% | 1,974 | -930 | $2,305 | $28,265,322 | 3 | FilmDistrict |
| 12 | 8 | The Help | $4,350,287 | -31.1% | 2,505 | -190 | $1,736 | $160,707,315 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | 14 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | $946,449 | -36.3% | 278 | -9 | $3,404 | $6,461,928 | 4 | Codeblack Entertainment |
| 14 | 11 | The Debt | $870,970 | -49.9% | 603 | -464 | $1,444 | $30,315,837 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 15 | 13 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $700,358 | -53.4% | 591 | -587 | $1,185 | $174,641,912 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | 12 | Warrior | $634,697 | -58.6% | 707 | -704 | $897 | $13,257,101 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 17 | 24 | Captain America: The First Avenger | $599,889 | +48.8% | 350 | +16 | $1,713 | $175,494,100 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 18 | 9 | Straw Dogs | $595,625 | -79.2% | 874 | -1,534 | $681 | $10,236,847 | 3 | Screen Gems |
| 19 | 10 | I Don't Know How She Does It | $565,927 | -80.2% | 745 | -1,745 | $759 | $9,386,365 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 20 | 16 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | $553,216 | -48.8% | 405 | -270 | $1,365 | $82,918,673 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | 15 | Colombiana | $540,381 | -56.9% | 412 | -435 | $1,311 | $35,978,448 | 6 | TriStar Pictures |
| 22 | 34 | Bad Teacher | $508,104 | +122.8% | 354 | +122 | $1,435 | $100,260,302 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 23 | - | Cars 2 | $499,197 | - | 255 | - | $1,957 | $190,178,285 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 24 | 17 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | $419,849 | -52.1% | 710 | -497 | $591 | $37,604,644 | 7 | - |
| 25 | 18 | The Smurfs | $396,747 | -40% | 411 | -258 | $965 | $138,869,743 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | 21 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | $372,539 | -30.4% | 252 | -68 | $1,478 | $379,344,886 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | 29 | The Guard | $265,879 | -23.1% | 157 | -10 | $1,693 | $4,527,671 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 28 | 25 | Zookeeper | $264,218 | -30.8% | 253 | -41 | $1,044 | $79,965,091 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 29 | 31 | Midnight in Paris | $258,054 | -15.9% | 140 | -25 | $1,843 | $54,775,761 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | 27 | Cowboys & Aliens | $255,565 | -30.4% | 241 | -104 | $1,060 | $99,621,381 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 31 | 22 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | $254,500 | -51% | 208 | -43 | $1,223 | $352,275,878 | 15 | DreamWorks |
| 32 | 26 | Horrible Bosses | $234,859 | -37.4% | 222 | -91 | $1,057 | $117,287,048 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 19 | Shark Night | $179,283 | -69.8% | 292 | -345 | $613 | $18,529,700 | 5 | Relativity Media |
| 34 | 23 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | $170,487 | -62.6% | 216 | -208 | $789 | $23,749,855 | 6 | FilmDistrict |
| 35 | 35 | Sarah's Key | $163,944 | -18.1% | 139 | -12 | $1,179 | $6,824,223 | 11 | The Weinstein Company |
| 36 | 36 | Born to Be Wild | $162,431 | -9.5% | 49 | - | $3,314 | $13,232,104 | 26 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 20 | Mausam | $132,326 | -76.1% | 96 | - | $1,378 | $684,860 | 2 | Eros Worldwide |
| 38 | 45 | My Afternoons with Margueritte | $127,718 | +30.3% | 41 | +12 | $3,115 | $257,420 | 3 | Cohen Media Group |
| 39 | 30 | Seven Days in Utopia | $121,443 | -63.3% | 135 | -137 | $899 | $4,236,153 | 5 | Visio Entertainment |
| 40 | 52 | Machine Gun Preacher | $120,433 | +106.9% | 33 | +29 | $3,649 | $178,632 | 2 | Relativity Media |
| 41 | - | Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust | $115,731 | - | 11 | - | $10,521 | $115,731 | 1 | Nocturnal Features |
| 42 | 33 | Final Destination 5 | $99,775 | -57.4% | 144 | -110 | $692 | $42,545,119 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 28 | Our Idiot Brother | $90,578 | -74.4% | 136 | -275 | $666 | $24,629,550 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 44 | 44 | Hubble | $89,429 | -11% | 26 | - | $3,439 | $28,740,478 | 81 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | 39 | Mr. Popper's Penguins | $83,500 | -36.8% | 103 | -50 | $810 | $68,145,162 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 46 | 57 | Weekend | $81,801 | +86.7% | 6 | +5 | $13,633 | $113,352 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 47 | 40 | Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame | $76,167 | -32.4% | 34 | -14 | $2,240 | $376,951 | 5 | - |
| 48 | 68 | Conan the Barbarian | $74,622 | +149.8% | 115 | +59 | $648 | $21,295,021 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 49 | - | Take Shelter | $74,221 | - | 3 | - | $24,740 | $74,221 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 50 | - | Tucker and Dale vs Evil | $71,566 | - | 31 | - | $2,308 | $71,566 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 51 | 50 | Senna | $71,365 | +9.9% | 32 | +1 | $2,230 | $1,284,749 | 8 | - |
| 52 | 49 | The Hedgehog | $70,453 | +7.9% | 26 | +4 | $2,709 | $514,582 | 7 | NeoClassics Films |
| 53 | 32 | Apollo 18 | $69,223 | -70.7% | 114 | -225 | $607 | $17,503,043 | 5 | - |
| 54 | 42 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | $68,862 | -35.1% | 51 | -13 | $1,350 | $682,075 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 55 | 48 | Love Crime | $65,661 | -2.5% | 21 | +1 | $3,126 | $311,870 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 56 | 55 | The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 | $51,083 | +3.4% | 9 | +3 | $5,675 | $144,611 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 57 | - | Munger Road | $47,157 | - | 1 | - | $47,157 | $47,787 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 58 | 54 | Mozart's Sister | $44,507 | -16.6% | 18 | -5 | $2,472 | $296,131 | 7 | Music Box Films |
| 59 | 53 | The Tree of Life | $41,365 | -24.5% | 29 | -10 | $1,426 | $13,269,694 | 19 | - |
| 60 | 37 | Pearl Jam Twenty | $38,135 | -75.1% | 5 | -5 | $7,627 | $471,334 | 3 | Abramorama |
| 61 | 70 | Restless | $34,307 | +32.7% | 43 | +26 | $797 | $84,138 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 62 | 58 | The Whistleblower | $33,342 | -22.1% | 34 | -16 | $980 | $1,062,557 | 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 63 | 65 | The Mill and the Cross | $32,380 | -4.2% | 7 | +2 | $4,625 | $88,340 | 4 | - |
| 64 | - | War of the Arrows | $31,793 | - | 1 | - | $31,793 | $31,793 | 1 | CJ Entertainment |
| 65 | 56 | Circumstance | $30,464 | -36.4% | 23 | -6 | $1,324 | $355,800 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 66 | 63 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $28,333 | -24.1% | 10 | -2 | $2,833 | $4,280,488 | 71 | 3D Entertainment |
| 67 | 67 | Point Blank | $27,663 | -8.3% | 24 | -2 | $1,152 | $654,870 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 68 | 71 | Under the Sea 3D | $25,605 | +11.8% | 10 | +2 | $2,560 | $28,479,464 | 138 | Warner Bros. |
| 69 | 69 | Fright Night | $23,024 | -13.5% | 23 | -21 | $1,001 | $18,090,384 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 70 | 75 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $21,773 | +19.9% | 12 | +2 | $1,814 | $588,323 | 13 | International Film Circuit |
| 71 | 51 | Thunder Soul | $21,359 | -67.1% | 13 | -22 | $1,643 | $86,211 | 2 | Roadside Attractions |
| 72 | - | Muran | $19,795 | - | 10 | - | $1,979 | $19,795 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 73 | 72 | Brighton Rock | $19,774 | -13.3% | 24 | +8 | $823 | $192,255 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 74 | 73 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $19,175 | -8.9% | 3 | +2 | $6,391 | $40,220 | 2 | First Run |
| 75 | 76 | Space Station 3D | $17,994 | +10.1% | 1 | -1 | $17,994 | $84,318,355 | 494 | IMAX |
| 76 | 121 | Passione | $17,100 | +486.4% | 3 | +2 | $5,700 | $221,586 | 16 | Abramorama |
| 77 | 109 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $15,262 | +222.5% | 9 | +4 | $1,695 | $133,058 | 11 | - |
| 78 | 91 | Another Earth | $14,022 | +48.2% | 15 | +1 | $934 | $1,321,194 | 11 | - |
| 79 | 78 | The Future | $13,551 | -12.7% | 16 | -11 | $846 | $540,854 | 10 | Roadside Attractions |
| 80 | 64 | Puncture | $13,389 | -62.7% | 4 | - | $3,347 | $49,286 | 2 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 81 | 114 | My Suicide | $13,165 | +219.8% | 1 | - | $13,165 | $17,282 | 2 | Rocket Releasing |
| 82 | 90 | Mysteries of Lisbon | $12,120 | +22.7% | 5 | +1 | $2,424 | $93,314 | 9 | Music Box Films |
| 83 | - | Margaret | $11,821 | - | 2 | - | $5,910 | $11,821 | 1 | - |
| 84 | - | Finding Joe | $11,528 | - | 1 | - | $11,528 | $11,528 | 1 | Balcony Releasing |
| 85 | - | Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster | $11,314 | - | 9 | - | $1,257 | $11,314 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 86 | - | American Teacher | $10,865 | - | 2 | - | $5,432 | $10,865 | 1 | First Run |
| 87 | 77 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | $10,720 | -32.3% | 4 | -3 | $2,680 | $133,074 | 6 | Music Box Films |
| 88 | 74 | Limelight | $10,152 | -44.4% | 1 | - | $10,152 | $28,424 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 89 | - | Sarah Palin: You Betcha! | $9,578 | - | 6 | - | $1,596 | $9,578 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 90 | 80 | The Interrupters | $9,556 | -36.8% | 5 | -2 | $1,911 | $204,228 | 10 | The Cinema Guild |
| 91 | 102 | Happy, Happy | $9,342 | +53.7% | 7 | +4 | $1,334 | $25,784 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 92 | 82 | Where Soldiers Come From | $7,826 | -40% | 3 | - | $2,608 | $25,359 | 4 | International Film Circuit |
| 93 | 83 | The Names of Love | $7,323 | -39.3% | 11 | - | $665 | $488,398 | 15 | Music Box Films |
| 94 | 100 | Bellflower | $7,007 | -1.8% | 13 | +1 | $539 | $159,563 | 9 | Oscilloscope |
| 95 | 93 | Incendiary | $7,006 | -22.6% | 2 | +1 | $3,503 | $16,056 | 2 | Truly Indie |
| 96 | 107 | The Whale | $5,562 | +8.6% | 2 | +1 | $2,781 | $19,785 | 4 | Paladin |
| 97 | 129 | The Tree | $5,446 | +284.1% | 8 | +6 | $680 | $57,568 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 98 | 87 | Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology | $5,344 | -53.5% | 1 | -6 | $5,344 | $32,502 | 3 | Paladin |
| 99 | 89 | Shaolin | $4,802 | -53.8% | 3 | -3 | $1,600 | $63,414 | 4 | Variance Films |
| 100 | 115 | Page One | $4,784 | +22.5% | 7 | +1 | $683 | $1,062,392 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 101 | 116 | Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place | $4,307 | +15.8% | 5 | -2 | $861 | $143,878 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 102 | 118 | Granito | $3,202 | -4.1% | 2 | - | $1,601 | $18,815 | 4 | International Film Circuit |
| 103 | - | My Joy | $3,054 | - | 1 | - | $3,054 | $3,054 | 1 | Kino Lorber |
| 104 | 122 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | $2,964 | +4.6% | 1 | -1 | $2,964 | $88,216 | 15 | Rialto Pictures |
| 105 | - | Benda Bilili! | $2,879 | - | 1 | - | $2,879 | $2,879 | 1 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 106 | 95 | Project Nim | $2,817 | -68.2% | 7 | -11 | $402 | $398,751 | 13 | Roadside Attractions |
| 107 | 101 | Life, Above All | $2,604 | -61.1% | 7 | -9 | $372 | $117,363 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 108 | 81 | 3 | $2,595 | -81.2% | 2 | -4 | $1,297 | $32,075 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 109 | 113 | Shut Up Little Man | $2,470 | -40% | 6 | -2 | $411 | $22,124 | 6 | Tribeca Films |
| 110 | - | The Pool Boys | $2,269 | - | 101 | - | $22 | $2,269 | 1 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 111 | 105 | The Last Circus | $2,020 | -62.3% | 5 | - | $404 | $34,966 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 112 | 125 | !Women Art Revolution | $2,001 | -3.6% | 1 | -1 | $2,001 | $50,889 | 19 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 113 | 124 | Gun Hill Road | $1,730 | -17.7% | 3 | +1 | $576 | $141,351 | 9 | Motion Film Group |
| 114 | 85 | Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest | $1,701 | -85.7% | 4 | -8 | $425 | $1,191,296 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 115 | 120 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $1,636 | -46.2% | 1 | -2 | $1,636 | $17,584 | 4 | The Film Desk |
| 116 | - | Hell and Back Again | $1,396 | - | 1 | - | $1,396 | $1,396 | 1 | - |
| 117 | 103 | Jane's Journey | $1,389 | -76% | 2 | +1 | $694 | $14,582 | 3 | First Run |
| 118 | 143 | Tuesday, After Christmas | $1,332 | +253.3% | 1 | - | $1,332 | $27,813 | 20 | Lorber Films |
| 119 | 132 | Bill Cunningham: New York | $1,244 | +17.9% | 2 | +1 | $622 | $1,501,707 | 30 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 120 | 104 | City of Life and Death | $1,225 | -77.3% | 1 | -2 | $1,225 | $112,811 | 22 | Kino International |
| 121 | 108 | Amigo | $1,178 | -76.7% | 2 | -2 | $589 | $135,388 | 7 | Variance Films |
| 122 | 136 | Turtle: The Incredible Journey | $1,136 | +64.4% | 1 | -1 | $1,136 | $376,223 | 15 | Hannover House |
| 123 | 111 | A Bird of the Air | $1,100 | -76.4% | 1 | - | $1,100 | $5,753 | 2 | Paladin |
| 124 | 94 | Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre | $952 | -89.3% | 2 | - | $476 | $25,844 | 3 | Nocturnal Features |
| 125 | 110 | Bol | $842 | -82% | 38 | - | $22 | $188,850 | 6 | Eros Worldwide |
| 126 | 130 | Pianomania | $836 | -33.3% | 1 | -1 | $836 | $28,741 | 19 | First Run |
| 127 | - | Leap Year | $823 | - | 1 | - | $823 | $12,979 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 128 | 117 | Make Believe | $762 | -77.5% | 1 | - | $762 | $17,289 | 21 | - |
| 129 | 142 | Crime After Crime | $671 | +74.3% | 1 | - | $671 | $59,511 | 14 | - |
| 130 | 141 | Nostalgia for the Light | $544 | +39.5% | 1 | - | $544 | $150,583 | 39 | Icarus Films |
| 131 | - | Deep Sea | $497 | - | 1 | - | $497 | $44,389,243 | 292 | Warner Bros. |
| 132 | 140 | Aurora | $371 | -10% | 1 | - | $371 | $5,061 | 15 | The Cinema Guild |
| 133 | 144 | Rapt 2011 Re-release | $290 | -22% | 2 | +1 | $145 | $40,932 | 14 | Lorber Films |
| 134 | 134 | Went the Day Well? | $228 | -68.9% | 1 | - | $228 | $41,002 | 20 | Rialto Pictures |
| 135 | 135 | Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles | $217 | -69.9% | 1 | - | $217 | $20,726 | 5 | Argot Pictures |
| 136 | - | The Robber | $192 | - | 1 | - | $192 | $83,451 | 36 | Kino International |
| 137 | 146 | Galapagos | $46 | -78.3% | 1 | - | $46 | $17,976,182 | 623 | IMAX |
