Domestic 2011 Week 42
October 21-27, 2011
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $62,774,654 | - | 3,321 | - | $18,902 | $62,774,654 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | Real Steel | $13,250,627 | -35.3% | 3,412 | -28 | $3,883 | $69,158,267 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $13,029,768 | -34.9% | 3,555 | +6 | $3,665 | $33,042,799 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | - | The Three Musketeers | $11,339,878 | - | 3,017 | - | $3,758 | $11,339,878 | 1 | Summit Entertainment |
| 5 | 4 | The Ides of March | $6,536,857 | -31.9% | 2,042 | -157 | $3,201 | $30,796,183 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | 6 | Moneyball | $5,362,156 | -28% | 2,353 | -487 | $2,278 | $65,021,050 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 5 | Dolphin Tale | $5,211,189 | -33.7% | 2,828 | -458 | $1,842 | $65,401,864 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | - | Johnny English Reborn | $4,771,770 | - | 1,552 | - | $3,074 | $4,771,770 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 3 | The Thing | $4,238,405 | -61.4% | 2,995 | -1 | $1,415 | $15,217,750 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | 7 | 50/50 | $3,946,173 | -33.9% | 1,932 | -459 | $2,042 | $29,931,713 | 4 | Summit Entertainment |
| 11 | 8 | Courageous | $3,362,713 | -25.3% | 1,195 | -19 | $2,813 | $25,843,879 | 4 | TriStar Pictures |
| 12 | 9 | The Big Year | $2,273,702 | -47.4% | 2,150 | - | $1,057 | $6,593,080 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 10 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $1,585,406 | -56.1% | 1,091 | -879 | $1,453 | $92,939,706 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 11 | Dream House | $1,388,900 | -55.6% | 1,224 | -948 | $1,134 | $20,436,580 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | - | The Mighty Macs | $1,285,694 | - | 975 | - | $1,318 | $1,285,694 | 1 | Quaker Media |
| 16 | 12 | Contagion | $1,145,174 | -52.9% | 901 | -783 | $1,271 | $73,766,466 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | 14 | The Help | $1,031,565 | -41.3% | 776 | -491 | $1,329 | $166,511,401 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | 16 | Drive | $873,025 | -44.9% | 367 | -336 | $2,378 | $33,453,474 | 6 | FilmDistrict |
| 19 | - | Margin Call | $761,247 | - | 56 | - | $13,593 | $761,247 | 1 | Roadside Attractions |
| 20 | 13 | Abduction | $746,513 | -59.9% | 753 | -954 | $991 | $26,958,112 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 21 | 21 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $738,442 | +108.4% | 283 | +181 | $2,609 | $1,251,757 | 3 | - |
| 22 | 17 | Killer Elite | $590,579 | -60% | 1,431 | - | $412 | $24,801,158 | 5 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 23 | 18 | The Smurfs | $481,573 | -15.6% | 327 | -43 | $1,472 | $140,649,485 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | 15 | What's Your Number? | $415,924 | -73.9% | 343 | -939 | $1,212 | $13,813,152 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 25 | 30 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | $345,599 | +79.9% | 308 | +146 | $1,122 | $83,750,920 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 24 | The Skin I Live In | $344,939 | +11.9% | 21 | +15 | $16,425 | $653,120 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 27 | 22 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $319,568 | -1.9% | 249 | -24 | $1,283 | $175,713,767 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 28 | 33 | Take Shelter | $252,157 | +52% | 55 | +31 | $4,584 | $574,306 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 29 | 19 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | $245,917 | -38.5% | 240 | -90 | $1,024 | $380,596,554 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 30 | 23 | Captain America: The First Avenger | $210,095 | -34.8% | 184 | -62 | $1,141 | $176,472,747 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $198,994 | - | 4 | - | $49,748 | $198,994 | 1 | - |
| 32 | 25 | Cars 2 | $182,427 | -36% | 193 | -72 | $945 | $191,041,123 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 33 | 36 | Colombiana | $160,719 | +18.7% | 176 | +44 | $913 | $36,585,937 | 9 | TriStar Pictures |
| 34 | 32 | Born to Be Wild | $155,292 | -8.2% | 49 | - | $3,169 | $13,733,195 | 29 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | 31 | Midnight in Paris | $150,951 | -20% | 96 | -11 | $1,572 | $55,317,357 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 36 | 20 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | $147,235 | -58.6% | 103 | -85 | $1,429 | $7,593,102 | 7 | Codeblack Entertainment |
| 37 | 27 | The Debt | $144,309 | -42% | 119 | -81 | $1,212 | $31,096,383 | 9 | Focus Features |
| 38 | 37 | Hubble | $131,944 | +23.2% | 24 | +4 | $5,497 | $29,079,491 | 84 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 29 | Cowboys & Aliens | $131,660 | -32.3% | 131 | -77 | $1,005 | $100,154,601 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 40 | 34 | The Guard | $130,535 | -16.3% | 82 | -12 | $1,591 | $5,004,391 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 41 | 26 | The Survival of Humanity | $128,783 | -49.6% | 178 | -133 | $723 | $38,219,220 | 10 | - |
| 42 | - | The Afflicted | $124,922 | - | 13 | - | $9,609 | $124,900 | 1 | Nocturnal Features |
| 43 | 85 | Fright Night | $102,113 | +751.4% | 120 | +105 | $850 | $18,231,054 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 44 | 55 | Shark Night | $85,550 | +71.8% | 102 | -13 | $838 | $18,751,237 | 8 | Relativity Media |
| 45 | 64 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $79,283 | +148% | 29 | +16 | $2,733 | $706,351 | 16 | International Film Circuit |
| 46 | 47 | My Afternoons with Margueritte | $77,786 | +15.8% | 38 | +6 | $2,047 | $482,794 | 6 | Cohen Media Group |
| 47 | 48 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $72,452 | +16.8% | 17 | +3 | $4,261 | $179,009 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 48 | 38 | Weekend | $69,022 | -31.4% | 26 | +2 | $2,654 | $359,095 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 49 | 49 | The Greatest Miracle | $65,268 | +8.1% | 10 | -3 | $6,526 | $125,641 | 2 | - |
| 50 | 51 | Mozart's Sister | $57,889 | <0.1% | 33 | +2 | $1,754 | $452,312 | 10 | Music Box Films |
| 51 | - | Snowmen | $54,805 | - | 16 | - | $3,425 | $54,805 | 1 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 52 | 69 | Our Idiot Brother | $51,777 | +94.8% | 79 | +38 | $655 | $24,751,071 | 9 | The Weinstein Company |
| 53 | 41 | Machine Gun Preacher | $48,415 | -45.1% | 25 | -18 | $1,936 | $492,714 | 5 | Relativity Media |
| 54 | 35 | Zookeeper | $43,653 | -70% | 94 | -61 | $464 | $80,360,843 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 55 | 50 | Love Crime | $40,413 | -31.6% | 26 | -2 | $1,554 | $471,054 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 56 | 39 | Warrior | $39,984 | -59.9% | 65 | -70 | $615 | $13,643,926 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 57 | 45 | Sarah's Key | $39,832 | -46.8% | 48 | -38 | $829 | $7,043,280 | 14 | The Weinstein Company |
| 58 | 42 | The Hedgehog | $38,307 | -53.3% | 40 | +2 | $957 | $707,945 | 10 | NeoClassics Films |
| 59 | 70 | The Mill and the Cross | $37,981 | +44.3% | 15 | +6 | $2,532 | $176,498 | 7 | - |
| 60 | 57 | Blackthorn | $37,132 | -17.2% | 19 | -2 | $1,954 | $107,284 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 61 | 52 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | $35,901 | -33.9% | 53 | -27 | $677 | $23,933,547 | 9 | FilmDistrict |
| 62 | 43 | Munger Road | $35,699 | -54.4% | 16 | -16 | $2,231 | $226,326 | 4 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 63 | 40 | Red Lips | $34,374 | -64.9% | 43 | -24 | $799 | $132,187 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 64 | 44 | Horrible Bosses | $32,300 | -57.1% | 50 | -35 | $646 | $117,538,559 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 65 | 56 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | $31,398 | -32.8% | 36 | -17 | $872 | $791,031 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 66 | - | Le Havre | $30,374 | - | 6 | - | $5,062 | $30,374 | 1 | Janus Films |
| 67 | 65 | Under the Sea 3D | $29,252 | -7% | 11 | +3 | $2,659 | $28,568,281 | 141 | Warner Bros. |
| 68 | - | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $29,239 | - | 1 | - | $29,239 | $29,239 | 1 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 69 | 62 | The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 | $28,982 | -19.5% | 13 | +1 | $2,229 | $237,730 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 70 | - | Revenge of the Electric Car | $28,397 | - | 2 | - | $14,198 | $26,750 | 1 | Area 23a |
| 71 | 59 | Fireflies in the Garden 2011 Re-release | $26,294 | -37.5% | 14 | +9 | $1,878 | $68,342 | 2 | N/A |
| 72 | 28 | Senna | $25,888 | -88% | 20 | -4 | $1,294 | $1,575,067 | 11 | - |
| 73 | - | Oranges and Sunshine | $25,314 | - | 4 | - | $6,328 | $25,314 | 1 | Cohen Media Group |
| 74 | 63 | Space Station 3D | $24,401 | -27.6% | 2 | +1 | $12,200 | $84,401,829 | 497 | IMAX |
| 75 | 46 | War of the Arrows | $24,144 | -67.1% | 8 | -8 | $3,018 | $206,553 | 4 | CJ Entertainment |
| 76 | - | The Last Ride | $20,232 | - | 7 | - | $2,890 | $20,232 | 1 | - |
| 77 | 60 | Tucker and Dale vs Evil | $20,065 | -51.6% | 29 | -8 | $691 | $190,253 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 78 | 58 | The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) | $19,385 | -55.1% | 24 | +2 | $807 | $112,679 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 79 | 67 | Seven Days in Utopia | $17,683 | -41.8% | 20 | -21 | $884 | $4,361,521 | 8 | Visio Entertainment |
| 80 | - | Sigur Rós: Inni | $17,344 | - | - | - | - | $17,344 | - | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 81 | 91 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $16,363 | +93.3% | 10 | - | $1,636 | $4,317,658 | 74 | 3D Entertainment |
| 82 | 73 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $15,390 | -27.7% | 5 | +2 | $3,078 | $89,204 | 5 | First Run |
| 83 | 83 | Texas Killing Fields | $14,639 | +9.5% | 4 | +1 | $3,659 | $28,013 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 84 | 68 | The Whistleblower | $14,113 | -47.3% | 13 | -10 | $1,085 | $1,124,966 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 85 | 71 | Circumstance | $13,927 | -46.8% | 10 | - | $1,392 | $423,746 | 9 | Roadside Attractions |
| 86 | 66 | 1911 | $12,886 | -58.8% | 12 | -8 | $1,073 | $130,957 | 3 | Variance Films |
| 87 | 54 | I Don't Know How She Does It | $12,214 | -75.8% | 29 | -78 | $421 | $9,598,945 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 88 | 79 | Finding Joe | $12,080 | -28.8% | 7 | +2 | $1,725 | $49,241 | 4 | Balcony Releasing |
| 89 | 90 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | $11,216 | +28.7% | 7 | +1 | $1,602 | $164,299 | 9 | Music Box Films |
| 90 | 111 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $9,186 | +129.6% | 1 | - | $9,186 | $13,186 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 91 | 75 | Apollo 18 | $8,413 | -55.5% | 13 | -5 | $647 | $17,554,379 | 8 | - |
| 92 | 84 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $8,349 | -31.8% | 10 | +1 | $834 | $157,223 | 14 | - |
| 93 | 76 | The Interrupters | $7,979 | -56.1% | 4 | -2 | $1,994 | $242,714 | 13 | The Cinema Guild |
| 94 | 92 | The Future | $7,554 | -5.7% | 14 | - | $539 | $562,752 | 13 | Roadside Attractions |
| 95 | 102 | 3 | $7,241 | +22% | 5 | +1 | $1,448 | $49,638 | 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 96 | 82 | Point Blank | $7,222 | -46.9% | 11 | -2 | $656 | $690,839 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 97 | 80 | Dirty Girl | $6,889 | -53.4% | 5 | -5 | $1,377 | $50,688 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 98 | 113 | Metropolis Giorgio Moroder Presents | $6,409 | +118.9% | 13 | +2 | $493 | $13,343 | 3 | - |
| 99 | 87 | Brighton Rock | $6,188 | -42.3% | 11 | -3 | $562 | $222,748 | 9 | IFC Films |
| 100 | 86 | The Tree of Life | $6,147 | -42.8% | 4 | -2 | $1,536 | $13,303,319 | 22 | - |
| 101 | 97 | Passione | $6,012 | -8.9% | 2 | - | $3,006 | $244,083 | 19 | Abramorama |
| 102 | 112 | Puncture | $5,985 | +57.3% | 4 | +2 | $1,496 | $68,945 | 5 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 103 | 132 | Project Nim | $5,153 | +780.9% | 12 | +9 | $429 | $405,380 | 16 | Roadside Attractions |
| 104 | 77 | Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust | $5,152 | -69.9% | 8 | - | $644 | $202,531 | 4 | Nocturnal Features |
| 105 | - | Elevate | $5,000 | - | 1 | - | $5,000 | $5,000 | 1 | Variance Films |
| 106 | 81 | Restless | $4,863 | -65.1% | 11 | -14 | $442 | $155,214 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 107 | 94 | The Names of Love | $4,087 | -42.6% | 3 | -7 | $1,362 | $506,116 | 18 | Music Box Films |
| 108 | 100 | Hell and Back Again | $3,999 | -34.5% | 2 | - | $1,999 | $17,563 | 4 | - |
| 109 | - | Gun Hill Road | $3,874 | - | - | - | - | $148,994 | 12 | Motion Film Group |
| 110 | 110 | Amigo | $3,714 | -10% | 4 | +2 | $928 | $150,770 | 10 | Variance Films |
| 111 | 95 | Margaret | $3,437 | -50% | 5 | -1 | $687 | $46,495 | 4 | - |
| 112 | 105 | Life, Above All | $3,199 | -45.1% | 15 | +5 | $213 | $130,493 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 113 | 116 | The Tree | $2,822 | +15% | 1 | - | $2,822 | $64,462 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 114 | 108 | The Whale | $2,608 | -41.7% | 1 | -1 | $2,608 | $27,843 | 7 | Paladin |
| 115 | 121 | Where Soldiers Come From | $2,550 | +61.1% | 3 | +2 | $850 | $32,776 | 7 | International Film Circuit |
| 116 | 114 | Mysteries of Lisbon | $2,352 | -12.9% | 4 | -2 | $588 | $109,650 | 12 | Music Box Films |
| 117 | 78 | Limelight | $2,345 | -86.2% | 3 | -1 | $781 | $55,871 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 118 | 115 | Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest | $2,047 | -20% | 4 | - | $511 | $1,196,923 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 119 | 106 | Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace | $1,927 | -65.3% | 1 | -2 | $1,927 | $11,651 | 6 | - |
| 120 | 101 | Oka! | $1,789 | -69.9% | 1 | - | $1,789 | $7,740 | 2 | Dada Films |
| 121 | 103 | Happy, Happy | $1,623 | -72.5% | 3 | -1 | $541 | $36,381 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 122 | - | Bride Flight 2011 Re-release | $1,621 | - | 2 | -2 | $810 | $498,262 | 20 | Music Box Films |
| 123 | 124 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | $1,521 | +17.4% | 3 | - | $507 | $92,056 | 18 | Rialto Pictures |
| 124 | 120 | Bill Cunningham: New York | $1,458 | -25.3% | 1 | - | $1,458 | $1,507,730 | 33 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 125 | 104 | Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place | $1,438 | -75.6% | 2 | -4 | $719 | $152,621 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 126 | 89 | Thunder Soul | $1,414 | -84.9% | 4 | - | $353 | $143,403 | 5 | Roadside Attractions |
| 127 | 126 | The Catechism Cataclysm | $1,234 | +19.1% | 1 | - | $1,234 | $2,270 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 128 | 117 | The Last Circus | $1,196 | -45.5% | 2 | -2 | $598 | $38,867 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 129 | 139 | American Teacher | $1,049 | +517.1% | 1 | - | $1,049 | $25,568 | 4 | First Run |
| 130 | 118 | Jane's Journey | $1,010 | -53.1% | 3 | - | $336 | $18,575 | 6 | First Run |
| 131 | 88 | Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology | $992 | -89.5% | 1 | -1 | $992 | $46,050 | 6 | Paladin |
| 132 | - | The Sleeping Beauty | $826 | - | 1 | - | $826 | $29,066 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 133 | - | Special Treatment | $804 | - | 1 | - | $804 | $8,311 | 9 | First Run |
| 134 | 135 | Chalet Girl | $763 | +74.2% | 1 | - | $763 | $1,201 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 135 | - | Putty Hill | $635 | - | 1 | - | $635 | $49,279 | 36 | The Cinema Guild |
| 136 | 125 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $504 | -52.4% | 1 | - | $504 | $24,006 | 7 | The Film Desk |
| 137 | 130 | Bellflower | $459 | -31.1% | 3 | - | $153 | $164,684 | 12 | Oscilloscope |
| 138 | - | Sidewalls | $430 | - | 1 | - | $430 | $430 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 139 | - | Le Amiche | $412 | - | 1 | - | $412 | $61,297 | 71 | The Film Desk |
| 140 | 136 | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | $390 | +2.1% | 1 | - | $390 | $41,809 | 12 | - |
| 141 | - | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $373 | - | 1 | - | $373 | $11,898 | 15 | The Film Desk |
| 142 | - | Rapt 2011 Re-release | $346 | - | 1 | - | $346 | $42,242 | 17 | Lorber Films |
| 143 | 93 | America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments | $255 | -96.8% | 2 | -1 | $127 | $8,113 | 2 | Rogers & Cowan/PMK |
| 144 | 134 | Nostalgia for the Light | $193 | -56.7% | 1 | - | $193 | $151,222 | 42 | Icarus Films |
| 145 | - | Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles | $144 | - | 1 | - | $144 | $21,242 | 8 | Argot Pictures |
| 146 | 137 | The Worst Movie Ever! | $12 | -95% | 1 | - | $12 | $323 | 10 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut |
