Domestic 2011 Week 48
December 2-8, 2011
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $21,192,323 | -58.6% | 4,046 | - | $5,237 | $251,583,267 | 3 | Summit Entertainment |
| 2 | 2 | The Muppets | $13,488,843 | -59.1% | 3,440 | - | $3,921 | $58,763,258 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 5 | Hugo | $9,800,934 | -27.5% | 1,840 | +563 | $5,326 | $27,364,410 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 4 | Arthur Christmas | $8,948,361 | -34.7% | 3,376 | - | $2,650 | $26,890,112 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 3 | Happy Feet Two | $7,314,925 | -52.6% | 3,536 | -75 | $2,068 | $53,100,101 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 6 | Jack and Jill | $6,633,806 | -43.2% | 3,049 | +20 | $2,175 | $65,442,287 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 8 | The Descendants | $6,363,093 | -31.9% | 574 | +184 | $11,085 | $19,250,423 | 4 | - |
| 8 | 7 | Immortals | $6,213,220 | -45.3% | 2,627 | -50 | $2,365 | $77,407,505 | 4 | Relativity Media |
| 9 | 9 | Tower Heist | $5,118,700 | -40.6% | 2,404 | -70 | $2,129 | $71,763,530 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | 10 | Puss in Boots | $3,773,074 | -55.9% | 2,750 | -255 | $1,372 | $140,245,275 | 6 | DreamWorks |
| 11 | 11 | J. Edgar | $3,311,617 | -48.2% | 1,985 | +75 | $1,668 | $33,572,698 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | 12 | My Week with Marilyn | $1,656,633 | -30.1% | 244 | - | $6,789 | $4,337,839 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 13 | 13 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $1,411,492 | -33.9% | 710 | -165 | $1,988 | $33,511,459 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 22 | Moneyball | $809,265 | +132.7% | 1,004 | +817 | $806 | $74,026,603 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | 14 | In Time | $763,479 | -25.1% | 421 | -328 | $1,813 | $36,058,872 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | 25 | The Ides of March | $741,515 | +132.4% | 1,016 | +865 | $729 | $40,349,208 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 17 | - | Shame | $498,086 | - | 10 | - | $49,808 | $498,086 | 1 | - |
| 18 | 17 | Melancholia | $409,302 | -11.1% | 129 | +34 | $3,172 | $1,740,885 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 19 | 35 | Dolphin Tale | $399,317 | +79.7% | 410 | +194 | $973 | $70,798,915 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | 16 | Like Crazy | $364,707 | -35.3% | 152 | +2 | $2,399 | $2,981,313 | 6 | Paramount Vantage |
| 21 | 45 | Midnight in Paris | $359,459 | +363.4% | 305 | +264 | $1,178 | $56,062,617 | 29 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 22 | 30 | Courageous | $316,653 | +16.2% | 265 | +54 | $1,194 | $33,139,879 | 10 | TriStar Pictures |
| 23 | 27 | The Artist | $303,021 | +4.4% | 6 | +2 | $50,503 | $593,380 | 2 | The Weinstein Company |
| 24 | 20 | Margin Call | $299,631 | -24.2% | 151 | +11 | $1,984 | $4,769,083 | 7 | Roadside Attractions |
| 25 | 32 | The Skin I Live In | $278,890 | +8.4% | 116 | +25 | $2,404 | $2,721,856 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 26 | 29 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $267,923 | -3.1% | 160 | +59 | $1,674 | $3,713,571 | 9 | - |
| 27 | 19 | The Help | $257,600 | -38.4% | 262 | -21 | $983 | $169,118,300 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 28 | 21 | Real Steel | $237,547 | -39.3% | 253 | -9 | $938 | $83,479,328 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 29 | 15 | Desi Boyz | $209,082 | -74.3% | 103 | - | $2,029 | $1,023,250 | 2 | Eros Worldwide |
| 30 | 31 | 50/50 | $194,949 | -28% | 196 | -14 | $994 | $34,822,940 | 10 | Summit Entertainment |
| 31 | 23 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $183,861 | -46.5% | 309 | -75 | $595 | $51,072,428 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 32 | 24 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $174,791 | -48.8% | 255 | -100 | $685 | $103,486,352 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 33 | 26 | The Three Musketeers | $165,707 | -44.1% | 208 | - | $796 | $20,141,283 | 7 | Summit Entertainment |
| 34 | 34 | A Dangerous Method | $165,686 | -29.4% | 4 | - | $41,421 | $459,049 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 35 | 28 | The Smurfs | $164,207 | -42.1% | 327 | +79 | $502 | $142,532,594 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 36 | 33 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $129,359 | -46.3% | 84 | -43 | $1,539 | $2,770,027 | 7 | - |
| 37 | 37 | Abduction | $122,850 | -25.3% | 151 | -12 | $813 | $27,996,013 | 11 | Lionsgate |
| 38 | 38 | Born to Be Wild | $113,657 | -17.3% | 49 | - | $2,319 | $14,613,745 | 35 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 43 | Anonymous | $107,867 | +17.5% | 105 | +33 | $1,027 | $4,431,440 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 40 | - | Pastorela | $105,700 | - | 55 | - | $1,921 | $105,700 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 41 | 36 | Contagion | $98,612 | -50.7% | 155 | -63 | $636 | $75,593,984 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | 47 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | $94,372 | +38.1% | 24 | +5 | $3,932 | $181,860 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 39 | Drive | $91,238 | -30.3% | 86 | -7 | $1,060 | $34,629,045 | 12 | FilmDistrict |
| 44 | 41 | Hubble | $76,809 | -29.5% | 17 | -3 | $4,518 | $29,656,705 | 90 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | 46 | Take Shelter | $60,535 | -14.6% | 54 | +5 | $1,121 | $1,525,494 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 46 | 44 | The Rum Diary | $60,202 | -22.8% | 63 | +9 | $955 | $13,040,991 | 6 | FilmDistrict |
| 47 | 42 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $59,455 | -37.2% | 84 | -36 | $707 | $176,662,416 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 48 | 40 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $49,052 | -61% | 53 | -15 | $925 | $94,136,971 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 49 | 50 | Le Havre | $33,697 | -1.5% | 19 | +7 | $1,773 | $279,428 | 7 | Janus Films |
| 50 | 54 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | $31,267 | +2.6% | 12 | +4 | $2,605 | $96,182 | 4 | First Run |
| 51 | 60 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $29,146 | +15.4% | 11 | -5 | $2,649 | $373,651 | 9 | Strand Releasing |
| 52 | - | Kinyarwanda | $26,289 | - | 9 | - | $2,921 | $26,289 | 1 | - |
| 53 | 56 | Under the Sea 3D | $23,897 | -17.5% | 7 | -1 | $3,413 | $28,745,909 | 147 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | 53 | Into the Abyss | $23,244 | -24.4% | 21 | +2 | $1,106 | $183,934 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 55 | 49 | Space Station 3D | $21,285 | -40.7% | 4 | +2 | $5,321 | $84,576,950 | 503 | IMAX |
| 56 | 59 | Tomboy | $20,823 | -22% | 5 | -1 | $4,164 | $61,363 | 4 | Dada Films |
| 57 | - | Answers to Nothing | $20,438 | - | 21 | - | $973 | $20,438 | 1 | Roadside Attractions |
| 58 | 57 | The Guard | $18,461 | -35.9% | 17 | -6 | $1,085 | $5,303,026 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | 58 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $17,229 | -36.3% | 15 | +4 | $1,148 | $189,283 | 7 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 60 | 66 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $15,482 | +14% | 6 | +1 | $2,580 | $57,191 | 4 | Variance Films |
| 61 | - | Sleeping Beauty | $15,093 | - | 2 | - | $7,546 | $15,093 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 62 | 62 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $12,907 | -24% | 3 | +2 | $4,302 | $29,901 | 2 | - |
| 63 | 108 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $12,246 | +1,559.3% | 4 | +3 | $3,061 | $152,552 | 11 | First Run |
| 64 | 55 | The Survival of Humanity | $10,732 | -63.9% | 31 | -17 | $346 | $38,530,488 | 16 | - |
| 65 | 86 | Khodorkovsky | $10,691 | +203.4% | 1 | - | $10,691 | $14,215 | 2 | Kino Lorber |
| 66 | 61 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $10,576 | -44.2% | 9 | - | $1,175 | $4,416,058 | 80 | 3D Entertainment |
| 67 | - | Outrage | $10,123 | - | 2 | - | $5,061 | $10,123 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 68 | 51 | Cars 2 | $9,828 | -69.8% | 40 | -23 | $245 | $191,448,767 | 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 69 | 75 | Young Goethe in Love | $8,836 | +21.7% | 5 | +1 | $1,767 | $68,876 | 5 | Music Box Films |
| 70 | 69 | Sigur Rós: Inni | $8,571 | -24% | 4 | +1 | $2,142 | $112,267 | 6 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 71 | 68 | Galapagos | $8,371 | -35.4% | 1 | - | $8,371 | $18,033,685 | 632 | IMAX |
| 72 | - | Circumstance | $7,930 | - | 1 | - | $7,930 | $449,759 | 15 | Roadside Attractions |
| 73 | 65 | Mozart's Sister | $7,467 | -46.3% | 12 | -1 | $622 | $629,530 | 16 | Music Box Films |
| 74 | 87 | Blackthorn | $6,955 | +118.8% | 6 | +3 | $1,159 | $170,681 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 75 | 79 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $6,746 | +20% | 5 | -2 | $1,349 | $834,546 | 22 | International Film Circuit |
| 76 | 81 | The Mill and the Cross | $6,497 | +29.6% | 7 | +1 | $928 | $258,854 | 13 | - |
| 77 | 71 | Revenge of the Electric Car | $5,930 | -35.1% | 3 | -1 | $1,976 | $146,345 | 7 | Area 23a |
| 78 | 74 | The Greatest Miracle | $5,632 | -26.9% | 2 | - | $2,816 | $283,706 | 8 | - |
| 79 | 48 | Rockstar | $5,393 | -88% | 112 | - | $48 | $986,697 | 4 | Eros Worldwide |
| 80 | 78 | The Other F Word | $5,355 | -16.2% | 2 | -2 | $2,677 | $51,163 | 5 | Oscilloscope |
| 81 | 72 | House of Tolerance | $4,680 | -42.3% | 1 | - | $4,680 | $12,784 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 82 | 67 | Sarah's Key | $4,443 | -66.9% | 7 | -20 | $634 | $7,693,187 | 20 | The Weinstein Company |
| 83 | 64 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $3,602 | -74.2% | 1 | -3 | $3,602 | $189,840 | 20 | - |
| 84 | 89 | My Reincarnation | $2,745 | -8.5% | 1 | -1 | $2,745 | $31,640 | 6 | Long Shot Factory |
| 85 | - | Hell and Back Again | $2,731 | - | 1 | - | $2,731 | $33,891 | 10 | - |
| 86 | - | America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments | $2,622 | - | 1 | - | $2,622 | $12,366 | 8 | Rogers & Cowan/PMK |
| 87 | 90 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | $2,596 | -1.5% | 5 | +1 | $519 | $7,705,030 | 13 | Codeblack Entertainment |
| 88 | 100 | Tyrannosaur | $2,497 | +92.4% | 3 | - | $832 | $14,559 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 89 | 88 | The Interrupters | $2,165 | -30% | 1 | -2 | $2,165 | $259,483 | 19 | The Cinema Guild |
| 90 | 85 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | $1,754 | -54.5% | 6 | - | $292 | $834,594 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 91 | 92 | Granito | $1,560 | -35.6% | 1 | -2 | $1,560 | $37,318 | 13 | International Film Circuit |
| 92 | - | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $1,539 | - | 1 | - | $1,539 | $23,649 | 8 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 93 | - | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $1,335 | - | 1 | - | $1,335 | $53,233,761 | 685 | IMAX |
| 94 | 97 | The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch 2011 Re-release | $1,147 | -33.6% | 2 | -1 | $573 | $6,665 | 3 | Music Box Films |
| 95 | - | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | $1,142 | - | 3 | - | $380 | $227,960 | 15 | Music Box Films |
| 96 | 109 | The Bride Wore Black | $1,116 | +67.6% | 1 | - | $1,116 | $14,546 | 5 | The Film Desk |
| 97 | - | Littlerock | $1,003 | - | 1 | - | $1,003 | $16,498 | 17 | Variance Films |
| 98 | 99 | Amigo | $891 | -34.8% | 2 | - | $445 | $173,164 | 16 | Variance Films |
| 99 | 76 | The Whale | $707 | -90.1% | 1 | -1 | $707 | $55,224 | 13 | Paladin |
| 100 | 103 | Rapt 2011 Re-release | $495 | -56.1% | 1 | -1 | $495 | $45,294 | 23 | Lorber Films |
| 101 | 106 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $473 | -54.5% | 1 | - | $473 | $34,100,242 | 324 | IMAX |
| 102 | - | Thunder Soul | $279 | - | 1 | - | $279 | $143,986 | 11 | Roadside Attractions |
| 103 | 84 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $277 | -93% | 1 | - | $277 | $17,601 | 21 | The Film Desk |
| 104 | - | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $273 | - | 1 | - | $273 | $24,789 | 13 | The Film Desk |
| 105 | - | London River 2011 Re-release | $270 | - | 1 | - | $270 | $270 | 1 | - |
| 106 | - | Film socialisme | $129 | - | 1 | - | $129 | $36,495 | 27 | Lorber Films |
| 107 | 96 | The Conquest | $118 | -93.6% | 1 | -2 | $118 | $39,163 | 4 | Music Box Films |
| 108 | 93 | Restless | $56 | -97.7% | 1 | -2 | $56 | $162,068 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
