Domestic 2011 Weekend 42
October 21-23, 2011
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $52,568,183 | - | 3,321 | - | $15,829 | $52,568,183 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | Real Steel | $10,824,512 | -33.6% | 3,412 | -28 | $3,172 | $66,732,152 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $10,351,207 | -33.5% | 3,555 | +6 | $2,911 | $30,364,238 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | - | The Three Musketeers | $8,674,452 | - | 3,017 | - | $2,875 | $8,674,452 | 1 | Summit Entertainment |
| 5 | 4 | The Ides of March | $4,853,051 | -31.7% | 2,042 | -157 | $2,376 | $29,112,377 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | 5 | Dolphin Tale | $4,217,260 | -32.3% | 2,828 | -458 | $1,491 | $64,407,935 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | 6 | Moneyball | $3,981,852 | -27% | 2,353 | -487 | $1,692 | $63,640,746 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | - | Johnny English Reborn | $3,833,300 | - | 1,552 | - | $2,469 | $3,833,300 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 3 | The Thing | $3,069,875 | -63.9% | 2,995 | -1 | $1,025 | $14,049,220 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | 7 | 50/50 | $2,835,208 | -33.4% | 1,932 | -459 | $1,467 | $28,820,748 | 4 | Summit Entertainment |
| 11 | 8 | Courageous | $2,494,020 | -24.5% | 1,195 | -19 | $2,087 | $24,975,186 | 4 | TriStar Pictures |
| 12 | 9 | The Big Year | $1,681,040 | -48.3% | 2,150 | - | $781 | $6,000,418 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 10 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $1,254,237 | -55.1% | 1,091 | -879 | $1,149 | $92,608,537 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 11 | Dream House | $1,132,170 | -54.1% | 1,224 | -948 | $924 | $20,179,850 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | - | The Mighty Macs | $963,221 | - | 975 | - | $987 | $963,221 | 1 | Quaker Media |
| 16 | 12 | Contagion | $853,062 | -52.9% | 901 | -783 | $946 | $73,474,354 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | 14 | The Help | $713,429 | -39.9% | 776 | -491 | $919 | $166,190,265 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | 16 | Drive | $608,534 | -45.5% | 367 | -336 | $1,658 | $33,188,983 | 6 | FilmDistrict |
| 19 | 13 | Abduction | $581,021 | -59.3% | 753 | -954 | $771 | $26,792,620 | 5 | Lionsgate Films |
| 20 | - | Margin Call | $561,906 | - | 56 | - | $10,034 | $561,906 | 1 | Roadside Attractions |
| 21 | 21 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $506,522 | +102% | 283 | +181 | $1,789 | $1,019,837 | 3 | - |
| 22 | 17 | Killer Elite | $410,036 | -60.2% | 1,431 | - | $286 | $24,620,615 | 5 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 23 | 18 | The Smurfs | $387,297 | -12.1% | 327 | -43 | $1,184 | $140,555,209 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | 15 | What's Your Number? | $293,977 | -74.3% | 343 | -939 | $857 | $13,691,205 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 25 | 24 | The Skin I Live In | $247,193 | +10.8% | 21 | +15 | $11,771 | $555,374 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 26 | 29 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | $239,168 | +81.7% | 308 | +146 | $776 | $83,644,489 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | 22 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $237,066 | -0.5% | 249 | -24 | $952 | $175,631,265 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 28 | 31 | Take Shelter | $181,190 | +55.8% | 55 | +31 | $3,294 | $503,339 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 29 | 19 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | $180,790 | -36.5% | 240 | -90 | $753 | $380,531,427 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 30 | 23 | Captain America: The First Avenger | $160,743 | -31.1% | 184 | -62 | $873 | $176,423,395 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | 25 | Cars 2 | $144,346 | -32% | 193 | -72 | $747 | $191,003,042 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 32 | - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $137,651 | - | 4 | - | $34,412 | $137,651 | 1 | - |
| 33 | 34 | Colombiana | $117,631 | +16.8% | 176 | +44 | $668 | $36,542,849 | 9 | TriStar Pictures |
| 34 | 20 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | $111,677 | -59.1% | 103 | -85 | $1,084 | $7,557,544 | 7 | Codeblack Entertainment |
| 35 | 33 | The Guard | $111,062 | +4.1% | 82 | -12 | $1,354 | $4,984,918 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 36 | 30 | Midnight in Paris | $109,215 | -15.6% | 96 | -11 | $1,137 | $55,275,621 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 37 | 26 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | $107,340 | -46.7% | 178 | -133 | $603 | $38,197,777 | 10 | - |
| 38 | 27 | The Debt | $100,550 | -41.5% | 119 | -81 | $844 | $31,052,624 | 8 | Focus Features |
| 39 | 28 | Cowboys & Aliens | $95,015 | -32.3% | 131 | -77 | $725 | $100,117,956 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 40 | 35 | Born to Be Wild | $93,016 | -4.6% | 49 | - | $1,898 | $13,670,919 | 29 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | - | The Afflicted | $90,272 | - | 13 | - | $6,944 | $90,272 | 1 | Nocturnal Features |
| 42 | 41 | Hubble | $85,053 | +52% | 24 | +4 | $3,543 | $29,032,600 | 84 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 79 | Fright Night | $74,054 | +696.2% | 120 | +105 | $617 | $18,202,995 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 44 | 49 | Shark Night | $66,626 | +65.6% | 102 | -13 | $653 | $18,732,313 | 8 | Relativity Media |
| 45 | 61 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $55,425 | +146.5% | 29 | +16 | $1,911 | $683,310 | 16 | International Film Circuit |
| 46 | - | Snowmen | $54,333 | - | 16 | - | $3,395 | $54,333 | 1 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 47 | 46 | My Afternoons with Margueritte | $50,086 | +9.4% | 38 | +6 | $1,318 | $455,094 | 6 | Cohen Media Group |
| 48 | 51 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $49,254 | +23.2% | 17 | +3 | $2,897 | $155,811 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 49 | 37 | Weekend | $48,407 | -29.3% | 26 | +2 | $1,861 | $338,480 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 50 | 32 | Zookeeper | $43,653 | -60.7% | 94 | -61 | $464 | $80,360,843 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 51 | 56 | Mozart's Sister | $41,055 | +22.4% | 32 | +4 | $1,282 | $435,478 | 10 | Music Box Films |
| 52 | 53 | The Greatest Miracle | $39,509 | +10.5% | 10 | -3 | $3,950 | $99,882 | 2 | - |
| 53 | 44 | The Hedgehog | $38,307 | -28.6% | 40 | +2 | $957 | $707,945 | 10 | NeoClassics Films |
| 54 | 67 | Our Idiot Brother | $33,650 | +90.7% | 79 | +38 | $425 | $24,732,944 | 9 | The Weinstein Company |
| 55 | 40 | Machine Gun Preacher | $31,779 | -44.1% | 25 | -18 | $1,271 | $476,078 | 5 | Relativity Media |
| 56 | 39 | Munger Road | $29,778 | -52.6% | 16 | -16 | $1,861 | $220,405 | 4 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 57 | 48 | Love Crime | $28,921 | -30.4% | 26 | -2 | $1,112 | $459,562 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 58 | 38 | Warrior | $28,575 | -58.2% | 65 | -70 | $439 | $13,632,517 | 7 | Lionsgate Films |
| 59 | 47 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | $27,818 | -35.4% | 53 | -27 | $524 | $23,925,464 | 9 | FilmDistrict |
| 60 | - | Le Havre | $26,363 | - | 6 | - | $4,393 | $26,363 | 1 | Janus Films |
| 61 | 57 | Blackthorn | $25,990 | -12.6% | 19 | -2 | $1,367 | $96,142 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 62 | 68 | The Mill and the Cross | $24,589 | +42.7% | 15 | +6 | $1,639 | $163,106 | 6 | - |
| 63 | 36 | Red Lips | $24,235 | -67% | 43 | -24 | $563 | $122,048 | 2 | Lionsgate Films |
| 64 | - | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $22,963 | - | 1 | - | $22,963 | $22,963 | 1 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 65 | 58 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | $22,731 | -21.7% | 36 | -17 | $631 | $782,364 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 66 | 43 | Horrible Bosses | $22,387 | -58.9% | 50 | -35 | $447 | $117,528,646 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 67 | 45 | Sarah's Key | $22,222 | -51.5% | 48 | -38 | $462 | $7,025,670 | 14 | The Weinstein Company |
| 68 | 65 | Under the Sea 3D | $18,725 | -4.2% | 11 | +3 | $1,702 | $28,557,754 | 141 | Warner Bros. |
| 69 | - | Oranges and Sunshine | $18,600 | - | 4 | - | $4,650 | $18,600 | 1 | Cohen Media Group |
| 70 | 42 | War of the Arrows | $18,108 | -67.1% | 8 | -8 | $2,263 | $200,517 | 4 | CJ Entertainment |
| 71 | 52 | Fireflies in the Garden 2011 Re-release | $17,660 | -52.1% | 14 | +9 | $1,261 | $59,708 | 2 | N/A |
| 72 | - | Revenge of the Electric Car | $17,482 | - | 2 | - | $8,741 | $17,482 | 1 | Area 23a |
| 73 | 62 | The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 | $16,943 | -24.3% | 13 | +1 | $1,303 | $225,691 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 74 | - | The Last Ride | $16,270 | - | 7 | - | $2,324 | $16,270 | 1 | - |
| 75 | - | Senna | $16,068 | - | 20 | - | $803 | $1,565,247 | 11 | - |
| 76 | 54 | The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) | $15,204 | -56.2% | 24 | +2 | $633 | $108,498 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 77 | 60 | Tucker and Dale vs Evil | $13,043 | -47.5% | 29 | -8 | $449 | $183,231 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 78 | 66 | Seven Days in Utopia | $11,382 | -40.9% | 20 | -21 | $569 | $4,355,220 | 8 | Visio Entertainment |
| 79 | 72 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $10,559 | -30.4% | 5 | +2 | $2,111 | $84,373 | 5 | First Run |
| 80 | 70 | The Whistleblower | $10,061 | -39.7% | 13 | -10 | $773 | $1,120,914 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 81 | 81 | Texas Killing Fields | $9,392 | +7.1% | 4 | +1 | $2,348 | $22,766 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 82 | 63 | 1911 | $9,366 | -56.5% | 12 | -8 | $780 | $127,437 | 3 | Variance Films |
| 83 | 71 | Circumstance | $9,074 | -45.1% | 10 | -9 | $907 | $418,893 | 9 | Roadside Attractions |
| 84 | 55 | I Don't Know How She Does It | $8,773 | -74.3% | 29 | -78 | $302 | $9,595,504 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 85 | 76 | Finding Joe | $7,394 | -28.1% | 7 | +2 | $1,056 | $44,555 | 4 | Balcony Releasing |
| 86 | 86 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | $7,017 | +13.9% | 7 | +1 | $1,002 | $160,100 | 8 | Music Box Films |
| 87 | 78 | Space Station 3D | $6,825 | -28.5% | 2 | +1 | $3,412 | $84,384,253 | 497 | IMAX |
| 88 | 88 | The Tree of Life | $6,147 | +7.1% | 4 | -2 | $1,536 | $13,303,319 | 22 | - |
| 89 | 73 | Apollo 18 | $6,074 | -53.6% | 13 | -5 | $467 | $17,552,040 | 8 | - |
| 90 | - | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $5,754 | - | 1 | - | $5,754 | $9,754 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 91 | 90 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $5,691 | +10.4% | 9 | +2 | $632 | $154,565 | 13 | - |
| 92 | 75 | Filth to Ashes, Flesh to Dust | $5,152 | -52.1% | 8 | - | $644 | $202,531 | 4 | Nocturnal Features |
| 93 | 92 | The Future | $5,130 | +11% | 14 | -2 | $366 | $560,328 | 13 | Roadside Attractions |
| 94 | 95 | 3 | $4,729 | +12.4% | 5 | +1 | $945 | $47,126 | 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 95 | 87 | Brighton Rock | $4,406 | -26.7% | 11 | -3 | $400 | $220,966 | 9 | IFC Films |
| 96 | 83 | Point Blank | $4,367 | -48.4% | 11 | -2 | $397 | $687,984 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 97 | 77 | Dirty Girl | $4,132 | -58.1% | 5 | -5 | $826 | $47,931 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 98 | 105 | Puncture | $4,111 | +57% | 4 | +2 | $1,027 | $67,071 | 5 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 99 | - | Gun Hill Road | $3,874 | - | - | - | - | $148,994 | 12 | Motion Film Group |
| 100 | 80 | Restless | $3,578 | -61.2% | 11 | -14 | $325 | $153,929 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 101 | - | Elevate | $3,547 | - | 1 | - | $3,547 | $3,547 | 1 | Variance Films |
| 102 | 97 | Margaret | $3,437 | -17.2% | 5 | -1 | $687 | $46,495 | 4 | - |
| 103 | - | Balls to the Wall | $3,140 | - | 10 | - | $314 | $3,140 | 1 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 104 | 98 | Life, Above All | $2,564 | -38% | 15 | +5 | $170 | $129,858 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 105 | 102 | The Names of Love | $2,531 | -24.7% | 3 | -4 | $843 | $504,560 | 18 | Music Box Films |
| 106 | 101 | Hell and Back Again | $2,326 | -35.3% | 2 | - | $1,163 | $15,890 | 3 | - |
| 107 | 103 | The Whale | $2,226 | -30.1% | 1 | -1 | $2,226 | $27,461 | 7 | Paladin |
| 108 | - | The Interrupters | $2,222 | - | 4 | - | $555 | $236,957 | 13 | The Cinema Guild |
| 109 | 108 | Metropolis Giorgio Moroder Presents | $2,131 | +25.6% | 8 | - | $266 | $9,065 | 3 | - |
| 110 | 117 | Where Soldiers Come From | $2,087 | +268.1% | 3 | +2 | $695 | $32,303 | 7 | International Film Circuit |
| 111 | 91 | Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace | $1,809 | -62.5% | 1 | -2 | $1,809 | $11,533 | 6 | - |
| 112 | 124 | Project Nim | $1,681 | +1,020.7% | 12 | +9 | $140 | $401,908 | 16 | Roadside Attractions |
| 113 | 106 | Mysteries of Lisbon | $1,566 | -30.1% | 3 | -3 | $522 | $108,864 | 12 | Music Box Films |
| 114 | 84 | Thunder Soul | $1,052 | -85% | 4 | -8 | $263 | $143,041 | 5 | Roadside Attractions |
| 115 | 74 | Limelight | $1,052 | -91.8% | 3 | -1 | $350 | $54,578 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 116 | - | Jane's Journey | $1,010 | - | 3 | - | $336 | $18,575 | 6 | First Run |
| 117 | - | The Catechism Cataclysm | $897 | - | 1 | - | $897 | $1,933 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 118 | 94 | Oka! | $885 | -80.2% | 1 | - | $885 | $6,836 | 2 | Dada Films |
| 119 | 112 | The Tree | $778 | -37.9% | 1 | - | $778 | $62,418 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 120 | 123 | Chalet Girl | $763 | +297.4% | 1 | - | $763 | $1,201 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 121 | 114 | Bill Cunningham: New York | $757 | -24.9% | 1 | - | $757 | $1,507,029 | 32 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 122 | 99 | Happy, Happy | $753 | -81.7% | 3 | -1 | $251 | $35,511 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 123 | 109 | Amigo | $684 | -58.6% | 4 | -1 | $171 | $147,740 | 10 | Variance Films |
| 124 | 107 | The Last Circus | $662 | -63.6% | 2 | -2 | $331 | $38,333 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 125 | - | Bride Flight 2011 Re-release | $611 | - | 2 | - | $305 | $497,252 | 20 | Music Box Films |
| 126 | - | Special Treatment | $583 | - | 1 | - | $583 | $8,090 | 9 | First Run |
| 127 | - | The Sleeping Beauty | $551 | - | 1 | - | $551 | $28,791 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 128 | 116 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $504 | -26.4% | 1 | - | $504 | $24,006 | 7 | The Film Desk |
| 129 | 104 | Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place | $435 | -84.8% | 2 | -4 | $217 | $151,618 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 130 | - | The Girlfriends | $412 | - | 1 | - | $412 | $61,297 | 71 | The Film Desk |
| 131 | - | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $373 | - | 1 | - | $373 | $11,898 | 14 | The Film Desk |
| 132 | 115 | Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest | $292 | -67.4% | 4 | - | $73 | $1,195,168 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 133 | - | The Man Who Fell to Earth | $267 | - | 1 | - | $267 | $90,802 | 18 | Rialto Pictures |
| 134 | - | Aurora | $224 | - | 1 | - | $224 | $5,558 | 17 | The Cinema Guild |
| 135 | 119 | Bellflower | $200 | -61.2% | 2 | -1 | $100 | $164,425 | 12 | Oscilloscope |
| 136 | 89 | America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments | $192 | -96.6% | 2 | -1 | $96 | $8,050 | 2 | Rogers & Cowan/PMK |
| 137 | - | Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles | $144 | - | 1 | - | $144 | $21,242 | 8 | Argot Pictures |
| 138 | - | The Worst Movie Ever! | $12 | - | 1 | - | $12 | $323 | 10 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut |
