# List of 2011 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 2011.

## Number-one films

| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
| # | Weekend end date | Film | Gross | Notes |
| 1 | January 9, 2011 | True Grit | $14,605,135 | True Grit reached #1 in its third weekend of release. |
| 2 | January 16, 2011 | The Green Hornet | $33,526,876 | |
| 3 | January 23, 2011 | No Strings Attached | $19,652,921 | |
| 4 | January 30, 2011 | The Rite | $14,789,393 | |
| 5 | February 6, 2011 | The Roommate | $15,002,635 | |
| 6 | February 13, 2011 | Just Go with It | $30,514,732 | |
| 7 | February 20, 2011 | Unknown | $21,856,389 | |
| 8 | February 27, 2011 | Hall Pass | $13,535,374 | Initial estimates had Gnomeo and Juliet ahead of Hall Pass. |
| 9 | March 6, 2011 | Rango | $38,079,323 | |
| 10 | March 13, 2011 | Battle: Los Angeles | $35,573,187 | |
| 11 | March 20, 2011 | Limitless | $18,907,302 | |
| 12 | March 27, 2011 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules | $23,751,502 | |
| 13 | April 3, 2011 | Hop | $37,543,710 | |
| 14 | April 10, 2011 | Hop | $21,298,240 | |
| 15 | April 17, 2011 | Rio | $39,225,962 | |
| 16 | April 24, 2011 | Rio | $26,323,321 | |
| 17 | May 1, 2011 | Fast Five | $86,198,765 | Fast Five broke Fast & Furious' record ($71 million) for the highest weekend debut in April. |
| 18 | May 8, 2011 | Thor | $65,723,338 | |
| 19 | May 15, 2011 | Thor | $34,703,035 | |
| 20 | May 22, 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | $90,151,958 | |
| 21 | May 29, 2011 | The Hangover Part II | $85,946,294 | The Hangover Part II broke The Simpsons Movie's record ($74 million) for the highest weekend debut for a comedy. It also broke Austin Powers in Goldmember's record ($73 million) for the highest weekend debut for a live-action comedy. |
| 22 | June 5, 2011 | X-Men: First Class | $55,101,604 | |
| 23 | June 12, 2011 | Super 8 | $35,451,168 | |
| 24 | June 19, 2011 | Green Lantern | $53,174,303 | |
| 25 | June 26, 2011 | Cars 2 | $66,135,507 | |
| 26 | July 3, 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | $97,852,865 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon broke Spider-Man 2's record ($88.2 million) for the highest Fourth of July weekend debut. |
| 27 | July 10, 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | $47,103,276 | |
| 28 | July 17, 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 † | $169,189,427 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2's $43.5 million gross from midnight showings broke The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's record ($30.1 million) for the highest midnight opening of all time. Its $2 million midnight gross in IMAX broke the previous film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1's record ($1.4 million) for the highest midnight gross in IMAX. Its opening day gross of $91.1 million broke The Twilight Saga: New Moon's record ($72.7 million) for the highest single-day tally of all time. It also broke The Dark Knight's records ($158.4 million) for the highest weekend debut in July, for a summer release, a PG-13 rated film, a Warner Bros. film, and of all time, Alice in Wonderland's record ($116.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a 3-D film, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1's record ($125 million) for the highest weekend debut for a live-action fantasy film. It had the highest weekend debut of 2011. |
| 29 | July 24, 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | $65,058,524 | |
| 30 | July 31, 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens | $36,431,290 | Initial estimates had Cowboys and Aliens tied with The Smurfs. |
| 31 | August 7, 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $54,806,191 | |
| 32 | August 14, 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $27,832,307 | |
| 33 | August 21, 2011 | The Help | $20,018,659 | The Help reached #1 in its second weekend of release. |
| 34 | August 28, 2011 | The Help | $14,536,118 | |
| 35 | September 4, 2011 | The Help | $14,594,623 | The Help became the first film since Avatar to top the box office in its fourth weekend. |
| 36 | September 11, 2011 | Contagion | $22,403,596 | |
| 37 | September 18, 2011 | The Lion King (in 3D) | $30,151,614 | The Lion King became the first re-release to reach #1 at the box office since Return of the Jedi (Special Edition) in March 1997. |
| 38 | September 25, 2011 | The Lion King (in 3D) | $21,929,332 | The Lion King became the first re-release to reach #1 for two weeks at the box office since The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) in March 1997. |
| 39 | October 2, 2011 | Dolphin Tale | $13,912,419 | Dolphin Tale reached #1 in its second weekend of release. |
| 40 | October 9, 2011 | Real Steel | $27,319,677 | Real Steel broke Rocky IV's record ($20 million) for the highest weekend debut for a boxing film. |
| 41 | October 16, 2011 | Real Steel | $16,291,655 | |
| 42 | October 23, 2011 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $52,568,183 | Paranormal Activity 3 broke Paranormal Activity 2's record ($40.6 million) for the highest weekend debut for a horror film. It also broke Jackass 3D's record ($50.3 million) for the highest weekend debut in October and for any fall release. |
| 43 | October 30, 2011 | Puss in Boots | $34,077,439 | Puss in Boots broke Saw III's record ($33.6 million) for the highest Halloween weekend debut. |
| 44 | November 6, 2011 | Puss in Boots | $33,054,644 | |
| 45 | November 13, 2011 | Immortals | $32,206,425 | |
| 46 | November 20, 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | $138,122,261 | |
| 47 | November 27, 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | $41,683,574 | |
| 48 | December 4, 2011 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | $16,535,465 | |
| 49 | December 11, 2011 | New Year's Eve | $13,019,180 | |
| 50 | December 18, 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $39,637,079 | |
| 51 | December 25, 2011 | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | $29,556,629 | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol reached #1 after one weekend of limited release in IMAX. |
| 52 | January 1, 2012 | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | $29,421,879 | |

## Highest-grossing films
### Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2011 by Calendar Gross
| Rank | Title | Studio(s) | Actor(s) | Director(s) | Gross |
| 1. | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Warner Bros. Pictures | Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, John Hurt, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, David Thewlis and Julie Walters | David Yates | $381,011,219 |
| 2. | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Paramount Pictures | Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Tyrese Gibson, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Patrick Dempsey, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, John Malkovich and Frances McDormand | Michael Bay | $346,890,543 |
| 3. | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | Summit Entertainment | Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Ashley Greene and Anna Kendrick | Bill Condon | $274,841,954 |
| 4. | The Hangover Part II | Warner Bros. Pictures | Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, Jeffrey Tambor, Justin Bartha and Paul Giamatti | Todd Phillips | $254,464,305 |
| 5. | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Walt Disney Studios | Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Kevin McNally and Geoffrey Rush | Rob Marshall | $237,710,309 |
| 6. | Fast Five | Universal Pictures | Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Matt Schulze, Sung Kang, Tego Calderon, Don Omar, Gal Gadot and Dwayne Johnson | Justin Lin | $209,837,675 |
| 7. | Cars 2 | Walt Disney Studios | voices of Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, John Turturro and Eddie Izzard | John Lasseter | $190,518,314 |
| 8. | Thor | Paramount Pictures | Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Kat Dennings, Clark Gregg, Colm Feore, Ray Stevenson, Idris Elba, Jaimie Alexander, Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins | Kenneth Branagh | $181,030,624 |
| 9. | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | 20th Century Fox | James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, David Oyelowo and Andy Serkis | Rupert Wyatt | $176,760,185 |
| 10. | Captain America: The First Avenger | Paramount Pictures | Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Toby Jones, Neal McDonough, Derek Luke and Stanley Tucci | Joe Johnston | $176,654,505 |

### In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 2011 by In-year release :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
| 1. | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Warner Bros. | $381,011,219 |
| 2. | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Paramount Pictures | $352,390,543 |
| 3. | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | Summit Entertainment | $281,287,133 |
| 4. | The Hangover Part II | Warner Bros. | $254,464,305 |
| 5. | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Walt Disney Pictures | $241,071,802 |
| 6. | Fast Five | Universal Pictures | $209,837,675 |
| 7. | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | Paramount Pictures | $209,397,903 |
| 8. | Cars 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | $191,452,396 |
| 9. | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Warner Bros. | $186,848,418 |
| 10. | Thor | Paramount Pictures | $181,030,624 |
Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2011 :
| G | Cars 2 |
| PG | Kung Fu Panda 2 |
| PG-13 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 |
| R | The Hangover Part II |