Box Office Performance for Action Movies in 2011
Rank Movie Genre MPAA 2011 Gross Tickets Sold Inflation-
1
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Action
PG-13
$352,390,543
44,437,647
$350,613,035
2
Fast Five
Action
PG-13
$210,031,325
26,485,665
$208,971,897
3
Thor
Action
PG-13
$181,030,624
22,828,578
$180,117,480
4
Captain America: The First Avenger
Action
PG-13
$176,654,505
22,276,735
$175,763,439
5
X-Men: First Class
Action
PG-13
$146,408,305
18,462,586
$145,669,804
6
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Action
PG-13
$141,186,646
17,804,117
$140,474,483
7
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Action
PG-13
$136,910,219
17,264,845
$136,219,627
8
Green Lantern
Action
PG-13
$116,601,172
14,703,805
$116,013,021
9
Cowboys and Aliens
Action
PG-13
$100,368,560
12,656,817
$99,862,286
10
The Green Hornet
Action
PG-13
$98,780,042
12,456,500
$98,281,785
11
Real Steel
Action
PG-13
$84,493,241
10,654,885
$84,067,043
12
Battle: Los Angeles
Action
PG-13
$83,552,429
10,536,246
$83,130,981
13
Immortals
Action
R
$82,699,432
10,428,680
$82,282,285
14
Sucker Punch
Action
R
$36,392,502
4,589,218
$36,208,930
15
Drive
Action
R
$34,840,191
4,393,467
$34,664,455
16
The Mechanic
Action
R
$29,121,498
3,672,320
$28,974,605
17
Killer Elite
Action
R
$25,124,986
3,168,346
$24,998,250
18
Conan the Barbarian 3D
Action
R
$21,295,021
2,685,375
$21,187,609
19
The Eagle
Action
PG-13
$19,490,041
2,457,761
$19,391,734
20
The Darkest Hour
Action
PG-13
$14,215,634
1,792,640
$14,143,930
21
Drive Angry
Action
R
$10,721,033
1,351,959
$10,666,957
22
Don 2
Action
$3,288,726
414,720
$3,272,141
23
Ra. One
Action
$2,509,150
316,412
$2,496,491
24
Unstoppable
Action
PG-13
$2,094,456
264,118
$2,083,891
25
Bodyguard
Action
$1,834,384
231,322
$1,825,131
26
Salvando al Soldado Perez
Action
PG-13
$1,400,726
176,636
$1,393,658
27
Attack the Block
Action
R
$1,024,175
129,152
$1,019,009
28
Red
Action
PG-13
$874,975
110,337
$870,559
29
Jūsan-nin no shikaku
Action
R
$802,778
101,233
$798,728
30
Hobo with a Shotgun
Action
$703,372
88,698
$699,827
31
Faster (2009)
Action
R
$383,150
48,317
$381,221
32
Ip Man: Legend of the Grand Master
Action
R
$205,675
25,936
$204,635
33
Bellflower
Action
R
$168,226
21,214
$167,378
34
Game
Action
$132,035
16,650
$131,369
35
Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora É Outro
Action
$85,503
10,782
$85,070
36
Su Qi Er
Action
R
$80,096
10,100
$79,689
37
Shaolin
Action
R
$66,099
8,335
$65,763
38
Gekijouban Trigun: Badlands Rumble
Action
$62,027
7,822
$61,716
39
Jing mo fung wan: Chen Zhen
Action
R
$50,433
6,360
$50,180
40
Choejongbyungki Hwal
Action
R
$40,685
5,131
$40,484
41
Bay Rong
Action
R
$27,052
3,411
$26,913
42
Bonnie & Clyde vs. Dracula
Action
$25,027
3,156
$24,901
43
Ong Bak 3
Action
R
$14,890
1,878
$14,817
44
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
Action
$8,019
1,011
$7,977
45
Blood Ties
Action
$2,761
348
$2,746
Total Gross of All Movies $2,118,192,369 Total Tickets Sold 267,111,271 Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices $2,107,507,928
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2011.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2011.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.
Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year.
The next year starts the following day (Monday).
For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to
rounding errors.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
