Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 2011

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2011 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	Adventure	PG-13	$381,011,219	48,046,812	$379,089,347
2	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1	Drama	PG-13	$276,125,476	34,820,363	$274,732,664
3	The Help	Drama	PG-13	$169,499,546	21,374,470	$168,644,568
4	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	Action	PG-13	$136,910,219	17,264,845	$136,219,627
5	True Grit	Western	PG-13	$84,572,623	10,664,896	$84,146,029
6	Real Steel	Action	PG-13	$84,493,241	10,654,885	$84,067,043
7	Limitless	Thriller/Suspense	PG	$79,249,455	9,993,626	$78,849,709
8	Mr. Poppers's Penguins	Adventure	PG	$68,224,452	8,603,336	$67,880,321
9	The Adjustment Bureau	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$62,495,645	7,880,914	$62,180,411
10	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$59,950,953	7,560,019	$59,648,550
11	Water for Elephants	Drama	PG-13	$58,709,717	7,403,495	$58,413,576
12	The Lincoln Lawyer	Thriller/Suspense	R	$58,009,200	7,315,158	$57,716,597
13	I am Number Four	Adventure	PG-13	$55,100,437	6,948,353	$54,822,505
14	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules	Comedy	PG	$52,698,535	6,645,465	$52,432,719
15	Hugo	Adventure		$50,313,495	6,344,703	$50,059,707
16	War Horse	Drama	PG-13	$44,089,786	5,559,872	$43,867,390
17	The Descendants	Drama	R	$40,315,665	5,083,943	$40,112,310
18	Something Borrowed	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$39,046,489	4,923,895	$38,849,532
19	Drive	Action	R	$34,840,191	4,393,467	$34,664,455
20	Winnie the Pooh	Adventure	G	$26,692,846	3,366,059	$26,558,206
21	Killer Elite	Action	R	$25,124,986	3,168,346	$24,998,250
22	Monte Carlo	Romantic Comedy	PG	$23,186,769	2,923,931	$23,069,816
23	Mars Needs Moms	Adventure	PG	$21,392,758	2,697,700	$21,284,853
24	Conan the Barbarian 3D	Action	R	$21,295,021	2,685,375	$21,187,609
25	The Three Musketeers 3D	Adventure	PG-13	$20,374,484	2,569,292	$20,271,714
26	The Eagle	Action	PG-13	$19,490,041	2,457,761	$19,391,734
27	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	Adventure	PG	$17,460,553	2,201,835	$17,372,478
28	Gulliver's Travels	Comedy	PG	$15,324,755	1,932,504	$15,247,457
29	Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer	Adventure	PG	$15,013,650	1,893,272	$14,937,916
30	One Day	Drama	PG-13	$13,843,771	1,745,747	$13,773,944
31	The Rum Diary	Drama	R	$13,109,815	1,653,192	$13,043,685
32	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I	Adventure	PG-13	$12,450,090	1,569,999	$12,387,292
33	Jane Eyre	Drama	PG-13	$11,242,660	1,417,738	$11,185,953
34	I Don't Know How She Does It	Comedy	PG-13	$9,659,074	1,218,042	$9,610,351
35	Elle s'appelait Sarah	Drama	PG	$7,691,700	969,950	$7,652,906
36	Atlas Shrugged: Part 1	Drama	PG-13	$4,752,353	599,288	$4,728,382
37	Seven Days In Utopia	Drama	G	$4,367,448	550,750	$4,345,418
38	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,280,186	539,746	$4,258,596
39	La piel que habito	Drama	R	$3,042,108	383,620	$3,026,762
40	From Prada to Nada	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$3,033,623	382,550	$3,018,320
41	Albert Nobbs	Drama	R	$2,934,097	370,000	$2,919,300
42	Everything Must Go	Drama	PG	$2,712,131	342,009	$2,698,451
43	The Grace Card	Drama	PG-13	$2,430,735	306,524	$2,418,474
44	Snow Flower and the Secret Fan	Drama	PG-13	$1,348,205	170,013	$1,341,403
45	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Adventure	PG-13	$818,580	103,226	$814,453
46	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Adventure	PG-13	$768,580	96,921	$764,707
47	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Adventure	PG-13	$764,607	96,420	$760,754
48	Le h�risson	Drama		$755,668	95,292	$751,854
49	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$711,168	89,681	$707,583
50	Winter in Wartime	Drama	R	$542,860	68,456	$540,118
51	Joueuse	Romantic Comedy		$478,710	60,367	$476,296
52	Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$474,754	59,868	$472,359
53	Submarine	Comedy	R	$467,602	58,966	$465,242
54	Miral	Drama	PG-13	$377,014	47,543	$375,114
55	La princesse de Montpensier	Drama		$352,428	44,442	$350,647
56	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	Drama	PG-13	$352,417	44,441	$350,639
57	Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard	Adventure	PG	$347,136	43,775	$345,385
58	Winter's Bone	Drama	R	$285,995	36,065	$284,553
59	Brighton Rock	Drama		$229,653	28,960	$228,494
60	Luftslottet som spr�ngdes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$154,599	19,495	$153,816
61	Life, Above All	Drama	PG-13	$134,078	16,908	$133,404
62	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 3D	Adventure	PG	$125,490	15,825	$124,859
63	Mysteries of Lisbon	Thriller/Suspense		$110,507	13,935	$109,947
64	My Dog Tulip	Drama		$95,316	12,020	$94,838
65	The Tree	Drama		$71,158	8,973	$70,797
66	The Human Resources Manager	Drama		$64,014	8,072	$63,688
67	Dao Jian Xiao	Comedy	PG-13	$47,897	6,040	$47,656
68	Alabama Moon	Adventure	PG	$47,009	5,928	$46,772
69	We need to Talk About Kevin	Drama		$39,297	4,955	$39,095
70	Cracks	Drama	R	$29,683	3,743	$29,532
71	Skateland	Drama	PG-13	$19,412	2,448	$19,315
72	The Little Traitor	Drama		$16,284	2,053	$16,198
73	The Town	Drama	R	$13,027	1,643	$12,963
74	Bloodworth	Drama	R	$12,971	1,636	$12,908
75	A Bird of the Air	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,152	1,280	$10,099
76	Kyatapira	Drama		$4,157	524	$4,134
77	The Taqwacores	Drama		$2,098	265	$2,091
78	M�n som hatar kvinnor	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,075	262	$2,067
79	An Invisible Sign	Drama	PG-13	$1,279	161	$1,270
80	Angels Crest	Drama	R	$407	51	$402
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,146,638,285
Total Tickets Sold					270,698,400
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,135,810,376

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.