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Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2011

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2011 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1	Drama	PG-13	$276,125,476	34,820,363	$274,732,664
2	The Help	Drama	PG-13	$169,499,546	21,374,470	$168,644,568
3	The King's Speech	Drama	R	$115,865,048	14,610,977	$115,280,609
4	Moneyball	Drama	PG-13	$75,016,059	9,459,780	$74,637,664
5	Dolphin Tale	Drama	PG	$72,015,969	9,081,459	$71,652,712
6	Water for Elephants	Drama	PG-13	$58,709,717	7,403,495	$58,413,576
7	Madea's Big Happy Family	Drama	PG-13	$53,345,287	6,727,022	$53,076,204
8	The Fighter	Drama	R	$47,228,156	5,955,631	$46,989,929
9	We Bought a Zoo	Drama	PG	$44,490,999	5,610,466	$44,266,577
10	War Horse	Drama	PG-13	$44,089,786	5,559,872	$43,867,390
11	Soul Surfer	Drama	PG	$43,853,424	5,530,066	$43,632,221
12	The Ides of March	Drama	R	$40,850,788	5,151,423	$40,644,727
13	The Descendants	Drama	R	$40,315,665	5,083,943	$40,112,310
14	Hanna	Drama	PG-13	$40,259,119	5,076,812	$40,056,047
15	J. Edgar	Drama	R	$36,650,831	4,621,795	$36,465,963
16	Courageous	Drama	PG-13	$34,088,360	4,298,658	$33,916,412
17	Beastly	Drama	PG-13	$27,865,571	3,513,943	$27,725,010
18	Country Strong	Drama	PG-13	$20,099,179	2,534,575	$19,997,797
19	One Day	Drama	PG-13	$13,843,771	1,745,747	$13,773,944
20	Warrior	Drama	PG-13	$13,657,115	1,722,209	$13,588,229
21	The Tree of Life	Drama	PG-13	$13,305,665	1,677,890	$13,238,552
22	The Rum Diary	Drama	R	$13,109,815	1,653,192	$13,043,685
23	The Conspirator	Drama	PG-13	$11,538,204	1,455,007	$11,480,005
24	Jane Eyre	Drama	PG-13	$11,242,660	1,417,738	$11,185,953
25	Win Win	Drama	R	$10,179,275	1,283,641	$10,127,927
26	Blue Valentine	Drama	NC-17	$9,446,285	1,191,209	$9,398,639
27	My Week with Marilyn	Drama	R	$8,935,721	1,126,825	$8,890,649
28	127 Hours	Drama	R	$7,900,795	996,317	$7,860,941
29	Elle s'appelait Sarah	Drama	PG	$7,691,700	969,950	$7,652,906
30	Invictus	Drama	PG-13	$6,904,919	870,734	$6,870,091
31	Beginners	Drama	R	$5,790,894	730,251	$5,761,680
32	Margin Call	Drama	R	$5,254,187	662,571	$5,227,685
33	The Artist	Drama	PG-13	$5,044,344	636,109	$5,018,900
34	Biutiful	Drama	R	$5,036,565	635,128	$5,011,160
35	Atlas Shrugged: Part 1	Drama	PG-13	$4,752,353	599,288	$4,728,382
36	The Company Men	Drama	R	$4,444,612	560,481	$4,422,195
37	Seven Days In Utopia	Drama	G	$4,367,448	550,750	$4,345,418
38	The Way	Drama	PG-13	$4,187,408	528,046	$4,166,283
39	Des Hommes et Des Dieux	Drama	R	$3,954,651	498,695	$3,934,704
40	The Social Network	Drama	PG-13	$3,740,668	471,711	$3,721,800
41	Like Crazy	Drama	PG-13	$3,372,100	425,233	$3,355,088
42	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara	Drama		$3,103,656	391,382	$3,088,004
43	La piel que habito	Drama	R	$3,042,108	383,620	$3,026,762
44	Another Year	Drama	PG-13	$3,041,052	383,487	$3,025,712
45	Albert Nobbs	Drama	R	$2,934,097	370,000	$2,919,300
46	Everything Must Go	Drama	PG	$2,712,131	342,009	$2,698,451
47	The Grace Card	Drama	PG-13	$2,430,735	306,524	$2,418,474
48	Shame	Drama	NC-17	$1,965,874	247,903	$1,955,955
49	The Mighty Macs	Drama	G	$1,891,936	238,580	$1,882,396
50	Gerry	Drama		$1,844,754	232,630	$1,835,451
51	Rabbit Hole	Drama	PG-13	$1,793,829	226,208	$1,784,781
52	A Better Life	Drama		$1,759,252	221,848	$1,750,381
53	Burlesque	Drama	PG-13	$1,707,094	215,270	$1,698,480
54	Take Shelter	Drama	R	$1,671,202	210,744	$1,662,770
55	A Dangerous Method	Drama	R	$1,576,757	198,834	$1,568,800
56	Cafe de flore	Drama		$1,574,881	198,598	$1,566,938
57	Monsieur Lazhar	Drama	PG-13	$1,561,107	196,861	$1,553,233
58	Copie conforme	Drama		$1,373,975	173,263	$1,367,045
59	The Devil's Double	Drama	R	$1,361,512	171,691	$1,354,642
60	Somewhere	Drama	R	$1,352,809	170,594	$1,345,987
61	Snow Flower and the Secret Fan	Drama	PG-13	$1,348,205	170,013	$1,341,403
62	Another Earth	Drama	PG-13	$1,321,194	166,607	$1,314,529
63	Kill the Irishman	Drama	R	$1,188,194	149,835	$1,182,198
64	The Whistleblower	Drama	R	$1,120,914	141,351	$1,115,259
65	Love and Other Drugs	Drama	R	$1,099,917	138,703	$1,094,367
66	There Be Dragons	Drama	PG-13	$1,069,334	134,847	$1,063,943
67	Haevnen	Drama	R	$1,008,098	127,125	$1,003,016
68	Rockstar	Drama		$985,912	124,327	$980,940
69	Meek's Cutoff	Drama	PG	$977,772	123,300	$972,837
70	Higher Ground	Drama	R	$841,056	106,060	$836,813
71	Le hérisson	Drama		$755,668	95,292	$751,854
72	Mozart's Sister	Drama		$684,496	86,317	$681,041
73	Aarakshan	Drama		$651,096	82,105	$647,808
74	Secretariat	Drama	PG	$645,831	81,441	$642,569
75	Patiala House	Drama		$644,010	81,212	$640,763
76	Made in Dagenham	Drama	R	$602,990	76,039	$599,948
77	Dhobi Ghat	Drama		$577,485	72,823	$574,573
78	The Future	Drama	R	$568,662	71,710	$565,792
79	Dum Maaro Dum	Drama	R	$564,489	71,184	$561,642
80	Winter in Wartime	Drama	R	$542,860	68,456	$540,118
81	Machine Gun Preacher	Drama	R	$538,690	67,931	$535,976
82	Bride Flight	Drama	R	$501,360	63,223	$498,829
83	Weekend	Drama		$484,592	61,109	$482,150
84	Circumstance	Drama	R	$454,121	57,266	$451,829
85	No One Killed Jessica	Drama		$442,036	55,742	$439,804
86	Frisson des Collines	Drama		$434,589	54,803	$432,396
87	Fair*Game	Drama	PG-13	$421,935	53,207	$419,803
88	The 5th Quarter	Drama	PG	$408,159	51,470	$406,098
89	Hesher	Drama	R	$382,946	48,291	$381,016
90	Miral	Drama	PG-13	$377,014	47,543	$375,114
91	MOOZ-lum	Drama	PG-13	$362,239	45,680	$360,415
92	Le Havre	Drama		$358,706	45,234	$356,896
93	Shi	Drama		$356,149	44,912	$354,356
94	La princesse de Montpensier	Drama		$352,428	44,442	$350,647
95	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	Drama	PG-13	$352,417	44,441	$350,639
96	Singham	Drama		$350,864	44,245	$349,093
97	Carnage	Drama	R	$348,605	43,960	$346,844
98	The First Grader	Drama	PG-13	$332,306	41,905	$330,630
99	Dharti	Drama		$317,505	40,038	$315,900
100	Winter's Bone	Drama	R	$285,995	36,065	$284,553
101	The Concert	Drama	PG-13	$268,023	33,799	$266,674
102	The Mill and the Cross	Drama		$264,873	33,401	$263,534
103	The Music Never Stopped	Drama	PG	$258,538	32,603	$257,238
104	All Good Things	Drama	R	$258,373	32,582	$257,072
105	Serge Gainsbourg vie heroique	Drama		$230,767	29,101	$229,607
106	Brighton Rock	Drama		$229,653	28,960	$228,494
107	The Iron Lady	Drama	PG-13	$220,409	27,794	$219,295
108	Bol	Drama		$186,410	23,507	$185,470
109	Loong Boonmee raleuk chat	Drama		$184,292	23,240	$183,364
110	Amigo	Drama	R	$180,582	22,772	$179,671
111	Go For It!	Drama	PG-13	$180,237	22,728	$179,324
112	Restless	Drama	PG-13	$163,141	20,573	$162,321
113	Decisions	Drama	R	$153,280	19,329	$152,506
114	Le quattro volte	Drama		$152,530	19,235	$151,764
115	October Baby	Drama	PG-13	$151,952	19,162	$151,188
116	Jiàn D?ng W?i Yè	Drama		$151,305	19,080	$150,541
117	Gun Hill Road	Drama	R	$148,994	18,789	$148,245
118	Xinhai geming	Drama	R	$135,739	17,117	$135,053
119	Life, Above All	Drama	PG-13	$134,078	16,908	$133,404
120	The Bang Bang Club	Drama	R	$124,791	15,737	$124,165
121	Nanjing! Nanjing!	Drama	R	$122,558	15,455	$121,940
122	Trust	Drama	R	$120,016	15,134	$119,407
123	Vision	Drama		$115,591	14,576	$115,005
124	Last Night	Drama	R	$112,087	14,135	$111,525
125	Pariah	Drama	R	$101,755	12,832	$101,244
126	Young Goethe in Love	Drama		$101,237	12,766	$100,724
127	Tomboy	Drama		$96,159	12,126	$95,674
128	My Dog Tulip	Drama		$95,316	12,020	$94,838
129	Carancho	Drama		$85,526	10,785	$85,094
130	Der Räuber	Drama		$83,259	10,499	$82,837
131	Beautiful Boy	Drama	R	$77,247	9,741	$76,856
132	The Tree	Drama		$71,158	8,973	$70,797
133	Les amours imaginaires	Drama		$68,723	8,666	$68,375
134	Puncture	Drama	R	$67,071	8,458	$66,734
135	Mei Li Ren Sheng	Drama		$66,171	8,344	$65,834
136	Snowmen	Drama	PG	$66,000	8,323	$65,668
137	The Human Resources Manager	Drama		$64,014	8,072	$63,688
138	Queen of the Lot	Drama	R	$61,908	7,807	$61,597
139	If A Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front	Drama		$61,794	7,792	$61,479
140	Une vie qui commence	Drama		$61,337	7,735	$61,029
141	3	Drama		$59,774	7,538	$59,475
142	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin	Drama	PG-13	$59,481	7,501	$59,183
143	White Material	Drama		$57,692	7,275	$57,400
144	Dirty Girl	Drama	R	$53,630	6,763	$53,360
145	In The Land of Blood and Honey	Drama	R	$53,356	6,728	$53,084
146	For Colored Girls	Drama	R	$52,924	6,674	$52,658
147	Putty Hill	Drama		$48,644	6,134	$48,397
148	Lebanon, PA	Drama	PG-13	$48,381	6,101	$48,137
149	Margaret	Drama	R	$47,185	5,950	$46,946
150	The Tempest	Drama	PG-13	$46,310	5,840	$46,078
151	Every Day	Drama	R	$46,029	5,804	$45,794
152	Rapt	Drama		$45,759	5,770	$45,525
153	Sykt lykkelig	Drama	R	$45,154	5,694	$44,926
154	Contracorriente	Drama		$44,462	5,607	$44,239
155	Desert Flower	Drama	R	$44,348	5,592	$44,121
156	Down for Life	Drama		$41,914	5,285	$41,699
157	La conquête	Drama		$41,130	5,187	$40,925
158	Myth of the American Sleepover	Drama		$41,045	5,176	$40,839
159	Baiyin diguo	Drama		$40,052	5,051	$39,852
160	3 Backyards	Drama	R	$39,475	4,978	$39,276
161	We need to Talk About Kevin	Drama		$39,297	4,955	$39,095
162	O Estranho Caso de Angélica	Drama		$38,996	4,918	$38,803
163	Les Neiges du Kilimanjaro	Drama		$38,246	4,823	$38,053
164	Sleeping Beauty	Drama		$37,710	4,755	$37,517
165	Fireflies in the Garden	Drama		$36,884	4,651	$36,696
166	Dogtooth	Drama		$36,399	4,590	$36,215
167	Da Wu Sheng	Drama		$35,986	4,538	$35,805
168	Film Socialisme	Drama		$32,977	4,159	$32,815
169	The Time That Remains	Drama		$32,869	4,145	$32,704
170	White Irish Drinkers	Drama	R	$31,056	3,916	$30,897
171	The Son of No One	Drama	R	$30,680	3,869	$30,526
172	Autoreiji	Drama	R	$30,440	3,839	$30,290
173	Cracks	Drama	R	$29,683	3,743	$29,532
174	Redemption Road	Drama		$29,384	3,705	$29,232
175	La belle endormie	Drama		$28,791	3,631	$28,649
176	Marti, dupa craciun	Drama		$27,813	3,507	$27,670
177	Animal Kingdom	Drama	R	$27,622	3,483	$27,481
178	Howl	Drama	R	$25,522	3,218	$25,390
179	Cost of a Soul	Drama	R	$25,365	3,199	$25,240
180	Harvest	Drama	R	$24,657	3,109	$24,530
181	After	Drama	R	$24,545	3,095	$24,420
182	Vincent will Meer	Drama		$24,377	3,074	$24,254
183	Answers to Nothing	Drama	R	$22,049	2,780	$21,934
184	Monogamy	Drama		$21,527	2,715	$21,421
185	Night Catches Us	Drama	R	$21,271	2,682	$21,161
186	Genesis Code	Drama	PG	$20,300	2,560	$20,198
187	Die Fremde	Drama		$19,631	2,476	$19,536
188	Skateland	Drama	PG-13	$19,412	2,448	$19,315
189	L'apollonide - souvenirs de la maison close	Drama		$19,327	2,437	$19,228
190	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger	Drama	R	$18,230	2,299	$18,139
191	L'instinct de mort	Drama	R	$18,218	2,297	$18,123
192	5 Days of War	Drama	R	$17,479	2,204	$17,390
193	Littlerock	Drama		$17,309	2,183	$17,224
194	The Little Traitor	Drama		$16,284	2,053	$16,198
195	The Last Ride	Drama	PG-13	$16,270	2,052	$16,190
196	Tyrannosaur	Drama		$15,735	1,984	$15,654
197	L'ennemi public n°1	Drama	R	$13,134	1,656	$13,066
198	The Town	Drama	R	$13,027	1,643	$12,963
199	Bloodworth	Drama	R	$12,971	1,636	$12,908
200	Año Bisiesto	Drama		$12,561	1,584	$12,498
201	Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier	Drama		$12,135	1,530	$12,072
202	Partir	Drama		$10,977	1,384	$10,920
203	The Cremaster Cycle	Drama		$10,573	1,333	$10,517
204	London Boulevard	Drama	R	$10,484	1,322	$10,431
205	Zero Bridge	Drama		$10,357	1,306	$10,304
206	Carlos	Drama		$10,000	1,261	$9,949
207	Un homme qui crie	Drama		$9,862	1,244	$9,815
208	Cook County	Drama		$9,727	1,227	$9,681
209	Vito Bonafacci	Drama		$9,217	1,162	$9,168
210	The Ledge	Drama	R	$9,216	1,162	$9,168
211	Another Happy Day	Drama	R	$9,120	1,150	$9,074
212	Sans queue ni tete	Drama		$8,856	1,117	$8,813
213	Kak ya provyol etim letom	Drama		$8,733	1,101	$8,687
214	Je suis heureux que ma mere soit vivante	Drama		$8,705	1,098	$8,663
215	Korkoro	Drama		$8,242	1,039	$8,198
216	Ma part du gateau	Drama		$6,850	864	$6,817
217	That's What I Am	Drama	PG	$6,400	807	$6,367
218	I Melt with You	Drama	R	$6,361	802	$6,328
219	Alamar	Drama		$5,905	745	$5,878
220	The Imperialists Are Still Alive!	Drama		$5,874	741	$5,846
221	Aurora	Drama		$5,558	701	$5,531
222	Schastye moe	Drama		$5,457	688	$5,428
223	Tanner Hall	Drama	R	$5,073	640	$5,050
224	Cosa Voglio Di Piu	Drama		$5,037	635	$5,010
225	Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story	Drama		$4,726	596	$4,702
226	Kyatapira	Drama		$4,157	524	$4,134
227	Ranchero	Drama		$3,826	482	$3,803
228	Passion Play	Drama	R	$3,669	463	$3,653
229	Prince of the Himalayas	Drama		$2,883	364	$2,872
230	Jitsuroku rengo sekigun: Asama sanso e no michi	Drama		$2,659	335	$2,643
231	Main Street	Drama	PG	$2,560	323	$2,548
232	Medianeras	Drama		$2,377	300	$2,367
233	The Taqwacores	Drama		$2,098	265	$2,091
234	Now & Later	Drama		$1,808	228	$1,799
235	La Pivellina	Drama		$1,350	170	$1,341
236	An Invisible Sign	Drama	PG-13	$1,279	161	$1,270
237	Illegal	Drama		$651	82	$647
238	Angels Crest	Drama	R	$407	51	$402
239	Hadewijch	Drama		$403	51	$402
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,489,500,980
Total Tickets Sold					187,831,141
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,481,987,702

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.

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