Box Office Performance for Dramatization Movies in 2011

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2011 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The King's Speech	Drama	R	$115,865,048	14,610,977	$115,280,609
2	Moneyball	Drama	PG-13	$75,016,059	9,459,780	$74,637,664
3	Dolphin Tale	Drama	PG	$72,015,969	9,081,459	$71,652,712
4	The Fighter	Drama	R	$47,228,156	5,955,631	$46,989,929
5	We Bought a Zoo	Drama	PG	$44,490,999	5,610,466	$44,266,577
6	Soul Surfer	Drama	PG	$43,853,424	5,530,066	$43,632,221
7	J. Edgar	Drama	R	$36,650,831	4,621,795	$36,465,963
8	The Rite	Horror	PG-13	$33,047,633	4,167,419	$32,880,936
9	Sanctum	Adventure	R	$23,209,310	2,926,773	$23,092,239
10	The Conspirator	Drama	PG-13	$11,538,204	1,455,007	$11,480,005
11	127 Hours	Drama	R	$7,900,795	996,317	$7,860,941
12	Invictus	Drama	PG-13	$6,904,919	870,734	$6,870,091
13	Des Hommes et Des Dieux	Drama	R	$3,954,651	498,695	$3,934,704
14	The Social Network	Drama	PG-13	$3,740,668	471,711	$3,721,800
15	The Way Back	Adventure	PG-13	$2,719,296	342,912	$2,705,576
16	Unstoppable	Action	PG-13	$2,094,456	264,118	$2,083,891
17	The Mighty Macs	Drama	G	$1,891,936	238,580	$1,882,396
18	Gerry	Drama		$1,844,754	232,630	$1,835,451
19	A Dangerous Method	Drama	R	$1,576,757	198,834	$1,568,800
20	The Devil's Double	Drama	R	$1,361,512	171,691	$1,354,642
21	The Whistleblower	Drama	R	$1,120,914	141,351	$1,115,259
22	There Be Dragons	Drama	PG-13	$1,069,334	134,847	$1,063,943
23	Secretariat	Drama	PG	$645,831	81,441	$642,569
24	Made in Dagenham	Drama	R	$602,990	76,039	$599,948
25	Machine Gun Preacher	Drama	R	$538,690	67,931	$535,976
26	No One Killed Jessica	Drama		$442,036	55,742	$439,804
27	*FairGame**	Drama	PG-13	$421,935	53,207	$419,803
28	The 5th Quarter	Drama	PG	$408,159	51,470	$406,098
29	The First Grader	Drama	PG-13	$332,306	41,905	$330,630
30	The Music Never Stopped	Drama	PG	$258,538	32,603	$257,238
31	Serge Gainsbourg vie heroique	Drama		$230,767	29,101	$229,607
32	The Iron Lady	Drama	PG-13	$220,409	27,794	$219,295
33	Ji�n D?ng W?i Y�	Drama		$151,305	19,080	$150,541
34	The Bang Bang Club	Drama	R	$124,791	15,737	$124,165
35	Nanjing! Nanjing!	Drama	R	$122,558	15,455	$121,940
36	Der R�uber	Drama		$83,259	10,499	$82,837
37	Su Qi Er	Action	R	$80,096	10,100	$79,689
38	Desert Flower	Drama	R	$44,348	5,592	$44,121
39	La conqu�te	Drama		$41,130	5,187	$40,925
40	The Time That Remains	Drama		$32,869	4,145	$32,704
41	Howl	Drama	R	$25,522	3,218	$25,390
42	L'instinct de mort	Drama	R	$18,218	2,297	$18,123
43	5 Days of War	Drama	R	$17,479	2,204	$17,390
44	The Last Ride	Drama	PG-13	$16,270	2,052	$16,190
45	OKA!	Adventure		$14,083	1,776	$14,013
46	L'ennemi public n�1	Drama	R	$13,134	1,656	$13,066
47	Carlos	Drama		$10,000	1,261	$9,949
48	Je suis heureux que ma mere soit vivante	Drama		$8,705	1,098	$8,663
Total Gross of All Movies				$544,001,053
Total Tickets Sold					68,600,383
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$541,257,022

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.