Box Office Performance for Thriller/Suspense Movies in 2011
Rank Movie Genre MPAA 2011 Gross Tickets Sold Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1
Super 8
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$127,004,179
16,015,659
$126,363,550
2
Limitless
Thriller/Suspense
PG
$79,249,455
9,993,626
$78,849,709
3
Contagion
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$75,658,097
9,540,744
$75,276,470
4
Unknown
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$63,686,397
8,031,072
$63,365,158
5
The Adjustment Bureau
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$62,495,645
7,880,914
$62,180,411
6
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Thriller/Suspense
R
$59,950,953
7,560,019
$59,648,550
7
Black Swan
Thriller/Suspense
R
$59,146,887
7,458,624
$58,848,543
8
The Lincoln Lawyer
Thriller/Suspense
R
$58,009,200
7,315,158
$57,716,597
9
Source Code
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$54,712,227
6,899,398
$54,436,250
10
Red Riding Hood
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$37,662,162
4,749,327
$37,472,190
11
The Roommate
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$37,300,107
4,703,670
$37,111,956
12
In Time
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$37,076,415
4,675,462
$36,889,395
13
Colombiana
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$36,665,854
4,623,689
$36,480,906
14
The Debt
Thriller/Suspense
R
$31,177,548
3,931,595
$31,020,285
15
Abduction
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$28,087,155
3,541,886
$27,945,481
16
Season of the Witch
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$24,827,228
3,130,798
$24,701,996
17
Apollo 18
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$17,686,929
2,230,382
$17,597,714
18
The Tourist
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$12,997,966
1,639,088
$12,932,404
19
Straw Dogs
Thriller/Suspense
R
$10,324,441
1,301,947
$10,272,362
20
Anonymous
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$4,463,292
562,836
$4,440,776
21
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Thriller/Suspense
R
$4,280,186
539,746
$4,258,596
22
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Thriller/Suspense
R
$2,913,443
367,395
$2,898,747
23
Melancholia
Thriller/Suspense
R
$2,517,506
317,466
$2,504,807
24
La doppia ora
Thriller/Suspense
$1,514,942
191,039
$1,507,298
25
Casino Jack
Thriller/Suspense
R
$808,865
102,001
$804,788
26
A bout portant
Thriller/Suspense
R
$708,215
89,308
$704,640
27
Crime d'amour
Thriller/Suspense
$539,792
68,070
$537,072
28
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$474,754
59,868
$472,359
29
Munger Road
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$266,688
33,630
$265,341
30
Hanyo
Thriller/Suspense
$157,961
19,919
$157,161
31
Luftslottet som sprängdes
Thriller/Suspense
R
$154,599
19,495
$153,816
32
Cold Weather
Thriller/Suspense
$138,755
17,497
$138,051
33
Akmareul Boatda
Thriller/Suspense
$129,210
16,294
$128,560
34
Mysteries of Lisbon
Thriller/Suspense
$110,507
13,935
$109,947
35
The Double
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$99,612
12,561
$99,106
36
Viva Riva!
Thriller/Suspense
R
$61,759
7,788
$61,447
37
The Perfect Host
Thriller/Suspense
R
$48,764
6,149
$48,516
38
Texas Killing Fields
Thriller/Suspense
R
$45,470
5,734
$45,241
39
Road to Nowhere
Thriller/Suspense
R
$40,294
5,081
$40,089
40
Hereafter
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$34,355
4,332
$34,179
41
Small Town Murder Songs
Thriller/Suspense
R
$31,133
3,926
$30,976
42
Vanishing on Seventh Street
Thriller/Suspense
R
$22,729
2,866
$22,613
43
Brotherhood
Thriller/Suspense
R
$19,722
2,487
$19,622
44
The Next Three Days
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$19,303
2,434
$19,204
45
InSight
Thriller/Suspense
R
$17,107
2,157
$17,019
46
Trespass
Thriller/Suspense
R
$16,816
2,121
$16,735
47
The Tenant
Thriller/Suspense
$15,003
1,892
$14,928
48
I'm Not Jesus Mommy
Thriller/Suspense
R
$12,620
1,591
$12,553
49
Shanghai Red
Thriller/Suspense
$8,904
1,123
$8,860
50
Wrecked
Thriller/Suspense
R
$8,020
1,011
$7,977
51
Inception
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$7,344
926
$7,306
52
Good Neighbors
Thriller/Suspense
R
$7,072
892
$7,038
53
Rabia
Thriller/Suspense
$5,594
705
$5,562
54
Daylight
Thriller/Suspense
$4,171
526
$4,150
55
Zenith
Thriller/Suspense
$3,801
479
$3,779
56
Red Hill
Thriller/Suspense
R
$2,863
361
$2,848
57
Restitution
Thriller/Suspense
R
$2,664
336
$2,651
58
Flickan som lekte med elden
Thriller/Suspense
R
$2,547
321
$2,533
59
Män som hatar kvinnor
Thriller/Suspense
R
$2,075
262
$2,067
Total Gross of All Movies $933,437,302
Total Tickets Sold 117,709,618
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices $928,728,886
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.