Box Office Performance for Warner Bros. 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 Hangover Part II
Comedy
R
$254,464,305
32,088,815
$253,180,750
3
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Action
PG-13
$136,910,219
17,264,845
$136,219,627
4
Horrible Bosses
Comedy
R
$117,538,559
14,822,012
$116,945,675
5
Green Lantern
Action
PG-13
$116,601,172
14,703,805
$116,013,021
6
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Comedy
PG-13
$84,351,197
10,636,973
$83,925,717
7
Contagion
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$75,658,097
9,540,744
$75,276,470
8
Dolphin Tale
Drama
PG
$72,015,969
9,081,459
$71,652,712
9
Unknown
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$63,686,397
8,031,072
$63,365,158
10
Happy Feet Two
Adventure
PG
$60,965,866
7,688,003
$60,658,344
11
New Year's Eve
Romantic Comedy
PG-13
$47,257,823
5,959,372
$47,019,445
12
Hall Pass
Comedy
R
$45,060,734
5,682,312
$44,833,442
13
Final Destination 5
Horror
R
$42,587,643
5,370,447
$42,372,827
14
Something Borrowed
Romantic Comedy
PG-13
$39,046,489
4,923,895
$38,849,532
15
Red Riding Hood
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$37,662,162
4,749,327
$37,472,190
16
J. Edgar
Drama
R
$36,650,831
4,621,795
$36,465,963
17
Sucker Punch
Action
R
$36,392,502
4,589,218
$36,208,930
18
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
Comedy
R
$34,928,545
4,404,608
$34,752,357
19
Yogi Bear 3D
Adventure
PG
$34,490,675
4,349,392
$34,316,703
20
The Rite
Horror
PG-13
$33,047,633
4,167,419
$32,880,936
21
Arthur
Comedy
PG-13
$33,035,397
4,165,876
$32,868,762
22
Born to be Wild 3D
Documentary
G
$15,183,665
1,914,712
$15,107,078
23
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Adventure
PG-13
$12,450,090
1,569,999
$12,387,292
24
Hubble 3D
Documentary
G
$9,936,258
1,252,996
$9,886,138
25
Invictus
Drama
PG-13
$6,904,919
870,734
$6,870,091
26
Under the Sea 3D
Documentary
G
$4,948,586
624,034
$4,923,628
27
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Comedy
PG
$1,953,539
246,348
$1,943,686
28
Due Date
Comedy
R
$1,307,121
164,832
$1,300,524
29
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Adventure
PG-13
$818,580
103,226
$814,453
30
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Adventure
PG-13
$768,580
96,921
$764,707
31
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Adventure
PG-13
$764,607
96,420
$760,754
32
The Polar Express
Adventure
G
$711,168
89,681
$707,583
33
Deep Sea 3-D
Documentary
G
$524,144
66,096
$521,497
34
Life as We Know It
Romantic Comedy
PG-13
$488,173
61,560
$485,708
35
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Drama
PG-13
$352,417
44,441
$350,639
36
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 3D
Adventure
PG
$125,490
15,825
$124,859
37
Hereafter
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$34,355
4,332
$34,179
38
The Town
Drama
R
$13,027
1,643
$12,963
39
Inception
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$7,344
926
$7,306
Total Gross of All Movies $1,840,655,497
Total Tickets Sold 232,112,927
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices $1,831,370,994
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.