Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2011

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	2011 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1	11/18/2011	Summit Entertainment	PG-13	$276,125,476	34,820,363
2	The Help	8/10/2011	Walt Disney	PG-13	$169,499,546	21,374,470
3	The King's Speech	4/1/2011	Weinstein Co.	PG-13	$115,865,048	14,610,977
4	Moneyball	9/23/2011	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$75,016,059	9,459,780
5	Dolphin Tale	9/23/2011	Warner Bros.	PG	$72,015,969	9,081,459
6	Water for Elephants	4/22/2011	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$58,709,717	7,403,495
7	Madea's Big Happy Family	4/22/2011	Lionsgate	PG-13	$53,345,287	6,727,022
8	The Fighter	12/10/2010	Paramount Pictures	R	$47,228,156	5,955,631
9	We Bought a Zoo	11/26/2011	20th Century Fox	PG	$44,490,999	5,610,466
10	War Horse	12/25/2011	Walt Disney	PG-13	$44,089,786	5,559,872
11	Soul Surfer	4/8/2011	Sony Pictures	PG	$43,853,424	5,530,066
12	The Ides of March	10/7/2011	Sony Pictures	R	$40,850,788	5,151,423
13	The Descendants	12/9/2011	Fox Searchlight	R	$40,315,665	5,083,943
14	Hanna	4/8/2011	Focus Features	PG-13	$40,259,119	5,076,812
15	J. Edgar	11/9/2011	Warner Bros.	R	$36,650,831	4,621,795
16	Courageous	9/30/2011	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$34,088,360	4,298,658
17	Beastly	3/4/2011	CBS Films	PG-13	$27,865,571	3,513,943
18	Country Strong	12/22/2010	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$20,099,179	2,534,575
19	One Day	8/19/2011	Focus Features	PG-13	$13,843,771	1,745,747
20	Warrior	9/9/2011	Lionsgate	PG-13	$13,657,115	1,722,209
21	The Tree of Life	5/27/2011	Fox Searchlight	PG-13	$13,305,665	1,677,890
22	The Rum Diary	10/28/2011	FilmDistrict	R	$13,109,815	1,653,192
23	The Conspirator	4/15/2011	Roadside Attractions	PG-13	$11,538,204	1,455,007
24	Jane Eyre	3/11/2011	Focus Features	PG-13	$11,242,660	1,417,738
25	Win Win	3/18/2011	Fox Searchlight	R	$10,179,275	1,283,641
26	Blue Valentine	12/29/2010	Weinstein Co.	R	$9,446,285	1,191,209
27	My Week with Marilyn	11/23/2011	Weinstein Co.	R	$8,935,721	1,126,825
28	127 Hours	11/5/2010	Fox Searchlight	R	$7,900,795	996,317
29	Elle s'appelait Sarah	7/22/2011	Weinstein Co.	PG-13	$7,691,700	969,950
30	Invictus	12/11/2009	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$6,904,919	870,734
31	Incendies	4/22/2011	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$6,852,647	859,805
32	Beginners	6/3/2011	Focus Features	R	$5,790,894	730,251
33	Margin Call	10/21/2011	Roadside Attractions	R	$5,254,187	662,571
34	The Artist	1/20/2012	Weinstein Co.	PG-13	$5,044,344	636,109
35	Biutiful	12/29/2010	Roadside Attractions	R	$5,036,565	635,128
36	Atlas Shrugged: Part 1	4/15/2011	Rocky Mountain Pictures	PG-13	$4,752,353	599,288
37	The Company Men	1/21/2011	Weinstein Co.	R	$4,444,612	560,481
38	Seven Days In Utopia	9/2/2011	Visio Entertainment	G	$4,367,448	550,750
39	The Way	10/7/2011	Producers Distribution Agency	PG-13	$4,187,408	528,046
40	Des Hommes et Des Dieux	2/25/2011	Sony Pictures Classics	PG-13	$3,954,651	498,695
41	The Social Network	10/1/2010	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$3,740,668	471,711
42	Like Crazy	10/28/2011	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$3,372,100	425,233
43	La piel que habito	10/14/2011	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$3,042,108	383,620
44	Another Year	12/29/2010	Sony Pictures Classics	PG-13	$3,041,052	383,487
45	Albert Nobbs	12/21/2011	Roadside Attractions	R	$2,934,097	370,000
46	Everything Must Go	5/13/2011	Roadside Attractions	PG	$2,712,131	342,009
47	The Grace Card	2/25/2011	Samuel Goldwyn Films	PG-13	$2,430,735	306,524
48	Shame	12/2/2011	Fox Searchlight	NC-17	$1,965,874	247,903
49	The Mighty Macs	10/21/2011	Quaker Media	G	$1,891,936	238,580
50	Rabbit Hole	12/17/2010	Lionsgate	PG-13	$1,793,829	226,208
51	Burlesque	11/24/2010	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$1,707,094	215,270
52	Take Shelter	9/30/2011	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$1,671,202	210,744
53	A Dangerous Method	11/23/2011	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$1,576,757	198,834
54	Cafe de flore	11/9/2012	Adopt Films	Not Rated	$1,574,881	198,598
55	Monsieur Lazhar	4/13/2012	Music Box Films	PG-13	$1,561,107	196,861
56	The Devil's Double	7/29/2011	Lionsgate	R	$1,361,512	171,691
57	Somewhere	12/22/2010	Focus Features	R	$1,352,809	170,594
58	Snow Flower and the Secret Fan	7/15/2011	Fox Searchlight	PG-13	$1,348,205	170,013
59	Another Earth	7/22/2011	Fox Searchlight	PG-13	$1,321,194	166,607
60	Kill the Irishman	3/11/2011	Anchor Bay Entertainment	R	$1,188,194	149,835
61	The Whistleblower	8/5/2011	Samuel Goldwyn Films	R	$1,120,914	141,351
62	Love and Other Drugs	11/24/2010	20th Century Fox	R	$1,099,917	138,703
63	There Be Dragons	5/6/2011	Samuel Goldwyn Films	PG-13	$1,069,334	134,847
64	Haevnen	4/1/2011	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$1,008,098	127,125
65	Meek's Cutoff	4/8/2011	Oscilloscope Pictures	PG	$977,772	123,300
66	Higher Ground	8/26/2011	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$841,056	106,060
67	Secretariat	10/8/2010	Walt Disney	PG	$645,831	81,441
68	Made in Dagenham	11/19/2010	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$602,990	76,039
69	The Future	7/29/2011	Roadside Attractions	R	$568,662	71,710
70	Dum Maaro Dum	4/22/2011	Fox Searchlight	R	$564,489	71,184
71	Winter in Wartime	3/18/2011	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$542,860	68,456
72	Machine Gun Preacher	9/23/2011	Relativity	R	$538,690	67,931
73	Bride Flight	6/10/2011	Music Box Films	R	$501,360	63,223
74	Circumstance	8/26/2011	Roadside Attractions	R	$454,121	57,266
75	Fair*Game	11/5/2010	Summit Entertainment	PG-13	$421,935	53,207
76	The 5th Quarter	3/25/2011	Rocky Mountain Pictures	PG	$408,159	51,470
77	Hesher	5/13/2011	Wrekin Hill Entertainment	R	$382,946	48,291
78	Miral	3/25/2011	Weinstein Co.	PG-13	$377,014	47,543
79	MOOZ-lum	2/11/2011	Peace Film LLC	PG-13	$362,239	45,680
80	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	12/25/2011	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$352,417	44,441
81	Carnage	12/16/2011	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$348,605	43,960
82	The First Grader	5/13/2011	National Geographic Entertainment	PG-13	$332,306	41,905
83	Winter's Bone	6/11/2010	Roadside Attractions	R	$285,995	36,065
84	The Concert	7/30/2010	Weinstein Co.	PG-13	$268,023	33,799
85	The Music Never Stopped	3/18/2011	Roadside Attractions	PG	$258,538	32,603
86	All Good Things	12/3/2010	Magnolia Pictures	R	$258,373	32,582
87	The Iron Lady	1/13/2012	Weinstein Co.	PG-13	$220,409	27,794
88	Amigo	8/19/2011	Variance Films	R	$180,582	22,772
89	Go For It!	5/13/2011	Pantelion Films	PG-13	$180,237	22,728
90	Restless	9/16/2011	Sony Pictures Classics	PG-13	$163,141	20,573
91	Decisions	5/13/2011	Self Distributed	R	$153,280	19,329
92	October Baby	3/23/2012	Five & Two Pictures	PG-13	$151,952	19,162
93	Gun Hill Road	8/5/2011	Motion Film Group	R	$148,994	18,789
94	Xinhai geming	10/7/2011	Variance Films	R	$135,739	17,117
95	Life, Above All	7/15/2011	Sony Pictures Classics	PG-13	$134,078	16,908
96	The Bang Bang Club	5/6/2011	TriBeca Films	R	$124,791	15,737
97	Nanjing! Nanjing!	5/11/2011	Kino International	R	$122,558	15,455
98	Trust	4/1/2011	Millenium Entertainment	R	$120,016	15,134
99	Last Night	5/6/2011	TriBeca Films	R	$112,087	14,135
100	Pariah	12/28/2011	Focus Features	R	$101,755	12,832
101	Beautiful Boy	6/3/2011	Anchor Bay Entertainment	R	$77,247	9,741
102	Puncture	9/23/2011	Millenium Entertainment	R	$67,071	8,458
103	Snowmen	10/21/2011	ARC Entertainment	PG	$66,000	8,323
104	Queen of the Lot	11/19/2010	Rainbow Releasing	R	$61,908	7,807
105	Jodaeiye Nader az Simin	12/30/2011	Sony Pictures Classics	PG-13	$59,481	7,501
106	Dirty Girl	10/7/2011	Weinstein Co.	R	$53,630	6,763
107	In The Land of Blood and Honey	12/23/2011	FilmDistrict	R	$53,356	6,728
108	For Colored Girls	11/5/2010	Lionsgate	R	$52,924	6,674
109	Lebanon, PA	4/29/2011	Truly Indie	PG-13	$48,381	6,101
110	Margaret	9/30/2011	Fox Searchlight	R	$47,185	5,950
111	The Tempest	12/10/2010	Miramax	PG-13	$46,310	5,840
112	Every Day	1/14/2011	Image Entertainment	R	$46,029	5,804
113	Sykt lykkelig	9/16/2011	Magnolia Pictures	R	$45,154	5,694
114	Contracorriente	9/17/2010	The Film Collaborative	Not Rated	$44,462	5,607
115	Desert Flower	3/18/2011	National Geographic Entertainment	R	$44,348	5,592
116	3 Backyards	3/11/2011	Screen Media Films	R	$39,475	4,978
117	We need to Talk About Kevin	1/13/2012	Oscilloscope Pictures	R	$39,297	4,955
118	White Irish Drinkers	3/25/2011	IFC Films	R	$31,056	3,916
119	The Son of No One	11/4/2011	Anchor Bay Entertainment	R	$30,680	3,869
120	Autoreiji	12/2/2011	Magnolia Pictures	R	$30,440	3,839
121	Cracks	3/18/2011	IFC Films	R	$29,683	3,743
122	Animal Kingdom	8/13/2010	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$27,622	3,483
123	Howl	9/24/2010	Oscilloscope Pictures	R	$25,522	3,218
124	Cost of a Soul	5/20/2011	Relativity	R	$25,365	3,199
125	Harvest	5/6/2011	Monterey Media	R	$24,657	3,109
126	Answers to Nothing	12/2/2011	Roadside Attractions	R	$22,049	2,780
127	Night Catches Us	12/3/2010	Magnolia Pictures	R	$21,271	2,682
128	Skateland	5/13/2011	Freestyle Releasing	PG-13	$19,412	2,448
129	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger	9/22/2010	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$18,230	2,299
130	L'instinct de mort	8/27/2010	Music Box Films	R	$18,218	2,297
131	5 Days of War	8/19/2011	Anchor Bay Entertainment	R	$17,479	2,204
132	The Last Ride	6/22/2012	Category One	PG-13	$16,270	2,052
133	L'ennemi public n°1	9/3/2010	Music Box Films	R	$13,134	1,656
134	The Town	9/17/2010	Warner Bros.	R	$13,027	1,643
135	Bloodworth	5/20/2011	Samuel Goldwyn Films	R	$12,971	1,636
136	London Boulevard	11/11/2011	IFC Films	R	$10,484	1,322
137	The Ledge	7/8/2011	IFC Films	R	$9,216	1,162
138	Another Happy Day	11/18/2011	Phase 4 Films	R	$9,120	1,150
139	That's What I Am	4/29/2011	Samuel Goldwyn Films	PG	$6,400	807
140	I Melt with You	12/9/2011	Magnolia Pictures	R	$6,361	802
141	Tanner Hall	9/9/2011	Anchor Bay Entertainment	R	$5,073	640
142	Passion Play	5/6/2011	Image Entertainment	R	$3,669	463
143	Main Street	9/9/2011	Magnolia Pictures	PG	$2,560	323
144	An Invisible Sign	5/6/2011	IFC Films	PG-13	$1,279	161
145	Angels Crest	12/30/2011	Magnolia Pictures	R	$407	51
Total Gross of All Movies					$1,477,383,675
Total Tickets Sold						186,298,772

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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