Box Office Performance for Action Movies in 2011
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Theatrical
Distributor | MPAA
Rating | 2011 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
6/29/2011 |
Paramount Pictures |
PG-13 |
$352,390,543 |
44,437,647 |
| 2 |
Fast Five |
4/29/2011 |
Universal |
PG-13 |
$210,031,325 |
26,485,665 |
| 3 |
Thor |
5/6/2011 |
Paramount Pictures |
PG-13 |
$181,030,624 |
22,828,578 |
| 4 |
Captain America: The First Avenger |
7/22/2011 |
Paramount Pictures |
PG-13 |
$176,654,505 |
22,276,735 |
| 5 |
X-Men: First Class |
6/3/2011 |
20th Century Fox |
PG-13 |
$146,408,305 |
18,462,586 |
| 6 |
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol |
12/16/2011 |
Paramount Pictures |
PG-13 |
$141,186,646 |
17,804,117 |
| 7 |
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows |
12/16/2011 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$136,910,219 |
17,264,845 |
| 8 |
Green Lantern |
6/17/2011 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$116,601,172 |
14,703,805 |
| 9 |
Cowboys and Aliens |
8/9/2011 |
Universal |
PG-13 |
$100,368,560 |
12,656,817 |
| 10 |
The Green Hornet |
1/14/2011 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$98,780,042 |
12,456,500 |
| 11 |
Real Steel |
10/7/2011 |
Walt Disney |
PG-13 |
$84,493,241 |
10,654,885 |
| 12 |
Battle: Los Angeles |
3/11/2011 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$83,552,429 |
10,536,246 |
| 13 |
Immortals |
11/11/2011 |
Relativity |
R |
$82,699,432 |
10,428,680 |
| 14 |
Sucker Punch |
3/25/2011 |
Warner Bros. |
R |
$36,392,502 |
4,589,218 |
| 15 |
Drive |
9/16/2011 |
FilmDistrict |
R |
$34,840,191 |
4,393,467 |
| 16 |
The Mechanic |
1/28/2011 |
CBS Films |
R |
$29,121,498 |
3,672,320 |
| 17 |
Killer Elite |
9/23/2011 |
Open Road |
R |
$25,124,986 |
3,168,346 |
| 18 |
Conan the Barbarian 3D |
8/19/2011 |
Lionsgate |
R |
$21,295,021 |
2,685,375 |
| 19 |
The Eagle |
2/11/2011 |
Focus Features |
PG-13 |
$19,490,041 |
2,457,761 |
| 20 |
The Darkest Hour |
12/25/2011 |
Summit Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$14,215,634 |
1,792,640 |
| 21 |
Drive Angry |
2/25/2011 |
Summit Entertainment |
R |
$10,721,033 |
1,351,959 |
| 22 |
Unstoppable |
11/12/2010 |
20th Century Fox |
PG-13 |
$2,094,456 |
264,118 |
| 23 |
Salvando al Soldado Perez |
9/2/2011 |
Lionsgate |
PG-13 |
$1,400,726 |
176,636 |
| 24 |
Attack the Block |
7/29/2011 |
Sony/Screen Gems |
R |
$1,024,175 |
129,152 |
| 25 |
Red |
10/15/2010 |
Summit Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$874,975 |
110,337 |
| 26 |
Jūsan-nin no shikaku |
4/29/2011 |
Magnolia Pictures |
R |
$802,778 |
101,233 |
| 27 |
Faster |
11/24/2010 |
CBS Films |
R |
$383,150 |
48,317 |
| 28 |
Ip Man: Legend of the Grand Master |
1/28/2011 |
Variance Films |
R |
$205,675 |
25,936 |
| 29 |
Bellflower |
8/5/2011 |
Oscilloscope Pictures |
R |
$168,226 |
21,214 |
| 30 |
Su Qi Er |
5/13/2011 |
Indomina Releasing |
R |
$80,096 |
10,100 |
| 31 |
Shaolin |
9/9/2011 |
Variance Films |
R |
$66,099 |
8,335 |
| 32 |
Gekijouban Trigun: Badlands Rumble |
7/8/2011 |
Eleven Arts |
Not Rated |
$62,027 |
7,822 |
| 33 |
Jing mo fung wan: Chen Zhen |
4/22/2011 |
Variance Films |
R |
$50,433 |
6,360 |
| 34 |
Choejongbyungki Hwal |
10/14/2011 |
CJ Entertainment |
R |
$40,685 |
5,131 |
| 35 |
Bay Rong |
3/11/2011 |
Variance Films |
R |
$27,052 |
3,411 |
| 36 |
Ong Bak 3 |
1/14/2011 |
Magnet Pictures |
R |
$14,890 |
1,878 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $2,109,603,392 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 266,028,172 |
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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Sunday, May 19, 2013