Box Office Performance for Thriller/Suspense Movies in 2011

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	2011 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	Super 8	6/9/2011	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$127,004,179	16,015,659
2	Limitless	3/18/2011	Relativity	PG	$79,249,455	9,993,626
3	Contagion	9/9/2011	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$75,658,097	9,540,744
4	Unknown	2/18/2011	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$63,686,397	8,031,072
5	The Adjustment Bureau	3/4/2011	Universal	PG-13	$62,495,645	7,880,914
6	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	12/20/2011	Sony Pictures	R	$59,950,953	7,560,019
7	Black Swan	12/3/2010	Fox Searchlight	R	$59,146,887	7,458,624
8	The Lincoln Lawyer	3/18/2011	Lionsgate	R	$58,009,200	7,315,158
9	Source Code	4/1/2011	Summit Entertainment	PG-13	$54,712,227	6,899,398
10	Red Riding Hood	3/11/2011	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$37,662,162	4,749,327
11	The Roommate	2/4/2011	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$37,300,107	4,703,670
12	In Time	10/28/2011	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$37,076,415	4,675,462
13	Colombiana	8/26/2011	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$36,665,854	4,623,689
14	The Debt	8/31/2011	Focus Features	R	$31,177,548	3,931,595
15	Abduction	9/23/2011	Lionsgate	PG-13	$28,087,155	3,541,886
16	Season of the Witch	1/7/2011	Relativity	PG-13	$24,827,228	3,130,798
17	Apollo 18	9/2/2011	Weinstein Co.	PG-13	$17,686,929	2,230,382
18	The Tourist	12/10/2010	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$12,997,966	1,639,088
19	Straw Dogs	9/16/2011	Sony Pictures	R	$10,324,441	1,301,947
20	Anonymous	10/28/2011	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$4,463,292	562,836
21	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	1/6/2012	Focus Features	R	$4,280,186	539,746
22	Martha Marcy May Marlene	10/21/2011	Fox Searchlight	R	$2,913,443	367,395
23	Melancholia	11/11/2011	Magnolia Pictures	R	$2,517,506	317,466
24	Casino Jack	12/17/2010	Samuel Goldwyn Films	R	$808,865	102,001
25	A bout portant	7/29/2011	Magnolia Pictures	R	$708,215	89,308
26	Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame	9/2/2011	Indomina Releasing	PG-13	$474,754	59,868
27	Munger Road	9/30/2011	Freestyle Releasing	PG-13	$266,688	33,630
28	Luftslottet som spr�ngdes	4/30/2010	Alliance Films	R	$154,599	19,495
29	The Double	10/28/2011	Image Entertainment	PG-13	$99,612	12,561
30	Viva Riva!	6/10/2011	Music Box Films	R	$61,759	7,788
31	The Perfect Host	7/1/2011	Magnolia Pictures	R	$48,764	6,149
32	Texas Killing Fields	10/14/2011	Anchor Bay Entertainment	R	$45,470	5,734
33	Road to Nowhere	6/10/2011	Monterey Media	R	$40,294	5,081
34	Hereafter	10/22/2010	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$34,355	4,332
35	Small Town Murder Songs	5/27/2011	Monterey Media	R	$31,133	3,926
36	Vanishing on Seventh Street	2/18/2011	Magnet Pictures	R	$22,729	2,866
37	Brotherhood	2/18/2011	Phase 4 Films	R	$19,722	2,487
38	The Next Three Days	11/19/2010	Lionsgate	PG-13	$19,303	2,434
39	InSight	9/2/2011	Check Entertainment Distribution	R	$17,107	2,157
40	Trespass	10/14/2011	Millenium Entertainment	R	$16,816	2,121
41	I'm Not Jesus Mommy	5/6/2011	FilmDemic	R	$12,620	1,591
42	Wrecked	4/1/2011	IFC Films	R	$8,020	1,011
43	Inception	7/16/2010	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$7,344	926
44	Good Neighbors	7/29/2011	Magnolia Pictures	R	$7,072	892
45	Red Hill	11/5/2010	Sony Pictures	R	$2,863	361
46	Restitution	10/28/2011	Monterey Media	R	$2,664	336
47	Flickan som lekte med elden	12/25/2009		R	$2,547	321
48	M�n som hatar kvinnor	5/29/2009	Alliance Films	R	$2,075	262
Total Gross of All Movies					$930,808,662
Total Tickets Sold						117,378,139

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.