Highest-grossing Films
See also: Lists of box office number-one films in 2011These are the top grossing films that were released in 2011. The top ten films of 2011, by worldwide gross in US dollars, as well as the North American, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide | North America | UK | Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Warner Bros. | $1,328,111,219 | $381,011,219 | $117,228,296 | $51,328,689 |
| 2 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Paramount | $1,123,746,996 | $352,390,543 | $45,470,012 | $38,820,321 |
| 3 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Disney | $1,043,871,802 | $241,071,802 | $54,187,325 | $29,006,640 |
| 4 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1 | Summit | $712,171,856 | $281,287,133 | $47,806,144 | $29,109,682 |
| 5 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | Paramount | $694,713,380 | $209,397,903 | $28,916,714 | $18,954,599 |
| 6 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | DreamWorks | $665,692,281 | $165,249,063 | $26,906,998 | $20,219,645 |
| 7 | Fast Five | Universal | $626,137,675 | $209,837,675 | $30,243,825 | $26,794,607 |
| 8 | The Hangover Part II | Warner Bros. | $581,464,305 | $254,464,305 | $53,496,869 | $35,371,018 |
| 9 | The Smurfs | Columbia/SPA | $563,749,323 | $142,614,158 | $27,805,533 | $20,564,629 |
| 10 | Cars 2 | Disney/Pixar | $559,852,396 | $191,452,396 | $24,894,721 | $20,811,602 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides grossed $1,043,871,802, becoming the eighth film to have surpassed the billion dollar mark, the second in the series to have done so, and the 11th highest-grossing film of all time. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 grossed $1,328,111,219, becoming the ninth film to have surpassed the billion dollar mark, the 4th highest-grossing film of all time, the highest-grossing film in the Harry Potter franchise, and the highest of 2011 as a whole. It grossed $91,071,119 on its first day of release, achieving the biggest single-day gross of all time, also breaking The Dark Knight's 2008 record for the highest weekend opening in the United States and Canada ($158,411,483), with $169,189,427. In addition, the film made $483,189,427 worldwide on opening weekend, beating Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince's record of $394 million for highest weekend opening worldwide. Transformers: Dark of the Moon grossed $1,123,746,996 and is the 5th highest-grossing film of all time, the tenth film to have surpassed the billion dollar mark, and the highest-grossing in the series. This was the first year when three films grossed more than $1 billion worldwide and also the first time when ten or more films grossed more than $500 million worldwide (Puss in Boots and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows have also grossed over $500 million making it twelve films to do so).
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