The Help

2011 • Drama/Comedy • Rated PG-13 • 137 Minutes

This film was released in U.S. theaters on Wednesday, August 10, 2011.

Weekend	Weekend #1 Movie	Rank	Weekend (Millions)	Screens	Approx. Per Screen	Gross (Millions)
8/12/11–8/14/11	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	2	$26.045	2,534	$10,278	$35.918
8/19/11–8/21/11	The Help	1	$20.019	2,690	$7,442	$71.341
8/26/11–8/28/11	The Help	1	$14.536	2,778	$5,233	$96.833
9/2/11–9/4/11	The Help	1	$14.595	2,843	$5,134	$118.985
9/9/11–9/11/11	Contagion	2	$8.926	2,935	$3,041	$137.328
9/16/11–9/18/11	The Lion King	4	$6.513	3,014	$2,161	$147.440
9/23/11–9/25/11	The Lion King	8	$4.370	2,695	$1,622	$154.414
9/30/11–10/2/11	Dolphin Tale	12	$3.016	2,505	$1,204	$159.373
10/7/11–10/9/11	Real Steel	13	$1.945	2,064	$942	$162.652
10/14/11–10/16/11	Real Steel	14	$1.188	1,267	$938	$164.906
10/21/11–10/23/11	Paranormal Activity 3	17	$0.713	776	$919	$166.190
10/28/11–10/30/11	Puss in Boots	18	$0.396	450	$880	$166.904
11/4/11–11/6/11	Puss in Boots	21	$0.333	358	$930	$167.428
11/11/11–11/13/11	Immortals	28	$0.245	278	$881	$167.834
11/18/11–11/20/11	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1	21	$0.298	357	$835	$168.232
11/25/11–11/27/11	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1	19	$0.311	283	$1,099	$168.753
12/2/11–12/4/11	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1	27	$0.176	262	$672	$169.036
12/9/11–12/11/11	New Year's Eve	35	$0.106	212	$500	$169.225
12/16/11–12/18/11	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	36	$0.072	156	$462	$169.346
12/23/11–12/25/11	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	46	$0.020	65	$308	$169.411
12/30/11–1/1/12	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	48	$0.038	65	$585	$169.500

This only includes weeks in which the film appeared in the weekend top 50.