#1 of 10 Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2011)
2011 · Action, Mystery
$51.9M worldwide · 30% of the chart's total
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2011) is the highest-grossing thriller movie released in week 36 of 2011 (Aug 28–Sep 3), with $51.9M worldwide, ahead of The Debt (2011) at $45.6M and Shark Night 3D (2011) at $41.4M. 10 thriller films released that week report a worldwide gross, $170.9M in all, 40% of it from the US & Canada. That is up 51% on Week 35, 2011, whose releases took $112.9M. By language, English leads with $117.9M across 7 thriller releases.
#1 of 10 Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2011)
2011 · Action, Mystery
$51.9M worldwide · 30% of the chart's total
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2011) leads with $51.9M, 30% of the total. The top 5 together took $168.8M, 99% of what all 10 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 36 of 2011 (Aug 28–Sep 3).
Aug 31, 2011 US and Canada: $31.2M Rest of the world: $14.5M Worldwide: $45.6M
Sep 2, 2011 US and Canada: $18.9M Rest of the world: $22.5M Worldwide: $41.4M
Sep 2, 2011 US and Canada: $17.7M Rest of the world: $8.5M Worldwide: $26.2M
Sep 2, 2011 US and Canada: $539.8K Rest of the world: $3.2M Worldwide: $3.7M
Aug 31, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M
Sep 2, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $914K
Sep 3, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.9K
Sep 2, 2011 US and Canada: $11.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $11.1K
Sep 2, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $118 Of the top 10, InSight (2011) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2011) made 99% of its gross abroad. Across all 10 films, $68.8M (40%) came from the US & Canada. 4 films of the top 10 report no US & Canada figure.
None of the 10 films reached $100M. 6 films, 60% of the list, earned under $10M. Each band shows its films and its share of the $170.9M total.
Week 36 releases took $170.9M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 30 (Jul 17–23) with $403.8M, led by Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).
Of these 10 years, Week 36, 2005 earned the most: $198.8M from 8 films, led by Transporter 2 (2005). Week 36, 2011 took $170.9M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
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| Week 36, 2002 Sep 1–7 5 films | 5 | $70.3M | – | Swimfan (2002) $34.4M |
| Week 36, 2003 Aug 31–Sep 6 5 films · −82% | 5 | $12.8M | −82% | The Order (2003) $11.6M |
| Week 36, 2004 Aug 29–Sep 4 3 films · +202% | 3 | $38.6M | +202% | Wicker Park (2004) $21.7M |
| Week 36, 2005 Aug 28–Sep 3 8 films · +415% | 8 | $198.8M | +415% | Transporter 2 (2005) $89.1M |
| Week 36, 2006 Sep 3–9 9 films · −57% | 9 | $85M | −57% | The Covenant (2006) $37.6M |
| Week 36, 2007 Sep 2–8 7 films · −52% | 7 | $40.5M | −52% | Shoot 'Em Up (2007) $27.1M |
| Week 36, 2008 Aug 31–Sep 6 3 films · +9% | 3 | $44M | +9% | Bangkok Dangerous (2008) $42.5M |
| Week 36, 2009 Aug 30–Sep 5 5 films · +53% | 5 | $67.2M | +53% | Gamer (2009) $40.8M |
| Week 36, 2010 Aug 29–Sep 4 5 films · +72% | 5 | $115.9M | +72% | The American (2010) $67.9M |
| Week 36, 2011 Aug 28–Sep 3 10 films · +47% | 10 | $170.9M | +47% | Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2011) $51.9M |
English-language thriller films took $117.9M across 7 films, 69% of the total, ahead of Chinese-language thriller films ($51.9M) and Tamil-language thriller films ($1.1M).
48 weeks of 2011 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 47 (Nov 13–19) with $712.2M, led by The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 10 films as the chart.
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2011) leads with $51.9M worldwide, $459.8K of it in the US & Canada. Next come The Debt (2011) at $45.6M and Shark Night 3D (2011) at $41.4M.
10 thriller films released in week 36 of 2011 (Aug 28–Sep 3) report a worldwide gross, $170.9M in all, or $17.1M per film on average. Week 35, 2011 releases took $112.9M.
None. The biggest, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2011), earned $51.9M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 36 of 2011 (Aug 28–Sep 3). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.