The year 2011 was notable for containing the release of the most film sequels in a single year, at 28 sequels. The following tables list films that were released in 2011.

These 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 US, Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows:

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 9th 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 3rd 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 $394,000,000 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 of the series. This was the first year when 3 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). The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol are currently in the top 50 highest-grossing films of all time.

Kim Victoria Cattrall ( /kəˈtræl/; born 21 August 1956) is an English-Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Samantha Jones in the HBO comedy/romance series Sex and the City and for her leading roles in the 1980s films Police Academy, Big Trouble in Little China, Mannequin, and Porky's. For her role as Samantha Jones, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2002 and received four nominations for the role. Her success in Sex and the City also led her to receive two Screen Actors Guild Awards out of seven nominations (including two for Outstanding Female Actress in a Comedy Series) and five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. In September and October 2011, she appeared in a production of Noël Coward's Private Lives in Toronto, Canada co-starring Paul Gross; the production then moved to Broadway where it opened for previews 6 November 2011.

Cattrall was born in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside. Her mother, Gladys Shane (née Baugh), was a secretary, and her father, Dennis Cattrall, was a construction engineer. When she was three months old, her family emigrated to the Canadian city of Courtenay in British Columbia. At 11, she returned to England when her grandmother became ill. She took a number of acting examinations with the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), before returning to Canada at age 16 to finish high school.

Cheb Hasni (Arabic : الشاب حسني) born Hasni Chakroun (February 1, 1968 – September 29, 1994) was a performer of Algerian Raï music. He was popular across North Africa, having reached the height of his career in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was the son of a welder and grew up in a working class family where he was one of seven children. Hasni is most well known for his love songs, but he also dealt with taboo subjects such as divorce and alcohol. He was murdered in 1994.

Born in Oran, Algeria, Cheb Hasni was interested in performing from an early age. In an interview published in the French newspaper Libération in 1992, Hasni recounted how "everyone knew me in our neighbourhood when I was a kid. I was always walking up the road with my school bag thrown off my shoulder, singing my head off"^{[citation needed]}. Hasni was also talented in football and a good student, but these traits were overshadowed by his musical interests.

Hasni's first significant performance as a singer occurred when he attended a local wedding party, where the group led by the famous Naoui brothers was playing. Impressed by his voice, they invited him to perform on stage at a well-known cabaret, La Guinguette.