Daily Domestic Box Office Chart for Wednesday December 21st, 2011

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		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(3)	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	Paramount Pictures	Action	$8,921,045	+428%	3,448	$2,587	$26,015,359	6
2	new	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$5,065,496		2,914	$1,738	$5,065,496	1
3	(1)	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,283,299	-17%	3,703	$1,157	$54,008,573	6
4	(2)	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,509,797	n/c	3,723	$943	$32,972,568	6
5	new	The Adventures of Tintin	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,302,020		3,087	$746	$5,577,020	1
6	(4)	New Year's Eve	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$1,056,104	-18%	3,051	$346	$28,172,010	13
7	(5)	Arthur Christmas	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$667,892	-17%	2,105	$317	$40,612,139	29
8	(9)	The Muppets	Walt Disney	Comedy	$586,401	-14%	2,808	$209	$72,848,146	29
9	(7)	The Sitter	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$553,978	-23%	2,473	$224	$19,905,546	13
10	(8)	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$515,186	-26%	1,822	$283	$268,192,542	34
11	(6)	Hugo	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$507,511	-30%	1,487	$341	$41,015,413	29
12	(10)	The Descendants	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$384,822	-14%	835	$461	$29,874,831	36
13	(11)	Young Adult	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$351,843	-17%	986	$357	$5,034,154	13
14	(12)	Happy Feet 2	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$133,151	-47%	760	$175	$59,501,523	34
15	(16)	Puss in Boots	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$127,940	+22%	757	$169	$143,097,680	55
16	(13)	Jack and Jill	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$94,550	-46%	677	$140	$70,951,429	41
-	(-)	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$51,772	-9%	16	$3,236	$1,044,045	13
-	(14)	Immortals	Relativity	Action	$44,264	-64%	1,216	$36	$82,196,342	41
-	(15)	Tower Heist	Universal	Comedy	$43,890	-58%	418	$105	$76,062,755	48
-	(-)	Dolphin Tale	Warner Bros.	Drama	$39,036	-31%	250	$156	$71,466,204	90
-	(-)	Shame	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$38,140	-22%	51	$748	$1,367,255	20
-	(-)	J. Edgar	Warner Bros.	Drama	$36,364	-38%	455	$80	$35,870,872	43
-	(-)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$31,190	+57%	22	$1,418	$182,526,780	2,598
-	(-)	A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$26,580	-19%	245	$108	$34,505,417	48
-	(-)	Footloose	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$24,078	-12%	253	$95	$51,366,581	69
-	(-)	Moneyball	Sony Pictures	Drama	$23,213	+93%	242	$96	$74,363,317	90
-	(-)	Courageous	Sony Pictures	Drama	$20,955	+39%	187	$112	$33,564,619	83
-	(-)	In Time	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$16,611	-40%	273	$61	$36,804,906	55
-	(-)	Born to be Wild 3D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$15,851	+5%	49	$323	$14,829,583	258
-	(-)	Paranormal Activity 3	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$14,702	-16%	206	$71	$103,831,682	62
-	(-)	The Way	Producers Distribution Agency	Drama	$13,020	+3%	93	$140	$4,024,995	76
-	(-)	Margin Call	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$11,032	-29%	121	$91	$5,154,225	62
-	(-)	The Ides of March	Sony Pictures	Drama	$9,160	+18%	141	$65	$40,592,290	76
-	(-)	Drive	FilmDistrict	Action	$8,911	+15%	56	$159	$34,769,654	97
-	(-)	50/50	Summit Entertainment	Black Comedy	$8,801	-6%	111	$79	$34,991,598	83
-	(-)	Like Crazy	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$8,765	-17%	100	$88	$3,324,718	55
-	(-)	The Three Musketeers 3D	Summit Entertainment	Adventure	$6,110	-51%	123	$50	$20,342,576	62
-	(-)	Martha Marcy May Marlene	Fox Searchlight	Thriller/Suspense	$2,534	-20%	39	$65	$2,880,155	62
-	(-)	The Rum Diary	FilmDistrict	Drama	$1,939	-25%	30	$65	$13,107,304	55
-	(-)	Pastorela	Pantelion Films		$705	-45%	19	$37	$160,263	20
-	(-)	Cook County	Hannover House	Drama	$448	-17%	5	$90	$9,116	6

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