Daily Domestic Box Office Friday, December 16, 2011
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $14,607,982 | 3,703 | $3,945 | $14,607,982 | 1 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $6,706,964 | 3,723 | $1,801 | $6,706,964 | 1 | ||
| 3 | (new) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $4,102,843 | 425 | $9,654 | $4,102,843 | 1 | ||
| 4 | (1) | New Year’s Eve | $2,530,494 | +139% | -50% | 3,505 | $722 | $19,936,248 | 8 |
| 5 | (2) | The Sitter | $1,444,896 | +91% | -61% | 2,752 | $525 | $14,766,202 | 8 |
| 6 | (3) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $1,278,315 | +88% | -48% | 2,958 | $432 | $263,408,396 | 29 |
| 7 | (17) | Young Adult | $1,089,945 | +3,404% | +1,116% | 986 | $1,105 | $1,529,869 | 8 |
| 8 | (4) | Hugo | $966,318 | +85% | -39% | 2,532 | $382 | $36,414,179 | 24 |
| 9 | (6) | The Descendants | $928,759 | +115% | -30% | 878 | $1,058 | $26,306,311 | 31 |
| 10 | (7) | The Muppets | $854,714 | +100% | -49% | 2,808 | $304 | $68,328,359 | 24 |
| 11 | (5) | Arthur Christmas | $841,506 | +89% | -41% | 2,929 | $287 | $35,788,851 | 24 |
| 12 | (10) | Jack and Jill | $360,086 | +88% | -59% | 1,910 | $189 | $69,637,872 | 36 |
| 13 | (11) | Tower Heist | $276,250 | +48% | -62% | 1,315 | $210 | $75,163,965 | 43 |
| 14 | (9) | Happy Feet Two | $262,050 | -2% | -69% | 1,780 | $147 | $58,094,594 | 29 |
| 15 | (8) | Immortals | $239,461 | -12% | -67% | 1,216 | $197 | $81,277,466 | 36 |
| - | (19) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $123,153 | +431% | +36% | 16 | $7,697 | $545,924 | 8 |
| - | (12) | J. Edgar | $108,082 | -20% | -70% | 703 | $154 | $35,440,485 | 38 |
| - | (13) | Puss in Boots | $107,066 | -7% | -70% | 757 | $141 | $142,417,259 | 50 |
| - | (16) | Shame | $88,669 | +161% | +6% | 51 | $1,739 | $1,012,710 | 15 |
| - | (14) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $53,892 | -6% | -65% | 202 | $267 | $34,291,907 | 43 |
| - | (15) | In Time | $48,567 | +35% | -56% | 273 | $178 | $36,617,907 | 50 |
| - | (23) | Dolphin Tale | $47,261 | +166% | -32% | 281 | $168 | $71,185,029 | 85 |
| - | (32) | Footloose | $36,555 | +450% | +62% | 253 | $144 | $51,205,585 | 64 |
| - | (21) | The Polar Express | $28,290 | +37% | +11% | 25 | $1,132 | $182,284,203 | 2,593 |
| - | (26) | Margin Call | $25,602 | +53% | -44% | 121 | $212 | $5,042,111 | 57 |
| - | (27) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $25,181 | +54% | -39% | 206 | $122 | $103,717,043 | 57 |
| - | (20) | Courageous | $24,711 | +8% | -50% | 101 | $245 | $33,436,060 | 78 |
| - | (24) | Moneyball | $20,281 | +19% | -53% | 98 | $207 | $74,262,109 | 85 |
| - | (18) | Like Crazy | $17,018 | -27% | -67% | 100 | $170 | $3,252,463 | 50 |
| - | (22) | Born to be Wild 3D | $16,039 | -15% | -16% | 49 | $327 | $14,745,896 | 253 |
| - | (30) | The Three Musketeers | $15,321 | +71% | -43% | 123 | $125 | $20,280,435 | 57 |
| - | (28) | The Ides of March | $11,919 | -23% | -66% | 72 | $166 | $40,534,154 | 71 |
| - | (29) | 50/50 | $11,912 | +19% | -43% | 111 | $107 | $34,938,509 | 78 |
| - | (33) | Drive | $11,906 | +88% | -21% | 56 | $213 | $34,716,312 | 92 |
| - | (31) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $5,856 | -20% | -59% | 39 | $150 | $2,854,531 | 57 |
| - | (36) | The Rum Diary | $3,691 | -20% | -60% | 30 | $123 | $13,091,304 | 50 |
| - | (new) | Cook County | $2,785 | 5 | $557 | $2,785 | 1 | ||
| - | (38) | Pastorela | $2,303 | +16% | -75% | 19 | $121 | $148,471 | 15 |
| - | (41) | Answers to Nothing | $20 | -81% | -83% | 1 | $20 | $21,892 | 15 |
| Reporting movies: 39 | $37,326,663 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $14,607,982 | 3,703 | $14,607,982 |
| 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $6,706,964 | 3,723 | $6,706,964 |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $4,102,843 | 425 | $4,102,843 |
| 4 | New Year’s Eve | $2,530,494 | 3,505 | $19,936,248 |
| 5 | The Sitter | $1,444,896 | 2,752 | $14,766,202 |
| 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $1,278,315 | 2,958 | $263,408,396 |
| 7 | Young Adult | $1,089,945 | 986 | $1,529,869 |
| 8 | Hugo | $966,318 | 2,532 | $36,414,179 |
| 9 | The Descendants | $928,759 | 878 | $26,306,311 |
| 10 | The Muppets | $854,714 | 2,808 | $68,328,359 |
| 11 | Arthur Christmas | $841,506 | 2,929 | $35,788,851 |
| 12 | Jack and Jill | $360,086 | 1,910 | $69,637,872 |
| 13 | Tower Heist | $276,250 | 1,315 | $75,163,965 |
| 14 | Happy Feet Two | $262,050 | 1,780 | $58,094,594 |
| 15 | Immortals | $239,461 | 1,216 | $81,277,466 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $123,153 | 16 | $545,924 |
| - | J. Edgar | $108,082 | 703 | $35,440,485 |
| - | Puss in Boots | $107,066 | 757 | $142,417,259 |
| - | Shame | $88,669 | 51 | $1,012,710 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $53,892 | 202 | $34,291,907 |
| - | In Time | $48,567 | 273 | $36,617,907 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $47,261 | 281 | $71,185,029 |
| - | Footloose | $36,555 | 253 | $51,205,585 |
| - | The Polar Express | $28,290 | 25 | $182,284,203 |
| - | Margin Call | $25,602 | 121 | $5,042,111 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $25,181 | 206 | $103,717,043 |
| - | Courageous | $24,711 | 101 | $33,436,060 |
| - | Moneyball | $20,281 | 98 | $74,262,109 |
| - | Like Crazy | $17,018 | 100 | $3,252,463 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $16,039 | 49 | $14,745,896 |
| - | The Three Musketeers | $15,321 | 123 | $20,280,435 |
| - | The Ides of March | $11,919 | 72 | $40,534,154 |
| - | 50/50 | $11,912 | 111 | $34,938,509 |
| - | Drive | $11,906 | 56 | $34,716,312 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $5,856 | 39 | $2,854,531 |
| - | The Rum Diary | $3,691 | 30 | $13,091,304 |
| - | Cook County | $2,785 | 5 | $2,785 |
| - | Pastorela | $2,303 | 19 | $148,471 |
| - | Answers to Nothing | $20 | 1 | $21,892 |
| Reporting: 39 | $37,326,663 | total | ||