Daily Domestic Box Office Saturday, December 17, 2011
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $14,694,463 | +1% | 3,703 | $3,968 | $29,302,445 | 2 | |
| 2 | (2) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $9,886,257 | +47% | 3,723 | $2,655 | $16,593,221 | 2 | |
| 3 | (3) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $4,748,567 | +16% | 425 | $11,173 | $8,851,410 | 2 | |
| 4 | (4) | New Year’s Eve | $2,901,205 | +15% | -45% | 3,505 | $828 | $22,837,453 | 9 |
| 5 | (5) | The Sitter | $1,798,223 | +24% | -53% | 2,752 | $653 | $16,564,425 | 9 |
| 6 | (6) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $1,714,274 | +34% | -50% | 2,958 | $580 | $265,122,670 | 30 |
| 7 | (8) | Hugo | $1,580,244 | +64% | -43% | 2,532 | $624 | $37,994,423 | 25 |
| 8 | (11) | Arthur Christmas | $1,571,346 | +87% | -49% | 2,929 | $536 | $37,360,197 | 25 |
| 9 | (10) | The Muppets | $1,541,563 | +80% | -53% | 2,808 | $549 | $69,869,922 | 25 |
| 10 | (9) | The Descendants | $1,469,079 | +58% | -27% | 878 | $1,673 | $27,775,390 | 32 |
| 11 | (7) | Young Adult | $1,392,602 | +28% | +1,014% | 986 | $1,412 | $2,922,471 | 9 |
| 12 | (12) | Jack and Jill | $538,085 | +49% | -63% | 1,910 | $282 | $70,175,957 | 37 |
| 13 | (14) | Happy Feet Two | $451,438 | +72% | -74% | 1,780 | $254 | $58,546,032 | 30 |
| 14 | (13) | Tower Heist | $407,750 | +48% | -64% | 1,315 | $310 | $75,571,715 | 44 |
| 15 | (15) | Immortals | $348,035 | +45% | -67% | 1,216 | $286 | $81,625,501 | 37 |
| - | (18) | Puss in Boots | $205,185 | +92% | -73% | 757 | $271 | $142,622,444 | 51 |
| - | (16) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $189,106 | +54% | +58% | 16 | $11,819 | $735,030 | 9 |
| - | (17) | J. Edgar | $174,049 | +61% | -68% | 703 | $248 | $35,614,534 | 39 |
| - | (19) | Shame | $121,825 | +37% | +8% | 51 | $2,389 | $1,134,535 | 16 |
| - | (22) | Dolphin Tale | $87,406 | +85% | -31% | 281 | $311 | $71,272,435 | 86 |
| - | (20) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $69,104 | +28% | -65% | 202 | $342 | $34,361,011 | 44 |
| - | (21) | In Time | $65,827 | +36% | -55% | 273 | $241 | $36,683,734 | 51 |
| - | (23) | Footloose | $50,941 | +39% | +55% | 253 | $201 | $51,256,526 | 65 |
| - | (24) | The Polar Express | $50,591 | +79% | -9% | 25 | $2,024 | $182,334,794 | 2,594 |
| - | (25) | Margin Call | $48,071 | +88% | -45% | 121 | $397 | $5,090,182 | 58 |
| - | (26) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $37,218 | +48% | -42% | 206 | $181 | $103,754,261 | 58 |
| - | (27) | Courageous | $36,121 | +46% | -49% | 101 | $358 | $33,472,181 | 79 |
| - | (28) | Moneyball | $36,046 | +78% | -52% | 98 | $368 | $74,298,155 | 86 |
| - | (29) | Like Crazy | $22,643 | +33% | -68% | 100 | $226 | $3,275,106 | 51 |
| - | (30) | Born to be Wild 3D | $21,016 | +31% | -12% | 49 | $429 | $14,766,912 | 254 |
| - | (32) | The Ides of March | $20,888 | +75% | -63% | 72 | $290 | $40,555,042 | 72 |
| - | (31) | The Three Musketeers | $20,358 | +33% | -46% | 123 | $166 | $20,300,793 | 58 |
| - | (34) | Drive | $17,023 | +43% | -15% | 56 | $304 | $34,733,335 | 93 |
| - | (33) | 50/50 | $14,401 | +21% | -46% | 111 | $130 | $34,952,910 | 79 |
| - | (35) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $7,694 | +31% | -67% | 39 | $197 | $2,862,225 | 58 |
| - | (36) | The Rum Diary | $5,031 | +36% | -54% | 30 | $168 | $13,096,335 | 51 |
| - | (38) | Pastorela | $4,223 | +83% | -63% | 19 | $222 | $152,694 | 16 |
| - | (37) | Cook County | $2,764 | -1% | 5 | $553 | $5,549 | 2 | |
| - | (39) | Answers to Nothing | $111 | +455% | -80% | 1 | $111 | $22,003 | 16 |
| Reporting movies: 39 | $46,350,773 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $14,694,463 | 3,703 | $29,302,445 |
| 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $9,886,257 | 3,723 | $16,593,221 |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $4,748,567 | 425 | $8,851,410 |
| 4 | New Year’s Eve | $2,901,205 | 3,505 | $22,837,453 |
| 5 | The Sitter | $1,798,223 | 2,752 | $16,564,425 |
| 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $1,714,274 | 2,958 | $265,122,670 |
| 7 | Hugo | $1,580,244 | 2,532 | $37,994,423 |
| 8 | Arthur Christmas | $1,571,346 | 2,929 | $37,360,197 |
| 9 | The Muppets | $1,541,563 | 2,808 | $69,869,922 |
| 10 | The Descendants | $1,469,079 | 878 | $27,775,390 |
| 11 | Young Adult | $1,392,602 | 986 | $2,922,471 |
| 12 | Jack and Jill | $538,085 | 1,910 | $70,175,957 |
| 13 | Happy Feet Two | $451,438 | 1,780 | $58,546,032 |
| 14 | Tower Heist | $407,750 | 1,315 | $75,571,715 |
| 15 | Immortals | $348,035 | 1,216 | $81,625,501 |
| - | Puss in Boots | $205,185 | 757 | $142,622,444 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $189,106 | 16 | $735,030 |
| - | J. Edgar | $174,049 | 703 | $35,614,534 |
| - | Shame | $121,825 | 51 | $1,134,535 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $87,406 | 281 | $71,272,435 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $69,104 | 202 | $34,361,011 |
| - | In Time | $65,827 | 273 | $36,683,734 |
| - | Footloose | $50,941 | 253 | $51,256,526 |
| - | The Polar Express | $50,591 | 25 | $182,334,794 |
| - | Margin Call | $48,071 | 121 | $5,090,182 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $37,218 | 206 | $103,754,261 |
| - | Courageous | $36,121 | 101 | $33,472,181 |
| - | Moneyball | $36,046 | 98 | $74,298,155 |
| - | Like Crazy | $22,643 | 100 | $3,275,106 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $21,016 | 49 | $14,766,912 |
| - | The Ides of March | $20,888 | 72 | $40,555,042 |
| - | The Three Musketeers | $20,358 | 123 | $20,300,793 |
| - | Drive | $17,023 | 56 | $34,733,335 |
| - | 50/50 | $14,401 | 111 | $34,952,910 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $7,694 | 39 | $2,862,225 |
| - | The Rum Diary | $5,031 | 30 | $13,096,335 |
| - | Pastorela | $4,223 | 19 | $152,694 |
| - | Cook County | $2,764 | 5 | $5,549 |
| - | Answers to Nothing | $111 | 1 | $22,003 |
| Reporting: 39 | $46,350,773 | total | ||