Daily Domestic Box Office Sunday, December 18, 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 | $10,334,634 | -30% | 3,703 | $2,791 | $39,637,079 | 3 | |
| 2 | (2) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $6,651,523 | -33% | 3,723 | $1,787 | $23,244,744 | 3 | |
| 3 | (3) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $3,933,794 | -17% | 425 | $9,256 | $12,785,204 | 3 | |
| 4 | (4) | New Year’s Eve | $1,878,714 | -35% | -31% | 3,505 | $536 | $24,716,167 | 10 |
| 5 | (5) | The Sitter | $1,365,562 | -24% | -41% | 2,752 | $496 | $17,929,987 | 10 |
| 6 | (6) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $1,205,304 | -30% | -39% | 2,958 | $407 | $266,327,974 | 31 |
| 7 | (7) | Hugo | $1,161,286 | -27% | -33% | 2,532 | $459 | $39,155,709 | 26 |
| 8 | (8) | Arthur Christmas | $1,141,434 | -27% | -42% | 2,929 | $390 | $38,501,631 | 26 |
| 9 | (9) | The Muppets | $1,124,649 | -27% | -45% | 2,808 | $401 | $70,994,571 | 26 |
| 10 | (11) | Young Adult | $920,612 | -34% | +863% | 986 | $934 | $3,843,083 | 10 |
| 11 | (10) | The Descendants | $870,519 | -41% | -17% | 878 | $991 | $28,645,909 | 33 |
| 12 | (13) | Happy Feet Two | $363,841 | -19% | -67% | 1,780 | $204 | $58,909,873 | 31 |
| 13 | (12) | Jack and Jill | $330,672 | -39% | -55% | 1,910 | $173 | $70,506,629 | 38 |
| 14 | (15) | Immortals | $263,875 | -24% | -61% | 1,216 | $217 | $81,889,376 | 38 |
| 15 | (14) | Tower Heist | $217,025 | -47% | -57% | 1,315 | $165 | $75,788,740 | 45 |
| - | (16) | Puss in Boots | $152,958 | -25% | -70% | 757 | $202 | $142,775,402 | 52 |
| - | (17) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $144,518 | -24% | +44% | 16 | $9,032 | $879,548 | 10 |
| - | (18) | J. Edgar | $104,363 | -40% | -64% | 703 | $148 | $35,718,897 | 40 |
| - | (19) | Shame | $96,760 | -21% | +11% | 51 | $1,897 | $1,231,295 | 17 |
| - | (20) | Dolphin Tale | $58,425 | -33% | -21% | 281 | $208 | $71,330,860 | 87 |
| - | (21) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $52,068 | -25% | -57% | 202 | $258 | $34,413,079 | 45 |
| - | (22) | In Time | $48,960 | -26% | -45% | 273 | $179 | $36,732,694 | 52 |
| - | (27) | Courageous | $42,047 | +16% | -43% | 101 | $416 | $33,514,228 | 80 |
| - | (23) | Footloose | $36,250 | -29% | +149% | 253 | $143 | $51,292,776 | 66 |
| - | (24) | The Polar Express | $29,422 | -42% | -14% | 25 | $1,177 | $182,364,216 | 2,595 |
| - | (26) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $29,217 | -21% | -22% | 206 | $142 | $103,783,478 | 59 |
| - | (25) | Margin Call | $24,504 | -49% | -45% | 121 | $203 | $5,114,687 | 59 |
| - | (30) | Born to be Wild 3D | $20,033 | -5% | +5% | 49 | $409 | $14,786,945 | 255 |
| - | (28) | Moneyball | $19,208 | -47% | -41% | 98 | $196 | $74,317,363 | 87 |
| - | (29) | Like Crazy | $17,852 | -21% | -59% | 100 | $179 | $3,292,958 | 52 |
| - | (32) | The Three Musketeers | $14,531 | -29% | -33% | 123 | $118 | $20,315,324 | 59 |
| - | (33) | Drive | $13,018 | -24% | -2% | 56 | $232 | $34,746,353 | 94 |
| - | (31) | The Ides of March | $12,782 | -39% | -53% | 72 | $178 | $40,567,824 | 73 |
| - | (34) | 50/50 | $11,057 | -23% | -37% | 111 | $100 | $34,963,967 | 80 |
| - | (35) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $8,052 | +5% | -41% | 39 | $206 | $2,870,277 | 59 |
| - | (37) | Pastorela | $4,090 | -3% | -59% | 19 | $215 | $156,784 | 17 |
| - | (36) | The Rum Diary | $3,707 | -26% | -60% | 30 | $124 | $13,100,042 | 52 |
| - | (38) | Cook County | $2,030 | -27% | 5 | $406 | $7,579 | 3 | |
| - | (39) | Answers to Nothing | $26 | -77% | -87% | 1 | $26 | $22,029 | 17 |
| Reporting movies: 39 | $32,709,322 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $10,334,634 | 3,703 | $39,637,079 |
| 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $6,651,523 | 3,723 | $23,244,744 |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $3,933,794 | 425 | $12,785,204 |
| 4 | New Year’s Eve | $1,878,714 | 3,505 | $24,716,167 |
| 5 | The Sitter | $1,365,562 | 2,752 | $17,929,987 |
| 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $1,205,304 | 2,958 | $266,327,974 |
| 7 | Hugo | $1,161,286 | 2,532 | $39,155,709 |
| 8 | Arthur Christmas | $1,141,434 | 2,929 | $38,501,631 |
| 9 | The Muppets | $1,124,649 | 2,808 | $70,994,571 |
| 10 | Young Adult | $920,612 | 986 | $3,843,083 |
| 11 | The Descendants | $870,519 | 878 | $28,645,909 |
| 12 | Happy Feet Two | $363,841 | 1,780 | $58,909,873 |
| 13 | Jack and Jill | $330,672 | 1,910 | $70,506,629 |
| 14 | Immortals | $263,875 | 1,216 | $81,889,376 |
| 15 | Tower Heist | $217,025 | 1,315 | $75,788,740 |
| - | Puss in Boots | $152,958 | 757 | $142,775,402 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $144,518 | 16 | $879,548 |
| - | J. Edgar | $104,363 | 703 | $35,718,897 |
| - | Shame | $96,760 | 51 | $1,231,295 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $58,425 | 281 | $71,330,860 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $52,068 | 202 | $34,413,079 |
| - | In Time | $48,960 | 273 | $36,732,694 |
| - | Courageous | $42,047 | 101 | $33,514,228 |
| - | Footloose | $36,250 | 253 | $51,292,776 |
| - | The Polar Express | $29,422 | 25 | $182,364,216 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $29,217 | 206 | $103,783,478 |
| - | Margin Call | $24,504 | 121 | $5,114,687 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $20,033 | 49 | $14,786,945 |
| - | Moneyball | $19,208 | 98 | $74,317,363 |
| - | Like Crazy | $17,852 | 100 | $3,292,958 |
| - | The Three Musketeers | $14,531 | 123 | $20,315,324 |
| - | Drive | $13,018 | 56 | $34,746,353 |
| - | The Ides of March | $12,782 | 72 | $40,567,824 |
| - | 50/50 | $11,057 | 111 | $34,963,967 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $8,052 | 39 | $2,870,277 |
| - | Pastorela | $4,090 | 19 | $156,784 |
| - | The Rum Diary | $3,707 | 30 | $13,100,042 |
| - | Cook County | $2,030 | 5 | $7,579 |
| - | Answers to Nothing | $26 | 1 | $22,029 |
| Reporting: 39 | $32,709,322 | total | ||