Daily Domestic Box Office Monday, December 19, 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 | $4,926,128 | -52% | 3,703 | $1,330 | $44,563,207 | 4 | |
| 2 | (2) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $2,712,721 | -59% | 3,723 | $729 | $25,957,465 | 4 | |
| 3 | (3) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $2,021,005 | -49% | 425 | $4,755 | $14,806,209 | 4 | |
| 4 | (4) | New Year’s Eve | $1,118,249 | -40% | +13% | 3,505 | $319 | $25,834,416 | 11 |
| 5 | (5) | The Sitter | $706,209 | -48% | -22% | 2,752 | $257 | $18,636,196 | 11 |
| 6 | (6) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $651,427 | -46% | +0% | 2,958 | $220 | $266,979,401 | 32 |
| 7 | (8) | Arthur Christmas | $641,568 | -44% | +112% | 2,929 | $219 | $39,143,199 | 27 |
| 8 | (7) | Hugo | $626,378 | -46% | +35% | 2,532 | $247 | $39,782,087 | 27 |
| 9 | (9) | The Muppets | $588,340 | -48% | +44% | 2,808 | $210 | $71,582,911 | 27 |
| 10 | (10) | Young Adult | $417,506 | -55% | +1,083% | 986 | $423 | $4,260,589 | 11 |
| 11 | (11) | The Descendants | $398,316 | -54% | -5% | 878 | $454 | $29,044,225 | 34 |
| 12 | (12) | Happy Feet Two | $205,324 | -44% | -6% | 1,780 | $115 | $59,115,197 | 32 |
| 13 | (13) | Jack and Jill | $173,856 | -47% | +5% | 1,910 | $91 | $70,680,485 | 39 |
| 14 | (14) | Immortals | $139,186 | -47% | -51% | 1,216 | $114 | $82,028,562 | 39 |
| 15 | (15) | Tower Heist | $124,925 | -42% | -29% | 1,315 | $95 | $75,913,665 | 46 |
| - | (16) | Puss in Boots | $89,264 | -42% | -11% | 757 | $118 | $142,864,666 | 53 |
| - | (18) | J. Edgar | $57,327 | -45% | -59% | 703 | $82 | $35,776,224 | 41 |
| - | (17) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $56,035 | -61% | +63% | 16 | $3,502 | $935,583 | 11 |
| - | (19) | Shame | $48,695 | -50% | +35% | 51 | $955 | $1,279,990 | 18 |
| - | (20) | Dolphin Tale | $39,477 | -32% | +147% | 281 | $140 | $71,370,337 | 88 |
| - | (21) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $32,782 | -37% | -43% | 202 | $162 | $34,445,861 | 46 |
| - | (22) | In Time | $27,751 | -43% | -31% | 273 | $102 | $36,760,445 | 53 |
| - | (24) | Footloose | $22,325 | -38% | +315% | 253 | $88 | $51,315,101 | 67 |
| - | (25) | The Polar Express | $22,256 | -24% | +211% | 25 | $890 | $182,386,472 | 2,596 |
| - | (26) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $15,899 | -46% | +4% | 206 | $77 | $103,799,377 | 60 |
| - | (23) | Courageous | $14,346 | -66% | -12% | 101 | $142 | $33,528,574 | 81 |
| - | (27) | Margin Call | $13,033 | -47% | -16% | 121 | $108 | $5,127,720 | 60 |
| - | (30) | Like Crazy | $12,424 | -30% | -38% | 100 | $124 | $3,305,382 | 53 |
| - | (28) | Born to be Wild 3D | $11,666 | -42% | +27% | 49 | $238 | $14,798,611 | 256 |
| - | (-) | The Way | $10,830 | -24% | 93 | $116 | $3,999,363 | 74 | |
| - | (29) | Moneyball | $10,732 | -44% | -32% | 98 | $110 | $74,328,095 | 88 |
| - | (34) | 50/50 | $9,513 | -14% | +12% | 111 | $86 | $34,973,480 | 81 |
| - | (31) | The Three Musketeers | $8,735 | -40% | +1% | 123 | $71 | $20,324,059 | 60 |
| - | (33) | The Ides of March | $7,518 | -41% | -39% | 72 | $104 | $40,575,342 | 74 |
| - | (32) | Drive | $6,673 | -49% | +1% | 56 | $119 | $34,753,026 | 95 |
| - | (35) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $4,195 | -48% | -32% | 39 | $108 | $2,874,472 | 60 |
| - | (37) | The Rum Diary | $2,735 | -26% | -25% | 30 | $91 | $13,102,777 | 53 |
| - | (36) | Pastorela | $1,501 | -63% | -44% | 19 | $79 | $158,285 | 18 |
| - | (38) | Cook County | $551 | -73% | 5 | $110 | $8,130 | 4 | |
| - | (39) | Answers to Nothing | $20 | -23% | -86% | 1 | $20 | $22,049 | 18 |
| Reporting movies: 40 | $15,977,421 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $4,926,128 | 3,703 | $44,563,207 |
| 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $2,712,721 | 3,723 | $25,957,465 |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $2,021,005 | 425 | $14,806,209 |
| 4 | New Year’s Eve | $1,118,249 | 3,505 | $25,834,416 |
| 5 | The Sitter | $706,209 | 2,752 | $18,636,196 |
| 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $651,427 | 2,958 | $266,979,401 |
| 7 | Arthur Christmas | $641,568 | 2,929 | $39,143,199 |
| 8 | Hugo | $626,378 | 2,532 | $39,782,087 |
| 9 | The Muppets | $588,340 | 2,808 | $71,582,911 |
| 10 | Young Adult | $417,506 | 986 | $4,260,589 |
| 11 | The Descendants | $398,316 | 878 | $29,044,225 |
| 12 | Happy Feet Two | $205,324 | 1,780 | $59,115,197 |
| 13 | Jack and Jill | $173,856 | 1,910 | $70,680,485 |
| 14 | Immortals | $139,186 | 1,216 | $82,028,562 |
| 15 | Tower Heist | $124,925 | 1,315 | $75,913,665 |
| - | Puss in Boots | $89,264 | 757 | $142,864,666 |
| - | J. Edgar | $57,327 | 703 | $35,776,224 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $56,035 | 16 | $935,583 |
| - | Shame | $48,695 | 51 | $1,279,990 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $39,477 | 281 | $71,370,337 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $32,782 | 202 | $34,445,861 |
| - | In Time | $27,751 | 273 | $36,760,445 |
| - | Footloose | $22,325 | 253 | $51,315,101 |
| - | The Polar Express | $22,256 | 25 | $182,386,472 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $15,899 | 206 | $103,799,377 |
| - | Courageous | $14,346 | 101 | $33,528,574 |
| - | Margin Call | $13,033 | 121 | $5,127,720 |
| - | Like Crazy | $12,424 | 100 | $3,305,382 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $11,666 | 49 | $14,798,611 |
| - | The Way | $10,830 | 93 | $3,999,363 |
| - | Moneyball | $10,732 | 98 | $74,328,095 |
| - | 50/50 | $9,513 | 111 | $34,973,480 |
| - | The Three Musketeers | $8,735 | 123 | $20,324,059 |
| - | The Ides of March | $7,518 | 72 | $40,575,342 |
| - | Drive | $6,673 | 56 | $34,753,026 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $4,195 | 39 | $2,874,472 |
| - | The Rum Diary | $2,735 | 30 | $13,102,777 |
| - | Pastorela | $1,501 | 19 | $158,285 |
| - | Cook County | $551 | 5 | $8,130 |
| - | Answers to Nothing | $20 | 1 | $22,049 |
| Reporting: 40 | $15,977,421 | total | ||