Daily Domestic Box Office Tuesday, December 20, 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 | $5,162,067 | +5% | 3,703 | $1,394 | $49,725,274 | 5 | |
| 2 | (2) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $3,505,306 | +29% | 3,723 | $942 | $29,462,771 | 5 | |
| 3 | (3) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $1,688,105 | -16% | 425 | $3,972 | $16,494,314 | 5 | |
| 4 | (4) | New Year’s Eve | $1,281,490 | +15% | -2% | 3,505 | $366 | $27,115,906 | 12 |
| 5 | (7) | Arthur Christmas | $801,048 | +25% | +87% | 2,929 | $273 | $39,944,247 | 28 |
| 6 | (8) | Hugo | $725,815 | +16% | +27% | 2,532 | $287 | $40,507,902 | 28 |
| 7 | (5) | The Sitter | $715,372 | +1% | -29% | 2,752 | $260 | $19,351,568 | 12 |
| 8 | (6) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $697,955 | +7% | -7% | 2,958 | $236 | $267,677,356 | 33 |
| 9 | (9) | The Muppets | $678,834 | +15% | +43% | 2,808 | $242 | $72,261,745 | 28 |
| 10 | (11) | The Descendants | $445,784 | +12% | -9% | 878 | $508 | $29,490,009 | 35 |
| 11 | (10) | Young Adult | $421,722 | +1% | +1,225% | 986 | $428 | $4,682,311 | 12 |
| 12 | (12) | Happy Feet Two | $253,175 | +23% | -15% | 1,780 | $142 | $59,368,372 | 33 |
| 13 | (13) | Jack and Jill | $176,394 | +1% | -19% | 1,910 | $92 | $70,856,879 | 40 |
| 14 | (14) | Immortals | $123,516 | -11% | -63% | 1,216 | $102 | $82,152,078 | 40 |
| 15 | (15) | Tower Heist | $105,200 | -16% | -49% | 1,315 | $80 | $76,018,865 | 47 |
| 16 | (16) | Puss in Boots | $105,074 | +18% | -6% | 757 | $139 | $142,969,740 | 54 |
| - | (17) | J. Edgar | $58,284 | +2% | -63% | 703 | $83 | $35,834,508 | 42 |
| - | (20) | Dolphin Tale | $56,831 | +44% | +199% | 281 | $202 | $71,427,168 | 89 |
| - | (18) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $56,690 | +1% | +99% | 16 | $3,543 | $992,273 | 12 |
| - | (19) | Shame | $49,125 | +1% | +30% | 51 | $963 | $1,329,115 | 19 |
| - | (21) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $32,976 | +1% | -55% | 202 | $163 | $34,478,837 | 47 |
| - | (22) | In Time | $27,850 | +0% | -41% | 273 | $102 | $36,788,295 | 54 |
| - | (23) | Footloose | $27,402 | +23% | +269% | 253 | $108 | $51,342,503 | 68 |
| - | (24) | The Polar Express | $19,893 | -11% | +61% | 25 | $796 | $182,406,365 | 2,597 |
| - | (25) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $17,603 | +11% | +9% | 206 | $85 | $103,816,980 | 61 |
| - | (27) | Margin Call | $15,473 | +19% | -23% | 121 | $128 | $5,143,193 | 61 |
| - | (29) | Born to be Wild 3D | $15,121 | +30% | +8% | 49 | $309 | $14,813,732 | 257 |
| - | (26) | Courageous | $15,090 | +5% | -28% | 101 | $149 | $33,543,664 | 82 |
| - | (30) | The Way | $12,612 | +16% | -28% | 93 | $136 | $4,011,975 | 75 |
| - | (33) | The Three Musketeers | $12,407 | +42% | +10% | 123 | $101 | $20,336,466 | 61 |
| - | (31) | Moneyball | $12,009 | +12% | -29% | 98 | $123 | $74,340,104 | 89 |
| - | (28) | Like Crazy | $10,571 | -15% | -54% | 100 | $106 | $3,315,953 | 54 |
| - | (32) | 50/50 | $9,317 | -2% | -14% | 111 | $84 | $34,982,797 | 82 |
| - | (34) | The Ides of March | $7,788 | +4% | -45% | 72 | $108 | $40,583,130 | 75 |
| - | (35) | Drive | $7,717 | +16% | +8% | 56 | $138 | $34,760,743 | 96 |
| - | (36) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $3,149 | -25% | -54% | 39 | $81 | $2,877,621 | 61 |
| - | (37) | The Rum Diary | $2,588 | -5% | -44% | 30 | $86 | $13,105,365 | 54 |
| - | (38) | Pastorela | $1,273 | -15% | -49% | 19 | $67 | $159,558 | 19 |
| - | (39) | Cook County | $538 | -2% | 5 | $108 | $8,668 | 5 | |
| Reporting movies: 39 | $17,359,164 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $5,162,067 | 3,703 | $49,725,274 |
| 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $3,505,306 | 3,723 | $29,462,771 |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $1,688,105 | 425 | $16,494,314 |
| 4 | New Year’s Eve | $1,281,490 | 3,505 | $27,115,906 |
| 5 | Arthur Christmas | $801,048 | 2,929 | $39,944,247 |
| 6 | Hugo | $725,815 | 2,532 | $40,507,902 |
| 7 | The Sitter | $715,372 | 2,752 | $19,351,568 |
| 8 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $697,955 | 2,958 | $267,677,356 |
| 9 | The Muppets | $678,834 | 2,808 | $72,261,745 |
| 10 | The Descendants | $445,784 | 878 | $29,490,009 |
| 11 | Young Adult | $421,722 | 986 | $4,682,311 |
| 12 | Happy Feet Two | $253,175 | 1,780 | $59,368,372 |
| 13 | Jack and Jill | $176,394 | 1,910 | $70,856,879 |
| 14 | Immortals | $123,516 | 1,216 | $82,152,078 |
| 15 | Tower Heist | $105,200 | 1,315 | $76,018,865 |
| 16 | Puss in Boots | $105,074 | 757 | $142,969,740 |
| - | J. Edgar | $58,284 | 703 | $35,834,508 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $56,831 | 281 | $71,427,168 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $56,690 | 16 | $992,273 |
| - | Shame | $49,125 | 51 | $1,329,115 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $32,976 | 202 | $34,478,837 |
| - | In Time | $27,850 | 273 | $36,788,295 |
| - | Footloose | $27,402 | 253 | $51,342,503 |
| - | The Polar Express | $19,893 | 25 | $182,406,365 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $17,603 | 206 | $103,816,980 |
| - | Margin Call | $15,473 | 121 | $5,143,193 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $15,121 | 49 | $14,813,732 |
| - | Courageous | $15,090 | 101 | $33,543,664 |
| - | The Way | $12,612 | 93 | $4,011,975 |
| - | The Three Musketeers | $12,407 | 123 | $20,336,466 |
| - | Moneyball | $12,009 | 98 | $74,340,104 |
| - | Like Crazy | $10,571 | 100 | $3,315,953 |
| - | 50/50 | $9,317 | 111 | $34,982,797 |
| - | The Ides of March | $7,788 | 72 | $40,583,130 |
| - | Drive | $7,717 | 56 | $34,760,743 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $3,149 | 39 | $2,877,621 |
| - | The Rum Diary | $2,588 | 30 | $13,105,365 |
| - | Pastorela | $1,273 | 19 | $159,558 |
| - | Cook County | $538 | 5 | $8,668 |
| Reporting: 39 | $17,359,164 | total | ||