Daily Domestic Box Office Wednesday, December 21, 2011
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (3) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $8,921,045 | +428% | 3,448 | $2,587 | $26,015,359 | 6 | |
| 2 | (new) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $5,065,496 | 2,914 | $1,738 | $5,065,496 | 1 | ||
| 3 | (1) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $4,283,299 | -17% | 3,703 | $1,157 | $54,008,573 | 6 | |
| 4 | (2) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $3,509,797 | +0% | 3,723 | $943 | $32,972,568 | 6 | |
| 5 | (new) | The Adventures of Tintin | $2,302,020 | 3,087 | $746 | $5,577,020 | 1 | ||
| 6 | (4) | New Year’s Eve | $1,056,104 | -18% | +3% | 3,051 | $346 | $28,172,010 | 13 |
| 7 | (5) | Arthur Christmas | $667,892 | -17% | +81% | 2,105 | $317 | $40,612,139 | 29 |
| 8 | (9) | The Muppets | $586,401 | -14% | +40% | 2,808 | $209 | $72,848,146 | 29 |
| 9 | (7) | The Sitter | $553,978 | -23% | -30% | 2,473 | $224 | $19,905,546 | 13 |
| 10 | (8) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $515,186 | -26% | -21% | 1,822 | $283 | $268,192,542 | 34 |
| 11 | (6) | Hugo | $507,511 | -30% | +7% | 1,487 | $341 | $41,015,413 | 29 |
| 12 | (10) | The Descendants | $384,822 | -14% | -5% | 835 | $461 | $29,874,831 | 36 |
| 13 | (11) | Young Adult | $351,843 | -17% | +1,020% | 986 | $357 | $5,034,154 | 13 |
| 14 | (12) | Happy Feet Two | $133,151 | -47% | -48% | 760 | $175 | $59,501,523 | 34 |
| 15 | (16) | Puss in Boots | $127,940 | +22% | +18% | 757 | $169 | $143,097,680 | 55 |
| 16 | (13) | Jack and Jill | $94,550 | -46% | -46% | 677 | $140 | $70,951,429 | 41 |
| - | (19) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $51,772 | -9% | +98% | 16 | $3,236 | $1,044,045 | 13 |
| - | (14) | Immortals | $44,264 | -64% | -84% | 1,216 | $36 | $82,196,342 | 41 |
| - | (15) | Tower Heist | $43,890 | -58% | -78% | 418 | $105 | $76,062,755 | 48 |
| - | (18) | Dolphin Tale | $39,036 | -31% | +139% | 250 | $156 | $71,466,204 | 90 |
| - | (20) | Shame | $38,140 | -22% | +10% | 51 | $748 | $1,367,255 | 20 |
| - | (17) | J. Edgar | $36,364 | -38% | -74% | 455 | $80 | $35,870,872 | 43 |
| - | (24) | The Polar Express | $31,190 | +57% | +117% | 22 | $1,418 | $182,437,555 | 2,598 |
| - | (21) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $26,580 | -19% | -57% | 245 | $108 | $34,505,417 | 48 |
| - | (23) | Footloose | $24,078 | -12% | +238% | 253 | $95 | $51,366,581 | 69 |
| - | (31) | Moneyball | $23,213 | +93% | +53% | 242 | $96 | $74,363,317 | 90 |
| - | (28) | Courageous | $20,955 | +39% | +20% | 187 | $112 | $33,564,619 | 83 |
| - | (22) | In Time | $16,611 | -40% | -59% | 273 | $61 | $36,804,906 | 55 |
| - | (27) | Born to be Wild 3D | $15,851 | +5% | +32% | 49 | $323 | $14,829,583 | 258 |
| - | (25) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $14,702 | -16% | -3% | 206 | $71 | $103,831,682 | 62 |
| - | (29) | The Way | $13,020 | +3% | -22% | 93 | $140 | $4,024,995 | 76 |
| - | (26) | Margin Call | $11,032 | -29% | -36% | 121 | $91 | $5,154,225 | 62 |
| - | (34) | The Ides of March | $9,160 | +18% | -26% | 141 | $65 | $40,592,290 | 76 |
| - | (35) | Drive | $8,911 | +15% | +30% | 56 | $159 | $34,769,654 | 97 |
| - | (33) | 50/50 | $8,801 | -6% | -5% | 111 | $79 | $34,991,598 | 83 |
| - | (32) | Like Crazy | $8,765 | -17% | -60% | 100 | $88 | $3,324,718 | 55 |
| - | (30) | The Three Musketeers | $6,110 | -51% | -30% | 123 | $50 | $20,342,576 | 62 |
| - | (36) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $2,534 | -20% | -65% | 39 | $65 | $2,880,155 | 62 |
| - | (37) | The Rum Diary | $1,939 | -25% | -55% | 30 | $65 | $13,107,304 | 55 |
| - | (38) | Pastorela | $705 | -45% | -71% | 19 | $37 | $160,263 | 20 |
| - | (39) | Cook County | $448 | -17% | 5 | $90 | $9,116 | 6 | |
| Reporting movies: 41 | $29,559,106 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $8,921,045 | 3,448 | $26,015,359 |
| 2 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $5,065,496 | 2,914 | $5,065,496 |
| 3 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $4,283,299 | 3,703 | $54,008,573 |
| 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $3,509,797 | 3,723 | $32,972,568 |
| 5 | The Adventures of Tintin | $2,302,020 | 3,087 | $5,577,020 |
| 6 | New Year’s Eve | $1,056,104 | 3,051 | $28,172,010 |
| 7 | Arthur Christmas | $667,892 | 2,105 | $40,612,139 |
| 8 | The Muppets | $586,401 | 2,808 | $72,848,146 |
| 9 | The Sitter | $553,978 | 2,473 | $19,905,546 |
| 10 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $515,186 | 1,822 | $268,192,542 |
| 11 | Hugo | $507,511 | 1,487 | $41,015,413 |
| 12 | The Descendants | $384,822 | 835 | $29,874,831 |
| 13 | Young Adult | $351,843 | 986 | $5,034,154 |
| 14 | Happy Feet Two | $133,151 | 760 | $59,501,523 |
| 15 | Puss in Boots | $127,940 | 757 | $143,097,680 |
| 16 | Jack and Jill | $94,550 | 677 | $70,951,429 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $51,772 | 16 | $1,044,045 |
| - | Immortals | $44,264 | 1,216 | $82,196,342 |
| - | Tower Heist | $43,890 | 418 | $76,062,755 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $39,036 | 250 | $71,466,204 |
| - | Shame | $38,140 | 51 | $1,367,255 |
| - | J. Edgar | $36,364 | 455 | $35,870,872 |
| - | The Polar Express | $31,190 | 22 | $182,437,555 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $26,580 | 245 | $34,505,417 |
| - | Footloose | $24,078 | 253 | $51,366,581 |
| - | Moneyball | $23,213 | 242 | $74,363,317 |
| - | Courageous | $20,955 | 187 | $33,564,619 |
| - | In Time | $16,611 | 273 | $36,804,906 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $15,851 | 49 | $14,829,583 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $14,702 | 206 | $103,831,682 |
| - | The Way | $13,020 | 93 | $4,024,995 |
| - | Margin Call | $11,032 | 121 | $5,154,225 |
| - | The Ides of March | $9,160 | 141 | $40,592,290 |
| - | Drive | $8,911 | 56 | $34,769,654 |
| - | 50/50 | $8,801 | 111 | $34,991,598 |
| - | Like Crazy | $8,765 | 100 | $3,324,718 |
| - | The Three Musketeers | $6,110 | 123 | $20,342,576 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $2,534 | 39 | $2,880,155 |
| - | The Rum Diary | $1,939 | 30 | $13,107,304 |
| - | Pastorela | $705 | 19 | $160,263 |
| - | Cook County | $448 | 5 | $9,116 |
| Reporting: 41 | $29,559,106 | total | ||