Daily Domestic Box Office Thursday, December 22, 2011
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $6,421,102 | -28% | 3,448 | $1,862 | $32,436,461 | 7 | |
| 2 | (3) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $4,745,049 | +11% | 3,703 | $1,281 | $58,753,622 | 7 | |
| 3 | (4) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $3,967,619 | +13% | 3,723 | $1,066 | $36,940,187 | 7 | |
| 4 | (2) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $3,310,977 | -35% | 2,914 | $1,136 | $8,376,473 | 2 | |
| 5 | (5) | The Adventures of Tintin | $2,431,003 | +6% | 3,087 | $787 | $8,008,023 | 2 | |
| 6 | (6) | New Year’s Eve | $1,165,185 | +10% | +10% | 3,051 | $382 | $29,337,195 | 14 |
| 7 | (7) | Arthur Christmas | $855,863 | +28% | +92% | 2,105 | $407 | $41,468,002 | 30 |
| 8 | (8) | The Muppets | $708,379 | +21% | +66% | 2,808 | $252 | $73,556,525 | 30 |
| 9 | (11) | Hugo | $611,856 | +21% | +17% | 1,487 | $411 | $41,627,269 | 30 |
| 10 | (10) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $609,359 | +18% | -10% | 1,822 | $334 | $268,801,901 | 35 |
| 11 | (9) | The Sitter | $582,656 | +5% | -23% | 2,473 | $236 | $20,488,202 | 14 |
| 12 | (12) | The Descendants | $416,721 | +8% | -3% | 835 | $499 | $30,291,552 | 37 |
| 13 | (13) | Young Adult | $375,294 | +7% | +1,106% | 986 | $381 | $5,409,448 | 14 |
| 14 | (15) | Puss in Boots | $153,517 | +20% | +33% | 757 | $203 | $143,251,197 | 56 |
| 15 | (14) | Happy Feet Two | $131,119 | -2% | -51% | 760 | $173 | $59,632,642 | 35 |
| 16 | (16) | Jack and Jill | $108,279 | +15% | -44% | 677 | $160 | $71,059,708 | 42 |
| - | (new) | Don 2 | $58,134 | 59 | $985 | $58,134 | 1 | ||
| - | (17) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $57,537 | +11% | +148% | 16 | $3,596 | $1,101,582 | 14 |
| - | (19) | Tower Heist | $50,160 | +14% | -73% | 418 | $120 | $76,112,915 | 49 |
| - | (18) | Immortals | $47,280 | +7% | -83% | 1,216 | $39 | $82,243,622 | 42 |
| - | (20) | Dolphin Tale | $44,952 | +15% | +153% | 250 | $180 | $71,511,156 | 91 |
| - | (22) | J. Edgar | $41,398 | +14% | -69% | 455 | $91 | $35,912,270 | 44 |
| - | (21) | Shame | $40,162 | +5% | +18% | 51 | $787 | $1,407,417 | 21 |
| - | (23) | The Polar Express | $31,055 | 0% | +50% | 22 | $1,412 | $182,468,610 | 2,599 |
| - | (24) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $28,769 | +8% | -50% | 245 | $117 | $34,534,186 | 49 |
| - | (26) | Moneyball | $28,120 | +21% | +65% | 242 | $116 | $74,391,437 | 91 |
| - | (25) | Footloose | $28,041 | +16% | +322% | 253 | $111 | $51,394,622 | 70 |
| - | (27) | Courageous | $26,149 | +25% | +15% | 187 | $140 | $33,590,768 | 84 |
| - | (28) | In Time | $18,102 | +9% | -50% | 273 | $66 | $36,823,008 | 56 |
| - | (30) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $16,317 | +11% | 0% | 206 | $79 | $103,847,999 | 63 |
| - | (29) | Born to be Wild 3D | $14,555 | -8% | -23% | 49 | $297 | $14,844,138 | 259 |
| - | (32) | Margin Call | $11,214 | +2% | -33% | 121 | $93 | $5,165,439 | 63 |
| - | (33) | The Ides of March | $10,843 | +18% | -30% | 141 | $77 | $40,603,133 | 77 |
| - | (36) | Like Crazy | $9,418 | +7% | -60% | 100 | $94 | $3,334,136 | 56 |
| - | (35) | 50/50 | $8,520 | -3% | -15% | 111 | $77 | $35,000,118 | 84 |
| - | (37) | The Three Musketeers | $7,337 | +20% | -18% | 123 | $60 | $20,349,913 | 63 |
| - | (34) | Drive | $5,671 | -36% | -10% | 56 | $101 | $34,775,325 | 98 |
| - | (38) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $3,140 | +24% | -57% | 39 | $81 | $2,883,295 | 63 |
| - | (39) | The Rum Diary | $2,511 | +29% | -45% | 30 | $84 | $13,109,815 | 56 |
| - | (40) | Pastorela | $931 | +32% | -53% | 19 | $49 | $161,194 | 21 |
| - | (41) | Cook County | $611 | +36% | 5 | $122 | $9,727 | 7 | |
| Reporting movies: 41 | $27,184,905 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $6,421,102 | 3,448 | $32,436,461 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $4,745,049 | 3,703 | $58,753,622 |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $3,967,619 | 3,723 | $36,940,187 |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $3,310,977 | 2,914 | $8,376,473 |
| 5 | The Adventures of Tintin | $2,431,003 | 3,087 | $8,008,023 |
| 6 | New Year’s Eve | $1,165,185 | 3,051 | $29,337,195 |
| 7 | Arthur Christmas | $855,863 | 2,105 | $41,468,002 |
| 8 | The Muppets | $708,379 | 2,808 | $73,556,525 |
| 9 | Hugo | $611,856 | 1,487 | $41,627,269 |
| 10 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $609,359 | 1,822 | $268,801,901 |
| 11 | The Sitter | $582,656 | 2,473 | $20,488,202 |
| 12 | The Descendants | $416,721 | 835 | $30,291,552 |
| 13 | Young Adult | $375,294 | 986 | $5,409,448 |
| 14 | Puss in Boots | $153,517 | 757 | $143,251,197 |
| 15 | Happy Feet Two | $131,119 | 760 | $59,632,642 |
| 16 | Jack and Jill | $108,279 | 677 | $71,059,708 |
| - | Don 2 | $58,134 | 59 | $58,134 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $57,537 | 16 | $1,101,582 |
| - | Tower Heist | $50,160 | 418 | $76,112,915 |
| - | Immortals | $47,280 | 1,216 | $82,243,622 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $44,952 | 250 | $71,511,156 |
| - | J. Edgar | $41,398 | 455 | $35,912,270 |
| - | Shame | $40,162 | 51 | $1,407,417 |
| - | The Polar Express | $31,055 | 22 | $182,468,610 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $28,769 | 245 | $34,534,186 |
| - | Moneyball | $28,120 | 242 | $74,391,437 |
| - | Footloose | $28,041 | 253 | $51,394,622 |
| - | Courageous | $26,149 | 187 | $33,590,768 |
| - | In Time | $18,102 | 273 | $36,823,008 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $16,317 | 206 | $103,847,999 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $14,555 | 49 | $14,844,138 |
| - | Margin Call | $11,214 | 121 | $5,165,439 |
| - | The Ides of March | $10,843 | 141 | $40,603,133 |
| - | Like Crazy | $9,418 | 100 | $3,334,136 |
| - | 50/50 | $8,520 | 111 | $35,000,118 |
| - | The Three Musketeers | $7,337 | 123 | $20,349,913 |
| - | Drive | $5,671 | 56 | $34,775,325 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $3,140 | 39 | $2,883,295 |
| - | The Rum Diary | $2,511 | 30 | $13,109,815 |
| - | Pastorela | $931 | 19 | $161,194 |
| - | Cook County | $611 | 5 | $9,727 |
| Reporting: 41 | $27,184,905 | total | ||