Daily Domestic Box Office Friday, December 23, 2011
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $9,675,908 | +51% | +136% | 3,448 | $2,806 | $42,112,369 | 8 |
| 2 | (2) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $6,755,371 | +42% | -54% | 3,703 | $1,824 | $65,508,993 | 8 |
| 3 | (3) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $5,421,548 | +37% | -19% | 3,734 | $1,452 | $42,361,735 | 8 |
| 4 | (4) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $4,630,185 | +40% | 2,914 | $1,589 | $13,006,658 | 3 | |
| 5 | (5) | The Adventures of Tintin | $3,519,175 | +45% | 3,087 | $1,140 | $11,527,198 | 3 | |
| 6 | (new) | We Bought a Zoo | $2,984,875 | 3,117 | $958 | $3,443,361 | 1 | ||
| 7 | (6) | New Year’s Eve | $1,322,093 | +13% | -48% | 2,585 | $511 | $30,659,288 | 15 |
| 8 | (7) | Arthur Christmas | $1,035,662 | +21% | +23% | 1,804 | $574 | $42,503,664 | 31 |
| 9 | (8) | The Muppets | $928,676 | +31% | +9% | 1,752 | $530 | $74,485,201 | 31 |
| 10 | (9) | Hugo | $715,057 | +17% | -26% | 1,236 | $579 | $42,342,326 | 31 |
| 11 | (10) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $671,876 | +10% | -47% | 1,603 | $419 | $269,473,777 | 36 |
| 12 | (12) | The Descendants | $619,725 | +49% | -33% | 813 | $762 | $30,911,277 | 38 |
| 13 | (11) | The Sitter | $593,580 | +2% | -59% | 1,786 | $332 | $21,081,782 | 15 |
| 14 | (17) | Don 2 | $519,443 | +794% | 159 | $3,267 | $577,577 | 2 | |
| 15 | (13) | Young Adult | $513,383 | +37% | -53% | 987 | $520 | $5,922,831 | 15 |
| - | (18) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $209,334 | +264% | +70% | 55 | $3,806 | $1,310,916 | 15 |
| - | (14) | Puss in Boots | $180,789 | +18% | +69% | 389 | $465 | $143,431,986 | 57 |
| - | (16) | Jack and Jill | $94,765 | -12% | -74% | 385 | $246 | $71,154,473 | 43 |
| - | (15) | Happy Feet Two | $91,998 | -30% | -65% | 535 | $172 | $59,724,640 | 36 |
| - | (19) | Tower Heist | $58,015 | +16% | -79% | 283 | $205 | $76,170,930 | 50 |
| - | (26) | Moneyball | $48,463 | +72% | +139% | 242 | $200 | $74,439,900 | 92 |
| - | (20) | Immortals | $46,643 | -1% | -81% | 228 | $205 | $82,290,265 | 43 |
| - | (23) | Shame | $45,311 | +13% | -49% | 50 | $906 | $1,452,728 | 22 |
| - | (24) | The Polar Express | $43,633 | +41% | +54% | 20 | $2,182 | $182,512,243 | 2,600 |
| - | (22) | J. Edgar | $42,977 | +4% | -60% | 455 | $94 | $35,955,247 | 45 |
| - | (21) | Dolphin Tale | $39,177 | -13% | -17% | 188 | $208 | $71,550,333 | 92 |
| - | (25) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $38,994 | +36% | -28% | 245 | $159 | $34,573,180 | 50 |
| - | (28) | Courageous | $34,131 | +31% | +38% | 192 | $178 | $33,627,899 | 85 |
| - | (27) | Footloose | $20,913 | -25% | -43% | 182 | $115 | $51,415,535 | 71 |
| - | (29) | In Time | $20,317 | +12% | -58% | 131 | $155 | $36,843,325 | 57 |
| - | (31) | Born to be Wild 3D | $18,257 | +25% | +14% | 49 | $373 | $14,862,395 | 260 |
| - | (33) | The Ides of March | $17,842 | +65% | +50% | 145 | $123 | $40,620,975 | 78 |
| - | (30) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $12,376 | -24% | -51% | 124 | $100 | $103,860,375 | 64 |
| - | (-) | The Way | $9,675 | 46 | $210 | $4,035,317 | 78 | ||
| - | (32) | Margin Call | $7,212 | -36% | -72% | 30 | $240 | $5,172,651 | 64 |
| - | (new) | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $6,660 | 3 | $2,220 | $6,660 | 1 | ||
| - | (37) | Drive | $5,263 | -7% | -56% | 26 | $202 | $34,780,588 | 99 |
| - | (36) | The Three Musketeers | $3,370 | -54% | -78% | 37 | $91 | $20,353,283 | 64 |
| - | (34) | Like Crazy | $3,001 | -68% | -82% | 30 | $100 | $3,337,137 | 57 |
| - | (38) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $2,584 | -18% | -56% | 18 | $144 | $2,885,879 | 64 |
| - | (35) | 50/50 | $1,471 | -83% | -88% | 31 | $47 | $35,001,589 | 85 |
| - | (-) | Inni | $165 | 1 | $165 | $116,563 | 88 | ||
| Reporting movies: 42 | $41,009,893 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $9,675,908 | 3,448 | $42,112,369 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $6,755,371 | 3,703 | $65,508,993 |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $5,421,548 | 3,734 | $42,361,735 |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $4,630,185 | 2,914 | $13,006,658 |
| 5 | The Adventures of Tintin | $3,519,175 | 3,087 | $11,527,198 |
| 6 | We Bought a Zoo | $2,984,875 | 3,117 | $3,443,361 |
| 7 | New Year’s Eve | $1,322,093 | 2,585 | $30,659,288 |
| 8 | Arthur Christmas | $1,035,662 | 1,804 | $42,503,664 |
| 9 | The Muppets | $928,676 | 1,752 | $74,485,201 |
| 10 | Hugo | $715,057 | 1,236 | $42,342,326 |
| 11 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $671,876 | 1,603 | $269,473,777 |
| 12 | The Descendants | $619,725 | 813 | $30,911,277 |
| 13 | The Sitter | $593,580 | 1,786 | $21,081,782 |
| 14 | Don 2 | $519,443 | 159 | $577,577 |
| 15 | Young Adult | $513,383 | 987 | $5,922,831 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $209,334 | 55 | $1,310,916 |
| - | Puss in Boots | $180,789 | 389 | $143,431,986 |
| - | Jack and Jill | $94,765 | 385 | $71,154,473 |
| - | Happy Feet Two | $91,998 | 535 | $59,724,640 |
| - | Tower Heist | $58,015 | 283 | $76,170,930 |
| - | Moneyball | $48,463 | 242 | $74,439,900 |
| - | Immortals | $46,643 | 228 | $82,290,265 |
| - | Shame | $45,311 | 50 | $1,452,728 |
| - | The Polar Express | $43,633 | 20 | $182,512,243 |
| - | J. Edgar | $42,977 | 455 | $35,955,247 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $39,177 | 188 | $71,550,333 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $38,994 | 245 | $34,573,180 |
| - | Courageous | $34,131 | 192 | $33,627,899 |
| - | Footloose | $20,913 | 182 | $51,415,535 |
| - | In Time | $20,317 | 131 | $36,843,325 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $18,257 | 49 | $14,862,395 |
| - | The Ides of March | $17,842 | 145 | $40,620,975 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $12,376 | 124 | $103,860,375 |
| - | The Way | $9,675 | 46 | $4,035,317 |
| - | Margin Call | $7,212 | 30 | $5,172,651 |
| - | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $6,660 | 3 | $6,660 |
| - | Drive | $5,263 | 26 | $34,780,588 |
| - | The Three Musketeers | $3,370 | 37 | $20,353,283 |
| - | Like Crazy | $3,001 | 30 | $3,337,137 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $2,584 | 18 | $2,885,879 |
| - | 50/50 | $1,471 | 31 | $35,001,589 |
| - | Inni | $165 | 1 | $116,563 |
| Reporting: 42 | $41,009,893 | total | ||