Daily Domestic Box Office Sunday, December 25, 2011
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $13,653,650 | +119% | +247% | 3,448 | $3,960 | $61,993,090 | 10 |
| 2 | (2) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $9,616,493 | +147% | -7% | 3,703 | $2,597 | $79,024,177 | 10 |
| 3 | (new) | War Horse | $7,515,402 | 2,376 | $3,163 | $7,515,402 | 1 | ||
| 4 | (4) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $5,628,785 | +124% | 2,914 | $1,932 | $21,145,077 | 5 | |
| 5 | (6) | We Bought a Zoo | $4,491,200 | +138% | 3,117 | $1,441 | $9,818,920 | 3 | |
| 6 | (3) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $4,388,462 | +58% | -34% | 3,683 | $1,192 | $49,525,379 | 10 |
| 7 | (5) | The Adventures of Tintin | $3,765,778 | +55% | 3,087 | $1,220 | $17,729,016 | 5 | |
| 8 | (new) | The Darkest Hour | $2,993,519 | 2,324 | $1,288 | $2,993,519 | 1 | ||
| 9 | (10) | New Year’s Eve | $1,474,664 | +185% | -22% | 2,225 | $663 | $32,650,934 | 17 |
| 10 | (12) | The Descendants | $1,007,983 | +126% | +16% | 753 | $1,339 | $32,364,923 | 40 |
| 11 | (13) | Young Adult | $886,550 | +156% | -4% | 987 | $898 | $7,155,898 | 17 |
| 12 | (15) | The Sitter | $871,526 | +218% | -36% | 1,486 | $586 | $22,227,367 | 17 |
| 13 | (9) | Hugo | $826,947 | +40% | -29% | 951 | $870 | $43,759,097 | 33 |
| 14 | (11) | Don 2 | $661,767 | +34% | 157 | $4,215 | $1,732,055 | 4 | |
| 15 | (8) | The Muppets | $609,953 | +0% | -46% | 1,752 | $348 | $75,702,287 | 33 |
| 16 | (14) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $512,060 | +81% | -58% | 1,411 | $363 | $270,268,207 | 38 |
| 17 | (16) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $313,822 | +62% | +117% | 55 | $5,706 | $1,819,041 | 17 |
| - | (7) | Arthur Christmas | $298,393 | -60% | -74% | 1,524 | $196 | $43,541,321 | 33 |
| - | (17) | Puss in Boots | $136,530 | +46% | -11% | 389 | $351 | $143,661,774 | 59 |
| - | (new) | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $72,348 | 6 | $12,058 | $72,348 | 1 | ||
| - | (20) | J. Edgar | $64,268 | +84% | -38% | 455 | $141 | $36,054,409 | 47 |
| - | (18) | Happy Feet Two | $63,204 | -2% | -83% | 525 | $120 | $59,852,155 | 38 |
| - | (19) | Jack and Jill | $53,392 | +42% | -84% | 242 | $221 | $71,245,414 | 45 |
| - | (25) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $52,785 | +161% | +1% | 245 | $215 | $34,646,158 | 52 |
| - | (22) | Shame | $49,350 | +71% | -49% | 53 | $931 | $1,530,991 | 24 |
| - | (21) | Tower Heist | $48,110 | +55% | -78% | 283 | $170 | $76,250,170 | 52 |
| - | (23) | Immortals | $46,462 | +67% | -82% | 228 | $204 | $82,364,581 | 45 |
| - | (24) | Moneyball | $41,967 | +75% | +118% | 242 | $173 | $74,505,789 | 94 |
| - | (27) | Courageous | $41,930 | +190% | 0% | 192 | $218 | $33,684,292 | 87 |
| - | (26) | Dolphin Tale | $18,976 | +6% | -68% | 188 | $101 | $71,587,249 | 94 |
| - | (31) | In Time | $16,179 | +92% | -67% | 112 | $144 | $36,867,949 | 59 |
| - | (30) | The Ides of March | $16,102 | +59% | +26% | 145 | $111 | $40,647,231 | 80 |
| - | (32) | Footloose | $14,695 | +105% | -59% | 182 | $81 | $51,437,384 | 73 |
| - | (36) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $13,704 | +244% | -53% | 124 | $111 | $103,878,057 | 66 |
| - | (33) | The Way | $11,295 | +79% | 46 | $246 | $4,052,912 | 80 | |
| - | (34) | Margin Call | $7,466 | +20% | -70% | 30 | $249 | $5,186,350 | 66 |
| - | (35) | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $7,436 | +56% | 3 | $2,479 | $18,854 | 3 | |
| - | (37) | Drive | $4,058 | +59% | -69% | 26 | $156 | $34,787,204 | 101 |
| - | (40) | Like Crazy | $3,313 | +134% | -81% | 30 | $110 | $3,341,867 | 59 |
| - | (38) | The Three Musketeers | $2,846 | +43% | -80% | 37 | $77 | $20,358,120 | 66 |
| - | (29) | Born to be Wild 3D | $2,303 | -80% | -89% | 49 | $47 | $14,876,316 | 262 |
| - | (39) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $1,688 | -7% | -79% | 15 | $113 | $2,889,383 | 66 |
| - | (41) | 50/50 | $1,391 | +67% | -87% | 31 | $45 | $35,003,812 | 87 |
| - | (28) | The Polar Express | $1,243 | -91% | -96% | 20 | $62 | $182,527,614 | 2,602 |
| Reporting movies: 44 | $60,309,995 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $13,653,650 | 3,448 | $61,993,090 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $9,616,493 | 3,703 | $79,024,177 |
| 3 | War Horse | $7,515,402 | 2,376 | $7,515,402 |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $5,628,785 | 2,914 | $21,145,077 |
| 5 | We Bought a Zoo | $4,491,200 | 3,117 | $9,818,920 |
| 6 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $4,388,462 | 3,683 | $49,525,379 |
| 7 | The Adventures of Tintin | $3,765,778 | 3,087 | $17,729,016 |
| 8 | The Darkest Hour | $2,993,519 | 2,324 | $2,993,519 |
| 9 | New Year’s Eve | $1,474,664 | 2,225 | $32,650,934 |
| 10 | The Descendants | $1,007,983 | 753 | $32,364,923 |
| 11 | Young Adult | $886,550 | 987 | $7,155,898 |
| 12 | The Sitter | $871,526 | 1,486 | $22,227,367 |
| 13 | Hugo | $826,947 | 951 | $43,759,097 |
| 14 | Don 2 | $661,767 | 157 | $1,732,055 |
| 15 | The Muppets | $609,953 | 1,752 | $75,702,287 |
| 16 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $512,060 | 1,411 | $270,268,207 |
| 17 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $313,822 | 55 | $1,819,041 |
| - | Arthur Christmas | $298,393 | 1,524 | $43,541,321 |
| - | Puss in Boots | $136,530 | 389 | $143,661,774 |
| - | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $72,348 | 6 | $72,348 |
| - | J. Edgar | $64,268 | 455 | $36,054,409 |
| - | Happy Feet Two | $63,204 | 525 | $59,852,155 |
| - | Jack and Jill | $53,392 | 242 | $71,245,414 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $52,785 | 245 | $34,646,158 |
| - | Shame | $49,350 | 53 | $1,530,991 |
| - | Tower Heist | $48,110 | 283 | $76,250,170 |
| - | Immortals | $46,462 | 228 | $82,364,581 |
| - | Moneyball | $41,967 | 242 | $74,505,789 |
| - | Courageous | $41,930 | 192 | $33,684,292 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $18,976 | 188 | $71,587,249 |
| - | In Time | $16,179 | 112 | $36,867,949 |
| - | The Ides of March | $16,102 | 145 | $40,647,231 |
| - | Footloose | $14,695 | 182 | $51,437,384 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $13,704 | 124 | $103,878,057 |
| - | The Way | $11,295 | 46 | $4,052,912 |
| - | Margin Call | $7,466 | 30 | $5,186,350 |
| - | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $7,436 | 3 | $18,854 |
| - | Drive | $4,058 | 26 | $34,787,204 |
| - | Like Crazy | $3,313 | 30 | $3,341,867 |
| - | The Three Musketeers | $2,846 | 37 | $20,358,120 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $2,303 | 49 | $14,876,316 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $1,688 | 15 | $2,889,383 |
| - | 50/50 | $1,391 | 31 | $35,003,812 |
| - | The Polar Express | $1,243 | 20 | $182,527,614 |
| Reporting: 44 | $60,309,995 | total | ||