Daily Domestic Box Office Monday, December 26, 2011
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $14,562,154 | +7% | +621% | 3,448 | $4,223 | $76,555,244 | 11 |
| 2 | (2) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $10,829,958 | +13% | +120% | 3,703 | $2,925 | $89,854,135 | 11 |
| 3 | (3) | War Horse | $7,012,570 | -7% | 2,376 | $2,951 | $14,527,972 | 2 | |
| 4 | (6) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $6,943,102 | +58% | +156% | 3,683 | $1,885 | $56,468,481 | 11 |
| 5 | (4) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $6,724,208 | +19% | 2,914 | $2,308 | $27,869,285 | 6 | |
| 6 | (7) | The Adventures of Tintin | $5,415,136 | +44% | 3,087 | $1,754 | $23,144,152 | 6 | |
| 7 | (5) | We Bought a Zoo | $5,244,211 | +17% | 3,117 | $1,682 | $15,063,131 | 4 | |
| 8 | (8) | The Darkest Hour | $2,068,960 | -31% | 2,324 | $890 | $5,062,479 | 2 | |
| 9 | (9) | New Year’s Eve | $1,877,793 | +27% | +68% | 2,225 | $844 | $34,528,727 | 18 |
| 10 | (10) | The Descendants | $1,198,609 | +19% | +201% | 753 | $1,592 | $33,563,532 | 41 |
| 11 | (15) | The Muppets | $1,123,575 | +84% | +91% | 1,752 | $641 | $76,825,862 | 34 |
| 12 | (13) | Hugo | $989,786 | +20% | +58% | 951 | $1,041 | $44,748,883 | 34 |
| 13 | (11) | Young Adult | $920,290 | +4% | +120% | 987 | $932 | $8,076,188 | 18 |
| 14 | (16) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $914,635 | +79% | +40% | 1,411 | $648 | $271,182,842 | 39 |
| 15 | (12) | The Sitter | $758,177 | -13% | +7% | 1,486 | $510 | $22,985,544 | 18 |
| - | (18) | Arthur Christmas | $435,828 | +46% | -32% | 1,524 | $286 | $43,977,149 | 34 |
| - | (-) | The Artist | $432,198 | 167 | $2,588 | $2,813,691 | 32 | ||
| - | (14) | Don 2 | $349,367 | -47% | 158 | $2,211 | $2,081,422 | 5 | |
| - | (17) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $338,613 | +8% | +504% | 55 | $6,157 | $2,157,654 | 18 |
| - | (-) | My Week with Marilyn | $314,463 | 602 | $522 | $7,294,756 | 34 | ||
| - | (19) | Puss in Boots | $257,390 | +89% | +188% | 389 | $662 | $143,919,164 | 60 |
| - | (22) | Happy Feet Two | $121,686 | +93% | -41% | 525 | $232 | $59,973,841 | 39 |
| - | (21) | J. Edgar | $81,669 | +27% | +42% | 455 | $179 | $36,136,078 | 48 |
| - | (28) | Moneyball | $73,685 | +76% | +587% | 242 | $304 | $74,579,474 | 95 |
| - | (23) | Jack and Jill | $73,219 | +37% | -58% | 242 | $303 | $71,318,633 | 46 |
| - | (26) | Tower Heist | $67,920 | +41% | -46% | 283 | $240 | $76,318,090 | 53 |
| - | (25) | Shame | $65,766 | +33% | +35% | 53 | $1,241 | $1,596,757 | 25 |
| - | (29) | Courageous | $63,057 | +50% | +340% | 192 | $328 | $33,747,349 | 88 |
| - | (27) | Immortals | $50,766 | +9% | -64% | 228 | $223 | $82,415,347 | 46 |
| - | (30) | Dolphin Tale | $49,954 | +163% | +27% | 188 | $266 | $71,637,203 | 95 |
| - | (24) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $45,378 | -14% | +38% | 245 | $185 | $34,691,536 | 53 |
| - | (20) | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $42,370 | -41% | 6 | $7,062 | $114,718 | 2 | |
| - | (41) | Born to be Wild 3D | $33,325 | +1,347% | +186% | 49 | $680 | $14,909,641 | 263 |
| - | (33) | Footloose | $29,568 | +101% | +32% | 182 | $162 | $51,466,952 | 74 |
| - | (32) | The Ides of March | $28,136 | +75% | +274% | 145 | $194 | $40,675,367 | 81 |
| - | (-) | Pina | $23,811 | 3 | $7,937 | $91,823 | 4 | ||
| - | (31) | In Time | $23,758 | +47% | -14% | 112 | $212 | $36,891,707 | 60 |
| - | (35) | The Way | $19,035 | +69% | +76% | 46 | $414 | $4,071,947 | 81 |
| - | (44) | The Polar Express | $16,073 | +1,193% | -28% | 20 | $804 | $182,543,687 | 2,603 |
| - | (34) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $16,059 | +17% | +1% | 124 | $130 | $103,894,116 | 67 |
| - | (36) | Margin Call | $11,841 | +59% | -9% | 30 | $395 | $5,198,191 | 67 |
| - | (37) | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $6,605 | -11% | 3 | $2,202 | $25,459 | 4 | |
| - | (38) | Drive | $6,144 | +51% | -8% | 26 | $236 | $34,793,348 | 102 |
| - | (40) | The Three Musketeers | $4,208 | +48% | -52% | 37 | $114 | $20,362,328 | 67 |
| - | (39) | Like Crazy | $3,924 | +18% | -68% | 30 | $131 | $3,345,791 | 60 |
| - | (43) | 50/50 | $3,065 | +120% | -68% | 31 | $99 | $35,006,877 | 88 |
| - | (42) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $2,898 | +72% | -31% | 18 | $161 | $2,892,281 | 67 |
| - | (-) | Sleeping Beauty | $641 | 3 | $214 | $34,588 | 25 | ||
| - | (-) | Into the Abyss | $541 | 3 | $180 | $222,029 | 46 | ||
| Reporting movies: 49 | $69,676,125 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $14,562,154 | 3,448 | $76,555,244 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $10,829,958 | 3,703 | $89,854,135 |
| 3 | War Horse | $7,012,570 | 2,376 | $14,527,972 |
| 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $6,943,102 | 3,683 | $56,468,481 |
| 5 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $6,724,208 | 2,914 | $27,869,285 |
| 6 | The Adventures of Tintin | $5,415,136 | 3,087 | $23,144,152 |
| 7 | We Bought a Zoo | $5,244,211 | 3,117 | $15,063,131 |
| 8 | The Darkest Hour | $2,068,960 | 2,324 | $5,062,479 |
| 9 | New Year’s Eve | $1,877,793 | 2,225 | $34,528,727 |
| 10 | The Descendants | $1,198,609 | 753 | $33,563,532 |
| 11 | The Muppets | $1,123,575 | 1,752 | $76,825,862 |
| 12 | Hugo | $989,786 | 951 | $44,748,883 |
| 13 | Young Adult | $920,290 | 987 | $8,076,188 |
| 14 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $914,635 | 1,411 | $271,182,842 |
| 15 | The Sitter | $758,177 | 1,486 | $22,985,544 |
| - | Arthur Christmas | $435,828 | 1,524 | $43,977,149 |
| - | The Artist | $432,198 | 167 | $2,813,691 |
| - | Don 2 | $349,367 | 158 | $2,081,422 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $338,613 | 55 | $2,157,654 |
| - | My Week with Marilyn | $314,463 | 602 | $7,294,756 |
| - | Puss in Boots | $257,390 | 389 | $143,919,164 |
| - | Happy Feet Two | $121,686 | 525 | $59,973,841 |
| - | J. Edgar | $81,669 | 455 | $36,136,078 |
| - | Moneyball | $73,685 | 242 | $74,579,474 |
| - | Jack and Jill | $73,219 | 242 | $71,318,633 |
| - | Tower Heist | $67,920 | 283 | $76,318,090 |
| - | Shame | $65,766 | 53 | $1,596,757 |
| - | Courageous | $63,057 | 192 | $33,747,349 |
| - | Immortals | $50,766 | 228 | $82,415,347 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $49,954 | 188 | $71,637,203 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $45,378 | 245 | $34,691,536 |
| - | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $42,370 | 6 | $114,718 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $33,325 | 49 | $14,909,641 |
| - | Footloose | $29,568 | 182 | $51,466,952 |
| - | The Ides of March | $28,136 | 145 | $40,675,367 |
| - | Pina | $23,811 | 3 | $91,823 |
| - | In Time | $23,758 | 112 | $36,891,707 |
| - | The Way | $19,035 | 46 | $4,071,947 |
| - | The Polar Express | $16,073 | 20 | $182,543,687 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $16,059 | 124 | $103,894,116 |
| - | Margin Call | $11,841 | 30 | $5,198,191 |
| - | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $6,605 | 3 | $25,459 |
| - | Drive | $6,144 | 26 | $34,793,348 |
| - | The Three Musketeers | $4,208 | 37 | $20,362,328 |
| - | Like Crazy | $3,924 | 30 | $3,345,791 |
| - | 50/50 | $3,065 | 31 | $35,006,877 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $2,898 | 18 | $2,892,281 |
| - | Sleeping Beauty | $641 | 3 | $34,588 |
| - | Into the Abyss | $541 | 3 | $222,029 |
| Reporting: 49 | $69,676,125 | total | ||