Daily Domestic Box Office Tuesday, December 27, 2011
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $9,664,177 | -34% | +472% | 3,448 | $2,803 | $86,219,421 | 12 |
| 2 | (2) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $7,321,067 | -32% | +42% | 3,703 | $1,977 | $97,175,202 | 12 |
| 3 | (4) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $6,811,411 | -2% | +94% | 3,683 | $1,849 | $63,279,892 | 12 |
| 4 | (6) | The Adventures of Tintin | $4,632,059 | -14% | 3,087 | $1,501 | $27,776,211 | 7 | |
| 5 | (5) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $4,580,128 | -32% | 2,914 | $1,572 | $32,449,413 | 7 | |
| 6 | (7) | We Bought a Zoo | $4,287,178 | -18% | 3,117 | $1,375 | $19,350,309 | 5 | |
| 7 | (3) | War Horse | $4,172,543 | -40% | 2,376 | $1,756 | $18,700,515 | 3 | |
| 8 | (9) | New Year’s Eve | $1,666,586 | -11% | +30% | 2,225 | $749 | $36,195,313 | 19 |
| 9 | (8) | The Darkest Hour | $1,461,990 | -29% | 2,324 | $629 | $6,524,469 | 3 | |
| 10 | (11) | The Muppets | $1,014,029 | -10% | +49% | 1,536 | $660 | $77,839,891 | 35 |
| 11 | (10) | The Descendants | $829,963 | -31% | +86% | 753 | $1,102 | $34,393,495 | 42 |
| 12 | (12) | Hugo | $772,360 | -22% | +6% | 951 | $812 | $45,521,243 | 35 |
| 13 | (14) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $771,203 | -16% | +10% | 1,411 | $547 | $271,954,045 | 40 |
| 14 | (13) | Young Adult | $657,210 | -29% | +56% | 987 | $666 | $8,733,398 | 19 |
| 15 | (15) | The Sitter | $584,836 | -23% | -18% | 1,486 | $394 | $23,570,380 | 19 |
| - | (16) | Arthur Christmas | $419,644 | -4% | -48% | 1,524 | $275 | $44,396,793 | 35 |
| - | (21) | Puss in Boots | $265,030 | +3% | +152% | 389 | $681 | $144,184,194 | 61 |
| - | (18) | Don 2 | $244,624 | -30% | 157 | $1,558 | $2,326,046 | 6 | |
| - | (19) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $236,938 | -30% | +318% | 55 | $4,308 | $2,394,592 | 19 |
| - | (22) | Happy Feet Two | $137,944 | +13% | -46% | 525 | $263 | $60,111,785 | 40 |
| - | (25) | Jack and Jill | $62,783 | -14% | -64% | 242 | $259 | $71,381,416 | 47 |
| - | (23) | J. Edgar | $61,444 | -25% | +5% | 455 | $135 | $36,197,522 | 49 |
| - | (24) | Moneyball | $58,788 | -20% | +390% | 242 | $243 | $74,638,262 | 96 |
| - | (30) | Dolphin Tale | $56,448 | +13% | -1% | 188 | $300 | $71,693,651 | 96 |
| - | (27) | Shame | $54,491 | -17% | +11% | 53 | $1,028 | $1,651,248 | 26 |
| - | (26) | Tower Heist | $53,770 | -21% | -49% | 283 | $190 | $76,371,860 | 54 |
| - | (33) | Born to be Wild 3D | $46,991 | +41% | +211% | 49 | $959 | $14,956,632 | 264 |
| - | (28) | Courageous | $43,677 | -31% | +189% | 192 | $227 | $33,791,026 | 89 |
| - | (29) | Immortals | $39,778 | -22% | -68% | 228 | $174 | $82,455,125 | 47 |
| - | (31) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $36,738 | -19% | +11% | 245 | $150 | $34,728,274 | 54 |
| - | (32) | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $28,213 | -33% | 6 | $4,702 | $142,931 | 3 | |
| - | (34) | Footloose | $26,773 | -9% | -2% | 182 | $147 | $51,493,725 | 75 |
| - | (35) | The Ides of March | $22,602 | -20% | +190% | 145 | $156 | $40,697,969 | 82 |
| - | (37) | In Time | $20,062 | -16% | -28% | 112 | $179 | $36,911,769 | 61 |
| - | (38) | The Way | $14,400 | -24% | +14% | 46 | $313 | $4,086,347 | 82 |
| - | (40) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $13,896 | -13% | -21% | 124 | $112 | $103,908,012 | 68 |
| - | (39) | The Polar Express | $13,165 | -18% | -34% | 20 | $658 | $182,556,852 | 2,604 |
| - | (41) | Margin Call | $9,904 | -16% | -36% | 30 | $330 | $5,208,095 | 68 |
| - | (43) | Drive | $4,489 | -27% | -42% | 26 | $173 | $34,797,837 | 103 |
| - | (42) | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $4,397 | -33% | 3 | $1,466 | $29,856 | 5 | |
| - | (44) | The Three Musketeers | $3,740 | -11% | -70% | 37 | $101 | $20,366,068 | 68 |
| - | (45) | Like Crazy | $3,368 | -14% | -68% | 30 | $112 | $3,349,159 | 61 |
| - | (47) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $2,549 | -12% | -19% | 18 | $142 | $2,894,830 | 68 |
| - | (46) | 50/50 | $2,523 | -18% | -73% | 31 | $81 | $35,009,400 | 89 |
| Reporting movies: 44 | $51,215,909 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $9,664,177 | 3,448 | $86,219,421 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $7,321,067 | 3,703 | $97,175,202 |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $6,811,411 | 3,683 | $63,279,892 |
| 4 | The Adventures of Tintin | $4,632,059 | 3,087 | $27,776,211 |
| 5 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $4,580,128 | 2,914 | $32,449,413 |
| 6 | We Bought a Zoo | $4,287,178 | 3,117 | $19,350,309 |
| 7 | War Horse | $4,172,543 | 2,376 | $18,700,515 |
| 8 | New Year’s Eve | $1,666,586 | 2,225 | $36,195,313 |
| 9 | The Darkest Hour | $1,461,990 | 2,324 | $6,524,469 |
| 10 | The Muppets | $1,014,029 | 1,536 | $77,839,891 |
| 11 | The Descendants | $829,963 | 753 | $34,393,495 |
| 12 | Hugo | $772,360 | 951 | $45,521,243 |
| 13 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $771,203 | 1,411 | $271,954,045 |
| 14 | Young Adult | $657,210 | 987 | $8,733,398 |
| 15 | The Sitter | $584,836 | 1,486 | $23,570,380 |
| - | Arthur Christmas | $419,644 | 1,524 | $44,396,793 |
| - | Puss in Boots | $265,030 | 389 | $144,184,194 |
| - | Don 2 | $244,624 | 157 | $2,326,046 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $236,938 | 55 | $2,394,592 |
| - | Happy Feet Two | $137,944 | 525 | $60,111,785 |
| - | Jack and Jill | $62,783 | 242 | $71,381,416 |
| - | J. Edgar | $61,444 | 455 | $36,197,522 |
| - | Moneyball | $58,788 | 242 | $74,638,262 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $56,448 | 188 | $71,693,651 |
| - | Shame | $54,491 | 53 | $1,651,248 |
| - | Tower Heist | $53,770 | 283 | $76,371,860 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $46,991 | 49 | $14,956,632 |
| - | Courageous | $43,677 | 192 | $33,791,026 |
| - | Immortals | $39,778 | 228 | $82,455,125 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $36,738 | 245 | $34,728,274 |
| - | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $28,213 | 6 | $142,931 |
| - | Footloose | $26,773 | 182 | $51,493,725 |
| - | The Ides of March | $22,602 | 145 | $40,697,969 |
| - | In Time | $20,062 | 112 | $36,911,769 |
| - | The Way | $14,400 | 46 | $4,086,347 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $13,896 | 124 | $103,908,012 |
| - | The Polar Express | $13,165 | 20 | $182,556,852 |
| - | Margin Call | $9,904 | 30 | $5,208,095 |
| - | Drive | $4,489 | 26 | $34,797,837 |
| - | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $4,397 | 3 | $29,856 |
| - | The Three Musketeers | $3,740 | 37 | $20,366,068 |
| - | Like Crazy | $3,368 | 30 | $3,349,159 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $2,549 | 18 | $2,894,830 |
| - | 50/50 | $2,523 | 31 | $35,009,400 |
| Reporting: 44 | $51,215,909 | total | ||