Daily Domestic Box Office Wednesday, December 28, 2011
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $8,518,218 | -12% | -5% | 3,448 | $2,470 | $94,737,639 | 13 |
| 2 | (3) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $6,557,259 | -4% | +87% | 3,683 | $1,780 | $69,837,151 | 13 |
| 3 | (2) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $6,515,996 | -11% | +52% | 3,703 | $1,760 | $103,691,198 | 13 |
| 4 | (5) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $4,166,138 | -9% | -18% | 2,914 | $1,430 | $36,615,551 | 8 |
| 5 | (4) | The Adventures of Tintin | $4,147,004 | -10% | +80% | 3,087 | $1,343 | $31,923,215 | 8 |
| 6 | (6) | We Bought a Zoo | $4,049,507 | -6% | 3,117 | $1,299 | $23,399,816 | 6 | |
| 7 | (7) | War Horse | $3,714,009 | -11% | 2,376 | $1,563 | $22,414,524 | 4 | |
| 8 | (8) | New Year’s Eve | $1,701,272 | +2% | +61% | 2,225 | $765 | $37,896,585 | 20 |
| 9 | (9) | The Darkest Hour | $1,242,087 | -15% | 2,324 | $534 | $7,766,556 | 4 | |
| 10 | (10) | The Muppets | $1,012,427 | 0% | +73% | 1,536 | $659 | $78,852,318 | 36 |
| 11 | (11) | The Descendants | $805,549 | -3% | +109% | 753 | $1,070 | $35,199,044 | 43 |
| 12 | (13) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $753,282 | -2% | +46% | 1,411 | $534 | $272,707,327 | 41 |
| 13 | (12) | Hugo | $726,017 | -6% | +43% | 951 | $763 | $46,247,260 | 36 |
| 14 | (14) | Young Adult | $622,428 | -5% | +77% | 987 | $631 | $9,355,826 | 20 |
| 15 | (15) | The Sitter | $542,568 | -7% | -2% | 1,486 | $365 | $24,112,948 | 20 |
| - | (16) | Arthur Christmas | $378,704 | -10% | -43% | 1,524 | $248 | $44,775,497 | 36 |
| - | (17) | Puss in Boots | $268,698 | +1% | +110% | 389 | $691 | $144,452,892 | 62 |
| - | (19) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $231,384 | -2% | +347% | 55 | $4,207 | $2,625,976 | 20 |
| - | (18) | Don 2 | $172,608 | -29% | 158 | $1,092 | $2,498,654 | 7 | |
| - | (20) | Happy Feet Two | $146,372 | +6% | +10% | 525 | $279 | $60,258,157 | 41 |
| - | (21) | Jack and Jill | $63,451 | +1% | -33% | 242 | $262 | $71,444,867 | 48 |
| - | (22) | J. Edgar | $63,020 | +3% | +73% | 455 | $139 | $36,260,542 | 50 |
| - | (23) | Moneyball | $58,520 | 0% | +152% | 242 | $242 | $74,696,782 | 97 |
| - | (24) | Dolphin Tale | $57,012 | +1% | +46% | 188 | $303 | $71,750,663 | 97 |
| - | (25) | Shame | $56,981 | +5% | +49% | 53 | $1,075 | $1,708,229 | 27 |
| - | (26) | Tower Heist | $53,865 | +0% | +23% | 283 | $190 | $76,425,725 | 55 |
| - | (27) | Born to be Wild 3D | $49,463 | +5% | +212% | 49 | $1,009 | $15,006,095 | 265 |
| - | (28) | Courageous | $46,358 | +6% | +121% | 192 | $241 | $33,837,384 | 90 |
| - | (29) | Immortals | $38,263 | -4% | -14% | 228 | $168 | $82,493,388 | 48 |
| - | (30) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $34,167 | -7% | +29% | 245 | $139 | $34,762,441 | 55 |
| - | (31) | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $30,772 | +9% | 6 | $5,129 | $173,703 | 4 | |
| - | (32) | Footloose | $29,674 | +11% | +23% | 182 | $163 | $51,523,399 | 76 |
| - | (34) | In Time | $22,171 | +11% | +33% | 112 | $198 | $36,933,940 | 62 |
| - | (new) | Pariah | $21,824 | 4 | $5,456 | $21,824 | 1 | ||
| - | (33) | The Ides of March | $21,206 | -6% | +132% | 145 | $146 | $40,719,175 | 83 |
| - | (36) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $15,418 | +11% | +5% | 124 | $124 | $103,923,430 | 69 |
| - | (37) | The Polar Express | $14,808 | +12% | -53% | 20 | $740 | $182,571,660 | 2,605 |
| - | (35) | The Way | $14,760 | +3% | +13% | 46 | $321 | $4,101,107 | 83 |
| - | (38) | Margin Call | $6,734 | -32% | -39% | 30 | $224 | $5,214,829 | 69 |
| - | (39) | Drive | $5,139 | +14% | -42% | 26 | $198 | $34,802,976 | 104 |
| - | (40) | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $4,851 | +10% | 3 | $1,617 | $34,707 | 6 | |
| - | (42) | Like Crazy | $4,605 | +37% | -47% | 30 | $154 | $3,353,764 | 62 |
| - | (41) | The Three Musketeers | $4,456 | +19% | -27% | 37 | $120 | $20,370,524 | 69 |
| - | (43) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $2,627 | +3% | +4% | 18 | $146 | $2,897,457 | 69 |
| - | (44) | 50/50 | $2,273 | -10% | -74% | 31 | $73 | $35,011,673 | 90 |
| Reporting movies: 45 | $46,993,945 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $8,518,218 | 3,448 | $94,737,639 |
| 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $6,557,259 | 3,683 | $69,837,151 |
| 3 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $6,515,996 | 3,703 | $103,691,198 |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $4,166,138 | 2,914 | $36,615,551 |
| 5 | The Adventures of Tintin | $4,147,004 | 3,087 | $31,923,215 |
| 6 | We Bought a Zoo | $4,049,507 | 3,117 | $23,399,816 |
| 7 | War Horse | $3,714,009 | 2,376 | $22,414,524 |
| 8 | New Year’s Eve | $1,701,272 | 2,225 | $37,896,585 |
| 9 | The Darkest Hour | $1,242,087 | 2,324 | $7,766,556 |
| 10 | The Muppets | $1,012,427 | 1,536 | $78,852,318 |
| 11 | The Descendants | $805,549 | 753 | $35,199,044 |
| 12 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $753,282 | 1,411 | $272,707,327 |
| 13 | Hugo | $726,017 | 951 | $46,247,260 |
| 14 | Young Adult | $622,428 | 987 | $9,355,826 |
| 15 | The Sitter | $542,568 | 1,486 | $24,112,948 |
| - | Arthur Christmas | $378,704 | 1,524 | $44,775,497 |
| - | Puss in Boots | $268,698 | 389 | $144,452,892 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $231,384 | 55 | $2,625,976 |
| - | Don 2 | $172,608 | 158 | $2,498,654 |
| - | Happy Feet Two | $146,372 | 525 | $60,258,157 |
| - | Jack and Jill | $63,451 | 242 | $71,444,867 |
| - | J. Edgar | $63,020 | 455 | $36,260,542 |
| - | Moneyball | $58,520 | 242 | $74,696,782 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $57,012 | 188 | $71,750,663 |
| - | Shame | $56,981 | 53 | $1,708,229 |
| - | Tower Heist | $53,865 | 283 | $76,425,725 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $49,463 | 49 | $15,006,095 |
| - | Courageous | $46,358 | 192 | $33,837,384 |
| - | Immortals | $38,263 | 228 | $82,493,388 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $34,167 | 245 | $34,762,441 |
| - | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $30,772 | 6 | $173,703 |
| - | Footloose | $29,674 | 182 | $51,523,399 |
| - | In Time | $22,171 | 112 | $36,933,940 |
| - | Pariah | $21,824 | 4 | $21,824 |
| - | The Ides of March | $21,206 | 145 | $40,719,175 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $15,418 | 124 | $103,923,430 |
| - | The Polar Express | $14,808 | 20 | $182,571,660 |
| - | The Way | $14,760 | 46 | $4,101,107 |
| - | Margin Call | $6,734 | 30 | $5,214,829 |
| - | Drive | $5,139 | 26 | $34,802,976 |
| - | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $4,851 | 3 | $34,707 |
| - | Like Crazy | $4,605 | 30 | $3,353,764 |
| - | The Three Musketeers | $4,456 | 37 | $20,370,524 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $2,627 | 18 | $2,897,457 |
| - | 50/50 | $2,273 | 31 | $35,011,673 |
| Reporting: 45 | $46,993,945 | total | ||