Daily Domestic Box Office Thursday, December 29, 2011
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $8,246,568 | -3% | +28% | 3,448 | $2,392 | $102,984,207 | 14 |
| 2 | (2) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $6,522,184 | -1% | +64% | 3,683 | $1,771 | $76,359,335 | 14 |
| 3 | (3) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $6,331,128 | -3% | +33% | 3,703 | $1,710 | $110,022,326 | 14 |
| 4 | (4) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $4,144,753 | -1% | +25% | 2,914 | $1,422 | $40,760,304 | 9 |
| 5 | (5) | The Adventures of Tintin | $4,115,772 | -1% | +69% | 3,087 | $1,333 | $36,038,987 | 9 |
| 6 | (6) | We Bought a Zoo | $4,087,501 | +1% | 3,117 | $1,311 | $27,487,317 | 7 | |
| 7 | (7) | War Horse | $3,614,519 | -3% | 2,376 | $1,521 | $26,029,043 | 5 | |
| 8 | (8) | New Year’s Eve | $1,768,465 | +4% | +52% | 2,225 | $795 | $39,665,050 | 21 |
| 9 | (9) | The Darkest Hour | $1,208,166 | -3% | 2,324 | $520 | $8,974,722 | 5 | |
| 10 | (10) | The Muppets | $1,014,943 | +0% | +43% | 1,536 | $661 | $79,867,261 | 37 |
| 11 | (11) | The Descendants | $825,602 | +2% | +98% | 753 | $1,096 | $36,024,646 | 44 |
| 12 | (12) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $762,469 | +1% | +25% | 1,411 | $540 | $273,469,796 | 42 |
| 13 | (13) | Hugo | $745,332 | +3% | +22% | 951 | $784 | $46,992,592 | 37 |
| 14 | (14) | Young Adult | $613,312 | -1% | +63% | 987 | $621 | $9,969,138 | 21 |
| 15 | (15) | The Sitter | $531,113 | -2% | -9% | 1,486 | $357 | $24,644,061 | 21 |
| - | (16) | Arthur Christmas | $361,570 | -5% | -58% | 1,524 | $237 | $45,137,067 | 37 |
| - | (17) | Puss in Boots | $278,536 | +4% | +81% | 389 | $716 | $144,731,428 | 63 |
| - | (18) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $244,314 | +6% | +325% | 55 | $4,442 | $2,870,290 | 21 |
| - | (20) | Happy Feet Two | $153,008 | +5% | +17% | 525 | $291 | $60,411,165 | 42 |
| - | (19) | Don 2 | $144,152 | -16% | +148% | 158 | $912 | $2,642,806 | 8 |
| - | (22) | J. Edgar | $66,439 | +5% | +60% | 455 | $146 | $36,326,981 | 51 |
| - | (21) | Jack and Jill | $63,843 | +1% | -41% | 242 | $264 | $71,508,710 | 49 |
| - | (24) | Dolphin Tale | $61,003 | +7% | +36% | 188 | $324 | $71,811,666 | 98 |
| - | (23) | Moneyball | $59,667 | +2% | +112% | 242 | $247 | $74,756,449 | 98 |
| - | (25) | Shame | $57,354 | +1% | +43% | 53 | $1,082 | $1,765,583 | 28 |
| - | (26) | Tower Heist | $55,185 | +2% | +10% | 283 | $195 | $76,480,910 | 56 |
| - | (27) | Born to be Wild 3D | $52,183 | +5% | +259% | 49 | $1,065 | $15,058,278 | 266 |
| - | (28) | Courageous | $46,005 | -1% | +76% | 192 | $240 | $33,883,389 | 91 |
| - | (29) | Immortals | $38,241 | 0% | -19% | 228 | $168 | $82,531,629 | 49 |
| - | (30) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $34,082 | 0% | +18% | 245 | $139 | $34,796,523 | 56 |
| - | (32) | Footloose | $32,757 | +10% | +17% | 182 | $180 | $51,556,156 | 77 |
| - | (31) | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $28,571 | -7% | 6 | $4,762 | $202,274 | 5 | |
| - | (35) | The Ides of March | $22,726 | +7% | +110% | 145 | $157 | $40,741,901 | 84 |
| - | (33) | In Time | $22,685 | +2% | +25% | 112 | $203 | $36,956,625 | 63 |
| - | (38) | The Way | $16,695 | +13% | 46 | $363 | $4,117,802 | 84 | |
| - | (36) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $16,265 | +5% | 0% | 124 | $131 | $103,939,695 | 70 |
| - | (37) | The Polar Express | $13,339 | -10% | -57% | 20 | $667 | $182,584,999 | 2,606 |
| - | (34) | Pariah | $9,867 | -55% | 4 | $2,467 | $31,691 | 2 | |
| - | (39) | Margin Call | $7,892 | +17% | -30% | 30 | $263 | $5,222,721 | 70 |
| - | (40) | Drive | $5,553 | +8% | -2% | 26 | $214 | $34,808,529 | 105 |
| - | (41) | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $4,956 | +2% | 3 | $1,652 | $39,663 | 7 | |
| - | (42) | Like Crazy | $4,703 | +2% | -50% | 30 | $157 | $3,358,467 | 63 |
| - | (43) | The Three Musketeers | $3,960 | -11% | -46% | 37 | $107 | $20,374,484 | 70 |
| - | (44) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $3,168 | +21% | +1% | 18 | $176 | $2,900,625 | 70 |
| - | (45) | 50/50 | $2,519 | +11% | -70% | 31 | $81 | $35,014,192 | 91 |
| Reporting movies: 45 | $46,443,065 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $8,246,568 | 3,448 | $102,984,207 |
| 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $6,522,184 | 3,683 | $76,359,335 |
| 3 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $6,331,128 | 3,703 | $110,022,326 |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $4,144,753 | 2,914 | $40,760,304 |
| 5 | The Adventures of Tintin | $4,115,772 | 3,087 | $36,038,987 |
| 6 | We Bought a Zoo | $4,087,501 | 3,117 | $27,487,317 |
| 7 | War Horse | $3,614,519 | 2,376 | $26,029,043 |
| 8 | New Year’s Eve | $1,768,465 | 2,225 | $39,665,050 |
| 9 | The Darkest Hour | $1,208,166 | 2,324 | $8,974,722 |
| 10 | The Muppets | $1,014,943 | 1,536 | $79,867,261 |
| 11 | The Descendants | $825,602 | 753 | $36,024,646 |
| 12 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $762,469 | 1,411 | $273,469,796 |
| 13 | Hugo | $745,332 | 951 | $46,992,592 |
| 14 | Young Adult | $613,312 | 987 | $9,969,138 |
| 15 | The Sitter | $531,113 | 1,486 | $24,644,061 |
| - | Arthur Christmas | $361,570 | 1,524 | $45,137,067 |
| - | Puss in Boots | $278,536 | 389 | $144,731,428 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $244,314 | 55 | $2,870,290 |
| - | Happy Feet Two | $153,008 | 525 | $60,411,165 |
| - | Don 2 | $144,152 | 158 | $2,642,806 |
| - | J. Edgar | $66,439 | 455 | $36,326,981 |
| - | Jack and Jill | $63,843 | 242 | $71,508,710 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $61,003 | 188 | $71,811,666 |
| - | Moneyball | $59,667 | 242 | $74,756,449 |
| - | Shame | $57,354 | 53 | $1,765,583 |
| - | Tower Heist | $55,185 | 283 | $76,480,910 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $52,183 | 49 | $15,058,278 |
| - | Courageous | $46,005 | 192 | $33,883,389 |
| - | Immortals | $38,241 | 228 | $82,531,629 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $34,082 | 245 | $34,796,523 |
| - | Footloose | $32,757 | 182 | $51,556,156 |
| - | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $28,571 | 6 | $202,274 |
| - | The Ides of March | $22,726 | 145 | $40,741,901 |
| - | In Time | $22,685 | 112 | $36,956,625 |
| - | The Way | $16,695 | 46 | $4,117,802 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $16,265 | 124 | $103,939,695 |
| - | The Polar Express | $13,339 | 20 | $182,584,999 |
| - | Pariah | $9,867 | 4 | $31,691 |
| - | Margin Call | $7,892 | 30 | $5,222,721 |
| - | Drive | $5,553 | 26 | $34,808,529 |
| - | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $4,956 | 3 | $39,663 |
| - | Like Crazy | $4,703 | 30 | $3,358,467 |
| - | The Three Musketeers | $3,960 | 37 | $20,374,484 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $3,168 | 18 | $2,900,625 |
| - | 50/50 | $2,519 | 31 | $35,014,192 |
| Reporting: 45 | $46,443,065 | total | ||