Daily Domestic Box Office Saturday, December 31, 2011
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $8,731,970 | -18% | +40% | 3,455 | $2,527 | $122,347,325 | 16 |
| 2 | (2) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $6,401,030 | -16% | +64% | 3,703 | $1,729 | $124,051,629 | 16 |
| 3 | (6) | War Horse | $5,625,334 | +20% | 2,547 | $2,209 | $36,352,197 | 7 | |
| 4 | (3) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $4,750,314 | -33% | +71% | 3,724 | $1,276 | $88,151,196 | 16 |
| 5 | (5) | We Bought a Zoo | $4,501,719 | -7% | +139% | 3,163 | $1,423 | $36,839,453 | 9 |
| 6 | (4) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $4,244,295 | -20% | +69% | 2,914 | $1,457 | $50,338,690 | 11 |
| 7 | (7) | The Adventures of Tintin | $3,407,793 | -23% | +40% | 3,087 | $1,104 | $43,852,027 | 11 |
| 8 | (8) | New Year’s Eve | $2,285,886 | +1% | +342% | 2,225 | $1,027 | $44,205,254 | 23 |
| 9 | (11) | The Descendants | $1,251,598 | +14% | +181% | 758 | $1,651 | $38,375,031 | 46 |
| 10 | (9) | The Darkest Hour | $1,041,303 | -37% | 2,327 | $447 | $11,672,484 | 7 | |
| 11 | (10) | The Muppets | $823,487 | -25% | +36% | 1,541 | $534 | $81,795,283 | 39 |
| 12 | (13) | Hugo | $785,343 | -7% | +33% | 951 | $826 | $48,623,365 | 39 |
| 13 | (14) | Young Adult | $577,812 | -24% | +67% | 987 | $585 | $11,306,815 | 23 |
| 14 | (12) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $505,478 | -42% | +79% | 1,411 | $358 | $274,841,954 | 44 |
| - | (16) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $346,479 | -1% | +78% | 57 | $6,079 | $3,566,606 | 23 |
| - | (15) | The Sitter | $313,423 | -52% | +14% | 1,348 | $233 | $25,610,935 | 23 |
| - | (17) | Puss in Boots | $209,759 | -32% | +125% | 389 | $539 | $145,250,950 | 65 |
| - | (18) | Arthur Christmas | $204,158 | -34% | -72% | 1,343 | $152 | $45,650,370 | 39 |
| - | (19) | Don 2 | $131,910 | -26% | -73% | 166 | $795 | $2,952,596 | 10 |
| - | (20) | Happy Feet Two | $119,673 | -26% | +86% | 525 | $228 | $60,692,394 | 44 |
| - | (22) | J. Edgar | $86,818 | +10% | +149% | 455 | $191 | $36,493,051 | 53 |
| - | (21) | Tower Heist | $73,370 | -24% | +136% | 253 | $290 | $76,650,420 | 58 |
| - | (24) | The Iron Lady | $65,517 | -15% | 4 | $16,379 | $142,752 | 2 | |
| - | (23) | Moneyball | $61,537 | -22% | +157% | 250 | $246 | $74,896,695 | 100 |
| - | (25) | Jack and Jill | $52,424 | -30% | +40% | 222 | $236 | $71,635,888 | 51 |
| - | (27) | Dolphin Tale | $46,291 | -29% | +158% | 188 | $246 | $71,922,716 | 100 |
| - | (26) | Shame | $45,216 | -37% | +56% | 55 | $822 | $1,882,498 | 30 |
| - | (28) | Courageous | $36,995 | -33% | +156% | 181 | $204 | $33,975,486 | 93 |
| - | (33) | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $28,968 | -21% | 6 | $4,828 | $267,923 | 7 | |
| - | (29) | Born to be Wild 3D | $27,468 | -43% | +136% | 49 | $561 | $15,134,212 | 268 |
| - | (30) | Immortals | $25,767 | -44% | -7% | 228 | $113 | $82,603,008 | 51 |
| - | (35) | The Ides of March | $23,306 | -25% | +130% | 143 | $163 | $40,796,111 | 86 |
| - | (32) | Footloose | $22,083 | -40% | +209% | 182 | $121 | $51,614,979 | 79 |
| - | (34) | In Time | $20,600 | -41% | +144% | 123 | $167 | $37,012,131 | 65 |
| - | (38) | The Way | $19,377 | +14% | +208% | 47 | $412 | $4,154,203 | 86 |
| - | (31) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $18,487 | -51% | -8% | 245 | $75 | $34,853,056 | 58 |
| - | (37) | Pariah | $11,559 | -37% | 4 | $2,890 | $61,506 | 4 | |
| - | (36) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $10,216 | -52% | +157% | 124 | $82 | $103,971,383 | 72 |
| - | (41) | Margin Call | $8,779 | +33% | +41% | 28 | $314 | $5,238,119 | 72 |
| - | (39) | The Polar Express | $7,886 | -48% | -44% | 16 | $493 | $182,608,150 | 2,608 |
| - | (40) | Drive | $3,683 | -57% | +44% | 25 | $147 | $34,820,731 | 107 |
| - | (42) | Like Crazy | $2,573 | -39% | +82% | 30 | $86 | $3,365,267 | 65 |
| - | (43) | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $2,035 | -34% | -57% | 2 | $1,018 | $44,770 | 9 |
| - | (44) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $1,703 | -40% | -6% | 14 | $122 | $2,905,150 | 72 |
| Reporting movies: 44 | $46,961,422 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $8,731,970 | 3,455 | $122,347,325 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $6,401,030 | 3,703 | $124,051,629 |
| 3 | War Horse | $5,625,334 | 2,547 | $36,352,197 |
| 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $4,750,314 | 3,724 | $88,151,196 |
| 5 | We Bought a Zoo | $4,501,719 | 3,163 | $36,839,453 |
| 6 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $4,244,295 | 2,914 | $50,338,690 |
| 7 | The Adventures of Tintin | $3,407,793 | 3,087 | $43,852,027 |
| 8 | New Year’s Eve | $2,285,886 | 2,225 | $44,205,254 |
| 9 | The Descendants | $1,251,598 | 758 | $38,375,031 |
| 10 | The Darkest Hour | $1,041,303 | 2,327 | $11,672,484 |
| 11 | The Muppets | $823,487 | 1,541 | $81,795,283 |
| 12 | Hugo | $785,343 | 951 | $48,623,365 |
| 13 | Young Adult | $577,812 | 987 | $11,306,815 |
| 14 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $505,478 | 1,411 | $274,841,954 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $346,479 | 57 | $3,566,606 |
| - | The Sitter | $313,423 | 1,348 | $25,610,935 |
| - | Puss in Boots | $209,759 | 389 | $145,250,950 |
| - | Arthur Christmas | $204,158 | 1,343 | $45,650,370 |
| - | Don 2 | $131,910 | 166 | $2,952,596 |
| - | Happy Feet Two | $119,673 | 525 | $60,692,394 |
| - | J. Edgar | $86,818 | 455 | $36,493,051 |
| - | Tower Heist | $73,370 | 253 | $76,650,420 |
| - | The Iron Lady | $65,517 | 4 | $142,752 |
| - | Moneyball | $61,537 | 250 | $74,896,695 |
| - | Jack and Jill | $52,424 | 222 | $71,635,888 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $46,291 | 188 | $71,922,716 |
| - | Shame | $45,216 | 55 | $1,882,498 |
| - | Courageous | $36,995 | 181 | $33,975,486 |
| - | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $28,968 | 6 | $267,923 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $27,468 | 49 | $15,134,212 |
| - | Immortals | $25,767 | 228 | $82,603,008 |
| - | The Ides of March | $23,306 | 143 | $40,796,111 |
| - | Footloose | $22,083 | 182 | $51,614,979 |
| - | In Time | $20,600 | 123 | $37,012,131 |
| - | The Way | $19,377 | 47 | $4,154,203 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $18,487 | 245 | $34,853,056 |
| - | Pariah | $11,559 | 4 | $61,506 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $10,216 | 124 | $103,971,383 |
| - | Margin Call | $8,779 | 28 | $5,238,119 |
| - | The Polar Express | $7,886 | 16 | $182,608,150 |
| - | Drive | $3,683 | 25 | $34,820,731 |
| - | Like Crazy | $2,573 | 30 | $3,365,267 |
| - | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $2,035 | 2 | $44,770 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $1,703 | 14 | $2,905,150 |
| Reporting: 44 | $46,961,422 | total | ||