Daily Domestic Box Office Sunday, January 1, 2012
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $10,058,761 | +15% | -26% | 3,455 | $2,911 | $132,406,086 | 17 |
| 2 | (2) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $6,852,117 | +7% | -29% | 3,703 | $1,850 | $130,903,746 | 17 |
| 3 | (6) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $5,246,191 | +24% | -7% | 2,914 | $1,800 | $55,584,881 | 12 |
| 4 | (4) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $4,577,938 | -4% | +4% | 3,724 | $1,229 | $92,729,134 | 17 |
| 5 | (3) | War Horse | $4,099,575 | -27% | -45% | 2,547 | $1,610 | $40,451,772 | 8 |
| 6 | (5) | We Bought a Zoo | $3,886,105 | -14% | -13% | 3,163 | $1,229 | $40,725,558 | 10 |
| 7 | (7) | The Adventures of Tintin | $3,623,120 | +6% | -4% | 3,087 | $1,174 | $47,475,147 | 12 |
| 8 | (8) | New Year’s Eve | $1,794,096 | -22% | +22% | 2,225 | $806 | $45,999,350 | 24 |
| 9 | (10) | The Darkest Hour | $1,465,479 | +41% | -51% | 2,327 | $630 | $13,137,963 | 8 |
| 10 | (9) | The Descendants | $1,045,744 | -16% | +4% | 758 | $1,380 | $39,420,775 | 47 |
| 11 | (12) | Hugo | $830,837 | +6% | +0% | 951 | $874 | $49,454,202 | 40 |
| 12 | (13) | Young Adult | $754,956 | +31% | -15% | 987 | $765 | $12,061,771 | 24 |
| 13 | (11) | The Muppets | $734,169 | -11% | +20% | 1,541 | $476 | $82,529,452 | 40 |
| 14 | (16) | The Sitter | $706,922 | +126% | -19% | 1,348 | $524 | $26,317,857 | 24 |
| 15 | (14) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $688,784 | +36% | +35% | 1,411 | $488 | $275,530,738 | 45 |
| - | (15) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $389,128 | +12% | +24% | 57 | $6,827 | $3,955,734 | 24 |
| - | (17) | Puss in Boots | $232,711 | +11% | +70% | 389 | $598 | $145,483,661 | 66 |
| - | (19) | Don 2 | $221,830 | +68% | -66% | 167 | $1,328 | $3,174,426 | 11 |
| - | (18) | Arthur Christmas | $169,865 | -17% | -43% | 1,343 | $126 | $45,820,235 | 40 |
| - | (20) | Happy Feet Two | $115,774 | -3% | +83% | 525 | $221 | $60,808,168 | 45 |
| - | (22) | Tower Heist | $83,495 | +14% | +74% | 253 | $330 | $76,733,915 | 59 |
| - | (27) | Shame | $83,376 | +84% | +69% | 55 | $1,516 | $1,965,874 | 31 |
| - | (21) | J. Edgar | $79,554 | -8% | +24% | 455 | $175 | $36,572,605 | 54 |
| - | (24) | Moneyball | $64,947 | +6% | +55% | 250 | $260 | $74,961,642 | 101 |
| - | (25) | Jack and Jill | $61,760 | +18% | +16% | 222 | $278 | $71,697,648 | 52 |
| - | (28) | Courageous | $60,434 | +63% | +44% | 181 | $334 | $34,035,920 | 94 |
| - | (31) | Immortals | $53,991 | +110% | +16% | 228 | $237 | $82,656,999 | 52 |
| - | (29) | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $45,126 | +56% | -38% | 6 | $7,521 | $313,049 | 8 |
| - | (36) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $41,980 | +127% | -20% | 245 | $171 | $34,895,036 | 59 |
| - | (26) | Dolphin Tale | $41,076 | -11% | +116% | 188 | $218 | $71,963,792 | 101 |
| - | (34) | In Time | $34,164 | +66% | +111% | 123 | $278 | $37,046,295 | 66 |
| - | (33) | Footloose | $30,025 | +36% | +104% | 182 | $165 | $51,645,004 | 80 |
| - | (32) | The Ides of March | $29,501 | +27% | +83% | 143 | $206 | $40,825,612 | 87 |
| - | (38) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $21,856 | +114% | +59% | 124 | $176 | $103,993,239 | 73 |
| - | (35) | The Way | $20,429 | +5% | +81% | 47 | $435 | $4,170,058 | 87 |
| - | (37) | Pariah | $18,764 | +62% | 4 | $4,691 | $84,986 | 5 | |
| - | (30) | Born to be Wild 3D | $13,417 | -51% | +483% | 49 | $274 | $15,147,629 | 269 |
| - | (41) | Drive | $12,316 | +234% | +203% | 25 | $493 | $34,833,047 | 108 |
| - | (39) | Margin Call | $8,247 | -6% | +10% | 29 | $284 | $5,246,366 | 73 |
| - | (43) | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $4,372 | +115% | -41% | 2 | $2,186 | $49,142 | 10 |
| - | (44) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $4,006 | +135% | +137% | 14 | $286 | $2,909,156 | 73 |
| - | (40) | The Polar Express | $3,354 | -57% | +170% | 16 | $210 | $182,611,504 | 2,609 |
| - | (42) | Like Crazy | $2,731 | +6% | -18% | 30 | $91 | $3,367,998 | 66 |
| Reporting movies: 43 | $48,313,023 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $10,058,761 | 3,455 | $132,406,086 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $6,852,117 | 3,703 | $130,903,746 |
| 3 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $5,246,191 | 2,914 | $55,584,881 |
| 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $4,577,938 | 3,724 | $92,729,134 |
| 5 | War Horse | $4,099,575 | 2,547 | $40,451,772 |
| 6 | We Bought a Zoo | $3,886,105 | 3,163 | $40,725,558 |
| 7 | The Adventures of Tintin | $3,623,120 | 3,087 | $47,475,147 |
| 8 | New Year’s Eve | $1,794,096 | 2,225 | $45,999,350 |
| 9 | The Darkest Hour | $1,465,479 | 2,327 | $13,137,963 |
| 10 | The Descendants | $1,045,744 | 758 | $39,420,775 |
| 11 | Hugo | $830,837 | 951 | $49,454,202 |
| 12 | Young Adult | $754,956 | 987 | $12,061,771 |
| 13 | The Muppets | $734,169 | 1,541 | $82,529,452 |
| 14 | The Sitter | $706,922 | 1,348 | $26,317,857 |
| 15 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $688,784 | 1,411 | $275,530,738 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $389,128 | 57 | $3,955,734 |
| - | Puss in Boots | $232,711 | 389 | $145,483,661 |
| - | Don 2 | $221,830 | 167 | $3,174,426 |
| - | Arthur Christmas | $169,865 | 1,343 | $45,820,235 |
| - | Happy Feet Two | $115,774 | 525 | $60,808,168 |
| - | Tower Heist | $83,495 | 253 | $76,733,915 |
| - | Shame | $83,376 | 55 | $1,965,874 |
| - | J. Edgar | $79,554 | 455 | $36,572,605 |
| - | Moneyball | $64,947 | 250 | $74,961,642 |
| - | Jack and Jill | $61,760 | 222 | $71,697,648 |
| - | Courageous | $60,434 | 181 | $34,035,920 |
| - | Immortals | $53,991 | 228 | $82,656,999 |
| - | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $45,126 | 6 | $313,049 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $41,980 | 245 | $34,895,036 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $41,076 | 188 | $71,963,792 |
| - | In Time | $34,164 | 123 | $37,046,295 |
| - | Footloose | $30,025 | 182 | $51,645,004 |
| - | The Ides of March | $29,501 | 143 | $40,825,612 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $21,856 | 124 | $103,993,239 |
| - | The Way | $20,429 | 47 | $4,170,058 |
| - | Pariah | $18,764 | 4 | $84,986 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $13,417 | 49 | $15,147,629 |
| - | Drive | $12,316 | 25 | $34,833,047 |
| - | Margin Call | $8,247 | 29 | $5,246,366 |
| - | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $4,372 | 2 | $49,142 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $4,006 | 14 | $2,909,156 |
| - | The Polar Express | $3,354 | 16 | $182,611,504 |
| - | Like Crazy | $2,731 | 30 | $3,367,998 |
| Reporting: 43 | $48,313,023 | total | ||