Daily Domestic Box Office Monday, January 2, 2012
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $8,780,560 | -13% | -40% | 3,455 | $2,541 | $141,186,646 | 18 |
| 2 | (2) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $6,006,473 | -12% | -45% | 3,703 | $1,622 | $136,910,219 | 18 |
| 3 | (4) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $5,118,980 | +12% | -26% | 3,724 | $1,375 | $97,848,114 | 18 |
| 4 | (3) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $4,366,072 | -17% | -35% | 2,914 | $1,498 | $59,950,953 | 13 |
| 5 | (7) | The Adventures of Tintin | $3,925,303 | +8% | -28% | 3,087 | $1,272 | $51,400,450 | 13 |
| 6 | (6) | We Bought a Zoo | $3,765,441 | -3% | -28% | 3,163 | $1,190 | $44,490,999 | 11 |
| 7 | (5) | War Horse | $3,638,014 | -11% | -48% | 2,547 | $1,428 | $44,089,786 | 9 |
| 8 | (8) | New Year’s Eve | $1,258,473 | -30% | -33% | 2,225 | $566 | $47,257,823 | 25 |
| 9 | (9) | The Darkest Hour | $1,077,671 | -26% | -48% | 2,327 | $463 | $14,215,634 | 9 |
| 10 | (13) | The Muppets | $1,031,621 | +41% | -8% | 1,541 | $669 | $83,561,073 | 41 |
| 11 | (10) | The Descendants | $894,890 | -14% | -25% | 758 | $1,181 | $40,315,665 | 48 |
| 12 | (11) | Hugo | $859,293 | +3% | -13% | 951 | $904 | $50,313,495 | 41 |
| 13 | (12) | Young Adult | $607,481 | -20% | -34% | 987 | $615 | $12,669,252 | 25 |
| 14 | (15) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $594,738 | -14% | -35% | 1,411 | $422 | $276,125,476 | 46 |
| 15 | (14) | The Sitter | $498,483 | -29% | -34% | 1,348 | $370 | $26,816,340 | 25 |
| - | (16) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $324,452 | -17% | -4% | 57 | $5,692 | $4,280,186 | 25 |
| - | (17) | Puss in Boots | $254,666 | +9% | -1% | 389 | $655 | $145,738,327 | 67 |
| - | (19) | Arthur Christmas | $252,928 | +49% | -42% | 1,343 | $188 | $46,073,163 | 41 |
| - | (20) | Happy Feet Two | $157,698 | +36% | +30% | 525 | $300 | $60,965,866 | 46 |
| - | (18) | Don 2 | $114,300 | -48% | -67% | 167 | $684 | $3,288,726 | 12 |
| - | (23) | J. Edgar | $78,226 | -2% | -4% | 455 | $172 | $36,650,831 | 55 |
| - | (22) | Shame | $77,991 | -6% | +19% | 55 | $1,418 | $2,043,865 | 32 |
| - | (21) | Tower Heist | $68,310 | -18% | +1% | 253 | $270 | $76,802,225 | 60 |
| - | (24) | Moneyball | $54,417 | -16% | -26% | 250 | $218 | $75,016,059 | 102 |
| - | (26) | Courageous | $52,440 | -13% | -17% | 181 | $290 | $34,088,360 | 95 |
| - | (25) | Jack and Jill | $52,389 | -15% | -28% | 222 | $236 | $71,750,037 | 53 |
| - | (30) | Dolphin Tale | $52,177 | +27% | +4% | 188 | $278 | $72,015,969 | 102 |
| - | (27) | Immortals | $42,433 | -21% | -16% | 228 | $186 | $82,699,432 | 53 |
| - | (28) | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $39,368 | -13% | -7% | 6 | $6,561 | $352,417 | 9 |
| - | (37) | Born to be Wild 3D | $36,036 | +169% | +8% | 49 | $735 | $15,183,665 | 270 |
| - | (29) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $33,509 | -20% | -26% | 245 | $137 | $34,928,545 | 60 |
| - | (31) | In Time | $30,120 | -12% | +27% | 123 | $245 | $37,076,415 | 67 |
| - | (32) | Footloose | $25,508 | -15% | -14% | 182 | $140 | $51,670,512 | 81 |
| - | (33) | The Ides of March | $25,176 | -15% | -11% | 143 | $176 | $40,850,788 | 88 |
| - | (35) | The Way | $17,350 | -15% | -9% | 47 | $369 | $4,187,408 | 88 |
| - | (36) | Pariah | $16,769 | -11% | 4 | $4,192 | $101,755 | 6 | |
| - | (34) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $14,589 | -33% | -9% | 124 | $118 | $104,007,828 | 74 |
| - | (39) | Margin Call | $7,821 | -5% | -34% | 29 | $270 | $5,254,187 | 74 |
| - | (38) | Drive | $7,144 | -42% | +16% | 25 | $286 | $34,840,191 | 109 |
| - | (41) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $4,227 | +6% | +46% | 14 | $302 | $2,913,383 | 74 |
| - | (40) | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $4,214 | -4% | -36% | 2 | $2,107 | $53,356 | 11 |
| - | (43) | Like Crazy | $4,102 | +50% | +5% | 30 | $137 | $3,372,100 | 67 |
| - | (42) | The Polar Express | $2,932 | -13% | -82% | 16 | $183 | $182,614,436 | 2,610 |
| - | (-) | Inni | $143 | 1 | $143 | $117,691 | 98 | ||
| Reporting movies: 44 | $44,274,928 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $8,780,560 | 3,455 | $141,186,646 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $6,006,473 | 3,703 | $136,910,219 |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $5,118,980 | 3,724 | $97,848,114 |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $4,366,072 | 2,914 | $59,950,953 |
| 5 | The Adventures of Tintin | $3,925,303 | 3,087 | $51,400,450 |
| 6 | We Bought a Zoo | $3,765,441 | 3,163 | $44,490,999 |
| 7 | War Horse | $3,638,014 | 2,547 | $44,089,786 |
| 8 | New Year’s Eve | $1,258,473 | 2,225 | $47,257,823 |
| 9 | The Darkest Hour | $1,077,671 | 2,327 | $14,215,634 |
| 10 | The Muppets | $1,031,621 | 1,541 | $83,561,073 |
| 11 | The Descendants | $894,890 | 758 | $40,315,665 |
| 12 | Hugo | $859,293 | 951 | $50,313,495 |
| 13 | Young Adult | $607,481 | 987 | $12,669,252 |
| 14 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $594,738 | 1,411 | $276,125,476 |
| 15 | The Sitter | $498,483 | 1,348 | $26,816,340 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $324,452 | 57 | $4,280,186 |
| - | Puss in Boots | $254,666 | 389 | $145,738,327 |
| - | Arthur Christmas | $252,928 | 1,343 | $46,073,163 |
| - | Happy Feet Two | $157,698 | 525 | $60,965,866 |
| - | Don 2 | $114,300 | 167 | $3,288,726 |
| - | J. Edgar | $78,226 | 455 | $36,650,831 |
| - | Shame | $77,991 | 55 | $2,043,865 |
| - | Tower Heist | $68,310 | 253 | $76,802,225 |
| - | Moneyball | $54,417 | 250 | $75,016,059 |
| - | Courageous | $52,440 | 181 | $34,088,360 |
| - | Jack and Jill | $52,389 | 222 | $71,750,037 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $52,177 | 188 | $72,015,969 |
| - | Immortals | $42,433 | 228 | $82,699,432 |
| - | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $39,368 | 6 | $352,417 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $36,036 | 49 | $15,183,665 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $33,509 | 245 | $34,928,545 |
| - | In Time | $30,120 | 123 | $37,076,415 |
| - | Footloose | $25,508 | 182 | $51,670,512 |
| - | The Ides of March | $25,176 | 143 | $40,850,788 |
| - | The Way | $17,350 | 47 | $4,187,408 |
| - | Pariah | $16,769 | 4 | $101,755 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $14,589 | 124 | $104,007,828 |
| - | Margin Call | $7,821 | 29 | $5,254,187 |
| - | Drive | $7,144 | 25 | $34,840,191 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $4,227 | 14 | $2,913,383 |
| - | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $4,214 | 2 | $53,356 |
| - | Like Crazy | $4,102 | 30 | $3,372,100 |
| - | The Polar Express | $2,932 | 16 | $182,614,436 |
| - | Inni | $143 | 1 | $117,691 |
| Reporting: 44 | $44,274,928 | total | ||