Daily Domestic Box Office Tuesday, January 3, 2012
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $3,428,017 | -61% | -65% | 3,455 | $992 | $144,614,663 | 19 |
| 2 | (2) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $2,558,120 | -57% | -65% | 3,703 | $691 | $139,468,339 | 19 |
| 3 | (4) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $2,076,721 | -52% | -55% | 2,914 | $713 | $62,027,674 | 14 |
| 4 | (3) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $1,931,414 | -62% | -72% | 3,724 | $519 | $99,779,528 | 19 |
| 5 | (5) | The Adventures of Tintin | $1,707,277 | -57% | -63% | 3,087 | $553 | $53,107,727 | 14 |
| 6 | (7) | War Horse | $1,566,288 | -57% | -62% | 2,547 | $615 | $45,656,074 | 10 |
| 7 | (6) | We Bought a Zoo | $1,516,891 | -60% | -65% | 3,163 | $480 | $46,007,890 | 12 |
| 8 | (8) | New Year’s Eve | $606,315 | -52% | -64% | 2,225 | $273 | $47,864,138 | 26 |
| 9 | (9) | The Darkest Hour | $587,176 | -46% | -60% | 2,327 | $252 | $14,802,810 | 10 |
| 10 | (11) | The Descendants | $371,550 | -58% | -55% | 758 | $490 | $40,687,215 | 49 |
| 11 | (13) | Young Adult | $301,218 | -50% | -54% | 987 | $305 | $12,970,470 | 26 |
| 12 | (15) | The Sitter | $301,037 | -40% | -49% | 1,348 | $223 | $27,117,377 | 26 |
| - | (14) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $299,396 | -50% | -61% | 1,411 | $212 | $276,424,872 | 47 |
| - | (12) | Hugo | $281,983 | -67% | -63% | 951 | $297 | $50,595,478 | 42 |
| - | (16) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $118,994 | -63% | -50% | 57 | $2,088 | $4,399,180 | 26 |
| - | (18) | Arthur Christmas | $115,478 | -54% | -72% | 1,343 | $86 | $46,188,641 | 42 |
| - | (17) | Puss in Boots | $111,038 | -56% | -58% | 389 | $285 | $145,849,365 | 68 |
| - | (19) | Happy Feet Two | $63,410 | -60% | -54% | 525 | $121 | $61,029,276 | 47 |
| - | (20) | Don 2 | $59,877 | -48% | -76% | 164 | $365 | $3,348,603 | 13 |
| - | (22) | Shame | $40,477 | -48% | -26% | 55 | $736 | $2,084,342 | 33 |
| - | (21) | J. Edgar | $35,202 | -55% | -43% | 455 | $77 | $36,686,033 | 56 |
| - | (23) | Tower Heist | $34,155 | -50% | -36% | 253 | $135 | $76,836,380 | 61 |
| - | (27) | Dolphin Tale | $24,524 | -53% | -57% | 188 | $130 | $72,040,493 | 103 |
| - | (28) | Immortals | $23,534 | -45% | -41% | 228 | $103 | $82,722,966 | 54 |
| - | (30) | Born to be Wild 3D | $21,192 | -41% | -55% | 49 | $432 | $15,204,857 | 271 |
| - | (31) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $18,776 | -44% | -49% | 245 | $77 | $34,947,321 | 61 |
| - | (32) | In Time | $16,915 | -44% | -16% | 123 | $138 | $37,093,330 | 68 |
| - | (29) | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $15,526 | -61% | -45% | 6 | $2,588 | $367,943 | 10 |
| - | (33) | Footloose | $12,230 | -52% | -54% | 182 | $67 | $51,682,742 | 82 |
| - | (35) | The Way | $8,036 | -54% | -44% | 47 | $171 | $4,195,444 | 89 |
| - | (37) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $7,143 | -51% | -49% | 124 | $58 | $104,014,971 | 75 |
| - | (36) | Pariah | $6,548 | -61% | 4 | $1,637 | $108,303 | 7 | |
| - | (39) | Drive | $4,452 | -38% | -1% | 25 | $178 | $34,844,643 | 110 |
| - | (38) | Margin Call | $3,813 | -51% | -62% | 29 | $131 | $5,258,000 | 75 |
| - | (42) | Like Crazy | $2,401 | -41% | -29% | 30 | $80 | $3,374,501 | 68 |
| - | (40) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $2,308 | -45% | -9% | 14 | $165 | $2,915,691 | 75 |
| - | (41) | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $1,734 | -59% | -61% | 2 | $867 | $55,090 | 12 |
| - | (44) | Inni | $156 | +9% | 1 | $156 | $117,847 | 99 | |
| Reporting movies: 38 | $18,281,322 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $3,428,017 | 3,455 | $144,614,663 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $2,558,120 | 3,703 | $139,468,339 |
| 3 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $2,076,721 | 2,914 | $62,027,674 |
| 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $1,931,414 | 3,724 | $99,779,528 |
| 5 | The Adventures of Tintin | $1,707,277 | 3,087 | $53,107,727 |
| 6 | War Horse | $1,566,288 | 2,547 | $45,656,074 |
| 7 | We Bought a Zoo | $1,516,891 | 3,163 | $46,007,890 |
| 8 | New Year’s Eve | $606,315 | 2,225 | $47,864,138 |
| 9 | The Darkest Hour | $587,176 | 2,327 | $14,802,810 |
| 10 | The Descendants | $371,550 | 758 | $40,687,215 |
| 11 | Young Adult | $301,218 | 987 | $12,970,470 |
| 12 | The Sitter | $301,037 | 1,348 | $27,117,377 |
| - | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $299,396 | 1,411 | $276,424,872 |
| - | Hugo | $281,983 | 951 | $50,595,478 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $118,994 | 57 | $4,399,180 |
| - | Arthur Christmas | $115,478 | 1,343 | $46,188,641 |
| - | Puss in Boots | $111,038 | 389 | $145,849,365 |
| - | Happy Feet Two | $63,410 | 525 | $61,029,276 |
| - | Don 2 | $59,877 | 164 | $3,348,603 |
| - | Shame | $40,477 | 55 | $2,084,342 |
| - | J. Edgar | $35,202 | 455 | $36,686,033 |
| - | Tower Heist | $34,155 | 253 | $76,836,380 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $24,524 | 188 | $72,040,493 |
| - | Immortals | $23,534 | 228 | $82,722,966 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $21,192 | 49 | $15,204,857 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $18,776 | 245 | $34,947,321 |
| - | In Time | $16,915 | 123 | $37,093,330 |
| - | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $15,526 | 6 | $367,943 |
| - | Footloose | $12,230 | 182 | $51,682,742 |
| - | The Way | $8,036 | 47 | $4,195,444 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $7,143 | 124 | $104,014,971 |
| - | Pariah | $6,548 | 4 | $108,303 |
| - | Drive | $4,452 | 25 | $34,844,643 |
| - | Margin Call | $3,813 | 29 | $5,258,000 |
| - | Like Crazy | $2,401 | 30 | $3,374,501 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $2,308 | 14 | $2,915,691 |
| - | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $1,734 | 2 | $55,090 |
| - | Inni | $156 | 1 | $117,847 |
| Reporting: 38 | $18,281,322 | total | ||