Daily Domestic Box Office Wednesday, January 4, 2012
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $2,634,866 | -23% | -69% | 3,455 | $763 | $147,249,529 | 20 |
| 2 | (2) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $2,013,350 | -21% | -69% | 3,703 | $544 | $141,481,689 | 20 |
| 3 | (3) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $1,803,452 | -13% | -57% | 2,914 | $619 | $63,831,126 | 15 |
| 4 | (6) | War Horse | $1,305,586 | -17% | -65% | 2,547 | $513 | $46,961,660 | 11 |
| 5 | (4) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $1,232,781 | -36% | -81% | 3,724 | $331 | $101,012,309 | 20 |
| 6 | (5) | The Adventures of Tintin | $1,146,601 | -33% | -72% | 3,087 | $371 | $54,254,328 | 15 |
| 7 | (7) | We Bought a Zoo | $1,100,279 | -27% | -73% | 3,163 | $348 | $47,108,169 | 13 |
| 8 | (8) | New Year’s Eve | $474,242 | -22% | -72% | 2,225 | $213 | $48,338,380 | 27 |
| 9 | (9) | The Darkest Hour | $406,926 | -31% | -67% | 2,327 | $175 | $15,209,736 | 11 |
| 10 | (10) | The Descendants | $340,267 | -8% | -58% | 758 | $449 | $41,027,482 | 50 |
| 11 | (11) | Young Adult | $257,534 | -15% | -59% | 987 | $261 | $13,228,004 | 27 |
| 12 | (13) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $250,362 | -16% | -67% | 1,411 | $177 | $276,675,234 | 48 |
| 13 | (12) | The Sitter | $248,968 | -17% | -54% | 1,348 | $185 | $27,366,345 | 27 |
| - | (14) | Hugo | $220,877 | -22% | -70% | 951 | $232 | $50,816,355 | 43 |
| - | (15) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $121,597 | +2% | -47% | 57 | $2,133 | $4,520,777 | 27 |
| - | (17) | Puss in Boots | $83,614 | -25% | -69% | 389 | $215 | $145,932,979 | 69 |
| - | (16) | Arthur Christmas | $81,327 | -30% | -79% | 1,343 | $61 | $46,269,968 | 43 |
| - | (18) | Happy Feet Two | $51,239 | -19% | -65% | 525 | $98 | $61,080,515 | 48 |
| - | (19) | Don 2 | $37,653 | -37% | -78% | 164 | $230 | $3,386,256 | 14 |
| - | (20) | Shame | $35,737 | -12% | -37% | 55 | $650 | $2,120,079 | 34 |
| - | (21) | J. Edgar | $33,302 | -5% | -47% | 455 | $73 | $36,719,335 | 57 |
| - | (22) | Tower Heist | $30,360 | -11% | -44% | 253 | $120 | $76,866,740 | 62 |
| - | (24) | Immortals | $19,766 | -16% | -48% | 228 | $87 | $82,742,732 | 55 |
| - | (25) | Born to be Wild 3D | $17,959 | -15% | -64% | 49 | $367 | $15,222,816 | 272 |
| - | (26) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $16,199 | -14% | -53% | 245 | $66 | $34,963,520 | 62 |
| - | (28) | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $15,870 | +2% | -48% | 6 | $2,645 | $383,813 | 11 |
| - | (23) | Dolphin Tale | $15,696 | -36% | -72% | 188 | $83 | $72,056,189 | 104 |
| - | (27) | In Time | $15,045 | -11% | -32% | 123 | $122 | $37,108,375 | 69 |
| - | (29) | Footloose | $11,985 | -2% | -60% | 182 | $66 | $51,694,727 | 83 |
| - | (31) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $7,266 | +2% | -53% | 124 | $59 | $104,022,237 | 76 |
| - | (32) | Pariah | $7,165 | +9% | -67% | 4 | $1,791 | $115,468 | 8 |
| - | (30) | The Way | $7,160 | -11% | -51% | 47 | $152 | $4,202,604 | 90 |
| - | (34) | Margin Call | $4,943 | +30% | -27% | 29 | $170 | $5,262,943 | 76 |
| - | (33) | Drive | $4,934 | +11% | -4% | 25 | $197 | $34,849,577 | 111 |
| - | (35) | Like Crazy | $2,786 | +16% | -40% | 30 | $93 | $3,377,287 | 69 |
| - | (37) | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $1,740 | +0% | -64% | 2 | $870 | $56,830 | 13 |
| - | (36) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $1,719 | -26% | -35% | 14 | $123 | $2,917,410 | 76 |
| Reporting movies: 37 | $14,061,153 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $2,634,866 | 3,455 | $147,249,529 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $2,013,350 | 3,703 | $141,481,689 |
| 3 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $1,803,452 | 2,914 | $63,831,126 |
| 4 | War Horse | $1,305,586 | 2,547 | $46,961,660 |
| 5 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $1,232,781 | 3,724 | $101,012,309 |
| 6 | The Adventures of Tintin | $1,146,601 | 3,087 | $54,254,328 |
| 7 | We Bought a Zoo | $1,100,279 | 3,163 | $47,108,169 |
| 8 | New Year’s Eve | $474,242 | 2,225 | $48,338,380 |
| 9 | The Darkest Hour | $406,926 | 2,327 | $15,209,736 |
| 10 | The Descendants | $340,267 | 758 | $41,027,482 |
| 11 | Young Adult | $257,534 | 987 | $13,228,004 |
| 12 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $250,362 | 1,411 | $276,675,234 |
| 13 | The Sitter | $248,968 | 1,348 | $27,366,345 |
| - | Hugo | $220,877 | 951 | $50,816,355 |
| - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $121,597 | 57 | $4,520,777 |
| - | Puss in Boots | $83,614 | 389 | $145,932,979 |
| - | Arthur Christmas | $81,327 | 1,343 | $46,269,968 |
| - | Happy Feet Two | $51,239 | 525 | $61,080,515 |
| - | Don 2 | $37,653 | 164 | $3,386,256 |
| - | Shame | $35,737 | 55 | $2,120,079 |
| - | J. Edgar | $33,302 | 455 | $36,719,335 |
| - | Tower Heist | $30,360 | 253 | $76,866,740 |
| - | Immortals | $19,766 | 228 | $82,742,732 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $17,959 | 49 | $15,222,816 |
| - | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $16,199 | 245 | $34,963,520 |
| - | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $15,870 | 6 | $383,813 |
| - | Dolphin Tale | $15,696 | 188 | $72,056,189 |
| - | In Time | $15,045 | 123 | $37,108,375 |
| - | Footloose | $11,985 | 182 | $51,694,727 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 3 | $7,266 | 124 | $104,022,237 |
| - | Pariah | $7,165 | 4 | $115,468 |
| - | The Way | $7,160 | 47 | $4,202,604 |
| - | Margin Call | $4,943 | 29 | $5,262,943 |
| - | Drive | $4,934 | 25 | $34,849,577 |
| - | Like Crazy | $2,786 | 30 | $3,377,287 |
| - | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $1,740 | 2 | $56,830 |
| - | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $1,719 | 14 | $2,917,410 |
| Reporting: 37 | $14,061,153 | total | ||