Daily Domestic Box Office Friday, December 21, 2012
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $10,078,827 | +52% | -73% | 4,100 | $2,458 | $123,231,727 | 8 |
| 2 | (new) | Jack Reacher | $5,021,737 | 3,352 | $1,498 | $5,021,737 | 1 | ||
| 3 | (new) | This is 40 | $3,714,075 | 2,913 | $1,275 | $3,714,075 | 1 | ||
| 4 | (4) | Rise of the Guardians | $1,566,419 | +82% | +3% | 3,031 | $517 | $75,360,649 | 31 |
| 5 | (2) | The Guilt Trip | $1,489,795 | +49% | 2,431 | $613 | $3,520,409 | 3 | |
| 6 | (3) | Lincoln | $1,392,449 | +56% | -28% | 2,293 | $607 | $112,540,273 | 43 |
| 7 | (7) | Monsters, Inc. 3D | $1,390,711 | +97% | 2,618 | $531 | $258,745,864 | 4,068 | |
| 8 | (5) | Skyfall | $1,277,886 | +52% | -30% | 2,365 | $540 | $276,369,660 | 44 |
| 9 | (6) | Life of Pi | $999,521 | +41% | -28% | 1,750 | $571 | $73,355,765 | 31 |
| 10 | (new) | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | $808,188 | 840 | $962 | $927,563 | 1 | ||
| 11 | (8) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 | $761,511 | +38% | -49% | 1,183 | $644 | $279,767,245 | 37 |
| 12 | (9) | Wreck-It Ralph | $474,852 | +34% | -31% | 1,444 | $329 | $170,397,377 | 50 |
| 13 | (10) | Silver Linings Playbook | $439,279 | +62% | -25% | 371 | $1,184 | $18,519,321 | 36 |
| - | (12) | Red Dawn | $244,474 | +3% | -65% | 1,011 | $242 | $42,076,377 | 31 |
| - | (14) | Argo | $209,467 | +48% | -31% | 450 | $465 | $105,745,137 | 71 |
| - | (13) | Flight | $181,822 | -1% | -66% | 742 | $245 | $90,461,509 | 50 |
| - | (15) | Anna Karenina | $166,638 | +19% | -41% | 331 | $503 | $9,136,825 | 36 |
| - | (16) | Hitchcock | $152,286 | +28% | -50% | 535 | $285 | $3,767,578 | 29 |
| - | (11) | Playing for Keeps | $132,044 | -48% | -87% | 851 | $155 | $12,118,402 | 15 |
| - | (17) | Zero Dark Thirty | $115,476 | +11% | 5 | $23,095 | $344,488 | 3 | |
| - | (20) | Hyde Park on Hudson | $90,999 | +227% | +15% | 86 | $1,058 | $619,991 | 15 |
| - | (-) | Hotel Transylvania | $82,181 | +373% | 301 | $273 | $144,033,029 | 85 | |
| - | (-) | Here Comes the Boom | $59,906 | +175% | 291 | $206 | $42,777,587 | 71 | |
| - | (18) | Taken 2 | $58,919 | +73% | -28% | 275 | $214 | $138,324,019 | 78 |
| - | (19) | Pitch Perfect | $41,735 | +37% | -44% | 214 | $195 | $64,035,548 | 85 |
| - | (new) | The Impossible | $37,726 | 15 | $2,515 | $37,726 | 1 | ||
| - | (22) | The Polar Express | $25,499 | +36% | -5% | 15 | $1,700 | $183,121,073 | 2,964 |
| - | (23) | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $22,039 | +38% | -15% | 126 | $175 | $17,091,675 | 92 |
| - | (21) | The Sessions | $20,575 | +6% | -48% | 98 | $210 | $5,304,362 | 64 |
| - | (27) | End of Watch | $20,250 | +61% | -23% | 172 | $118 | $40,542,322 | 92 |
| - | (26) | To the Arctic 3D | $13,379 | -2% | -4% | 52 | $257 | $10,274,432 | 246 |
| - | (24) | Looper | $9,998 | -34% | -60% | 100 | $100 | $66,372,515 | 85 |
| - | (25) | Cloud Atlas | $9,821 | -32% | -55% | 50 | $196 | $26,691,893 | 57 |
| - | (32) | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $7,827 | +8% | -13% | 72 | $109 | $161,037,816 | 162 |
| - | (28) | Sinister | $7,740 | -30% | -63% | 82 | $94 | $47,967,589 | 71 |
| - | (29) | Alex Cross | $7,214 | -19% | -64% | 76 | $95 | $25,781,207 | 64 |
| - | (34) | Born to be Wild 3D | $5,334 | +2% | -13% | 30 | $178 | $21,538,809 | 624 |
| - | (new) | Not Fade Away | $5,314 | 3 | $1,771 | $5,314 | 1 | ||
| - | (30) | Paranormal Activity 4 | $3,411 | -56% | -76% | 50 | $68 | $53,841,158 | 64 |
| - | (36) | ParaNorman | $1,725 | -36% | -66% | 24 | $72 | $55,975,318 | 127 |
| - | (35) | Chasing Mavericks | $1,303 | -54% | -73% | 18 | $72 | $5,915,923 | 57 |
| - | (39) | Arbitrage | $791 | -28% | -57% | 5 | $158 | $7,895,013 | 99 |
| Reporting movies: 42 | $31,151,143 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | $10,078,827 | 4,100 | $123,231,727 |
| 2 | Jack Reacher | $5,021,737 | 3,352 | $5,021,737 |
| 3 | This is 40 | $3,714,075 | 2,913 | $3,714,075 |
| 4 | Rise of the Guardians | $1,566,419 | 3,031 | $75,360,649 |
| 5 | The Guilt Trip | $1,489,795 | 2,431 | $3,520,409 |
| 6 | Lincoln | $1,392,449 | 2,293 | $112,540,273 |
| 7 | Monsters, Inc. 3D | $1,390,711 | 2,618 | $258,745,864 |
| 8 | Skyfall | $1,277,886 | 2,365 | $276,369,660 |
| 9 | Life of Pi | $999,521 | 1,750 | $73,355,765 |
| 10 | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | $808,188 | 840 | $927,563 |
| 11 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 | $761,511 | 1,183 | $279,767,245 |
| 12 | Wreck-It Ralph | $474,852 | 1,444 | $170,397,377 |
| 13 | Silver Linings Playbook | $439,279 | 371 | $18,519,321 |
| - | Red Dawn | $244,474 | 1,011 | $42,076,377 |
| - | Argo | $209,467 | 450 | $105,745,137 |
| - | Flight | $181,822 | 742 | $90,461,509 |
| - | Anna Karenina | $166,638 | 331 | $9,136,825 |
| - | Hitchcock | $152,286 | 535 | $3,767,578 |
| - | Playing for Keeps | $132,044 | 851 | $12,118,402 |
| - | Zero Dark Thirty | $115,476 | 5 | $344,488 |
| - | Hyde Park on Hudson | $90,999 | 86 | $619,991 |
| - | Hotel Transylvania | $82,181 | 301 | $144,033,029 |
| - | Here Comes the Boom | $59,906 | 291 | $42,777,587 |
| - | Taken 2 | $58,919 | 275 | $138,324,019 |
| - | Pitch Perfect | $41,735 | 214 | $64,035,548 |
| - | The Impossible | $37,726 | 15 | $37,726 |
| - | The Polar Express | $25,499 | 15 | $183,121,073 |
| - | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | $22,039 | 126 | $17,091,675 |
| - | The Sessions | $20,575 | 98 | $5,304,362 |
| - | End of Watch | $20,250 | 172 | $40,542,322 |
| - | To the Arctic 3D | $13,379 | 52 | $10,274,432 |
| - | Looper | $9,998 | 100 | $66,372,515 |
| - | Cloud Atlas | $9,821 | 50 | $26,691,893 |
| - | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $7,827 | 72 | $161,037,816 |
| - | Sinister | $7,740 | 82 | $47,967,589 |
| - | Alex Cross | $7,214 | 76 | $25,781,207 |
| - | Born to be Wild 3D | $5,334 | 30 | $21,538,809 |
| - | Not Fade Away | $5,314 | 3 | $5,314 |
| - | Paranormal Activity 4 | $3,411 | 50 | $53,841,158 |
| - | ParaNorman | $1,725 | 24 | $55,975,318 |
| - | Chasing Mavericks | $1,303 | 18 | $5,915,923 |
| - | Arbitrage | $791 | 5 | $7,895,013 |
| Reporting: 42 | $31,151,143 | total | ||