Weekend Domestic Box Office December 16, 2011
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $39,637,079 | 3,703 | $10,704 | $39,637,079 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $23,244,744 | 3,723 | $6,244 | $23,244,744 | 3 | ||
| 3 | (new) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $12,785,204 | 425 | $30,083 | $12,785,204 | 3 | ||
| 4 | (1) | New Year’s Eve | $7,310,413 | -44% | 3,505 | $2,086 | $24,716,167 | 10 | |
| 5 | (2) | The Sitter | $4,608,681 | -53% | 2,752 | $1,675 | $17,929,987 | 10 | |
| 6 | (3) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $4,197,893 | -46% | 2,958 | $1,419 | $266,327,974 | 31 | |
| 7 | (6) | Hugo | $3,707,848 | -39% | 2,532 | $1,464 | $39,155,709 | 26 | |
| 8 | (5) | Arthur Christmas | $3,554,286 | -45% | 2,929 | $1,213 | $38,501,631 | 26 | |
| 9 | (4) | The Muppets | $3,520,926 | -50% | 2,808 | $1,254 | $70,994,571 | 26 | |
| 10 | (18) | $3,403,159 | +13,741% | 986 | $3,451 | $3,843,083 | 10 | ||
| 10 | (18) | $3,403,159 | +997% | 986 | $3,451 | $3,843,083 | 10 | ||
| 11 | (7) | The Descendants | $3,268,357 | -25% | 878 | $3,723 | $28,645,909 | 33 | |
| 12 | (9) | Jack and Jill | $1,228,843 | -60% | 1,910 | $643 | $70,506,629 | 38 | |
| 13 | (8) | Happy Feet Two | $1,077,329 | -71% | 1,780 | $605 | $58,909,873 | 31 | |
| 14 | (11) | Tower Heist | $901,025 | -62% | 1,315 | $685 | $75,788,740 | 45 | |
| 15 | (10) | Immortals | $851,371 | -65% | 1,216 | $700 | $81,889,376 | 38 | |
| 16 | (14) | My Week with Marilyn | $591,385 | -24% | 244 | $2,424 | $6,087,130 | 26 | |
| 17 | (12) | Puss in Boots | $465,209 | -71% | 757 | $615 | $142,775,402 | 52 | |
| 18 | (17) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $456,777 | +47% | 16 | $28,549 | $879,548 | 10 | |
| 19 | (13) | J. Edgar | $386,494 | -67% | 703 | $550 | $35,718,897 | 40 | |
| 20 | (20) | Shame | $307,254 | +8% | 51 | $6,025 | $1,231,295 | 17 | |
| 21 | (19) | The Artist | $287,367 | -3% | 17 | $16,904 | $1,327,520 | 24 | |
| 22 | (21) | Dolphin Tale | $193,092 | -28% | 281 | $687 | $71,330,860 | 87 | |
| 23 | (15) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $175,064 | -63% | 202 | $867 | $34,413,079 | 45 | |
| 24 | (16) | In Time | $163,354 | -53% | 273 | $598 | $36,732,694 | 52 | |
| 25 | (37) | A Dangerous Method | $150,855 | +96% | 17 | $8,874 | $719,857 | 26 | |
| 26 | (22) | Melancholia | $133,914 | -42% | 131 | $1,022 | $2,243,206 | 38 | |
| 27 | (38) | Footloose | $123,746 | +77% | 253 | $489 | $51,292,776 | 66 | |
| 28 | (32) | The Polar Express | $108,303 | -6% | 25 | $4,332 | $182,364,216 | 2,595 | |
| 29 | (23) | Courageous | $102,879 | -47% | 101 | $1,019 | $33,514,228 | 80 | |
| 30 | (24) | Margin Call | $98,178 | -45% | 121 | $811 | $5,114,687 | 59 | |
| 31 | (27) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $91,616 | -36% | 206 | $445 | $103,783,478 | 59 | |
| 32 | (28) | Real Steel | $80,352 | -39% | 155 | $518 | $83,737,282 | 73 | |
| 33 | (new) | Carnage | $79,795 | 5 | $15,959 | $79,795 | 3 | ||
| 34 | (29) | The Way | $79,295 | -36% | 93 | $853 | $3,988,533 | 73 | |
| 35 | (26) | Moneyball | $75,535 | -50% | 98 | $771 | $74,317,363 | 87 | |
| 36 | (34) | The Help | $72,053 | -32% | 156 | $462 | $169,345,705 | 131 | |
| 37 | (25) | Like Crazy | $57,513 | -65% | 100 | $575 | $3,292,958 | 52 | |
| 38 | (41) | Born to be Wild 3D | $57,088 | -8% | 49 | $1,165 | $14,786,945 | 255 | |
| 39 | (31) | Midnight in Paris | $53,678 | -53% | 116 | $463 | $56,293,474 | 213 | |
| 40 | (33) | The Skin I Live In | $51,798 | -53% | 71 | $730 | $2,942,230 | 66 | |
| 41 | (35) | The Three Musketeers | $50,210 | -42% | 123 | $408 | $20,315,324 | 59 | |
| 42 | (30) | The Ides of March | $45,589 | -62% | 72 | $633 | $40,567,824 | 73 | |
| 43 | (43) | Drive | $41,947 | -13% | 56 | $749 | $34,746,353 | 94 | |
| 44 | (40) | 50/50 | $37,370 | -43% | 111 | $337 | $34,963,967 | 80 | |
| 45 | (48) | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $28,828 | -19% | 54 | $534 | $176,740,650 | 136 | |
| 46 | (44) | Take Shelter | $27,608 | -42% | 58 | $476 | $1,627,470 | 80 | |
| 47 | (55) | Hubble 3D | $26,896 | +18% | 17 | $1,582 | $30,053,293 | 640 | |
| 48 | (47) | Le Havre | $24,258 | -37% | 21 | $1,155 | $358,706 | 59 | |
| 49 | (52) | The Lion King | $23,694 | -11% | 32 | $740 | $421,742,337 | 6,396 | |
| 50 | (42) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $21,602 | -58% | 39 | $554 | $2,870,277 | 59 | |
| 51 | (54) | The Women on the 6th Floor | $18,684 | -20% | 12 | $1,557 | $428,097 | 199 | |
| 52 | (76) | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $13,903 | +344% | 8 | $1,738 | $208,276 | 59 | |
| 53 | (51) | The Rum Diary | $12,429 | -58% | 30 | $414 | $13,100,042 | 52 | |
| 54 | (50) | Pastorela | $10,616 | -66% | 19 | $559 | $156,784 | 17 | |
| 55 | (64) | Tomboy | $9,881 | -14% | 9 | $1,098 | $89,753 | 31 | |
| 56 | (74) | Sea Rex 3D | $9,800 | +132% | 9 | $1,089 | $4,433,633 | 570 | |
| 57 | (56) | Mozart’s Sister | $9,421 | -44% | 10 | $942 | $669,081 | 122 | |
| 58 | (60) | Under the Sea 3D | $9,190 | -28% | 8 | $1,149 | $30,203,840 | 1,039 | |
| 59 | (new) | Cook County | $7,579 | 5 | $1,516 | $7,579 | 3 | ||
| 60 | (67) | The Big Year | $7,546 | -13% | 25 | $302 | $7,204,138 | 66 | |
| 61 | (61) | Young Goethe in Love | $7,298 | -42% | 8 | $912 | $93,211 | 45 | |
| 62 | (62) | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | $7,290 | -41% | 8 | $911 | $28,519 | 10 | |
| 63 | (58) | Into the Abyss | $6,389 | -60% | 17 | $376 | $216,262 | 38 | |
| 64 | (77) | Crazy Wisdom | $6,381 | +105% | 4 | $1,595 | $43,106 | 24 | |
| 65 | (66) | The Guard | $6,341 | -38% | 12 | $528 | $5,325,090 | 143 | |
| 66 | (57) | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | $5,614 | -65% | 6 | $936 | $123,369 | 31 | |
| 67 | (63) | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | $5,014 | -56% | 7 | $716 | $80,487 | 38 | |
| 68 | (73) | Blackthorn | $4,535 | +7% | 9 | $504 | $182,097 | 73 | |
| 69 | (70) | Sleeping Beauty | $4,529 | -24% | 4 | $1,132 | $29,004 | 17 | |
| 70 | (-) | Galapagos | $4,249 | 1 | $4,249 | $18,046,642 | 4,434 | ||
| 71 | (93) | Amigo | $3,489 | +191% | 3 | $1,163 | $178,285 | 122 | |
| 72 | (69) | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $3,410 | -45% | 3 | $1,137 | $166,277 | 87 | |
| 73 | (89) | My Reincarnation | $3,121 | +69% | 3 | $1,040 | $38,011 | 52 | |
| 74 | (68) | Outrage | $3,082 | -62% | 7 | $440 | $26,159 | 17 | |
| 75 | (new) | Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | $3,050 | 2 | $1,525 | $3,050 | 3 | ||
| 76 | (85) | House of Pleasures | $2,912 | +37% | 3 | $971 | $19,327 | 24 | |
| 77 | (72) | Khodorkovsky | $1,759 | -70% | 1 | $1,759 | $25,480 | 19 | |
| 78 | (-) | Rid of Me | $1,660 | 1 | $1,660 | $5,382 | 31 | ||
| 79 | (new) | Addiction Incorporated | $1,629 | 1 | $1,629 | $3,683 | 5 | ||
| 80 | (102) | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $1,628 | +136% | 2 | $814 | $193,613 | 145 | |
| 81 | (92) | The Bride Wore Black | $1,412 | -2% | 1 | $1,412 | $17,661 | 15,882 | |
| 82 | (94) | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $1,298 | +14% | 1 | $1,298 | $53,236,489 | 4,805 | |
| 83 | (-) | The Conquest | $1,276 | 1 | $1,276 | $40,439 | 38 | ||
| 84 | (88) | The Mill and the Cross | $1,045 | -46% | 3 | $348 | $259,721 | 96 | |
| 85 | (95) | The Whale | $1,028 | +3% | 1 | $1,028 | $57,986 | 101 | |
| 86 | (-) | American Teacher | $994 | 2 | $497 | $32,280 | 80 | ||
| 87 | (-) | Jane's Journey | $982 | 1 | $982 | $19,557 | 94 | ||
| 88 | (101) | Higher Ground | $847 | +18% | 3 | $282 | $836,503 | 115 | |
| 89 | (84) | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $789 | -65% | 1 | $789 | $838,235 | 164 | |
| 90 | (80) | I Melt with You | $670 | -75% | 2 | $335 | $4,795 | 10 | |
| 91 | (97) | Charlotte Rampling: The Look | $645 | -32% | 1 | $645 | $12,664 | 45 | |
| 92 | (-) | Littlerock | $581 | 1 | $581 | $17,079 | 129 | ||
| 93 | (90) | Inni | $572 | -66% | 3 | $191 | $116,398 | 83 | |
| 94 | (79) | Revenge of the Electric Car | $470 | -83% | 1 | $470 | $150,307 | 59 | |
| 95 | (-) | American: The Bill Hicks Story | $432 | 1 | $432 | $174,796 | 255 | ||
| 96 | (-) | My Joy | $352 | 1 | $352 | $5,457 | 80 | ||
| 97 | (100) | Summer | $349 | -56% | 1 | $349 | $37,804 | 193 | |
| 98 | (106) | Hell and Back Again | $346 | -14% | 1 | $346 | $34,637 | 75 | |
| 99 | (-) | 3 | $288 | 2 | $144 | $59,774 | 94 | ||
| 100 | (99) | Answers to Nothing | $157 | -82% | 1 | $157 | $22,029 | 17 | |
| 101 | (103) | Restless | $141 | -79% | 1 | $141 | $163,141 | 94 | |
| 102 | (105) | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $80 | -84% | 1 | $80 | $18,169 | 152 | |
| 103 | (104) | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $17 | -97% | 1 | $17 | $24,333 | 61 | |
| Reporting movies: 104 | $121,678,113 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $39,637,079 | 3,703 | $39,637,079 |
| 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $23,244,744 | 3,723 | $23,244,744 |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $12,785,204 | 425 | $12,785,204 |
| 4 | New Year’s Eve | $7,310,413 | 3,505 | $24,716,167 |
| 5 | The Sitter | $4,608,681 | 2,752 | $17,929,987 |
| 6 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $4,197,893 | 2,958 | $266,327,974 |
| 7 | Hugo | $3,707,848 | 2,532 | $39,155,709 |
| 8 | Arthur Christmas | $3,554,286 | 2,929 | $38,501,631 |
| 9 | The Muppets | $3,520,926 | 2,808 | $70,994,571 |
| 10 | $3,403,159 | 986 | $3,843,083 | |
| 10 | $3,403,159 | 986 | $3,843,083 | |
| 11 | The Descendants | $3,268,357 | 878 | $28,645,909 |
| 12 | Jack and Jill | $1,228,843 | 1,910 | $70,506,629 |
| 13 | Happy Feet Two | $1,077,329 | 1,780 | $58,909,873 |
| 14 | Tower Heist | $901,025 | 1,315 | $75,788,740 |
| 15 | Immortals | $851,371 | 1,216 | $81,889,376 |
| 16 | My Week with Marilyn | $591,385 | 244 | $6,087,130 |
| 17 | Puss in Boots | $465,209 | 757 | $142,775,402 |
| 18 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $456,777 | 16 | $879,548 |
| 19 | J. Edgar | $386,494 | 703 | $35,718,897 |
| 20 | Shame | $307,254 | 51 | $1,231,295 |
| 21 | The Artist | $287,367 | 17 | $1,327,520 |
| 22 | Dolphin Tale | $193,092 | 281 | $71,330,860 |
| 23 | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $175,064 | 202 | $34,413,079 |
| 24 | In Time | $163,354 | 273 | $36,732,694 |
| 25 | A Dangerous Method | $150,855 | 17 | $719,857 |
| 26 | Melancholia | $133,914 | 131 | $2,243,206 |
| 27 | Footloose | $123,746 | 253 | $51,292,776 |
| 28 | The Polar Express | $108,303 | 25 | $182,364,216 |
| 29 | Courageous | $102,879 | 101 | $33,514,228 |
| 30 | Margin Call | $98,178 | 121 | $5,114,687 |
| 31 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $91,616 | 206 | $103,783,478 |
| 32 | Real Steel | $80,352 | 155 | $83,737,282 |
| 33 | Carnage | $79,795 | 5 | $79,795 |
| 34 | The Way | $79,295 | 93 | $3,988,533 |
| 35 | Moneyball | $75,535 | 98 | $74,317,363 |
| 36 | The Help | $72,053 | 156 | $169,345,705 |
| 37 | Like Crazy | $57,513 | 100 | $3,292,958 |
| 38 | Born to be Wild 3D | $57,088 | 49 | $14,786,945 |
| 39 | Midnight in Paris | $53,678 | 116 | $56,293,474 |
| 40 | The Skin I Live In | $51,798 | 71 | $2,942,230 |
| 41 | The Three Musketeers | $50,210 | 123 | $20,315,324 |
| 42 | The Ides of March | $45,589 | 72 | $40,567,824 |
| 43 | Drive | $41,947 | 56 | $34,746,353 |
| 44 | 50/50 | $37,370 | 111 | $34,963,967 |
| 45 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $28,828 | 54 | $176,740,650 |
| 46 | Take Shelter | $27,608 | 58 | $1,627,470 |
| 47 | Hubble 3D | $26,896 | 17 | $30,053,293 |
| 48 | Le Havre | $24,258 | 21 | $358,706 |
| 49 | The Lion King | $23,694 | 32 | $421,742,337 |
| 50 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $21,602 | 39 | $2,870,277 |
| 51 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $18,684 | 12 | $428,097 |
| 52 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $13,903 | 8 | $208,276 |
| 53 | The Rum Diary | $12,429 | 30 | $13,100,042 |
| 54 | Pastorela | $10,616 | 19 | $156,784 |
| 55 | Tomboy | $9,881 | 9 | $89,753 |
| 56 | Sea Rex 3D | $9,800 | 9 | $4,433,633 |
| 57 | Mozart’s Sister | $9,421 | 10 | $669,081 |
| 58 | Under the Sea 3D | $9,190 | 8 | $30,203,840 |
| 59 | Cook County | $7,579 | 5 | $7,579 |
| 60 | The Big Year | $7,546 | 25 | $7,204,138 |
| 61 | Young Goethe in Love | $7,298 | 8 | $93,211 |
| 62 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | $7,290 | 8 | $28,519 |
| 63 | Into the Abyss | $6,389 | 17 | $216,262 |
| 64 | Crazy Wisdom | $6,381 | 4 | $43,106 |
| 65 | The Guard | $6,341 | 12 | $5,325,090 |
| 66 | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | $5,614 | 6 | $123,369 |
| 67 | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | $5,014 | 7 | $80,487 |
| 68 | Blackthorn | $4,535 | 9 | $182,097 |
| 69 | Sleeping Beauty | $4,529 | 4 | $29,004 |
| 70 | Galapagos | $4,249 | 1 | $18,046,642 |
| 71 | Amigo | $3,489 | 3 | $178,285 |
| 72 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $3,410 | 3 | $166,277 |
| 73 | My Reincarnation | $3,121 | 3 | $38,011 |
| 74 | Outrage | $3,082 | 7 | $26,159 |
| 75 | Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | $3,050 | 2 | $3,050 |
| 76 | House of Pleasures | $2,912 | 3 | $19,327 |
| 77 | Khodorkovsky | $1,759 | 1 | $25,480 |
| 78 | Rid of Me | $1,660 | 1 | $5,382 |
| 79 | Addiction Incorporated | $1,629 | 1 | $3,683 |
| 80 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $1,628 | 2 | $193,613 |
| 81 | The Bride Wore Black | $1,412 | 1 | $17,661 |
| 82 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $1,298 | 1 | $53,236,489 |
| 83 | The Conquest | $1,276 | 1 | $40,439 |
| 84 | The Mill and the Cross | $1,045 | 3 | $259,721 |
| 85 | The Whale | $1,028 | 1 | $57,986 |
| 86 | American Teacher | $994 | 2 | $32,280 |
| 87 | Jane's Journey | $982 | 1 | $19,557 |
| 88 | Higher Ground | $847 | 3 | $836,503 |
| 89 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $789 | 1 | $838,235 |
| 90 | I Melt with You | $670 | 2 | $4,795 |
| 91 | Charlotte Rampling: The Look | $645 | 1 | $12,664 |
| 92 | Littlerock | $581 | 1 | $17,079 |
| 93 | Inni | $572 | 3 | $116,398 |
| 94 | Revenge of the Electric Car | $470 | 1 | $150,307 |
| 95 | American: The Bill Hicks Story | $432 | 1 | $174,796 |
| 96 | My Joy | $352 | 1 | $5,457 |
| 97 | Summer | $349 | 1 | $37,804 |
| 98 | Hell and Back Again | $346 | 1 | $34,637 |
| 99 | 3 | $288 | 2 | $59,774 |
| 100 | Answers to Nothing | $157 | 1 | $22,029 |
| 101 | Restless | $141 | 1 | $163,141 |
| 102 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $80 | 1 | $18,169 |
| 103 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $17 | 1 | $24,333 |
| Reporting: 104 | $121,678,113 | total | ||