Weekend Domestic Box Office December 23, 2011
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (3) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $29,556,629 | +131% | 3,448 | $8,572 | $61,993,090 | 10 | |
| 2 | (1) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $20,270,555 | -49% | 3,703 | $5,474 | $79,024,177 | 10 | |
| 3 | (new) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $12,768,604 | 2,914 | $4,382 | $21,145,077 | 5 | ||
| 4 | (2) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $12,585,192 | -46% | 3,734 | $3,370 | $49,525,379 | 10 | |
| 5 | (new) | The Adventures of Tintin | $9,720,993 | 3,087 | $3,149 | $17,729,016 | 5 | ||
| 6 | (new) | We Bought a Zoo | $9,360,434 | 3,117 | $3,003 | $9,818,920 | 3 | ||
| 7 | (new) | $7,515,402 | +121% | 2,376 | $3,163 | $7,515,402 | 1 | ||
| 8 | (4) | New Year’s Eve | $3,313,739 | -55% | 2,585 | $1,282 | $32,650,934 | 17 | |
| 9 | (new) | $2,993,519 | -12% | 2,324 | $1,288 | $2,993,519 | 1 | ||
| 10 | (9) | The Muppets | $2,145,762 | -39% | 1,752 | $1,225 | $75,702,287 | 33 | |
| 11 | (7) | Hugo | $2,131,828 | -43% | 1,236 | $1,725 | $43,759,097 | 33 | |
| 12 | (11) | The Descendants | $2,073,371 | -37% | 813 | $2,550 | $32,364,923 | 40 | |
| 13 | (8) | Arthur Christmas | $2,073,319 | -42% | 1,804 | $1,149 | $43,541,321 | 33 | |
| 14 | (10) | $1,746,450 | -49% | 987 | $1,769 | $7,155,898 | 17 | ||
| 15 | (5) | The Sitter | $1,739,165 | -62% | 1,786 | $974 | $22,227,367 | 17 | |
| 16 | (new) | Don 2 | $1,673,921 | 161 | $10,397 | $1,732,055 | 4 | ||
| 17 | (6) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $1,466,306 | -65% | 1,603 | $915 | $270,268,207 | 38 | |
| 18 | (21) | The Artist | $883,063 | +207% | 167 | $5,288 | $2,381,493 | 31 | |
| 19 | (18) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $717,459 | +57% | 55 | $13,045 | $1,819,041 | 17 | |
| 20 | (16) | My Week with Marilyn | $561,097 | -5% | 602 | $932 | $6,980,293 | 33 | |
| 21 | (17) | Puss in Boots | $410,577 | -12% | 389 | $1,055 | $143,661,774 | 59 | |
| 22 | (13) | Happy Feet Two | $219,513 | -80% | 535 | $410 | $59,852,155 | 38 | |
| 23 | (25) | A Dangerous Method | $197,230 | +31% | 58 | $3,401 | $993,457 | 33 | |
| 24 | (12) | Jack and Jill | $185,706 | -85% | 385 | $482 | $71,245,414 | 45 | |
| 25 | (19) | J. Edgar | $142,139 | -63% | 455 | $312 | $36,054,409 | 47 | |
| 26 | (14) | Tower Heist | $137,255 | -85% | 283 | $485 | $76,250,170 | 52 | |
| 27 | (32) | Real Steel | $136,939 | +70% | 227 | $603 | $83,962,784 | 80 | |
| 28 | (20) | Shame | $123,574 | -60% | 53 | $2,332 | $1,530,991 | 24 | |
| 29 | (15) | Immortals | $120,959 | -86% | 228 | $531 | $82,364,581 | 45 | |
| 30 | (35) | Moneyball | $114,352 | +51% | 242 | $473 | $74,505,789 | 94 | |
| 31 | (23) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $111,972 | -36% | 245 | $457 | $34,646,158 | 52 | |
| 32 | (29) | Courageous | $90,524 | -12% | 192 | $471 | $33,684,292 | 87 | |
| 33 | (22) | Dolphin Tale | $76,093 | -61% | 188 | $405 | $71,587,249 | 94 | |
| 34 | (new) | $72,348 | -98% | 6 | $12,058 | $72,348 | 1 | ||
| 35 | (new) | $68,012 | -98% | 3 | $22,671 | $68,012 | 3 | ||
| 36 | (28) | The Polar Express | $59,004 | -46% | 20 | $2,950 | $182,527,614 | 2,602 | |
| 37 | (33) | Carnage | $58,216 | -27% | 7 | $8,317 | $175,871 | 10 | |
| 38 | (24) | In Time | $44,941 | -72% | 131 | $343 | $36,867,949 | 59 | |
| 39 | (42) | The Ides of March | $44,098 | -3% | 145 | $304 | $40,647,231 | 80 | |
| 40 | (27) | Footloose | $42,762 | -65% | 182 | $235 | $51,437,384 | 73 | |
| 41 | (38) | Born to be Wild 3D | $32,178 | -44% | 49 | $657 | $14,876,316 | 262 | |
| 42 | (31) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $30,058 | -67% | 124 | $242 | $103,878,057 | 66 | |
| 43 | (34) | The Way | $27,270 | -66% | 46 | $593 | $4,052,912 | 80 | |
| 44 | (30) | Margin Call | $20,911 | -79% | 30 | $697 | $5,186,350 | 66 | |
| 45 | (36) | The Help | $19,974 | -72% | 65 | $307 | $169,410,752 | 138 | |
| 46 | (new) | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $18,854 | 3 | $6,285 | $18,854 | 3 | ||
| 47 | (40) | The Skin I Live In | $14,886 | -71% | 34 | $438 | $2,991,663 | 73 | |
| 48 | (43) | Drive | $11,879 | -72% | 26 | $457 | $34,787,204 | 101 | |
| 49 | (39) | Midnight in Paris | $11,450 | -79% | 28 | $409 | $56,334,396 | 220 | |
| 50 | (56) | Sea Rex 3D | $9,872 | +1% | 9 | $1,097 | $4,448,826 | 577 | |
| 51 | (41) | The Three Musketeers | $8,207 | -84% | 37 | $222 | $20,358,120 | 66 | |
| 52 | (37) | Like Crazy | $7,731 | -87% | 30 | $258 | $3,341,867 | 59 | |
| 53 | (50) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $6,088 | -72% | 18 | $338 | $2,889,383 | 66 | |
| 54 | (51) | The Women on the 6th Floor | $5,883 | -69% | 6 | $981 | $443,007 | 206 | |
| 55 | (46) | Take Shelter | $5,192 | -81% | 24 | $216 | $1,652,616 | 87 | |
| 56 | (44) | 50/50 | $3,694 | -90% | 31 | $119 | $35,003,812 | 87 | |
| 57 | (49) | The Lion King | $2,585 | -89% | 10 | $259 | $421,764,519 | 6,403 | |
| 58 | (89) | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $2,483 | +215% | 5 | $497 | $841,576 | 171 | |
| 59 | (new) | Miss Minoes | $1,901 | 3 | $634 | $1,901 | 3 | ||
| 60 | (79) | Addiction Incorporated | $1,564 | -4% | 1 | $1,564 | $6,442 | 12 | |
| 61 | (69) | Sleeping Beauty | $1,556 | -66% | 3 | $519 | $33,947 | 24 | |
| 62 | (66) | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | $1,478 | -74% | 5 | $296 | $130,507 | 38 | |
| 63 | (65) | The Guard | $1,380 | -78% | 6 | $230 | $5,330,294 | 150 | |
| 64 | (57) | Mozart’s Sister | $1,260 | -87% | 3 | $420 | $676,373 | 129 | |
| 65 | (74) | Outrage | $1,105 | -64% | 1 | $1,105 | $29,150 | 24 | |
| 66 | (-) | The Worst Movie EVER! | $1,080 | 1 | $1,080 | $3,213 | 129 | ||
| 67 | (84) | The Mill and the Cross | $1,027 | -2% | 3 | $342 | $262,188 | 103 | |
| 68 | (63) | Into the Abyss | $939 | -85% | 3 | $313 | $221,488 | 45 | |
| 69 | (102) | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $586 | +633% | 1 | $586 | $18,755 | 159 | |
| 70 | (67) | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | $562 | -89% | 2 | $281 | $83,472 | 45 | |
| 71 | (80) | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $472 | -71% | 1 | $472 | $195,307 | 152 | |
| 72 | (88) | Higher Ground | $455 | -46% | 5 | $91 | $837,571 | 122 | |
| 73 | (87) | Jane's Journey | $397 | -60% | 1 | $397 | $21,549 | 101 | |
| 74 | (61) | Young Goethe in Love | $344 | -95% | 2 | $172 | $98,545 | 52 | |
| 75 | (64) | Crazy Wisdom | $323 | -95% | 1 | $323 | $43,742 | 31 | |
| 76 | (85) | The Whale | $290 | -72% | 1 | $290 | $58,728 | 108 | |
| 77 | (-) | Tyrannosaur | $288 | 1 | $288 | $15,735 | 38 | ||
| 78 | (93) | Inni | $165 | -71% | 1 | $165 | $116,563 | 90 | |
| 79 | (-) | OKA! | $100 | 1 | $100 | $13,099 | 73 | ||
| Reporting movies: 79 | $128,009,489 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $29,556,629 | 3,448 | $61,993,090 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $20,270,555 | 3,703 | $79,024,177 |
| 3 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $12,768,604 | 2,914 | $21,145,077 |
| 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $12,585,192 | 3,734 | $49,525,379 |
| 5 | The Adventures of Tintin | $9,720,993 | 3,087 | $17,729,016 |
| 6 | We Bought a Zoo | $9,360,434 | 3,117 | $9,818,920 |
| 7 | $7,515,402 | 2,376 | $7,515,402 | |
| 8 | New Year’s Eve | $3,313,739 | 2,585 | $32,650,934 |
| 9 | $2,993,519 | 2,324 | $2,993,519 | |
| 10 | The Muppets | $2,145,762 | 1,752 | $75,702,287 |
| 11 | Hugo | $2,131,828 | 1,236 | $43,759,097 |
| 12 | The Descendants | $2,073,371 | 813 | $32,364,923 |
| 13 | Arthur Christmas | $2,073,319 | 1,804 | $43,541,321 |
| 14 | $1,746,450 | 987 | $7,155,898 | |
| 15 | The Sitter | $1,739,165 | 1,786 | $22,227,367 |
| 16 | Don 2 | $1,673,921 | 161 | $1,732,055 |
| 17 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $1,466,306 | 1,603 | $270,268,207 |
| 18 | The Artist | $883,063 | 167 | $2,381,493 |
| 19 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $717,459 | 55 | $1,819,041 |
| 20 | My Week with Marilyn | $561,097 | 602 | $6,980,293 |
| 21 | Puss in Boots | $410,577 | 389 | $143,661,774 |
| 22 | Happy Feet Two | $219,513 | 535 | $59,852,155 |
| 23 | A Dangerous Method | $197,230 | 58 | $993,457 |
| 24 | Jack and Jill | $185,706 | 385 | $71,245,414 |
| 25 | J. Edgar | $142,139 | 455 | $36,054,409 |
| 26 | Tower Heist | $137,255 | 283 | $76,250,170 |
| 27 | Real Steel | $136,939 | 227 | $83,962,784 |
| 28 | Shame | $123,574 | 53 | $1,530,991 |
| 29 | Immortals | $120,959 | 228 | $82,364,581 |
| 30 | Moneyball | $114,352 | 242 | $74,505,789 |
| 31 | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $111,972 | 245 | $34,646,158 |
| 32 | Courageous | $90,524 | 192 | $33,684,292 |
| 33 | Dolphin Tale | $76,093 | 188 | $71,587,249 |
| 34 | $72,348 | 6 | $72,348 | |
| 35 | $68,012 | 3 | $68,012 | |
| 36 | The Polar Express | $59,004 | 20 | $182,527,614 |
| 37 | Carnage | $58,216 | 7 | $175,871 |
| 38 | In Time | $44,941 | 131 | $36,867,949 |
| 39 | The Ides of March | $44,098 | 145 | $40,647,231 |
| 40 | Footloose | $42,762 | 182 | $51,437,384 |
| 41 | Born to be Wild 3D | $32,178 | 49 | $14,876,316 |
| 42 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $30,058 | 124 | $103,878,057 |
| 43 | The Way | $27,270 | 46 | $4,052,912 |
| 44 | Margin Call | $20,911 | 30 | $5,186,350 |
| 45 | The Help | $19,974 | 65 | $169,410,752 |
| 46 | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $18,854 | 3 | $18,854 |
| 47 | The Skin I Live In | $14,886 | 34 | $2,991,663 |
| 48 | Drive | $11,879 | 26 | $34,787,204 |
| 49 | Midnight in Paris | $11,450 | 28 | $56,334,396 |
| 50 | Sea Rex 3D | $9,872 | 9 | $4,448,826 |
| 51 | The Three Musketeers | $8,207 | 37 | $20,358,120 |
| 52 | Like Crazy | $7,731 | 30 | $3,341,867 |
| 53 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $6,088 | 18 | $2,889,383 |
| 54 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $5,883 | 6 | $443,007 |
| 55 | Take Shelter | $5,192 | 24 | $1,652,616 |
| 56 | 50/50 | $3,694 | 31 | $35,003,812 |
| 57 | The Lion King | $2,585 | 10 | $421,764,519 |
| 58 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $2,483 | 5 | $841,576 |
| 59 | Miss Minoes | $1,901 | 3 | $1,901 |
| 60 | Addiction Incorporated | $1,564 | 1 | $6,442 |
| 61 | Sleeping Beauty | $1,556 | 3 | $33,947 |
| 62 | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | $1,478 | 5 | $130,507 |
| 63 | The Guard | $1,380 | 6 | $5,330,294 |
| 64 | Mozart’s Sister | $1,260 | 3 | $676,373 |
| 65 | Outrage | $1,105 | 1 | $29,150 |
| 66 | The Worst Movie EVER! | $1,080 | 1 | $3,213 |
| 67 | The Mill and the Cross | $1,027 | 3 | $262,188 |
| 68 | Into the Abyss | $939 | 3 | $221,488 |
| 69 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $586 | 1 | $18,755 |
| 70 | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | $562 | 2 | $83,472 |
| 71 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $472 | 1 | $195,307 |
| 72 | Higher Ground | $455 | 5 | $837,571 |
| 73 | Jane's Journey | $397 | 1 | $21,549 |
| 74 | Young Goethe in Love | $344 | 2 | $98,545 |
| 75 | Crazy Wisdom | $323 | 1 | $43,742 |
| 76 | The Whale | $290 | 1 | $58,728 |
| 77 | Tyrannosaur | $288 | 1 | $15,735 |
| 78 | Inni | $165 | 1 | $116,563 |
| 79 | OKA! | $100 | 1 | $13,099 |
| Reporting: 79 | $128,009,489 | total | ||