Weekend Domestic Box Office December 30, 2011
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $29,421,879 | 0% | 3,455 | $8,516 | $132,406,086 | 17 | |
| 2 | (2) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $20,881,420 | +3% | 3,703 | $5,639 | $130,903,746 | 17 | |
| 3 | (4) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $16,369,799 | +30% | 3,724 | $4,396 | $92,729,134 | 17 | |
| 4 | (3) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $14,824,577 | +16% | 2,914 | $5,087 | $55,584,881 | 12 | |
| 5 | (7) | War Horse | $14,422,729 | 2,547 | $5,663 | $40,451,772 | 8 | ||
| 6 | (6) | We Bought a Zoo | $13,238,241 | +41% | 3,163 | $4,185 | $40,725,558 | 10 | |
| 7 | (5) | The Adventures of Tintin | $11,436,160 | +18% | 3,087 | $3,705 | $47,475,147 | 12 | |
| 8 | (8) | New Year’s Eve | $6,334,300 | +91% | 2,225 | $2,847 | $45,999,350 | 24 | |
| 9 | (9) | The Darkest Hour | $4,163,241 | 2,327 | $1,789 | $13,137,963 | 8 | ||
| 10 | (12) | The Descendants | $3,396,129 | +64% | 758 | $4,480 | $39,420,775 | 47 | |
| 11 | (10) | The Muppets | $2,662,191 | +24% | 1,541 | $1,728 | $82,529,452 | 40 | |
| 12 | (11) | Hugo | $2,461,610 | +15% | 951 | $2,588 | $49,454,202 | 40 | |
| 13 | (14) | $2,092,633 | -30% | 987 | $2,120 | $12,061,771 | 24 | ||
| 13 | (14) | $2,092,633 | -72% | 987 | $2,120 | $12,061,771 | 24 | ||
| 13 | (14) | $2,092,633 | +20% | 987 | $2,120 | $12,061,771 | 24 | ||
| 13 | (14) | $2,092,633 | +2,792% | 987 | $2,120 | $12,061,771 | 24 | ||
| 13 | (14) | $2,092,633 | +2,977% | 987 | $2,120 | $12,061,771 | 24 | ||
| 14 | (17) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $2,060,942 | +41% | 1,411 | $1,461 | $275,530,738 | 45 | |
| 15 | (15) | The Sitter | $1,673,796 | -4% | 1,348 | $1,242 | $26,317,857 | 24 | |
| 16 | (18) | The Artist | $1,310,770 | +48% | 167 | $7,849 | $5,044,344 | 38 | |
| 17 | (19) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $1,085,444 | +51% | 57 | $19,043 | $3,955,762 | 24 | |
| 18 | (20) | My Week with Marilyn | $925,349 | +65% | 630 | $1,469 | $8,935,721 | 40 | |
| 19 | (21) | Puss in Boots | $752,233 | +83% | 389 | $1,934 | $145,483,661 | 66 | |
| 20 | (13) | Arthur Christmas | $683,168 | -67% | 1,343 | $509 | $45,820,235 | 40 | |
| 21 | (16) | Don 2 | $531,620 | -68% | 167 | $3,183 | $3,174,426 | 11 | |
| 22 | (22) | Happy Feet Two | $397,003 | +81% | 525 | $756 | $60,808,168 | 45 | |
| 23 | (23) | A Dangerous Method | $299,741 | +52% | 61 | $4,914 | $1,576,757 | 40 | |
| 24 | (26) | Tower Heist | $253,005 | +84% | 253 | $1,000 | $76,733,915 | 59 | |
| 25 | (25) | J. Edgar | $245,624 | +73% | 455 | $540 | $36,572,605 | 54 | |
| 26 | (27) | Real Steel | $240,399 | +76% | 227 | $1,059 | $84,493,241 | 87 | |
| 27 | (new) | $220,409 | -93% | 4 | $55,102 | $220,409 | 3 | ||
| 27 | (new) | $220,409 | -97% | 4 | $55,102 | $220,409 | 3 | ||
| 27 | (new) | $220,409 | -87% | 4 | $55,102 | $220,409 | 3 | ||
| 27 | (new) | $220,409 | +205% | 4 | $55,102 | $220,409 | 3 | ||
| 27 | (new) | $220,409 | +224% | 4 | $55,102 | $220,409 | 3 | ||
| 28 | (30) | Moneyball | $205,193 | +79% | 250 | $821 | $74,961,642 | 101 | |
| 29 | (28) | Shame | $200,291 | +62% | 55 | $3,642 | $1,965,874 | 31 | |
| 30 | (24) | Jack and Jill | $188,938 | +2% | 222 | $851 | $71,697,648 | 52 | |
| 31 | (32) | Courageous | $152,531 | +68% | 181 | $843 | $34,035,920 | 94 | |
| 32 | (33) | Dolphin Tale | $152,126 | +100% | 188 | $809 | $71,963,792 | 101 | |
| 33 | (29) | Immortals | $125,370 | +4% | 228 | $550 | $82,656,999 | 52 | |
| 34 | (34) | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $110,775 | 6 | $18,463 | $313,049 | 8 | ||
| 35 | (31) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $98,513 | -12% | 245 | $402 | $34,895,036 | 59 | |
| 36 | (37) | Carnage | $93,161 | +60% | 12 | $7,763 | $348,605 | 17 | |
| 37 | (38) | In Time | $89,670 | +100% | 123 | $729 | $37,046,295 | 66 | |
| 38 | (41) | Born to be Wild 3D | $89,351 | +178% | 49 | $1,823 | $15,147,629 | 269 | |
| 39 | (40) | Footloose | $88,848 | +108% | 182 | $488 | $51,645,004 | 80 | |
| 40 | (-) | Hubble 3D | $84,150 | 15 | $5,610 | $30,462,529 | 654 | ||
| 41 | (39) | The Ides of March | $83,711 | +90% | 143 | $585 | $40,825,612 | 87 | |
| 42 | (35) | $71,623 | -98% | 3 | $23,874 | $228,992 | 10 | ||
| 42 | (35) | $71,623 | -99% | 3 | $23,874 | $228,992 | 10 | ||
| 42 | (35) | $71,623 | -96% | 3 | $23,874 | $228,992 | 10 | ||
| 42 | (35) | $71,623 | -1% | 3 | $23,874 | $228,992 | 10 | ||
| 42 | (35) | $71,623 | +5% | 3 | $23,874 | $228,992 | 10 | ||
| 43 | (-) | Melancholia | $63,088 | 63 | $1,001 | $2,517,506 | 52 | ||
| 44 | (new) | A Separation | $59,481 | 3 | $19,827 | $59,481 | 3 | ||
| 45 | (43) | The Way | $56,830 | +108% | 47 | $1,209 | $4,170,058 | 87 | |
| 46 | (42) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $53,544 | +78% | 124 | $432 | $103,993,239 | 73 | |
| 47 | (new) | Pariah | $48,579 | 4 | $12,145 | $84,986 | 5 | ||
| 48 | (45) | The Help | $37,980 | +90% | 65 | $584 | $169,499,546 | 145 | |
| 49 | (-) | Under the Sea 3D | $27,998 | 6 | $4,666 | $30,303,638 | 1,053 | ||
| 50 | (36) | The Polar Express | $26,505 | -55% | 16 | $1,657 | $182,611,504 | 2,609 | |
| 51 | (48) | Drive | $24,518 | +106% | 25 | $981 | $34,833,047 | 108 | |
| 52 | (44) | Margin Call | $23,645 | +13% | 29 | $815 | $5,246,366 | 73 | |
| 53 | (47) | The Skin I Live In | $22,210 | +49% | 28 | $793 | $3,042,108 | 80 | |
| 54 | (49) | Midnight in Paris | $17,665 | +54% | 23 | $768 | $56,377,732 | 227 | |
| 55 | (-) | Space Station | $14,724 | 2 | $7,362 | $84,684,706 | 3,545 | ||
| 56 | (54) | The Women on the 6th Floor | $12,001 | +104% | 7 | $1,714 | $461,689 | 213 | |
| 57 | (50) | Sea Rex 3D | $10,723 | +9% | 9 | $1,191 | $4,465,060 | 584 | |
| 58 | (52) | Like Crazy | $9,531 | +23% | 30 | $318 | $3,367,998 | 66 | |
| 59 | (46) | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $9,479 | -50% | 2 | $4,740 | $49,142 | 10 | |
| 60 | (55) | Take Shelter | $9,022 | +74% | 20 | $451 | $1,671,202 | 94 | |
| 61 | (53) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $8,531 | +40% | 14 | $609 | $2,909,156 | 73 | |
| 62 | (-) | Galapagos | $7,846 | 1 | $7,846 | $18,079,146 | 4,448 | ||
| 63 | (64) | Mozart’s Sister | $7,299 | +479% | 9 | $811 | $684,496 | 136 | |
| 64 | (57) | The Lion King | $4,488 | +74% | 7 | $641 | $421,777,999 | 6,410 | |
| 65 | (-) | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $3,771 | 1 | $3,771 | $53,245,888 | 4,819 | ||
| 66 | (-) | Garbo: The Spy | $2,711 | 2 | $1,356 | $22,233 | 45 | ||
| 67 | (63) | The Guard | $2,571 | +86% | 4 | $643 | $5,336,144 | 157 | |
| 68 | (62) | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | $2,386 | +61% | 5 | $477 | $139,813 | 45 | |
| 69 | (-) | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | $2,203 | 4 | $551 | $38,246 | 24 | ||
| 70 | (66) | The Worst Movie EVER! | $2,090 | +94% | 1 | $2,090 | $5,303 | 136 | |
| 71 | (74) | Young Goethe in Love | $1,894 | +451% | 5 | $379 | $101,237 | 59 | |
| 72 | (-) | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $1,787 | 2 | $894 | $170,888 | 101 | ||
| 73 | (58) | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $1,716 | -31% | 3 | $572 | $845,188 | 178 | |
| 74 | (76) | The Whale | $1,615 | +457% | 3 | $538 | $61,120 | 115 | |
| 75 | (72) | Higher Ground | $1,560 | +243% | 4 | $390 | $841,056 | 129 | |
| 76 | (59) | Miss Minoes | $1,489 | -22% | 3 | $496 | $5,947 | 10 | |
| 77 | (70) | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | $1,427 | +154% | 2 | $714 | $85,503 | 52 | |
| 78 | (-) | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $1,171 | 1 | $1,171 | $27,556 | 115 | ||
| 79 | (65) | Outrage | $923 | -16% | 1 | $923 | $30,440 | 31 | |
| 80 | (-) | To Die is Hard | $810 | 1 | $810 | $2,050 | 381 | ||
| 81 | (79) | OKA! | $684 | +584% | 1 | $684 | $14,083 | 80 | |
| 82 | (-) | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $566 | 1 | $566 | $25,020 | 75 | ||
| 83 | (73) | Jane's Journey | $546 | +38% | 1 | $546 | $23,746 | 108 | |
| 84 | (78) | Inni | $494 | +199% | 2 | $247 | $117,548 | 97 | |
| 85 | (-) | Amigo | $415 | 2 | $208 | $180,582 | 136 | ||
| 86 | (new) | Angels Crest | $407 | 1 | $407 | $407 | 3 | ||
| 87 | (-) | Blackthorn | $281 | 4 | $70 | $186,660 | 87 | ||
| 88 | (-) | Revenge of the Electric Car | $106 | 1 | $106 | $150,886 | 73 | ||
| Reporting movies: 100 | $164,346,633 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $29,421,879 | 3,455 | $132,406,086 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $20,881,420 | 3,703 | $130,903,746 |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $16,369,799 | 3,724 | $92,729,134 |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $14,824,577 | 2,914 | $55,584,881 |
| 5 | War Horse | $14,422,729 | 2,547 | $40,451,772 |
| 6 | We Bought a Zoo | $13,238,241 | 3,163 | $40,725,558 |
| 7 | The Adventures of Tintin | $11,436,160 | 3,087 | $47,475,147 |
| 8 | New Year’s Eve | $6,334,300 | 2,225 | $45,999,350 |
| 9 | The Darkest Hour | $4,163,241 | 2,327 | $13,137,963 |
| 10 | The Descendants | $3,396,129 | 758 | $39,420,775 |
| 11 | The Muppets | $2,662,191 | 1,541 | $82,529,452 |
| 12 | Hugo | $2,461,610 | 951 | $49,454,202 |
| 13 | $2,092,633 | 987 | $12,061,771 | |
| 13 | $2,092,633 | 987 | $12,061,771 | |
| 13 | $2,092,633 | 987 | $12,061,771 | |
| 13 | $2,092,633 | 987 | $12,061,771 | |
| 13 | $2,092,633 | 987 | $12,061,771 | |
| 14 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $2,060,942 | 1,411 | $275,530,738 |
| 15 | The Sitter | $1,673,796 | 1,348 | $26,317,857 |
| 16 | The Artist | $1,310,770 | 167 | $5,044,344 |
| 17 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $1,085,444 | 57 | $3,955,762 |
| 18 | My Week with Marilyn | $925,349 | 630 | $8,935,721 |
| 19 | Puss in Boots | $752,233 | 389 | $145,483,661 |
| 20 | Arthur Christmas | $683,168 | 1,343 | $45,820,235 |
| 21 | Don 2 | $531,620 | 167 | $3,174,426 |
| 22 | Happy Feet Two | $397,003 | 525 | $60,808,168 |
| 23 | A Dangerous Method | $299,741 | 61 | $1,576,757 |
| 24 | Tower Heist | $253,005 | 253 | $76,733,915 |
| 25 | J. Edgar | $245,624 | 455 | $36,572,605 |
| 26 | Real Steel | $240,399 | 227 | $84,493,241 |
| 27 | $220,409 | 4 | $220,409 | |
| 27 | $220,409 | 4 | $220,409 | |
| 27 | $220,409 | 4 | $220,409 | |
| 27 | $220,409 | 4 | $220,409 | |
| 27 | $220,409 | 4 | $220,409 | |
| 28 | Moneyball | $205,193 | 250 | $74,961,642 |
| 29 | Shame | $200,291 | 55 | $1,965,874 |
| 30 | Jack and Jill | $188,938 | 222 | $71,697,648 |
| 31 | Courageous | $152,531 | 181 | $34,035,920 |
| 32 | Dolphin Tale | $152,126 | 188 | $71,963,792 |
| 33 | Immortals | $125,370 | 228 | $82,656,999 |
| 34 | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $110,775 | 6 | $313,049 |
| 35 | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $98,513 | 245 | $34,895,036 |
| 36 | Carnage | $93,161 | 12 | $348,605 |
| 37 | In Time | $89,670 | 123 | $37,046,295 |
| 38 | Born to be Wild 3D | $89,351 | 49 | $15,147,629 |
| 39 | Footloose | $88,848 | 182 | $51,645,004 |
| 40 | Hubble 3D | $84,150 | 15 | $30,462,529 |
| 41 | The Ides of March | $83,711 | 143 | $40,825,612 |
| 42 | $71,623 | 3 | $228,992 | |
| 42 | $71,623 | 3 | $228,992 | |
| 42 | $71,623 | 3 | $228,992 | |
| 42 | $71,623 | 3 | $228,992 | |
| 42 | $71,623 | 3 | $228,992 | |
| 43 | Melancholia | $63,088 | 63 | $2,517,506 |
| 44 | A Separation | $59,481 | 3 | $59,481 |
| 45 | The Way | $56,830 | 47 | $4,170,058 |
| 46 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $53,544 | 124 | $103,993,239 |
| 47 | Pariah | $48,579 | 4 | $84,986 |
| 48 | The Help | $37,980 | 65 | $169,499,546 |
| 49 | Under the Sea 3D | $27,998 | 6 | $30,303,638 |
| 50 | The Polar Express | $26,505 | 16 | $182,611,504 |
| 51 | Drive | $24,518 | 25 | $34,833,047 |
| 52 | Margin Call | $23,645 | 29 | $5,246,366 |
| 53 | The Skin I Live In | $22,210 | 28 | $3,042,108 |
| 54 | Midnight in Paris | $17,665 | 23 | $56,377,732 |
| 55 | Space Station | $14,724 | 2 | $84,684,706 |
| 56 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $12,001 | 7 | $461,689 |
| 57 | Sea Rex 3D | $10,723 | 9 | $4,465,060 |
| 58 | Like Crazy | $9,531 | 30 | $3,367,998 |
| 59 | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $9,479 | 2 | $49,142 |
| 60 | Take Shelter | $9,022 | 20 | $1,671,202 |
| 61 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $8,531 | 14 | $2,909,156 |
| 62 | Galapagos | $7,846 | 1 | $18,079,146 |
| 63 | Mozart’s Sister | $7,299 | 9 | $684,496 |
| 64 | The Lion King | $4,488 | 7 | $421,777,999 |
| 65 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $3,771 | 1 | $53,245,888 |
| 66 | Garbo: The Spy | $2,711 | 2 | $22,233 |
| 67 | The Guard | $2,571 | 4 | $5,336,144 |
| 68 | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | $2,386 | 5 | $139,813 |
| 69 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | $2,203 | 4 | $38,246 |
| 70 | The Worst Movie EVER! | $2,090 | 1 | $5,303 |
| 71 | Young Goethe in Love | $1,894 | 5 | $101,237 |
| 72 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $1,787 | 2 | $170,888 |
| 73 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $1,716 | 3 | $845,188 |
| 74 | The Whale | $1,615 | 3 | $61,120 |
| 75 | Higher Ground | $1,560 | 4 | $841,056 |
| 76 | Miss Minoes | $1,489 | 3 | $5,947 |
| 77 | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | $1,427 | 2 | $85,503 |
| 78 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $1,171 | 1 | $27,556 |
| 79 | Outrage | $923 | 1 | $30,440 |
| 80 | To Die is Hard | $810 | 1 | $2,050 |
| 81 | OKA! | $684 | 1 | $14,083 |
| 82 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $566 | 1 | $25,020 |
| 83 | Jane's Journey | $546 | 1 | $23,746 |
| 84 | Inni | $494 | 2 | $117,548 |
| 85 | Amigo | $415 | 2 | $180,582 |
| 86 | Angels Crest | $407 | 1 | $407 |
| 87 | Blackthorn | $281 | 4 | $186,660 |
| 88 | Revenge of the Electric Car | $106 | 1 | $150,886 |
| Reporting: 100 | $164,346,633 | total | ||