Weekend Domestic Box Office January 6, 2012
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | The Devil Inside | $33,732,515 | 2,285 | $14,763 | $33,732,515 | 3 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $19,868,059 | -32% | 3,555 | $5,589 | $169,568,971 | 24 | |
| 3 | (2) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $13,689,321 | -34% | 3,603 | $3,799 | $157,049,382 | 24 | |
| 4 | (4) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $11,364,714 | -23% | 2,950 | $3,852 | $76,900,628 | 19 | |
| 5 | (3) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $9,496,913 | -42% | 3,425 | $2,773 | $111,585,367 | 24 | |
| 6 | (5) | War Horse | $8,679,470 | -40% | 2,783 | $3,119 | $56,904,682 | 15 | |
| 7 | (6) | We Bought a Zoo | $8,305,797 | -37% | 3,170 | $2,620 | $56,399,906 | 17 | |
| 8 | (7) | The Adventures of Tintin | $6,727,740 | -41% | 3,006 | $2,238 | $62,008,015 | 19 | |
| 9 | (17) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $5,478,521 | +405% | 809 | $6,772 | $10,129,670 | 31 | |
| 10 | (9) | The Darkest Hour | $3,124,316 | -25% | 2,163 | $1,444 | $18,690,605 | 15 | |
| 11 | (8) | New Year’s Eve | $3,107,343 | -51% | 1,864 | $1,667 | $51,868,140 | 31 | |
| 12 | (10) | The Descendants | $2,584,137 | -24% | 737 | $3,506 | $43,960,700 | 54 | |
| 13 | (12) | Hugo | $1,600,751 | -35% | 843 | $1,899 | $52,630,908 | 47 | |
| 14 | (14) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $1,472,095 | -29% | 1,058 | $1,391 | $278,415,733 | 52 | |
| 15 | (11) | The Muppets | $1,358,289 | -49% | 1,236 | $1,099 | $85,561,195 | 47 | |
| 16 | (13) | $1,281,347 | -39% | 830 | $1,544 | $14,747,851 | 31 | ||
| 16 | (13) | $1,281,347 | +481% | 830 | $1,544 | $14,747,851 | 31 | ||
| 16 | (13) | $1,281,347 | +1,689% | 830 | $1,544 | $14,747,851 | 31 | ||
| 17 | (15) | The Sitter | $1,154,849 | -31% | 758 | $1,524 | $28,722,994 | 31 | |
| 18 | (16) | The Artist | $1,120,111 | -15% | 172 | $6,512 | $7,097,612 | 45 | |
| 19 | (18) | My Week with Marilyn | $827,327 | -11% | 584 | $1,417 | $10,458,340 | 47 | |
| 20 | (19) | Puss in Boots | $587,390 | -22% | 351 | $1,673 | $146,597,215 | 73 | |
| 21 | (24) | Tower Heist | $303,850 | +20% | 295 | $1,030 | $77,198,420 | 66 | |
| 22 | (23) | A Dangerous Method | $279,280 | -7% | 64 | $4,364 | $2,076,178 | 47 | |
| 23 | (22) | Happy Feet Two | $226,987 | -43% | 285 | $796 | $61,356,596 | 52 | |
| 24 | (29) | Shame | $210,059 | +5% | 45 | $4,668 | $2,366,669 | 38 | |
| 25 | (26) | Real Steel | $204,587 | -15% | 213 | $961 | $84,857,545 | 94 | |
| 26 | (27) | $176,374 | -92% | 5 | $35,275 | $520,669 | 10 | ||
| 26 | (27) | $176,374 | -20% | 5 | $35,275 | $520,669 | 10 | ||
| 26 | (27) | $176,374 | +146% | 5 | $35,275 | $520,669 | 10 | ||
| 27 | (28) | Moneyball | $167,252 | -18% | 231 | $724 | $75,267,105 | 108 | |
| 28 | (30) | Jack and Jill | $161,407 | -15% | 171 | $944 | $71,974,493 | 59 | |
| 29 | (21) | Don 2 | $159,372 | -70% | 111 | $1,436 | $3,574,903 | 18 | |
| 30 | (31) | Courageous | $158,761 | +4% | 191 | $831 | $34,311,609 | 101 | |
| 31 | (37) | In Time | $115,356 | +29% | 132 | $874 | $37,238,317 | 73 | |
| 32 | (25) | J. Edgar | $110,346 | -55% | 152 | $726 | $36,862,178 | 61 | |
| 33 | (47) | Pariah | $109,972 | +126% | 11 | $9,997 | $233,411 | 12 | |
| 34 | (36) | Carnage | $109,338 | +17% | 15 | $7,289 | $530,525 | 24 | |
| 35 | (20) | Arthur Christmas | $102,644 | -85% | 280 | $367 | $46,440,491 | 47 | |
| 36 | (34) | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $99,125 | -11% | 6 | $16,521 | $498,669 | 15 | |
| 37 | (32) | Dolphin Tale | $95,346 | -37% | 149 | $640 | $72,165,819 | 108 | |
| 38 | (44) | A Separation | $92,638 | +56% | 6 | $15,440 | $198,046 | 10 | |
| 39 | (33) | Immortals | $89,374 | -29% | 128 | $698 | $82,851,913 | 59 | |
| 40 | (43) | Melancholia | $87,155 | +38% | 61 | $1,429 | $2,675,913 | 59 | |
| 41 | (42) | $83,027 | -96% | 3 | $27,676 | $384,068 | 17 | ||
| 41 | (42) | $83,027 | -62% | 3 | $27,676 | $384,068 | 17 | ||
| 41 | (42) | $83,027 | +16% | 3 | $27,676 | $384,068 | 17 | ||
| 42 | (38) | Born to be Wild 3D | $82,992 | -7% | 45 | $1,844 | $15,322,825 | 276 | |
| 43 | (39) | Footloose | $74,033 | -17% | 131 | $565 | $51,780,537 | 87 | |
| 44 | (41) | The Ides of March | $71,199 | -15% | 114 | $625 | $40,962,534 | 94 | |
| 45 | (51) | Drive | $56,208 | +129% | 30 | $1,874 | $34,911,585 | 115 | |
| 46 | (35) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $55,983 | -43% | 125 | $448 | $35,033,759 | 66 | |
| 47 | (45) | The Way | $55,496 | -2% | 50 | $1,110 | $4,266,628 | 94 | |
| 48 | (59) | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $32,289 | +241% | 7 | $4,613 | $90,681 | 17 | |
| 49 | (52) | Margin Call | $31,234 | +32% | 30 | $1,041 | $5,300,732 | 80 | |
| 50 | (53) | The Skin I Live In | $21,663 | -2% | 42 | $516 | $3,085,786 | 87 | |
| 51 | (49) | Under the Sea 3D | $21,171 | -24% | 9 | $2,352 | $30,358,715 | 1,060 | |
| 52 | (-) | Le Havre | $19,952 | 18 | $1,108 | $457,720 | 80 | ||
| 53 | (57) | Sea Rex 3D | $19,121 | +78% | 9 | $2,125 | $4,493,845 | 591 | |
| 54 | (56) | The Women on the 6th Floor | $19,055 | +59% | 11 | $1,732 | $490,733 | 220 | |
| 55 | (54) | Midnight in Paris | $15,335 | -13% | 21 | $730 | $56,407,283 | 234 | |
| 56 | (55) | Space Station | $14,280 | -3% | 2 | $7,140 | $84,738,225 | 3,552 | |
| 57 | (61) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $13,777 | +61% | 15 | $918 | $2,932,825 | 80 | |
| 58 | (new) | Norwegian Wood | $13,000 | 3 | $4,333 | $13,000 | 3 | ||
| 59 | (60) | Take Shelter | $11,201 | +24% | 21 | $533 | $1,690,807 | 101 | |
| 60 | (new) | Beneath the Darkness | $9,600 | 9 | $1,067 | $9,600 | 3 | ||
| 61 | (-) | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $9,233 | 9 | $1,026 | $262,416 | 80 | ||
| 62 | (58) | Like Crazy | $7,438 | -22% | 15 | $496 | $3,388,210 | 73 | |
| 63 | (-) | The Conquest | $5,805 | 6 | $968 | $46,935 | 59 | ||
| 64 | (71) | Young Goethe in Love | $5,587 | +195% | 7 | $798 | $109,164 | 66 | |
| 65 | (63) | Mozart’s Sister | $4,768 | -35% | 6 | $795 | $696,777 | 143 | |
| 66 | (-) | My Reincarnation | $4,748 | 3 | $1,583 | $62,996 | 73 | ||
| 67 | (84) | Inni | $4,613 | +834% | 3 | $1,538 | $122,010 | 104 | |
| 68 | (64) | The Lion King | $4,271 | -5% | 7 | $610 | $421,785,283 | 6,417 | |
| 69 | (79) | Outrage | $3,740 | +305% | 7 | $534 | $35,336 | 38 | |
| 70 | (-) | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $3,732 | 1 | $3,732 | $206,572 | 166 | ||
| 71 | (74) | The Whale | $3,631 | +125% | 3 | $1,210 | $65,121 | 122 | |
| 72 | (67) | The Guard | $3,316 | +29% | 11 | $301 | $5,341,471 | 164 | |
| 73 | (77) | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | $2,768 | +94% | 3 | $923 | $89,493 | 59 | |
| 74 | (new) | Roadie | $2,661 | 1 | $2,661 | $2,661 | 3 | ||
| 75 | (69) | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | $2,527 | +15% | 3 | $842 | $44,768 | 31 | |
| 76 | (82) | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $2,497 | +341% | 2 | $1,249 | $29,488 | 82 | |
| 77 | (66) | Garbo: The Spy | $2,334 | -14% | 2 | $1,167 | $24,567 | 52 | |
| 78 | (68) | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | $2,045 | -14% | 3 | $682 | $143,294 | 52 | |
| 79 | (-) | Tomboy | $1,649 | 1 | $1,649 | $97,808 | 52 | ||
| 80 | (-) | Prince of the Himalayas | $1,530 | 1 | $1,530 | $6,735 | 17 | ||
| 81 | (87) | Blackthorn | $1,480 | +427% | 4 | $370 | $190,197 | 94 | |
| 82 | (72) | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $1,423 | -20% | 1 | $1,423 | $172,311 | 108 | |
| 83 | (new) | The King of Devil's Island | $1,411 | 1 | $1,411 | $4,162 | 3 | ||
| 84 | (-) | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | $1,329 | 3 | $443 | $46,033 | 152 | ||
| 85 | (-) | Hell and Back Again | $1,235 | 2 | $618 | $35,872 | 96 | ||
| 86 | (83) | Jane's Journey | $737 | +35% | 1 | $737 | $24,483 | 115 | |
| 87 | (-) | Rid of Me | $702 | 1 | $702 | $10,373 | 52 | ||
| 88 | (-) | Crazy Wisdom | $636 | 1 | $636 | $43,742 | 45 | ||
| 89 | (-) | Khodorkovsky | $564 | 1 | $564 | $28,282 | 40 | ||
| 90 | (85) | Amigo | $462 | +11% | 2 | $231 | $181,356 | 143 | |
| 91 | (-) | Granito: How to Nail a Dictator | $352 | 1 | $352 | $37,790 | 117 | ||
| Reporting movies: 97 | $142,511,564 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Devil Inside | $33,732,515 | 2,285 | $33,732,515 |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $19,868,059 | 3,555 | $169,568,971 |
| 3 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $13,689,321 | 3,603 | $157,049,382 |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $11,364,714 | 2,950 | $76,900,628 |
| 5 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $9,496,913 | 3,425 | $111,585,367 |
| 6 | War Horse | $8,679,470 | 2,783 | $56,904,682 |
| 7 | We Bought a Zoo | $8,305,797 | 3,170 | $56,399,906 |
| 8 | The Adventures of Tintin | $6,727,740 | 3,006 | $62,008,015 |
| 9 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $5,478,521 | 809 | $10,129,670 |
| 10 | The Darkest Hour | $3,124,316 | 2,163 | $18,690,605 |
| 11 | New Year’s Eve | $3,107,343 | 1,864 | $51,868,140 |
| 12 | The Descendants | $2,584,137 | 737 | $43,960,700 |
| 13 | Hugo | $1,600,751 | 843 | $52,630,908 |
| 14 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $1,472,095 | 1,058 | $278,415,733 |
| 15 | The Muppets | $1,358,289 | 1,236 | $85,561,195 |
| 16 | $1,281,347 | 830 | $14,747,851 | |
| 16 | $1,281,347 | 830 | $14,747,851 | |
| 16 | $1,281,347 | 830 | $14,747,851 | |
| 17 | The Sitter | $1,154,849 | 758 | $28,722,994 |
| 18 | The Artist | $1,120,111 | 172 | $7,097,612 |
| 19 | My Week with Marilyn | $827,327 | 584 | $10,458,340 |
| 20 | Puss in Boots | $587,390 | 351 | $146,597,215 |
| 21 | Tower Heist | $303,850 | 295 | $77,198,420 |
| 22 | A Dangerous Method | $279,280 | 64 | $2,076,178 |
| 23 | Happy Feet Two | $226,987 | 285 | $61,356,596 |
| 24 | Shame | $210,059 | 45 | $2,366,669 |
| 25 | Real Steel | $204,587 | 213 | $84,857,545 |
| 26 | $176,374 | 5 | $520,669 | |
| 26 | $176,374 | 5 | $520,669 | |
| 26 | $176,374 | 5 | $520,669 | |
| 27 | Moneyball | $167,252 | 231 | $75,267,105 |
| 28 | Jack and Jill | $161,407 | 171 | $71,974,493 |
| 29 | Don 2 | $159,372 | 111 | $3,574,903 |
| 30 | Courageous | $158,761 | 191 | $34,311,609 |
| 31 | In Time | $115,356 | 132 | $37,238,317 |
| 32 | J. Edgar | $110,346 | 152 | $36,862,178 |
| 33 | Pariah | $109,972 | 11 | $233,411 |
| 34 | Carnage | $109,338 | 15 | $530,525 |
| 35 | Arthur Christmas | $102,644 | 280 | $46,440,491 |
| 36 | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | $99,125 | 6 | $498,669 |
| 37 | Dolphin Tale | $95,346 | 149 | $72,165,819 |
| 38 | A Separation | $92,638 | 6 | $198,046 |
| 39 | Immortals | $89,374 | 128 | $82,851,913 |
| 40 | Melancholia | $87,155 | 61 | $2,675,913 |
| 41 | $83,027 | 3 | $384,068 | |
| 41 | $83,027 | 3 | $384,068 | |
| 41 | $83,027 | 3 | $384,068 | |
| 42 | Born to be Wild 3D | $82,992 | 45 | $15,322,825 |
| 43 | Footloose | $74,033 | 131 | $51,780,537 |
| 44 | The Ides of March | $71,199 | 114 | $40,962,534 |
| 45 | Drive | $56,208 | 30 | $34,911,585 |
| 46 | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $55,983 | 125 | $35,033,759 |
| 47 | The Way | $55,496 | 50 | $4,266,628 |
| 48 | In The Land of Blood and Honey | $32,289 | 7 | $90,681 |
| 49 | Margin Call | $31,234 | 30 | $5,300,732 |
| 50 | The Skin I Live In | $21,663 | 42 | $3,085,786 |
| 51 | Under the Sea 3D | $21,171 | 9 | $30,358,715 |
| 52 | Le Havre | $19,952 | 18 | $457,720 |
| 53 | Sea Rex 3D | $19,121 | 9 | $4,493,845 |
| 54 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $19,055 | 11 | $490,733 |
| 55 | Midnight in Paris | $15,335 | 21 | $56,407,283 |
| 56 | Space Station | $14,280 | 2 | $84,738,225 |
| 57 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $13,777 | 15 | $2,932,825 |
| 58 | Norwegian Wood | $13,000 | 3 | $13,000 |
| 59 | Take Shelter | $11,201 | 21 | $1,690,807 |
| 60 | Beneath the Darkness | $9,600 | 9 | $9,600 |
| 61 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $9,233 | 9 | $262,416 |
| 62 | Like Crazy | $7,438 | 15 | $3,388,210 |
| 63 | The Conquest | $5,805 | 6 | $46,935 |
| 64 | Young Goethe in Love | $5,587 | 7 | $109,164 |
| 65 | Mozart’s Sister | $4,768 | 6 | $696,777 |
| 66 | My Reincarnation | $4,748 | 3 | $62,996 |
| 67 | Inni | $4,613 | 3 | $122,010 |
| 68 | The Lion King | $4,271 | 7 | $421,785,283 |
| 69 | Outrage | $3,740 | 7 | $35,336 |
| 70 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $3,732 | 1 | $206,572 |
| 71 | The Whale | $3,631 | 3 | $65,121 |
| 72 | The Guard | $3,316 | 11 | $5,341,471 |
| 73 | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | $2,768 | 3 | $89,493 |
| 74 | Roadie | $2,661 | 1 | $2,661 |
| 75 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | $2,527 | 3 | $44,768 |
| 76 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $2,497 | 2 | $29,488 |
| 77 | Garbo: The Spy | $2,334 | 2 | $24,567 |
| 78 | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | $2,045 | 3 | $143,294 |
| 79 | Tomboy | $1,649 | 1 | $97,808 |
| 80 | Prince of the Himalayas | $1,530 | 1 | $6,735 |
| 81 | Blackthorn | $1,480 | 4 | $190,197 |
| 82 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $1,423 | 1 | $172,311 |
| 83 | The King of Devil's Island | $1,411 | 1 | $4,162 |
| 84 | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | $1,329 | 3 | $46,033 |
| 85 | Hell and Back Again | $1,235 | 2 | $35,872 |
| 86 | Jane's Journey | $737 | 1 | $24,483 |
| 87 | Rid of Me | $702 | 1 | $10,373 |
| 88 | Crazy Wisdom | $636 | 1 | $43,742 |
| 89 | Khodorkovsky | $564 | 1 | $28,282 |
| 90 | Amigo | $462 | 2 | $181,356 |
| 91 | Granito: How to Nail a Dictator | $352 | 1 | $37,790 |
| Reporting: 97 | $142,511,564 | total | ||