Week Domestic Box Office December 9, 2011
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | New Year’s Eve | $17,405,754 | 3,505 | $4,966 | $17,405,754 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (new) | The Sitter | $13,321,306 | 2,750 | $4,844 | $13,321,306 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (1) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $10,546,814 | -50% | 3,604 | $2,926 | $262,130,081 | 28 | |
| 4 | (2) | The Muppets | $8,710,387 | -35% | 3,328 | $2,617 | $67,473,645 | 23 | |
| 5 | (3) | Hugo | $8,083,451 | -18% | 2,608 | $3,099 | $35,447,861 | 23 | |
| 6 | (4) | Arthur Christmas | $8,057,233 | -10% | 3,272 | $2,462 | $34,947,345 | 23 | |
| 7 | (7) | The Descendants | $6,127,129 | -4% | 876 | $6,994 | $25,377,552 | 30 | |
| 8 | (5) | Happy Feet Two | $4,732,443 | -35% | 2,840 | $1,666 | $57,832,544 | 28 | |
| 9 | (6) | Jack and Jill | $3,835,499 | -42% | 2,787 | $1,376 | $69,277,786 | 35 | |
| 10 | (8) | Immortals | $3,630,500 | -42% | 2,299 | $1,579 | $81,038,005 | 35 | |
| 11 | (9) | Tower Heist | $3,124,185 | -39% | 2,069 | $1,510 | $74,887,715 | 42 | |
| 12 | (10) | Puss in Boots | $2,064,918 | -45% | 1,843 | $1,120 | $142,310,193 | 49 | |
| 13 | (11) | J. Edgar | $1,759,705 | -47% | 1,555 | $1,132 | $35,332,403 | 37 | |
| 14 | (12) | My Week with Marilyn | $1,157,906 | -30% | 244 | $4,746 | $5,495,745 | 23 | |
| 15 | (13) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $726,556 | -49% | 470 | $1,546 | $34,238,015 | 42 | |
| 16 | (-) | The Skin I Live In | $618,576 | 109 | $5,675 | $2,890,432 | 63 | ||
| 17 | (15) | In Time | $510,468 | -33% | 354 | $1,442 | $36,569,340 | 49 | |
| 18 | (23) | The Artist | $446,773 | +47% | 16 | $27,923 | $1,040,153 | 21 | |
| 19 | (new) | Young Adult | $439,924 | 8 | $54,991 | $439,924 | 7 | ||
| 20 | (17) | Shame | $425,955 | -14% | 21 | $20,284 | $924,041 | 14 | |
| 21 | (new) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $422,771 | 4 | $105,693 | $422,771 | 7 | ||
| 22 | (18) | Melancholia | $368,407 | -10% | 145 | $2,541 | $2,109,292 | 35 | |
| 23 | (19) | Dolphin Tale | $338,853 | -15% | 342 | $991 | $71,137,768 | 84 | |
| 24 | (22) | Courageous | $271,470 | -14% | 191 | $1,421 | $33,411,349 | 77 | |
| 25 | (20) | Like Crazy | $254,132 | -30% | 162 | $1,569 | $3,235,445 | 49 | |
| 26 | (24) | Margin Call | $247,811 | -17% | 149 | $1,663 | $5,016,761 | 56 | |
| 27 | (14) | Moneyball | $215,225 | -73% | 208 | $1,035 | $74,241,828 | 84 | |
| 28 | (31) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $205,510 | +18% | 302 | $680 | $103,691,862 | 56 | |
| 29 | (25) | The Way | $195,832 | -27% | 120 | $1,632 | $3,909,403 | 70 | |
| 30 | (27) | Real Steel | $177,602 | -25% | 206 | $862 | $83,656,930 | 70 | |
| 31 | (21) | Midnight in Paris | $177,179 | -51% | 195 | $909 | $56,239,796 | 210 | |
| 32 | (16) | The Ides of March | $173,027 | -77% | 187 | $925 | $40,522,235 | 70 | |
| 33 | (-) | The Polar Express | $169,885 | +80% | 25 | $6,795 | $182,255,913 | 2,592 | |
| 34 | (26) | The Help | $155,352 | -40% | 212 | $733 | $169,273,652 | 128 | |
| 35 | (32) | The Three Musketeers | $123,831 | -25% | 168 | $737 | $20,265,114 | 56 | |
| 36 | (37) | Born to be Wild 3D | $116,112 | +2% | 49 | $2,370 | $14,729,857 | 252 | |
| 37 | (33) | A Dangerous Method | $109,953 | -34% | 4 | $27,488 | $569,002 | 23 | |
| 38 | (29) | 50/50 | $103,657 | -47% | 146 | $710 | $34,926,597 | 77 | |
| 39 | (30) | Footloose | $96,602 | -47% | 201 | $481 | $51,169,030 | 63 | |
| 40 | (36) | Abduction | $91,142 | -26% | 131 | $696 | $28,087,155 | 84 | |
| 41 | (35) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $78,648 | -39% | 72 | $1,092 | $2,848,675 | 56 | |
| 42 | (42) | Drive | $75,361 | -17% | 70 | $1,077 | $34,704,406 | 91 | |
| 43 | (46) | Take Shelter | $74,368 | +23% | 63 | $1,180 | $1,599,862 | 77 | |
| 44 | (40) | Contagion | $64,113 | -35% | 111 | $578 | $75,658,097 | 98 | |
| 45 | (44) | Hubble 3D | $61,134 | -19% | 18 | $3,396 | $30,026,397 | 637 | |
| 46 | (50) | Le Havre | $55,015 | +65% | 25 | $2,201 | $334,449 | 56 | |
| 47 | (48) | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $49,406 | -17% | 61 | $810 | $176,711,822 | 133 | |
| 48 | (47) | The Rum Diary | $46,622 | -23% | 63 | $740 | $13,087,613 | 49 | |
| 49 | (39) | Pastorela | $40,468 | -62% | 44 | $920 | $146,168 | 14 | |
| 50 | (new) | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $39,297 | 1 | $39,297 | $39,297 | 7 | ||
| 51 | (49) | The Lion King | $37,024 | -25% | 38 | $974 | $421,718,643 | 6,393 | |
| 52 | (52) | The Women on the 6th Floor | $35,762 | +23% | 13 | $2,751 | $409,413 | 196 | |
| 53 | (71) | Mozart’s Sister | $30,130 | +304% | 19 | $1,586 | $659,660 | 119 | |
| 54 | (53) | Into the Abyss | $25,949 | +12% | 30 | $865 | $209,873 | 35 | |
| 55 | (45) | Under the Sea 3D | $23,034 | -68% | 9 | $2,559 | $30,194,650 | 1,036 | |
| 56 | (55) | Answers to Nothing | $21,872 | +7% | 7 | $3,125 | $21,872 | 14 | |
| 57 | (51) | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | $21,329 | -32% | 11 | $1,939 | $117,755 | 28 | |
| 58 | (new) | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | $21,229 | 9 | $2,359 | $21,229 | 7 | ||
| 59 | (54) | Tomboy | $18,509 | -11% | 9 | $2,057 | $79,872 | 28 | |
| 60 | (58) | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | $18,282 | +18% | 7 | $2,612 | $75,473 | 35 | |
| 61 | (68) | Young Goethe in Love | $17,037 | +93% | 8 | $2,130 | $85,913 | 42 | |
| 62 | (56) | The Guard | $15,723 | -15% | 15 | $1,048 | $5,318,749 | 140 | |
| 63 | (59) | The Big Year | $13,069 | -16% | 25 | $523 | $7,196,592 | 63 | |
| 64 | (66) | Outrage | $12,954 | +28% | 7 | $1,851 | $23,077 | 14 | |
| 65 | (62) | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $10,315 | -16% | 8 | $1,289 | $162,867 | 84 | |
| 66 | (64) | Khodorkovsky | $9,506 | -11% | 1 | $9,506 | $23,721 | 16 | |
| 67 | (60) | Sleeping Beauty | $9,382 | -38% | 4 | $2,346 | $24,475 | 14 | |
| 68 | (65) | Sea Rex 3D | $7,775 | -26% | 9 | $864 | $4,423,833 | 567 | |
| 69 | (72) | Blackthorn | $6,881 | -1% | 5 | $1,376 | $177,562 | 70 | |
| 70 | (new) | My Piece of the Pie | $6,850 | 2 | $3,425 | $6,850 | 7 | ||
| 71 | (61) | Crazy Wisdom | $6,824 | -47% | 3 | $2,275 | $36,725 | 21 | |
| 72 | (57) | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $5,090 | -68% | 5 | $1,018 | $194,373 | 56 | |
| 73 | (70) | Circumstance | $4,362 | -45% | 1 | $4,362 | $454,121 | 112 | |
| 74 | (new) | I Melt with You | $4,125 | 2 | $2,063 | $4,125 | 7 | ||
| 75 | (-) | Project Nim | $3,764 | 2 | $1,882 | $411,184 | 161 | ||
| 76 | (77) | House of Pleasures | $3,631 | -22% | 3 | $1,210 | $16,415 | 21 | |
| 77 | (69) | Inni | $3,558 | -58% | 3 | $1,186 | $115,826 | 80 | |
| 78 | (75) | Revenge of the Electric Car | $3,492 | -37% | 3 | $1,164 | $149,837 | 56 | |
| 79 | (74) | The Mill and the Cross | $3,405 | -48% | 4 | $851 | $258,676 | 93 | |
| 80 | (79) | My Reincarnation | $3,250 | +18% | 2 | $1,625 | $34,890 | 49 | |
| 81 | (73) | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $2,900 | -57% | 2 | $1,450 | $837,446 | 161 | |
| 82 | (87) | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | $2,807 | +146% | 6 | $468 | $230,767 | 107 | |
| 83 | (-) | Garbo: The Spy | $2,708 | 2 | $1,354 | $17,138 | 28 | ||
| 84 | (76) | The Other F Word | $2,551 | -51% | 2 | $1,276 | $53,714 | 42 | |
| 85 | (78) | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $2,145 | -40% | 2 | $1,073 | $191,985 | 142 | |
| 86 | (new) | Addiction Incorporated | $2,054 | 1 | $2,054 | $2,054 | 2 | ||
| 87 | (91) | The Whale | $1,734 | +145% | 1 | $1,734 | $56,958 | 98 | |
| 88 | (88) | The Bride Wore Black | $1,703 | +68% | 1 | $1,703 | $16,249 | 15,879 | |
| 89 | (90) | Amigo | $1,632 | +83% | 1 | $1,632 | $174,796 | 119 | |
| 90 | (85) | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $1,431 | +7% | 1 | $1,431 | $53,235,191 | 4,802 | |
| 91 | (82) | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | $1,397 | -46% | 3 | $466 | $7,706,436 | 98 | |
| 92 | (86) | The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch | $1,354 | +18% | 2 | $677 | $8,019 | 28 | |
| 93 | (-) | Charlotte Rampling: The Look | $1,289 | 1 | $1,289 | $12,019 | 42 | ||
| 94 | (83) | Higher Ground | $1,061 | -40% | 5 | $212 | $835,656 | 112 | |
| 95 | (96) | Restless | $932 | +1,564% | 3 | $311 | $163,000 | 91 | |
| 96 | (-) | Summer | $796 | 1 | $796 | $37,455 | 190 | ||
| 97 | (84) | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $667 | -57% | 2 | $334 | $24,316 | 58 | |
| 98 | (93) | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $488 | +76% | 1 | $488 | $18,089 | 149 | |
| 99 | (94) | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $471 | +73% | 1 | $471 | $25,260 | 98 | |
| 100 | (80) | Hell and Back Again | $401 | -85% | 1 | $401 | $34,292 | 72 | |
| 101 | (-) | The Future | $372 | 1 | $372 | $568,662 | 140 | ||
| 102 | (92) | Rapt | $175 | -40% | 1 | $175 | $45,759 | 163 | |
| Reporting movies: 102 | $100,759,448 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Year’s Eve | $17,405,754 | 3,505 | $17,405,754 |
| 2 | The Sitter | $13,321,306 | 2,750 | $13,321,306 |
| 3 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $10,546,814 | 3,604 | $262,130,081 |
| 4 | The Muppets | $8,710,387 | 3,328 | $67,473,645 |
| 5 | Hugo | $8,083,451 | 2,608 | $35,447,861 |
| 6 | Arthur Christmas | $8,057,233 | 3,272 | $34,947,345 |
| 7 | The Descendants | $6,127,129 | 876 | $25,377,552 |
| 8 | Happy Feet Two | $4,732,443 | 2,840 | $57,832,544 |
| 9 | Jack and Jill | $3,835,499 | 2,787 | $69,277,786 |
| 10 | Immortals | $3,630,500 | 2,299 | $81,038,005 |
| 11 | Tower Heist | $3,124,185 | 2,069 | $74,887,715 |
| 12 | Puss in Boots | $2,064,918 | 1,843 | $142,310,193 |
| 13 | J. Edgar | $1,759,705 | 1,555 | $35,332,403 |
| 14 | My Week with Marilyn | $1,157,906 | 244 | $5,495,745 |
| 15 | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $726,556 | 470 | $34,238,015 |
| 16 | The Skin I Live In | $618,576 | 109 | $2,890,432 |
| 17 | In Time | $510,468 | 354 | $36,569,340 |
| 18 | The Artist | $446,773 | 16 | $1,040,153 |
| 19 | Young Adult | $439,924 | 8 | $439,924 |
| 20 | Shame | $425,955 | 21 | $924,041 |
| 21 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $422,771 | 4 | $422,771 |
| 22 | Melancholia | $368,407 | 145 | $2,109,292 |
| 23 | Dolphin Tale | $338,853 | 342 | $71,137,768 |
| 24 | Courageous | $271,470 | 191 | $33,411,349 |
| 25 | Like Crazy | $254,132 | 162 | $3,235,445 |
| 26 | Margin Call | $247,811 | 149 | $5,016,761 |
| 27 | Moneyball | $215,225 | 208 | $74,241,828 |
| 28 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $205,510 | 302 | $103,691,862 |
| 29 | The Way | $195,832 | 120 | $3,909,403 |
| 30 | Real Steel | $177,602 | 206 | $83,656,930 |
| 31 | Midnight in Paris | $177,179 | 195 | $56,239,796 |
| 32 | The Ides of March | $173,027 | 187 | $40,522,235 |
| 33 | The Polar Express | $169,885 | 25 | $182,255,913 |
| 34 | The Help | $155,352 | 212 | $169,273,652 |
| 35 | The Three Musketeers | $123,831 | 168 | $20,265,114 |
| 36 | Born to be Wild 3D | $116,112 | 49 | $14,729,857 |
| 37 | A Dangerous Method | $109,953 | 4 | $569,002 |
| 38 | 50/50 | $103,657 | 146 | $34,926,597 |
| 39 | Footloose | $96,602 | 201 | $51,169,030 |
| 40 | Abduction | $91,142 | 131 | $28,087,155 |
| 41 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $78,648 | 72 | $2,848,675 |
| 42 | Drive | $75,361 | 70 | $34,704,406 |
| 43 | Take Shelter | $74,368 | 63 | $1,599,862 |
| 44 | Contagion | $64,113 | 111 | $75,658,097 |
| 45 | Hubble 3D | $61,134 | 18 | $30,026,397 |
| 46 | Le Havre | $55,015 | 25 | $334,449 |
| 47 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $49,406 | 61 | $176,711,822 |
| 48 | The Rum Diary | $46,622 | 63 | $13,087,613 |
| 49 | Pastorela | $40,468 | 44 | $146,168 |
| 50 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $39,297 | 1 | $39,297 |
| 51 | The Lion King | $37,024 | 38 | $421,718,643 |
| 52 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $35,762 | 13 | $409,413 |
| 53 | Mozart’s Sister | $30,130 | 19 | $659,660 |
| 54 | Into the Abyss | $25,949 | 30 | $209,873 |
| 55 | Under the Sea 3D | $23,034 | 9 | $30,194,650 |
| 56 | Answers to Nothing | $21,872 | 7 | $21,872 |
| 57 | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | $21,329 | 11 | $117,755 |
| 58 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | $21,229 | 9 | $21,229 |
| 59 | Tomboy | $18,509 | 9 | $79,872 |
| 60 | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | $18,282 | 7 | $75,473 |
| 61 | Young Goethe in Love | $17,037 | 8 | $85,913 |
| 62 | The Guard | $15,723 | 15 | $5,318,749 |
| 63 | The Big Year | $13,069 | 25 | $7,196,592 |
| 64 | Outrage | $12,954 | 7 | $23,077 |
| 65 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $10,315 | 8 | $162,867 |
| 66 | Khodorkovsky | $9,506 | 1 | $23,721 |
| 67 | Sleeping Beauty | $9,382 | 4 | $24,475 |
| 68 | Sea Rex 3D | $7,775 | 9 | $4,423,833 |
| 69 | Blackthorn | $6,881 | 5 | $177,562 |
| 70 | My Piece of the Pie | $6,850 | 2 | $6,850 |
| 71 | Crazy Wisdom | $6,824 | 3 | $36,725 |
| 72 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $5,090 | 5 | $194,373 |
| 73 | Circumstance | $4,362 | 1 | $454,121 |
| 74 | I Melt with You | $4,125 | 2 | $4,125 |
| 75 | Project Nim | $3,764 | 2 | $411,184 |
| 76 | House of Pleasures | $3,631 | 3 | $16,415 |
| 77 | Inni | $3,558 | 3 | $115,826 |
| 78 | Revenge of the Electric Car | $3,492 | 3 | $149,837 |
| 79 | The Mill and the Cross | $3,405 | 4 | $258,676 |
| 80 | My Reincarnation | $3,250 | 2 | $34,890 |
| 81 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $2,900 | 2 | $837,446 |
| 82 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | $2,807 | 6 | $230,767 |
| 83 | Garbo: The Spy | $2,708 | 2 | $17,138 |
| 84 | The Other F Word | $2,551 | 2 | $53,714 |
| 85 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $2,145 | 2 | $191,985 |
| 86 | Addiction Incorporated | $2,054 | 1 | $2,054 |
| 87 | The Whale | $1,734 | 1 | $56,958 |
| 88 | The Bride Wore Black | $1,703 | 1 | $16,249 |
| 89 | Amigo | $1,632 | 1 | $174,796 |
| 90 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $1,431 | 1 | $53,235,191 |
| 91 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | $1,397 | 3 | $7,706,436 |
| 92 | The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch | $1,354 | 2 | $8,019 |
| 93 | Charlotte Rampling: The Look | $1,289 | 1 | $12,019 |
| 94 | Higher Ground | $1,061 | 5 | $835,656 |
| 95 | Restless | $932 | 3 | $163,000 |
| 96 | Summer | $796 | 1 | $37,455 |
| 97 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $667 | 2 | $24,316 |
| 98 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $488 | 1 | $18,089 |
| 99 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $471 | 1 | $25,260 |
| 100 | Hell and Back Again | $401 | 1 | $34,292 |
| 101 | The Future | $372 | 1 | $568,662 |
| 102 | Rapt | $175 | 1 | $45,759 |
| Reporting: 102 | $100,759,448 | total | ||