Week Domestic Box Office December 16, 2011
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $58,753,622 | 3,703 | $15,866 | $58,753,622 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $36,940,187 | 3,723 | $9,922 | $36,940,187 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (new) | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $32,436,461 | 425 | $76,321 | $32,436,461 | 7 | ||
| 4 | (1) | New Year’s Eve | $11,931,441 | -31% | 3,505 | $3,404 | $29,337,195 | 14 | |
| 5 | (new) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $8,376,473 | 2,914 | $2,875 | $8,376,473 | 2 | ||
| 6 | (2) | The Sitter | $7,166,896 | -46% | 2,752 | $2,604 | $20,488,202 | 14 | |
| 7 | (3) | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $6,671,820 | -37% | 2,958 | $2,256 | $268,801,901 | 35 | |
| 8 | (6) | Arthur Christmas | $6,520,657 | -19% | 2,929 | $2,226 | $41,468,002 | 30 | |
| 9 | (5) | Hugo | $6,179,408 | -24% | 2,532 | $2,441 | $41,627,269 | 30 | |
| 10 | (4) | The Muppets | $6,082,880 | -30% | 2,808 | $2,166 | $73,556,525 | 30 | |
| 11 | (19) | Young Adult | $4,969,524 | +1,030% | 986 | $5,040 | $5,409,448 | 14 | |
| 12 | (7) | The Descendants | $4,914,000 | -20% | 878 | $5,597 | $30,291,552 | 37 | |
| 13 | (new) | The Adventures of Tintin | $4,733,023 | 3,087 | $1,533 | $8,008,023 | 2 | ||
| 14 | (8) | Happy Feet Two | $1,800,098 | -62% | 1,780 | $1,011 | $59,632,642 | 35 | |
| 15 | (9) | Jack and Jill | $1,781,922 | -54% | 1,910 | $933 | $71,059,708 | 42 | |
| 16 | (11) | Tower Heist | $1,225,200 | -61% | 1,315 | $932 | $76,112,915 | 49 | |
| 17 | (10) | Immortals | $1,205,617 | -67% | 1,216 | $991 | $82,243,622 | 42 | |
| 18 | (12) | Puss in Boots | $941,004 | -54% | 757 | $1,243 | $143,251,197 | 56 | |
| 19 | (14) | My Week with Marilyn | $923,451 | -20% | 244 | $3,785 | $6,419,196 | 30 | |
| 20 | (21) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $678,811 | +61% | 16 | $42,426 | $1,101,582 | 14 | |
| 21 | (13) | J. Edgar | $579,867 | -67% | 703 | $825 | $35,912,270 | 44 | |
| 22 | (20) | Shame | $483,376 | +13% | 51 | $9,478 | $1,407,417 | 21 | |
| 23 | (18) | The Artist | $458,277 | +3% | 17 | $26,957 | $1,498,430 | 28 | |
| 24 | (23) | Dolphin Tale | $373,388 | +10% | 281 | $1,329 | $71,511,156 | 91 | |
| 25 | (15) | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $296,171 | -59% | 202 | $1,466 | $34,534,186 | 49 | |
| 26 | (17) | In Time | $253,668 | -50% | 273 | $929 | $36,823,008 | 56 | |
| 27 | (37) | A Dangerous Method | $227,225 | +107% | 17 | $13,366 | $796,227 | 30 | |
| 28 | (22) | Melancholia | $225,688 | -39% | 131 | $1,723 | $2,334,980 | 42 | |
| 29 | (39) | Footloose | $225,592 | +134% | 253 | $892 | $51,394,622 | 70 | |
| 30 | (33) | The Polar Express | $212,697 | +25% | 22 | $9,668 | $182,468,610 | 2,599 | |
| 31 | (24) | Courageous | $182,419 | -33% | 187 | $976 | $33,593,768 | 84 | |
| 32 | (30) | Real Steel | $168,915 | -5% | 155 | $1,090 | $83,825,845 | 77 | |
| 33 | (28) | Paranormal Activity 3 | $156,137 | -24% | 206 | $758 | $103,847,999 | 63 | |
| 34 | (27) | Moneyball | $149,609 | -30% | 242 | $618 | $74,391,437 | 91 | |
| 35 | (26) | Margin Call | $148,930 | -40% | 121 | $1,231 | $5,165,439 | 63 | |
| 36 | (new) | Carnage | $117,655 | 5 | $23,531 | $117,655 | 7 | ||
| 37 | (34) | The Help | $117,126 | -25% | 156 | $751 | $169,390,778 | 135 | |
| 38 | (29) | The Way | $116,404 | -41% | 93 | $1,252 | $4,025,642 | 77 | |
| 39 | (36) | Born to be Wild 3D | $114,281 | -2% | 49 | $2,332 | $14,844,138 | 259 | |
| 40 | (25) | Like Crazy | $98,691 | -61% | 100 | $987 | $3,334,136 | 56 | |
| 41 | (16) | The Skin I Live In | $86,345 | -86% | 71 | $1,216 | $2,976,777 | 70 | |
| 42 | (35) | The Three Musketeers | $84,799 | -32% | 123 | $689 | $20,349,913 | 63 | |
| 43 | (31) | Midnight in Paris | $83,150 | -53% | 116 | $717 | $56,322,946 | 217 | |
| 44 | (32) | The Ides of March | $80,898 | -53% | 141 | $574 | $40,603,113 | 77 | |
| 45 | (38) | 50/50 | $73,521 | -29% | 111 | $662 | $35,000,118 | 84 | |
| 46 | (42) | Drive | $70,919 | -6% | 56 | $1,266 | $34,755,325 | 98 | |
| 47 | (new) | Don 2 | $58,134 | 59 | $985 | $58,134 | 1 | ||
| 48 | (47) | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $48,363 | -2% | 54 | $896 | $176,760,185 | 140 | |
| 49 | (43) | Take Shelter | $47,562 | -36% | 58 | $820 | $1,647,424 | 84 | |
| 50 | (51) | The Lion King | $43,291 | +17% | 32 | $1,353 | $421,761,934 | 6,400 | |
| 51 | (41) | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $34,620 | -56% | 39 | $888 | $2,883,295 | 63 | |
| 52 | (72) | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $27,780 | +446% | 8 | $3,473 | $222,153 | 63 | |
| 53 | (52) | The Women on the 6th Floor | $27,711 | -23% | 12 | $2,309 | $437,124 | 203 | |
| 54 | (48) | The Rum Diary | $22,202 | -52% | 30 | $740 | $13,109,815 | 56 | |
| 55 | (59) | Tomboy | $16,287 | -12% | 9 | $1,810 | $96,159 | 35 | |
| 56 | (53) | Mozart’s Sister | $15,453 | -49% | 11 | $1,405 | $675,113 | 126 | |
| 57 | (68) | Sea Rex 3D | $15,121 | +94% | 9 | $1,680 | $4,438,954 | 574 | |
| 58 | (49) | Pastorela | $15,026 | -63% | 19 | $791 | $161,194 | 21 | |
| 59 | (61) | Young Goethe in Love | $12,288 | -28% | 9 | $1,365 | $98,201 | 49 | |
| 60 | (54) | Into the Abyss | $10,676 | -59% | 17 | $628 | $220,549 | 42 | |
| 61 | (58) | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | $10,536 | -50% | 8 | $1,317 | $31,339 | 14 | |
| 62 | (62) | The Guard | $10,165 | -35% | 12 | $847 | $5,328,914 | 147 | |
| 63 | (new) | Cook County | $9,727 | 5 | $1,945 | $9,727 | 7 | ||
| 64 | (57) | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | $9,254 | -57% | 6 | $1,542 | $129,029 | 35 | |
| 65 | (67) | Sleeping Beauty | $7,916 | -16% | 4 | $1,979 | $32,391 | 21 | |
| 66 | (60) | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | $7,437 | -59% | 7 | $1,062 | $82,910 | 42 | |
| 67 | (71) | Crazy Wisdom | $6,694 | -2% | 1 | $6,694 | $43,419 | 28 | |
| 68 | (69) | Blackthorn | $6,074 | -12% | 9 | $675 | $183,636 | 77 | |
| 68 | (65) | Outrage | $4,968 | -62% | 7 | $710 | $28,045 | 21 | |
| 70 | (80) | My Reincarnation | $4,407 | +36% | 3 | $1,469 | $39,297 | 56 | |
| 71 | (65) | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $4,282 | -58% | 3 | $1,427 | $167,149 | 91 | |
| 72 | (89) | Amigo | $4,102 | +151% | 3 | $1,367 | $178,898 | 126 | |
| 73 | (66) | Khodorkovsky | $3,997 | -58% | 1 | $3,997 | $27,718 | 23 | |
| 74 | (86) | Addiction Incorporated | $2,824 | +37% | 1 | $2,824 | $4,878 | 9 | |
| 75 | (-) | Rid of Me | $2,733 | 1 | $2,733 | $6,455 | 35 | ||
| 76 | (88) | The Bride Wore Black | $2,644 | +55% | 1 | $2,644 | $18,893 | 15,886 | |
| 77 | (85) | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $2,580 | +20% | 2 | $1,290 | $194,835 | 149 | |
| 78 | (79) | The Mill and the Cross | $2,490 | -27% | 4 | $623 | $261,166 | 100 | |
| 79 | (-) | Jane's Journey | $2,125 | 2 | $1,063 | $21,152 | 98 | ||
| 80 | (-) | The Conquest | $1,967 | 1 | $1,967 | $41,130 | 42 | ||
| 81 | (-) | American Teacher | $1,858 | 2 | $929 | $33,144 | 84 | ||
| 82 | (81) | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $1,647 | -43% | 1 | $1,647 | $839,093 | 168 | |
| 83 | (87) | The Whale | $1,480 | -15% | 1 | $1,480 | $58,438 | 105 | |
| 84 | (94) | Higher Ground | $1,460 | +38% | 3 | $487 | $837,116 | 119 | |
| 85 | (93) | Charlotte Rampling: The Look | $1,152 | -11% | 1 | $1,152 | $13,171 | 49 | |
| 86 | (74) | I Melt with You | $1,088 | -74% | 2 | $544 | $5,213 | 14 | |
| 87 | (78) | Revenge of the Electric Car | $905 | -74% | 1 | $905 | $150,780 | 63 | |
| 88 | (-) | Littlerock | $713 | 1 | $713 | $17,309 | 133 | ||
| 89 | (77) | Inni | $572 | -84% | 3 | $191 | $116,398 | 87 | |
| 90 | (-) | American: The Bill Hicks Story | $452 | 1 | $452 | $91,326 | 259 | ||
| 91 | (99) | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $430 | -9% | 1 | $430 | $25,690 | 105 | |
| 92 | (-) | My Joy | $352 | 1 | $352 | $5,457 | 84 | ||
| 93 | (56) | Answers to Nothing | $177 | -99% | 1 | $177 | $22,049 | 21 | |
| 94 | (97) | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $138 | -79% | 1 | $138 | $24,454 | 65 | |
| 95 | (98) | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $80 | -84% | 1 | $80 | $18,169 | 156 | |
| Reporting movies: 95 | $209,932,183 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $58,753,622 | 3,703 | $58,753,622 |
| 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $36,940,187 | 3,723 | $36,940,187 |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol | $32,436,461 | 425 | $32,436,461 |
| 4 | New Year’s Eve | $11,931,441 | 3,505 | $29,337,195 |
| 5 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $8,376,473 | 2,914 | $8,376,473 |
| 6 | The Sitter | $7,166,896 | 2,752 | $20,488,202 |
| 7 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 | $6,671,820 | 2,958 | $268,801,901 |
| 8 | Arthur Christmas | $6,520,657 | 2,929 | $41,468,002 |
| 9 | Hugo | $6,179,408 | 2,532 | $41,627,269 |
| 10 | The Muppets | $6,082,880 | 2,808 | $73,556,525 |
| 11 | Young Adult | $4,969,524 | 986 | $5,409,448 |
| 12 | The Descendants | $4,914,000 | 878 | $30,291,552 |
| 13 | The Adventures of Tintin | $4,733,023 | 3,087 | $8,008,023 |
| 14 | Happy Feet Two | $1,800,098 | 1,780 | $59,632,642 |
| 15 | Jack and Jill | $1,781,922 | 1,910 | $71,059,708 |
| 16 | Tower Heist | $1,225,200 | 1,315 | $76,112,915 |
| 17 | Immortals | $1,205,617 | 1,216 | $82,243,622 |
| 18 | Puss in Boots | $941,004 | 757 | $143,251,197 |
| 19 | My Week with Marilyn | $923,451 | 244 | $6,419,196 |
| 20 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $678,811 | 16 | $1,101,582 |
| 21 | J. Edgar | $579,867 | 703 | $35,912,270 |
| 22 | Shame | $483,376 | 51 | $1,407,417 |
| 23 | The Artist | $458,277 | 17 | $1,498,430 |
| 24 | Dolphin Tale | $373,388 | 281 | $71,511,156 |
| 25 | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $296,171 | 202 | $34,534,186 |
| 26 | In Time | $253,668 | 273 | $36,823,008 |
| 27 | A Dangerous Method | $227,225 | 17 | $796,227 |
| 28 | Melancholia | $225,688 | 131 | $2,334,980 |
| 29 | Footloose | $225,592 | 253 | $51,394,622 |
| 30 | The Polar Express | $212,697 | 22 | $182,468,610 |
| 31 | Courageous | $182,419 | 187 | $33,593,768 |
| 32 | Real Steel | $168,915 | 155 | $83,825,845 |
| 33 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $156,137 | 206 | $103,847,999 |
| 34 | Moneyball | $149,609 | 242 | $74,391,437 |
| 35 | Margin Call | $148,930 | 121 | $5,165,439 |
| 36 | Carnage | $117,655 | 5 | $117,655 |
| 37 | The Help | $117,126 | 156 | $169,390,778 |
| 38 | The Way | $116,404 | 93 | $4,025,642 |
| 39 | Born to be Wild 3D | $114,281 | 49 | $14,844,138 |
| 40 | Like Crazy | $98,691 | 100 | $3,334,136 |
| 41 | The Skin I Live In | $86,345 | 71 | $2,976,777 |
| 42 | The Three Musketeers | $84,799 | 123 | $20,349,913 |
| 43 | Midnight in Paris | $83,150 | 116 | $56,322,946 |
| 44 | The Ides of March | $80,898 | 141 | $40,603,113 |
| 45 | 50/50 | $73,521 | 111 | $35,000,118 |
| 46 | Drive | $70,919 | 56 | $34,755,325 |
| 47 | Don 2 | $58,134 | 59 | $58,134 |
| 48 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $48,363 | 54 | $176,760,185 |
| 49 | Take Shelter | $47,562 | 58 | $1,647,424 |
| 50 | The Lion King | $43,291 | 32 | $421,761,934 |
| 51 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $34,620 | 39 | $2,883,295 |
| 52 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $27,780 | 8 | $222,153 |
| 53 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $27,711 | 12 | $437,124 |
| 54 | The Rum Diary | $22,202 | 30 | $13,109,815 |
| 55 | Tomboy | $16,287 | 9 | $96,159 |
| 56 | Mozart’s Sister | $15,453 | 11 | $675,113 |
| 57 | Sea Rex 3D | $15,121 | 9 | $4,438,954 |
| 58 | Pastorela | $15,026 | 19 | $161,194 |
| 59 | Young Goethe in Love | $12,288 | 9 | $98,201 |
| 60 | Into the Abyss | $10,676 | 17 | $220,549 |
| 61 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | $10,536 | 8 | $31,339 |
| 62 | The Guard | $10,165 | 12 | $5,328,914 |
| 63 | Cook County | $9,727 | 5 | $9,727 |
| 64 | Eames: The Architect and the Painter | $9,254 | 6 | $129,029 |
| 65 | Sleeping Beauty | $7,916 | 4 | $32,391 |
| 66 | Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | $7,437 | 7 | $82,910 |
| 67 | Crazy Wisdom | $6,694 | 1 | $43,419 |
| 68 | Blackthorn | $6,074 | 9 | $183,636 |
| 68 | Outrage | $4,968 | 7 | $28,045 |
| 70 | My Reincarnation | $4,407 | 3 | $39,297 |
| 71 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $4,282 | 3 | $167,149 |
| 72 | Amigo | $4,102 | 3 | $178,898 |
| 73 | Khodorkovsky | $3,997 | 1 | $27,718 |
| 74 | Addiction Incorporated | $2,824 | 1 | $4,878 |
| 75 | Rid of Me | $2,733 | 1 | $6,455 |
| 76 | The Bride Wore Black | $2,644 | 1 | $18,893 |
| 77 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $2,580 | 2 | $194,835 |
| 78 | The Mill and the Cross | $2,490 | 4 | $261,166 |
| 79 | Jane's Journey | $2,125 | 2 | $21,152 |
| 80 | The Conquest | $1,967 | 1 | $41,130 |
| 81 | American Teacher | $1,858 | 2 | $33,144 |
| 82 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $1,647 | 1 | $839,093 |
| 83 | The Whale | $1,480 | 1 | $58,438 |
| 84 | Higher Ground | $1,460 | 3 | $837,116 |
| 85 | Charlotte Rampling: The Look | $1,152 | 1 | $13,171 |
| 86 | I Melt with You | $1,088 | 2 | $5,213 |
| 87 | Revenge of the Electric Car | $905 | 1 | $150,780 |
| 88 | Littlerock | $713 | 1 | $17,309 |
| 89 | Inni | $572 | 3 | $116,398 |
| 90 | American: The Bill Hicks Story | $452 | 1 | $91,326 |
| 91 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $430 | 1 | $25,690 |
| 92 | My Joy | $352 | 1 | $5,457 |
| 93 | Answers to Nothing | $177 | 1 | $22,049 |
| 94 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $138 | 1 | $24,454 |
| 95 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $80 | 1 | $18,169 |
| Reporting: 95 | $209,932,183 | total | ||