Domestic Box Office For Dec 9, 2011
Data as of Dec 22, 1:55 PST
Key:New This Day
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | New Year's Eve | $5,027,448 | - | - | 3,505 | $1,434 | $5,027,448 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | - | The Sitter | $3,706,669 | - | - | 2,750 | $1,347 | $3,706,669 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 1 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $2,456,195 | +118.3% | -54.9% | 3,604 | $681 | $254,039,462 | 22 | Summit Entertainment |
| 4 | 2 | The Muppets | $1,672,046 | +186.1% | -38.6% | 3,328 | $502 | $60,435,304 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | 3 | Hugo | $1,574,646 | +191.3% | -21% | 2,608 | $603 | $28,939,056 | 17 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 5 | Arthur Christmas | $1,426,754 | +248.4% | -13.7% | 3,272 | $436 | $28,316,866 | 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 6 | The Descendants | $1,318,017 | +250.4% | -5.9% | 876 | $1,504 | $20,568,440 | 24 | - |
| 8 | 8 | Jack and Jill | $871,357 | +176.7% | -44.8% | 2,787 | $312 | $66,313,644 | 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | 7 | Happy Feet Two | $845,817 | +142.3% | -39.8% | 2,840 | $297 | $53,945,918 | 22 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 9 | Tower Heist | $734,495 | +144.4% | -41.2% | 2,069 | $355 | $72,498,025 | 36 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 4 | Immortals | $729,710 | +75.4% | -46.7% | 2,286 | $319 | $78,137,215 | 29 | Relativity Media |
| 12 | 10 | J. Edgar | $355,696 | +45.5% | -50% | 1,555 | $228 | $33,928,394 | 31 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | 11 | Puss in Boots | $354,854 | +94.5% | -50.3% | 1,843 | $192 | $140,600,129 | 43 | DreamWorks |
| 14 | 12 | My Week with Marilyn | $215,405 | +92.2% | -37.7% | 244 | $882 | $4,553,244 | 17 | The Weinstein Company |
| 15 | 13 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $154,506 | +45.6% | -53.8% | 470 | $328 | $33,665,965 | 36 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 16 | In Time | $110,453 | +119.4% | -39% | 354 | $312 | $36,169,325 | 43 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $90,684 | - | - | 4 | $22,671 | $90,684 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 18 | - | Young Adult | $89,660 | - | - | 8 | $11,207 | $89,660 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 19 | 17 | Shame | $83,839 | +157.7% | -23.8% | 21 | $3,992 | $581,925 | 8 | - |
| 20 | 19 | The Artist | $77,073 | +201.1% | +38.7% | 16 | $4,817 | $670,453 | 15 | The Weinstein Company |
| 21 | 23 | Dolphin Tale | $69,517 | +241.3% | -15.6% | 342 | $203 | $70,868,432 | 78 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | 18 | Like Crazy | $51,575 | +67.8% | -38.7% | 162 | $318 | $3,032,888 | 43 | Paramount Vantage |
| 23 | 20 | Courageous | $49,187 | +94.2% | -20.9% | 191 | $257 | $33,189,066 | 71 | TriStar Pictures |
| 24 | 22 | Margin Call | $45,792 | +118.6% | -19.7% | 148 | $309 | $4,814,875 | 50 | Roadside Attractions |
| 25 | 14 | Moneyball | $43,412 | -30.9% | -75.1% | 208 | $208 | $74,070,015 | 78 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | 27 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $41,000 | +262.8% | -0.7% | 302 | $135 | $103,527,352 | 50 | Paramount Pictures |
| 27 | 15 | The Ides of March | $35,211 | -38.7% | -77.6% | 187 | $188 | $40,384,419 | 64 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | 26 | The Three Musketeers | $26,679 | +129.7% | -28.3% | 168 | $158 | $20,167,962 | 50 | Summit Entertainment |
| 29 | 32 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | $25,401 | +195.9% | +100.7% | 25 | $1,016 | $207,261 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 30 | 28 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $22,622 | +117.1% | -54% | 201 | $112 | $51,095,050 | 57 | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | 24 | 50/50 | $21,026 | +31.1% | -52.4% | 146 | $144 | $34,843,966 | 71 | Summit Entertainment |
| 32 | 25 | Born to Be Wild | $19,139 | +24.5% | -15.8% | 49 | $390 | $14,632,884 | 246 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 34 | Abduction | $18,442 | +139% | -32.5% | 131 | $140 | $28,014,455 | 78 | Lionsgate |
| 34 | - | The Smurfs | $16,834 | - | -45.1% | 181 | $93 | $142,549,428 | 134 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 35 | 33 | Drive | $15,030 | +89.2% | -22.4% | 70 | $214 | $34,644,075 | 85 | FilmDistrict |
| 36 | 29 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $14,262 | +37.4% | - | 72 | $198 | $2,784,289 | 50 | - |
| 37 | 31 | Contagion | $13,884 | +53.2% | -40.1% | 111 | $125 | $75,607,868 | 92 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 30 | Anonymous | $10,055 | -0.7% | -57.7% | 82 | $122 | $4,441,495 | 43 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 39 | 35 | The Rum Diary | $9,341 | +69.3% | -22.3% | 63 | $148 | $13,050,332 | 43 | FilmDistrict |
| 40 | 36 | Pastorela | $9,283 | +89.8% | -61% | 44 | $210 | $114,983 | 8 | Lionsgate |
| 41 | 37 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $8,884 | +101.3% | - | 61 | $145 | $176,671,300 | 127 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 42 | 41 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | $1,077 | +138.8% | -32.6% | 23 | $46 | $38,531,565 | 113 | - |
| 43 | - | Project Nim | $981 | - | - | 2 | $490 | $408,401 | 155 | Roadside Attractions |
| 44 | 39 | Circumstance | $671 | +13.2% | - | 1 | $671 | $450,430 | 106 | Roadside Attractions |
| 45 | 42 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | $308 | +66.5% | -77.2% | 3 | $102 | $7,705,338 | 92 | Codeblack Entertainment |
| 46 | 38 | Answers to Nothing | $120 | -89.9% | -97.7% | 7 | $17 | $20,558 | 8 | Roadside Attractions |
| 47 | - | The Future | $76 | - | - | 1 | $76 | $568,366 | 134 | Roadside Attractions |
