Domestic Box Office For Dec 12, 2011
Data as of Dec 21, 11:17 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | New Year's Eve | $988,277 | -63.6% | - | 3,505 | $281 | $14,007,457 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 2 | The Sitter | $908,668 | -60.8% | - | 2,750 | $330 | $10,760,103 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 5 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $649,222 | -67% | -43.4% | 3,604 | $180 | $260,051,891 | 25 | Summit Entertainment |
| 4 | 6 | Hugo | $464,034 | -73.1% | -10.4% | 2,608 | $177 | $33,878,753 | 20 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | 8 | The Descendants | $420,304 | -60.1% | +19% | 876 | $479 | $24,050,865 | 27 | - |
| 6 | 3 | The Muppets | $408,232 | -80% | -28.6% | 3,328 | $122 | $66,150,360 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 4 | Arthur Christmas | $302,821 | -84.7% | -7.7% | 3,272 | $92 | $33,703,419 | 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 10 | Immortals | $282,041 | -58.2% | -33.8% | 2,286 | $123 | $80,150,773 | 32 | Relativity Media |
| 9 | 7 | Happy Feet Two | $218,178 | -80.1% | -30.1% | 2,840 | $76 | $57,008,583 | 25 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 11 | Tower Heist | $175,865 | -65.3% | -33.2% | 2,069 | $85 | $74,298,050 | 39 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 9 | Jack and Jill | $165,614 | -77.6% | -41% | 2,787 | $59 | $68,692,999 | 32 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | 13 | J. Edgar | $138,153 | -52% | -38.1% | 1,555 | $88 | $34,899,264 | 34 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | 12 | Puss in Boots | $100,715 | -79.9% | -40.9% | 1,843 | $54 | $141,974,189 | 46 | DreamWorks |
| 14 | 14 | My Week with Marilyn | $89,927 | -59.2% | -18.5% | 244 | $368 | $5,208,588 | 20 | The Weinstein Company |
| 15 | 15 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $57,895 | -52.2% | -39.8% | 470 | $123 | $34,044,103 | 39 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 19 | In Time | $40,088 | -54.9% | -15.3% | 354 | $113 | $36,445,980 | 46 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | 20 | Shame | $36,112 | -58.4% | -8.2% | 21 | $1,719 | $817,613 | 11 | - |
| 18 | 17 | Young Adult | $35,299 | -63.1% | - | 8 | $4,412 | $345,562 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 19 | 16 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $34,415 | -65.8% | - | 4 | $8,603 | $344,977 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 20 | 18 | The Artist | $34,226 | -62.7% | +63.8% | 16 | $2,139 | $922,967 | 18 | The Weinstein Company |
| 21 | 24 | Like Crazy | $20,029 | -54% | -10.2% | 162 | $123 | $3,167,121 | 46 | Paramount Vantage |
| 22 | 22 | Courageous | $16,839 | -77% | -26.7% | 191 | $88 | $33,350,478 | 74 | TriStar Pictures |
| 23 | 21 | Dolphin Tale | $16,013 | -78.4% | -18.3% | 342 | $46 | $71,084,665 | 81 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 27 | Moneyball | $15,881 | -51.2% | -69.8% | 208 | $76 | $74,192,793 | 81 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 25 | 23 | Margin Call | $15,569 | -64.9% | -6.8% | 148 | $105 | $4,962,782 | 53 | Roadside Attractions |
| 26 | 25 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $15,235 | -59.3% | +36.1% | 302 | $50 | $103,644,239 | 53 | Paramount Pictures |
| 27 | - | The Way 2010 Re-release | $14,257 | - | -26.5% | 120 | $118 | $3,857,059 | 67 | - |
| 28 | 28 | The Ides of March | $12,391 | -54.8% | -75.3% | 187 | $66 | $40,480,272 | 67 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 29 | 31 | Born to Be Wild | $9,157 | -51.9% | +38.9% | 49 | $186 | $14,684,992 | 249 | Warner Bros. |
| 30 | 30 | The Three Musketeers | $8,629 | -60% | -19.3% | 168 | $51 | $20,236,146 | 53 | Summit Entertainment |
| 31 | 33 | 50/50 | $8,521 | -51.3% | -36.7% | 146 | $58 | $34,896,499 | 74 | Summit Entertainment |
| 32 | 26 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | $7,148 | -79% | +390.3% | 25 | $285 | $304,305 | 18 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 36 | Drive | $6,582 | -50.6% | -8.5% | 70 | $94 | $34,684,079 | 88 | FilmDistrict |
| 34 | 35 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $6,135 | -55.4% | -29.7% | 72 | $85 | $2,827,219 | 53 | - |
| 35 | 32 | Abduction | $5,551 | -68.6% | -11.6% | 131 | $42 | $28,069,777 | 81 | Lionsgate |
| 36 | 34 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $5,376 | -63% | -40.6% | 201 | $26 | $51,147,830 | 60 | Paramount Pictures |
| 37 | 37 | Contagion | $4,644 | -56.9% | -16.8% | 111 | $41 | $75,643,387 | 95 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 40 | The Rum Diary | $3,658 | -60% | -24.9% | 63 | $58 | $13,074,120 | 46 | FilmDistrict |
| 39 | 38 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $3,233 | -68.1% | -6.3% | 61 | $53 | $176,701,319 | 130 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 40 | 39 | Pastorela | $2,695 | -73.2% | -61.6% | 44 | $61 | $139,265 | 11 | Lionsgate |
| 41 | 42 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World | $335 | -82.7% | -4.6% | 23 | $14 | $38,536,711 | 116 | - |
| 42 | 43 | Circumstance | $334 | -70.7% | -80.5% | 1 | $334 | $452,936 | 109 | Roadside Attractions |
| 43 | 44 | Project Nim | $253 | -63.8% | - | 2 | $126 | $410,330 | 158 | Roadside Attractions |
| 44 | 45 | Answers to Nothing | $146 | -28.4% | -91.2% | 7 | $20 | $21,450 | 11 | Roadside Attractions |
| 45 | 47 | The Future | $46 | -50% | - | 1 | $46 | $568,555 | 137 | Roadside Attractions |
