Domestic Box Office For Dec 15, 2011
Data as of Nov 21, 2:03 PST
Key:Estimated
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | New Year's Eve | $1,058,002 | +3.1% | - | 3,505 | $301 | $17,405,754 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 2 | The Sitter | $756,534 | -4.3% | - | 2,750 | $275 | $13,321,306 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 3 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $678,675 | +4.2% | -39.7% | 3,604 | $188 | $262,130,081 | 28 | Summit Entertainment |
| 4 | - | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $600,000 | - | - | 425 | $1,411 | $600,000 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | 4 | Hugo | $521,002 | +9.7% | -3.6% | 2,608 | $199 | $35,447,861 | 23 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 7 | Arthur Christmas | $445,230 | +20.4% | +8.7% | 3,272 | $136 | $34,947,345 | 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 6 | The Descendants | $431,114 | +6.4% | +14.6% | 876 | $492 | $25,377,552 | 30 | - |
| 8 | 5 | The Muppets | $427,236 | +1.7% | -26.9% | 3,328 | $128 | $67,473,645 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 8 | Immortals | $272,073 | -3.1% | -34.6% | 2,286 | $119 | $81,038,005 | 35 | Relativity Media |
| 10 | 9 | Happy Feet Two | $267,176 | +3.5% | -23.5% | 2,840 | $94 | $57,832,544 | 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 11 | Jack and Jill | $192,001 | +10.2% | -39% | 2,787 | $68 | $69,277,786 | 35 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | 10 | Tower Heist | $186,210 | -5.3% | -38% | 2,069 | $90 | $74,887,715 | 42 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | 12 | J. Edgar | $135,373 | -3% | -44.6% | 1,555 | $87 | $35,332,403 | 37 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 13 | Puss in Boots | $115,152 | +6.1% | -36.9% | 1,843 | $62 | $142,310,193 | 49 | DreamWorks |
| 15 | 14 | My Week with Marilyn | $95,095 | +5.4% | -15.1% | 244 | $389 | $5,495,745 | 23 | The Weinstein Company |
| 16 | 15 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $57,593 | -7.8% | -45.7% | 470 | $122 | $34,238,015 | 42 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | 17 | The Artist | $40,434 | +12.8% | +57.9% | 16 | $2,527 | $1,040,153 | 21 | The Weinstein Company |
| 18 | 16 | In Time | $36,098 | -10% | -28.3% | 354 | $101 | $36,569,340 | 49 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | 18 | Shame | $33,983 | -2.1% | +4.5% | 21 | $1,618 | $924,041 | 14 | - |
| 20 | 19 | Young Adult | $31,110 | -1% | - | 8 | $3,888 | $439,924 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 21 | 21 | Like Crazy | $23,461 | +7% | -23.7% | 162 | $144 | $3,235,445 | 49 | Paramount Vantage |
| 22 | 20 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $23,185 | -11.4% | - | 4 | $5,796 | $422,771 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 23 | 22 | Courageous | $22,833 | +31.1% | -9.9% | 191 | $119 | $33,411,799 | 77 | TriStar Pictures |
| 24 | 28 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | $20,707 | +44.2% | +141.2% | 25 | $828 | $351,745 | 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 30 | Born to Be Wild | $18,848 | +56.9% | +22.6% | 49 | $384 | $14,729,857 | 252 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 25 | Dolphin Tale | $17,770 | +8.8% | -12.8% | 342 | $51 | $71,137,768 | 84 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | 26 | Moneyball | $17,031 | +12.1% | -72.9% | 208 | $81 | $74,241,828 | 84 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | 24 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $17,027 | +2.1% | -22.2% | 120 | $141 | $3,908,384 | 70 | - |
| 29 | 23 | Margin Call | $16,477 | -2.7% | -21.4% | 149 | $110 | $5,016,252 | 56 | Roadside Attractions |
| 30 | 27 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $16,354 | +8.2% | +44.7% | 302 | $54 | $103,691,862 | 56 | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | 29 | The Ides of March | $15,477 | +25.6% | -73% | 187 | $82 | $40,522,235 | 70 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 32 | 31 | 50/50 | $10,039 | +8.2% | -37.4% | 146 | $68 | $34,926,597 | 77 | Summit Entertainment |
| 33 | 32 | The Three Musketeers | $8,937 | +2.3% | -23% | 168 | $53 | $20,265,114 | 56 | Summit Entertainment |
| 34 | 33 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $7,317 | <0.1% | -29.5% | 72 | $101 | $2,848,675 | 56 | - |
| 35 | 34 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $6,647 | -6.8% | -36.2% | 201 | $33 | $51,169,030 | 63 | Paramount Pictures |
| 36 | 35 | Drive | $6,330 | -7.9% | -20.3% | 70 | $90 | $34,704,406 | 91 | FilmDistrict |
| 37 | 36 | Abduction | $5,939 | +10.6% | -23% | 131 | $45 | $28,087,155 | 84 | Lionsgate |
| 38 | 37 | Contagion | $4,603 | -7% | -49.2% | 111 | $41 | $75,658,097 | 98 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 38 | The Rum Diary | $4,600 | +7.3% | -16.6% | 63 | $73 | $13,087,613 | 49 | FilmDistrict |
| 40 | 39 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $3,608 | +12% | -18.2% | 61 | $59 | $176,711,822 | 133 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 41 | 40 | Pastorela | $1,982 | -18.3% | -59.5% | 44 | $45 | $146,168 | 14 | Lionsgate |
| 42 | 41 | The Survival of Humanity | $445 | -36.5% | -1.3% | 23 | $19 | $38,538,188 | 119 | - |
| 43 | 43 | Project Nim | $426 | +73.2% | - | 2 | $213 | $411,184 | 161 | Roadside Attractions |
| 44 | 42 | Circumstance | $200 | -68.4% | -66.3% | 1 | $200 | $454,121 | 112 | Roadside Attractions |
| 45 | 44 | Answers to Nothing | $104 | -38.1% | -91.2% | 7 | $14 | $21,872 | 14 | Roadside Attractions |
| 46 | 45 | The Future | $59 | +293.3% | - | 1 | $59 | $568,662 | 140 | Roadside Attractions |
