Domestic Box Office For Dec 31, 2011
Data as of Nov 21, 2:03 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $8,731,970 | -17.9% | +40.2% | 3,455 | $2,527 | $122,347,325 | 16 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $6,401,030 | -16.1% | +64.2% | 3,703 | $1,728 | $124,051,629 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 6 | War Horse | $5,625,334 | +19.7% | - | 2,547 | $2,208 | $36,352,197 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $4,750,314 | -32.5% | +71.2% | 3,724 | $1,275 | $88,151,196 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 5 | We Bought a Zoo | $4,501,719 | -7.2% | +138.9% | 3,163 | $1,423 | $36,839,453 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $4,244,295 | -20.4% | +69.1% | 2,914 | $1,456 | $50,338,690 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 7 | The Adventures of Tintin | $3,407,793 | -22.6% | +39.9% | 3,087 | $1,103 | $43,852,027 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | 8 | New Year's Eve | $2,285,886 | +1.4% | +342.2% | 2,225 | $1,027 | $44,205,254 | 23 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 11 | The Descendants | $1,251,598 | +13.9% | +180.8% | 758 | $1,651 | $38,375,031 | 46 | - |
| 10 | 9 | The Darkest Hour | $1,041,303 | -37.1% | - | 2,327 | $447 | $11,672,484 | 7 | Summit Entertainment |
| 11 | 10 | The Muppets | $823,487 | -25.4% | +35.6% | 1,541 | $534 | $81,795,283 | 39 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 13 | Hugo | $785,343 | -7.1% | +33.1% | 951 | $825 | $48,623,365 | 39 | Paramount Pictures |
| 13 | 14 | Young Adult | $577,812 | -24% | +66.7% | 987 | $585 | $11,306,815 | 23 | Paramount Pictures |
| 14 | 12 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $505,478 | -41.7% | +79% | 1,411 | $358 | $274,841,954 | 44 | Summit Entertainment |
| 15 | 16 | The Artist | $457,865 | +13% | +94.5% | 167 | $2,741 | $4,596,579 | 37 | The Weinstein Company |
| 16 | 17 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $346,479 | -1% | +78.3% | 57 | $6,078 | $3,566,606 | 23 | Focus Features |
| 17 | 15 | The Sitter | $313,423 | -52% | +14.4% | 1,348 | $232 | $25,610,935 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | 18 | My Week with Marilyn | $294,584 | -5.5% | +130.5% | 630 | $467 | $8,616,645 | 39 | The Weinstein Company |
| 19 | 19 | Puss in Boots | $209,759 | -32.3% | +124.9% | 389 | $539 | $145,250,950 | 65 | DreamWorks |
| 20 | 20 | Arthur Christmas | $204,158 | -34% | -72.4% | 1,343 | $152 | $45,650,370 | 39 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 21 | Don 2 | $131,910 | -25.8% | -73.2% | 166 | $794 | $2,952,602 | 10 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 22 | 22 | Happy Feet Two | $119,673 | -25.9% | +86.1% | 525 | $227 | $60,692,394 | 44 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | 24 | J. Edgar | $86,818 | +9.5% | +148.8% | 455 | $190 | $36,493,051 | 53 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 23 | Tower Heist | $73,370 | -23.7% | +135.7% | 253 | $290 | $76,650,420 | 58 | Universal Pictures |
| 25 | 26 | The Iron Lady | $65,517 | -15.2% | - | 4 | $16,379 | $142,752 | 2 | The Weinstein Company |
| 26 | 25 | Moneyball | $61,537 | -21.8% | +157.2% | 250 | $246 | $74,896,695 | 100 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 27 | 27 | Jack and Jill | $52,424 | -29.9% | +39.6% | 222 | $236 | $71,635,888 | 51 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | 29 | Dolphin Tale | $46,291 | -28.5% | +158% | 188 | $246 | $71,922,716 | 100 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 28 | Shame | $45,216 | -36.9% | +56.4% | 55 | $822 | $1,882,498 | 30 | - |
| 30 | 30 | Courageous | $36,995 | -32.9% | +155.8% | 181 | $204 | $33,975,486 | 93 | TriStar Pictures |
| 31 | 35 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $28,968 | -21% | - | 6 | $4,828 | $267,923 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 31 | Born to Be Wild | $27,468 | -43.3% | +136.4% | 49 | $560 | $15,134,212 | 268 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 32 | Immortals | $25,767 | -43.5% | -7.5% | 228 | $113 | $82,603,008 | 51 | Relativity Media |
| 34 | 37 | The Ides of March | $23,306 | -24.6% | +129.5% | 143 | $162 | $40,796,111 | 86 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 35 | 34 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $22,083 | -39.9% | +208.7% | 182 | $121 | $51,614,979 | 79 | Paramount Pictures |
| 36 | 36 | In Time | $20,600 | -41% | +143.9% | 123 | $167 | $37,012,131 | 65 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 37 | 40 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $19,377 | +13.8% | - | 47 | $412 | $4,154,203 | 86 | - |
| 38 | 33 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $18,487 | -51.4% | -8.4% | 245 | $75 | $34,853,056 | 58 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 39 | Pariah | $11,559 | -36.7% | - | 4 | $2,889 | $66,222 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 40 | 38 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $10,216 | -52.4% | +156.8% | 124 | $82 | $103,971,383 | 72 | Paramount Pictures |
| 41 | 43 | Margin Call | $8,664 | +35.8% | +39% | 28 | $309 | $5,237,509 | 72 | Roadside Attractions |
| 42 | 41 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | $7,886 | -48.3% | -44.2% | 16 | $492 | $704,882 | 37 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 42 | Drive | $3,683 | -56.8% | +44% | 25 | $147 | $34,820,731 | 107 | FilmDistrict |
| 44 | 44 | Like Crazy | $2,573 | -39.1% | +81.6% | 30 | $85 | $3,365,267 | 65 | Paramount Vantage |
| 45 | 45 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $2,035 | -33.8% | -57.2% | 2 | $1,017 | $44,770 | 9 | FilmDistrict |
| 46 | 47 | El Sicario, Room 164 | $552 | -11.8% | - | 1 | $552 | $2,782 | 4 | Icarus Films |
