Domestic Box Office For Jan 1, 2012
Data as of Dec 22, 1:55 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $10,058,761 | +15.2% | -26.3% | 3,455 | $2,911 | $132,406,086 | 17 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $6,852,117 | +7% | -28.7% | 3,703 | $1,850 | $130,903,746 | 17 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 6 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $5,246,191 | +23.6% | -6.8% | 2,914 | $1,800 | $55,584,881 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $4,577,938 | -3.6% | +4.3% | 3,724 | $1,229 | $92,729,134 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 3 | War Horse | $4,099,575 | -27.1% | -45.5% | 2,547 | $1,609 | $40,451,772 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 5 | We Bought a Zoo | $3,886,105 | -13.7% | -13.5% | 3,163 | $1,228 | $40,725,558 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | 7 | The Adventures of Tintin | $3,623,120 | +6.3% | -3.8% | 3,087 | $1,173 | $47,475,147 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | 8 | New Year's Eve | $1,794,096 | -21.5% | +21.7% | 2,225 | $806 | $45,999,350 | 24 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 10 | The Darkest Hour | $1,465,479 | +40.7% | -51% | 2,327 | $629 | $13,137,963 | 8 | Summit Entertainment |
| 10 | 9 | The Descendants | $1,045,744 | -16.4% | +3.7% | 758 | $1,379 | $39,420,775 | 47 | - |
| 11 | 12 | Hugo | $830,837 | +5.8% | +0.5% | 951 | $873 | $49,454,202 | 40 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | 13 | Young Adult | $754,956 | +30.7% | -14.8% | 987 | $764 | $12,061,771 | 24 | Paramount Pictures |
| 13 | 11 | The Muppets | $734,169 | -10.8% | +20.4% | 1,541 | $476 | $82,529,452 | 40 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 17 | The Sitter | $706,922 | +125.5% | -18.9% | 1,348 | $524 | $26,317,857 | 24 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 15 | 14 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $688,784 | +36.3% | +34.5% | 1,411 | $488 | $275,530,738 | 45 | Summit Entertainment |
| 16 | 15 | The Artist | $447,765 | -2.2% | +7.9% | 167 | $2,681 | $5,044,344 | 38 | The Weinstein Company |
| 17 | 16 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $389,128 | +12.3% | +24% | 57 | $6,826 | $3,955,734 | 24 | Focus Features |
| 18 | 18 | My Week with Marilyn | $319,076 | +8.3% | +20.7% | 630 | $506 | $8,935,721 | 40 | The Weinstein Company |
| 19 | 19 | Puss in Boots | $232,711 | +10.9% | +70.4% | 389 | $598 | $145,483,661 | 66 | DreamWorks |
| 20 | 21 | Don 2 | $221,830 | +68.2% | -66.5% | 167 | $1,328 | $3,174,432 | 11 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 21 | 20 | Arthur Christmas | $169,865 | -16.8% | -43.1% | 1,343 | $126 | $45,820,235 | 40 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 22 | 22 | Happy Feet Two | $115,774 | -3.3% | +83.2% | 525 | $220 | $60,808,168 | 45 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | 24 | Tower Heist | $83,495 | +13.8% | +73.6% | 253 | $330 | $76,733,915 | 59 | Universal Pictures |
| 24 | 29 | Shame | $83,376 | +84.4% | +68.9% | 55 | $1,515 | $1,965,874 | 31 | - |
| 25 | 23 | J. Edgar | $79,554 | -8.4% | +23.8% | 455 | $174 | $36,572,605 | 54 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 25 | The Iron Lady | $77,657 | +18.5% | - | 4 | $19,414 | $220,409 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 27 | 26 | Moneyball | $64,947 | +5.5% | +54.8% | 250 | $259 | $74,961,642 | 101 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | 27 | Jack and Jill | $61,760 | +17.8% | +15.7% | 222 | $278 | $71,697,648 | 52 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 29 | 30 | Courageous | $60,434 | +63.4% | +44.1% | 181 | $333 | $34,035,920 | 94 | TriStar Pictures |
| 30 | 33 | Immortals | $53,991 | +109.5% | +16.2% | 228 | $236 | $82,656,999 | 52 | Relativity Media |
| 31 | 31 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $45,126 | +55.8% | -37.6% | 6 | $7,521 | $313,049 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 38 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $41,980 | +127.1% | -20.5% | 245 | $171 | $34,895,036 | 59 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 28 | Dolphin Tale | $41,076 | -11.3% | +116.5% | 188 | $218 | $71,963,792 | 101 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 36 | In Time | $34,164 | +65.8% | +111.2% | 123 | $277 | $37,046,295 | 66 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 35 | 35 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $30,025 | +36% | +104.3% | 182 | $164 | $51,645,004 | 80 | Paramount Pictures |
| 36 | 34 | The Ides of March | $29,501 | +26.6% | +83.2% | 143 | $206 | $40,825,612 | 87 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 37 | 40 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $21,856 | +113.9% | +59.5% | 124 | $176 | $103,993,239 | 73 | Paramount Pictures |
| 38 | 37 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $20,429 | +5.4% | - | 47 | $434 | $4,174,632 | 87 | - |
| 39 | 39 | Pariah | $18,764 | +62.3% | - | 4 | $4,691 | $84,986 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 40 | 32 | Born to Be Wild | $13,417 | -51.2% | +482.6% | 49 | $273 | $15,147,629 | 269 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | 43 | Drive | $12,316 | +234.4% | +203.5% | 25 | $492 | $34,833,047 | 108 | FilmDistrict |
| 42 | 41 | Margin Call | $7,888 | -9% | +5.7% | 28 | $281 | $5,245,397 | 73 | Roadside Attractions |
| 43 | 45 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $4,372 | +114.8% | -41.2% | 2 | $2,186 | $49,142 | 10 | FilmDistrict |
| 44 | 42 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | $3,354 | -57.5% | +169.8% | 16 | $209 | $708,236 | 38 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | 44 | Like Crazy | $2,731 | +6.1% | -17.6% | 30 | $91 | $3,367,998 | 66 | Paramount Vantage |
| 46 | 46 | El Sicario, Room 164 | $862 | +56.2% | - | 1 | $862 | $3,644 | 5 | Icarus Films |
