Domestic Box Office For Jan 3, 2012
Data as of Dec 21, 11:17 PST
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $3,428,017 | -61% | -64.5% | 3,455 | $992 | $144,614,663 | 19 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $2,558,120 | -57.4% | -65.1% | 3,703 | $690 | $139,468,339 | 19 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $2,076,721 | -52.4% | -54.7% | 2,914 | $712 | $62,027,674 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $1,931,414 | -62.3% | -71.6% | 3,724 | $518 | $99,779,528 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 5 | The Adventures of Tintin | $1,707,277 | -56.5% | -63.1% | 3,087 | $553 | $53,107,727 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 7 | War Horse | $1,566,288 | -56.9% | -62.5% | 2,547 | $614 | $45,656,074 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 6 | We Bought a Zoo | $1,516,891 | -59.7% | -64.6% | 3,163 | $479 | $46,007,890 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | 8 | New Year's Eve | $606,315 | -51.8% | -63.6% | 2,225 | $272 | $47,864,138 | 26 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 9 | The Darkest Hour | $587,176 | -45.5% | -59.8% | 2,327 | $252 | $14,802,810 | 10 | Summit Entertainment |
| 10 | 11 | The Descendants | $371,550 | -58.5% | -55.2% | 758 | $490 | $40,687,215 | 49 | - |
| 11 | 13 | Young Adult | $301,218 | -50.4% | -54.2% | 987 | $305 | $12,970,470 | 26 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | 15 | The Sitter | $301,037 | -39.6% | -48.5% | 1,348 | $223 | $27,117,377 | 26 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 14 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $299,396 | -49.7% | -61.2% | 1,411 | $212 | $276,424,872 | 47 | Summit Entertainment |
| 14 | 12 | Hugo | $281,983 | -67.2% | -63.5% | 951 | $296 | $50,595,478 | 42 | Paramount Pictures |
| 15 | 10 | The Muppets | $277,177 | -73.1% | -72.7% | 1,541 | $179 | $83,838,250 | 42 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | 16 | The Artist | $178,394 | -56% | -40.2% | 167 | $1,068 | $5,628,408 | 40 | The Weinstein Company |
| 17 | 18 | My Week with Marilyn | $143,888 | -47% | -38.2% | 630 | $228 | $9,351,108 | 42 | The Weinstein Company |
| 18 | 17 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $118,994 | -63.3% | -49.8% | 57 | $2,087 | $4,399,180 | 26 | Focus Features |
| 19 | 20 | Arthur Christmas | $115,478 | -54.3% | -72.5% | 1,343 | $85 | $46,188,641 | 42 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | 19 | Puss in Boots | $111,038 | -56.4% | -58.1% | 389 | $285 | $145,849,365 | 68 | DreamWorks |
| 21 | 21 | Happy Feet Two | $63,410 | -59.8% | -54% | 525 | $120 | $61,029,276 | 47 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | 22 | Don 2 | $59,877 | -47.6% | -75.5% | 164 | $365 | $3,348,609 | 13 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 23 | 24 | Shame | $40,477 | -48.1% | -25.7% | 55 | $735 | $2,084,342 | 33 | - |
| 24 | 23 | J. Edgar | $35,202 | -55% | -42.7% | 455 | $77 | $36,686,033 | 56 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 25 | Tower Heist | $34,155 | -50% | -36.5% | 253 | $135 | $76,836,380 | 61 | Universal Pictures |
| 26 | 30 | Dolphin Tale | $24,524 | -53% | -56.6% | 188 | $130 | $72,040,493 | 103 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | 31 | Immortals | $23,534 | -44.5% | -40.8% | 228 | $103 | $82,722,966 | 54 | Relativity Media |
| 28 | 33 | Born to Be Wild | $21,192 | -41.2% | -54.9% | 49 | $432 | $15,204,857 | 271 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | 26 | The Iron Lady | $20,285 | -69% | - | 4 | $5,071 | $306,094 | 5 | The Weinstein Company |
| 30 | 34 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $18,776 | -44% | -48.9% | 245 | $76 | $34,947,321 | 61 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 35 | In Time | $16,915 | -43.8% | -15.7% | 123 | $137 | $37,093,330 | 68 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 32 | 32 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $15,526 | -60.6% | -45% | 6 | $2,587 | $367,943 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 36 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $12,230 | -52.1% | -54.3% | 182 | $67 | $51,682,742 | 82 | Paramount Pictures |
| 34 | 38 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $8,036 | -53.7% | -44.2% | 47 | $170 | $4,200,018 | 89 | - |
| 35 | 40 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $7,143 | -51% | -48.6% | 124 | $57 | $104,014,971 | 75 | Paramount Pictures |
| 36 | 39 | Pariah | $6,548 | -61% | - | 4 | $1,637 | $108,303 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 37 | 42 | Drive | $4,452 | -37.7% | -0.8% | 25 | $178 | $34,844,643 | 110 | FilmDistrict |
| 38 | 41 | Margin Call | $3,813 | -50.5% | -61.5% | 28 | $136 | $5,256,910 | 75 | Roadside Attractions |
| 39 | 44 | Like Crazy | $2,401 | -41.5% | -28.7% | 30 | $80 | $3,374,501 | 68 | Paramount Vantage |
| 40 | 43 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $1,734 | -58.9% | -60.6% | 2 | $867 | $55,090 | 12 | FilmDistrict |
| 41 | 46 | El Sicario, Room 164 | $598 | -44.9% | - | 1 | $598 | $5,328 | 7 | Icarus Films |
