Domestic 2011 Weekend 52
December 30-January 1, 2012
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $29,421,879 | -0.5% | 3,455 | +7 | $8,515 | $132,406,086 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $20,881,420 | +3% | 3,703 | - | $5,639 | $130,903,746 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $16,369,799 | +30.1% | 3,724 | +41 | $4,395 | $92,729,134 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | 3 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $14,824,577 | +16.1% | 2,914 | - | $5,087 | $55,584,881 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 7 | War Horse | $14,422,729 | +91.9% | 2,547 | +171 | $5,662 | $40,451,772 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 6 | We Bought a Zoo | $13,238,241 | +41.4% | 3,163 | +46 | $4,185 | $40,725,558 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | 5 | The Adventures of Tintin | $11,436,160 | +17.6% | 3,087 | - | $3,704 | $47,475,147 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | 8 | New Year's Eve | $6,334,300 | +91.2% | 2,225 | - | $2,846 | $45,999,350 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 9 | The Darkest Hour | $4,163,241 | +39.1% | 2,327 | +3 | $1,789 | $13,137,963 | 2 | Summit Entertainment |
| 10 | 12 | The Descendants | $3,396,129 | +63.8% | 758 | +5 | $4,480 | $39,420,775 | 7 | - |
| 11 | 10 | The Muppets | $2,662,191 | +24.1% | 1,541 | +5 | $1,727 | $82,529,452 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 11 | Hugo | $2,461,610 | +15.5% | 951 | - | $2,588 | $49,454,202 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 13 | 14 | Young Adult | $2,092,633 | +19.8% | 987 | - | $2,120 | $12,061,771 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 14 | 17 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $2,060,942 | +40.6% | 1,411 | -192 | $1,460 | $275,530,738 | 7 | Summit Entertainment |
| 15 | 15 | The Sitter | $1,673,796 | -3.8% | 1,348 | -138 | $1,241 | $26,317,857 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | 18 | The Artist | $1,310,770 | +48.4% | 167 | - | $7,848 | $5,044,344 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 17 | 19 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $1,085,444 | +51.3% | 57 | +2 | $19,042 | $3,955,734 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 18 | 20 | My Week with Marilyn | $925,349 | +64.9% | 630 | +28 | $1,468 | $8,935,721 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 19 | 21 | Puss in Boots | $752,233 | +83.2% | 389 | - | $1,933 | $145,483,661 | 10 | DreamWorks |
| 20 | 13 | Arthur Christmas | $683,168 | -67% | 1,343 | -181 | $508 | $45,820,235 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 16 | Don 2 | $531,620 | -68.2% | 167 | +10 | $3,183 | $3,174,432 | 2 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 22 | 22 | Happy Feet Two | $397,003 | +80.9% | 525 | - | $756 | $60,808,168 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | 23 | A Dangerous Method | $299,741 | +52% | 61 | +3 | $4,913 | $1,577,757 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 24 | 26 | Tower Heist | $253,005 | +84.3% | 253 | -30 | $1,000 | $76,733,915 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 25 | 25 | J. Edgar | $245,624 | +72.8% | 455 | - | $539 | $36,572,605 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 27 | Real Steel | $240,399 | +75.6% | 227 | - | $1,059 | $84,493,241 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 27 | - | The Iron Lady | $220,409 | - | 4 | - | $55,102 | $220,409 | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
| 28 | 30 | Moneyball | $205,193 | +79.4% | 250 | +8 | $820 | $74,961,642 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 29 | 28 | Shame | $200,291 | +62.1% | 55 | +2 | $3,641 | $1,965,874 | 5 | - |
| 30 | 24 | Jack and Jill | $188,938 | +1.7% | 222 | -20 | $851 | $71,697,648 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 31 | 32 | Courageous | $152,531 | +68.5% | 181 | -11 | $842 | $34,035,920 | 14 | TriStar Pictures |
| 32 | 33 | Dolphin Tale | $152,126 | +99.9% | 188 | - | $809 | $71,963,792 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 29 | Immortals | $125,370 | +3.6% | 228 | - | $549 | $82,656,999 | 8 | Relativity Media |
| 34 | 34 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $110,775 | +53.1% | 6 | - | $18,462 | $313,049 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | 31 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $98,513 | -12% | 245 | - | $402 | $34,895,036 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 37 | Carnage | $93,161 | +60% | 12 | +5 | $7,763 | $348,605 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 37 | 38 | In Time | $89,670 | +99.5% | 123 | +11 | $729 | $37,046,295 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 38 | 42 | Born to Be Wild | $89,351 | +177.7% | 49 | - | $1,823 | $15,147,629 | 39 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | 40 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $88,848 | +107.8% | 182 | - | $488 | $51,645,004 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 40 | 41 | Hubble | $84,150 | +149.2% | 15 | - | $5,610 | $30,151,983 | 94 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | 39 | The Ides of March | $83,711 | +89.8% | 143 | -2 | $585 | $40,825,612 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 42 | 35 | Pina | $71,623 | +5.3% | 3 | - | $23,874 | $228,992 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 43 | - | Melancholia | $63,088 | - | 63 | - | $1,001 | $2,517,506 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 44 | - | A Separation | $59,481 | - | 3 | - | $19,827 | $59,481 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 45 | 44 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $56,830 | +108.4% | 47 | +2 | $1,209 | $4,174,632 | 13 | - |
| 46 | 43 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $53,544 | +78.1% | 124 | - | $431 | $103,993,239 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 47 | - | Pariah | $48,579 | - | 4 | - | $12,144 | $84,986 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 48 | 46 | The Help | $37,980 | +90.1% | 65 | - | $584 | $169,499,546 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 49 | 53 | Under the Sea 3D | $27,998 | +222.3% | 6 | -4 | $4,666 | $28,886,289 | 151 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | 36 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | $26,505 | -55.1% | 16 | -4 | $1,656 | $708,236 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | 50 | Drive | $24,518 | +106.4% | 25 | -1 | $980 | $34,833,047 | 16 | FilmDistrict |
| 52 | 45 | Margin Call | $22,934 | +9.7% | 28 | -2 | $819 | $5,245,397 | 11 | Roadside Attractions |
| 53 | 49 | The Skin I Live In | $22,210 | +49.2% | 28 | -6 | $793 | $3,042,108 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 54 | 51 | Midnight in Paris | $17,665 | +54.3% | 23 | -5 | $768 | $56,377,732 | 33 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 55 | 47 | Space Station 3D | $14,724 | -23% | 2 | - | $7,362 | $84,675,693 | 507 | IMAX |
| 56 | 58 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $12,001 | +104% | 7 | +1 | $1,714 | $461,689 | 13 | Strand Releasing |
| 57 | 55 | Like Crazy | $9,531 | +23.3% | 30 | - | $317 | $3,367,998 | 10 | Paramount Vantage |
| 58 | 48 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $9,479 | -49.7% | 2 | -1 | $4,739 | $49,142 | 2 | FilmDistrict |
| 59 | 59 | Take Shelter | $9,022 | +73.8% | 20 | -4 | $451 | $1,671,202 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 60 | 61 | Galapagos | $7,846 | +140.5% | 1 | - | $7,846 | $18,077,937 | 636 | IMAX |
| 61 | 68 | Mozart's Sister | $7,299 | +479.3% | 9 | +6 | $811 | $684,496 | 20 | Music Box Films |
| 62 | 56 | The Greatest Miracle | $4,762 | -31.7% | 4 | -4 | $1,190 | $536,024 | 12 | - |
| 63 | 62 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $4,488 | +73.6% | 7 | -3 | $641 | $94,233,351 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 64 | 81 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $3,771 | +2,213.5% | 1 | - | $3,771 | $53,246,831 | 689 | IMAX |
| 65 | 67 | The Guard | $2,571 | +86.3% | 4 | -2 | $642 | $5,336,144 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 66 | - | The Worst Movie Ever! | $2,090 | - | 1 | - | $2,090 | $5,303 | 20 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut |
| 67 | - | El Sicario, Room 164 | $2,040 | - | 1 | - | $2,040 | $3,644 | 1 | Icarus Films |
| 68 | 77 | Young Goethe in Love | $1,894 | +450.6% | 5 | +3 | $378 | $101,237 | 9 | Music Box Films |
| 69 | 63 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $1,716 | -30.9% | 3 | -2 | $572 | $845,188 | 26 | International Film Circuit |
| 70 | 75 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | $1,560 | +242.9% | 4 | -1 | $390 | $841,056 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 71 | 64 | Miss Minoes 2011 Re-release | $1,489 | -21.7% | 3 | - | $496 | $5,947 | 2 | Music Box Films |
| 72 | 72 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $1,427 | +153.9% | 2 | - | $713 | $85,503 | 8 | Variance Films |
| 73 | - | Blackthorn | $1,122 | - | 4 | - | $280 | $187,501 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 74 | 69 | Outrage | $923 | -16.5% | 1 | - | $923 | $30,440 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 75 | - | To Die Is Hard | $810 | - | 1 | - | $810 | $2,050 | 55 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut |
| 76 | 82 | Oka! | $684 | +584% | 1 | - | $684 | $14,083 | 12 | Dada Films |
| 77 | - | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $566 | - | 1 | - | $566 | $25,020 | 11 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 78 | 80 | Sigur Rós: Inni | $495 | +200% | 2 | +1 | $247 | $117,548 | 10 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 79 | - | Amigo | $415 | - | 2 | - | $207 | $180,582 | 20 | Variance Films |
| 80 | - | Angels Crest | $407 | - | 1 | - | $407 | $407 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | - | Revenge of the Electric Car | $106 | - | 1 | - | $106 | $150,886 | 11 | Area 23a |
