Domestic 2012 Weekend 1
January 6-8, 2012
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Devil Inside | $33,732,515 | - | 2,285 | - | $14,762 | $33,732,515 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $19,868,059 | -32.5% | 3,555 | +100 | $5,588 | $169,568,971 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $13,689,321 | -34.4% | 3,603 | -100 | $3,799 | $157,049,382 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $11,364,714 | -23.3% | 2,950 | +36 | $3,852 | $76,900,628 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $9,496,913 | -42% | 3,425 | -299 | $2,772 | $111,585,367 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 5 | War Horse | $8,679,470 | -39.8% | 2,783 | +236 | $3,118 | $56,904,682 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 6 | We Bought a Zoo | $8,305,797 | -37.3% | 3,170 | +7 | $2,620 | $56,399,906 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | 7 | The Adventures of Tintin | $6,727,740 | -41.2% | 3,006 | -81 | $2,238 | $62,008,015 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | 17 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $5,478,521 | +404.7% | 809 | +752 | $6,771 | $10,129,670 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 10 | 9 | The Darkest Hour | $3,124,316 | -25% | 2,163 | -164 | $1,444 | $18,690,605 | 3 | Summit Entertainment |
| 11 | 8 | New Year's Eve | $3,107,343 | -50.9% | 1,864 | -361 | $1,667 | $51,868,140 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | 10 | The Descendants | $2,584,137 | -23.9% | 737 | -21 | $3,506 | $43,960,700 | 8 | - |
| 13 | 12 | Hugo | $1,600,851 | -35% | 843 | -108 | $1,898 | $52,630,908 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 14 | 14 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $1,472,095 | -28.6% | 1,058 | -353 | $1,391 | $278,415,733 | 8 | Summit Entertainment |
| 15 | 11 | The Muppets | $1,358,289 | -49% | 1,236 | -305 | $1,098 | $85,561,195 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | 13 | Young Adult | $1,281,347 | -38.8% | 830 | -157 | $1,543 | $14,747,851 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 17 | 15 | The Sitter | $1,154,859 | -31% | 758 | -590 | $1,523 | $28,722,994 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | 16 | The Artist | $1,120,111 | -14.5% | 172 | +5 | $6,512 | $7,097,612 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 19 | 18 | My Week with Marilyn | $827,327 | -10.6% | 584 | -46 | $1,416 | $10,458,340 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 20 | 19 | Puss in Boots | $587,390 | -21.9% | 351 | -38 | $1,673 | $146,597,215 | 11 | DreamWorks |
| 21 | 24 | Tower Heist | $303,850 | +20.1% | 295 | +42 | $1,030 | $77,198,420 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | 23 | A Dangerous Method | $279,280 | -6.8% | 64 | +3 | $4,363 | $2,076,178 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 23 | 22 | Happy Feet Two | $226,987 | -42.8% | 285 | -240 | $796 | $61,356,596 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 29 | Shame | $210,059 | +4.9% | 45 | -10 | $4,667 | $2,366,669 | 6 | - |
| 25 | 26 | Real Steel | $204,587 | -14.9% | 213 | -14 | $960 | $84,857,545 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 26 | 27 | The Iron Lady | $176,374 | -20% | 5 | +1 | $35,274 | $520,669 | 2 | The Weinstein Company |
| 27 | 28 | Moneyball | $167,252 | -18.5% | 231 | -19 | $724 | $75,267,105 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | 30 | Jack and Jill | $161,407 | -14.6% | 171 | -51 | $943 | $71,974,493 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 29 | 21 | Don 2 | $159,372 | -70% | 111 | -56 | $1,435 | $3,574,909 | 3 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 30 | 31 | Courageous | $158,761 | +4.1% | 191 | +10 | $831 | $34,311,609 | 15 | TriStar Pictures |
| 31 | 37 | In Time | $115,356 | +28.6% | 132 | +9 | $873 | $37,238,317 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 32 | 25 | J. Edgar | $110,346 | -55.1% | 152 | -303 | $725 | $36,862,178 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 47 | Pariah | $109,972 | +126.4% | 11 | +7 | $9,997 | $233,411 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 34 | 36 | Carnage | $109,338 | +17.4% | 15 | +3 | $7,289 | $530,525 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 35 | 20 | Arthur Christmas | $102,644 | -85% | 280 | -1,063 | $366 | $46,440,491 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 36 | 34 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $99,125 | -10.5% | 6 | - | $16,520 | $498,669 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 32 | Dolphin Tale | $95,346 | -37.3% | 149 | -39 | $639 | $72,165,819 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 44 | A Separation | $92,638 | +55.7% | 6 | +3 | $15,439 | $198,046 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 39 | 33 | Immortals | $89,374 | -28.7% | 128 | -100 | $698 | $82,851,913 | 9 | Relativity Media |
| 40 | 38 | Born to Be Wild | $87,537 | -2% | 45 | -4 | $1,945 | $15,327,370 | 40 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | 43 | Melancholia | $87,155 | +38.1% | 61 | -2 | $1,428 | $2,675,913 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 42 | 42 | Pina | $83,027 | +15.9% | 3 | - | $27,675 | $384,068 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 43 | 39 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $74,033 | -16.7% | 131 | -51 | $565 | $51,780,537 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 44 | 41 | The Ides of March | $71,199 | -14.9% | 114 | -29 | $624 | $40,962,534 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 45 | 51 | Drive | $56,208 | +129.3% | 30 | +5 | $1,873 | $34,912,451 | 17 | FilmDistrict |
| 46 | 35 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $55,983 | -43.2% | 125 | -120 | $447 | $35,033,759 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | 45 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $55,496 | -2.3% | 50 | +3 | $1,109 | $4,271,202 | 14 | - |
| 48 | 40 | Hubble | $36,477 | -56.7% | 17 | +2 | $2,145 | $30,249,886 | 95 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | 58 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $32,289 | +240.6% | 7 | +5 | $4,612 | $90,681 | 3 | FilmDistrict |
| 50 | 52 | Margin Call | $31,234 | +36.2% | 30 | +2 | $1,041 | $5,299,642 | 12 | Roadside Attractions |
| 51 | 48 | The Help | $28,247 | -25.6% | 50 | -15 | $564 | $169,556,178 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 52 | 53 | The Skin I Live In | $21,663 | -2.5% | 42 | +14 | $515 | $3,085,786 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 53 | 49 | Under the Sea 3D | $21,171 | -24.4% | 9 | +3 | $2,352 | $28,933,008 | 152 | Warner Bros. |
| 54 | - | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $19,121 | - | 9 | - | $2,124 | $4,493,845 | 85 | 3D Entertainment |
| 55 | 56 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $19,055 | +58.8% | 11 | +4 | $1,732 | $490,733 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 56 | 54 | Midnight in Paris | $15,335 | -13.2% | 21 | -2 | $730 | $56,407,283 | 34 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 57 | 55 | Space Station 3D | $14,280 | -3% | 2 | - | $7,140 | $84,729,213 | 508 | IMAX |
| 58 | - | Norwegian Wood | $13,000 | - | 3 | - | $4,333 | $13,000 | 1 | - |
| 59 | 59 | Take Shelter | $11,201 | +24.2% | 21 | +1 | $533 | $1,690,807 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 60 | - | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | $10,952 | - | 1 | - | $10,952 | $14,008 | 1 | The Cinema Guild |
| 61 | - | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $9,233 | - | 9 | - | $1,025 | $262,416 | 12 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 62 | 57 | Like Crazy | $7,438 | -22% | 15 | -15 | $495 | $3,388,210 | 11 | Paramount Vantage |
| 63 | - | The Conquest | $5,805 | - | 6 | - | $967 | $46,935 | 9 | Music Box Films |
| 64 | 68 | Young Goethe in Love | $5,587 | +195% | 7 | +2 | $798 | $109,164 | 10 | Music Box Films |
| 65 | 62 | The Greatest Miracle | $5,520 | +15.9% | 4 | - | $1,380 | $548,268 | 13 | - |
| 66 | 61 | Mozart's Sister | $4,768 | -34.7% | 6 | -3 | $794 | $696,777 | 21 | Music Box Films |
| 67 | - | My Reincarnation | $4,748 | - | 3 | - | $1,582 | $62,996 | 11 | Long Shot Factory |
| 68 | 63 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $4,271 | -4.8% | 7 | - | $610 | $94,240,635 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 69 | 78 | Sigur Rós: Inni | $4,163 | +741% | 3 | +1 | $1,387 | $122,010 | 11 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 70 | 74 | Outrage | $3,740 | +305.2% | 7 | +6 | $534 | $35,336 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 71 | - | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $3,732 | - | 1 | - | $3,732 | $206,572 | 24 | - |
| 72 | - | The Whale | $3,631 | - | 3 | - | $1,210 | $65,121 | 18 | Paladin |
| 73 | 65 | The Guard | $3,316 | +29% | 11 | +7 | $301 | $5,341,471 | 24 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 74 | 72 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $2,768 | +94% | 3 | +1 | $922 | $89,493 | 9 | Variance Films |
| 75 | - | Roadie | $2,661 | - | 1 | - | $2,661 | $2,661 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 76 | 77 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $2,497 | +341.2% | 2 | +1 | $1,248 | $29,488 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 77 | - | Garbo: The Spy 2011 Re-release | $2,334 | - | 2 | - | $1,167 | $24,567 | 8 | First Run |
| 78 | - | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | $2,045 | - | 3 | - | $681 | $141,858 | 9 | First Run |
| 79 | - | Prince of the Himalayas | $1,530 | - | 1 | - | $1,530 | $6,762 | 3 | - |
| 80 | 73 | Blackthorn | $1,480 | +31.9% | 4 | - | $370 | $190,197 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | - | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $1,423 | - | 1 | - | $1,423 | $172,311 | 16 | First Run |
| 82 | - | King of Devil's Island | $1,411 | - | 1 | - | $1,411 | $4,162 | 8 | Film Movement |
| 83 | - | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | $1,344 | - | 2 | - | $672 | $44,264 | 22 | - |
| 84 | - | Hell and Back Again | $1,235 | - | 2 | - | $617 | $35,872 | 14 | - |
| 85 | - | Tomboy | $1,235 | - | 1 | - | $1,235 | $97,394 | 8 | Dada Films |
| 86 | - | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $1,171 | - | 1 | - | $1,171 | $27,556 | 18 | The Film Desk |
| 87 | - | Tyrannosaur | $1,122 | - | 1 | - | $1,122 | $17,219 | 8 | Strand Releasing |
| 88 | - | Jane's Journey | $737 | - | 1 | - | $737 | $24,483 | 17 | First Run |
| 89 | - | Rid of Me | $702 | - | 1 | - | $702 | $10,373 | 8 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 90 | - | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $636 | - | 1 | - | $636 | $44,378 | 7 | - |
| 91 | - | Khodorkovsky | $564 | - | 1 | - | $564 | $28,282 | 6 | Kino Lorber |
| 92 | 79 | Amigo | $462 | +11.3% | 2 | - | $231 | $181,356 | 21 | Variance Films |
| 93 | - | Granito | $352 | - | 1 | - | $352 | $37,790 | 17 | International Film Circuit |
