Domestic 2011 Week 50
December 16-22, 2011
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $58,753,622 | - | 3,703 | - | $15,866 | $58,753,622 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $36,940,187 | - | 3,726 | - | $9,914 | $36,940,187 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | - | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $31,836,461 | - | 3,448 | - | $9,233 | $32,436,461 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 1 | New Year's Eve | $11,931,441 | -31.5% | 3,051 | -454 | $3,910 | $29,337,195 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | - | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $8,376,473 | - | 2,914 | - | $2,874 | $8,376,473 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | - | The Adventures of Tintin | $8,008,023 | - | 3,087 | - | $2,594 | $8,008,023 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | 2 | The Sitter | $7,166,896 | -46.2% | 2,473 | -277 | $2,898 | $20,488,202 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | 3 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $6,671,820 | -36.7% | 1,822 | -1,782 | $3,661 | $268,801,901 | 5 | Summit Entertainment |
| 9 | 6 | Arthur Christmas | $6,520,657 | -19.1% | 2,105 | -1,167 | $3,097 | $41,468,002 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 10 | 5 | Hugo | $6,179,408 | -23.6% | 1,487 | -1,121 | $4,155 | $41,627,269 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | 4 | The Muppets | $6,082,880 | -30.2% | 1,859 | -1,469 | $3,272 | $73,556,525 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 19 | Young Adult | $4,969,524 | +1,029.6% | 986 | +978 | $5,040 | $5,409,448 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 13 | 7 | The Descendants | $4,914,000 | -19.8% | 835 | -41 | $5,885 | $30,291,552 | 6 | - |
| 14 | 8 | Happy Feet Two | $1,800,098 | -62% | 760 | -2,080 | $2,368 | $59,632,642 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | 9 | Jack and Jill | $1,781,922 | -53.5% | 677 | -2,110 | $2,632 | $71,059,708 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 16 | 11 | Tower Heist | $1,225,200 | -60.8% | 418 | -1,651 | $2,931 | $76,112,915 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 10 | Immortals | $1,205,617 | -66.8% | 1,216 | -1,070 | $991 | $82,243,622 | 6 | Relativity Media |
| 18 | 12 | Puss in Boots | $941,004 | -54.4% | 757 | -1,086 | $1,243 | $143,251,197 | 8 | DreamWorks |
| 19 | 14 | My Week with Marilyn | $923,451 | -20.2% | 244 | - | $3,784 | $6,419,196 | 5 | The Weinstein Company |
| 20 | 21 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $678,811 | +60.6% | 16 | +12 | $42,425 | $1,101,582 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 21 | 13 | J. Edgar | $579,867 | -67% | 455 | -1,100 | $1,274 | $35,912,270 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | 20 | Shame | $483,376 | +13.5% | 50 | +29 | $9,667 | $1,407,417 | 3 | - |
| 23 | - | We Bought a Zoo | $458,486 | - | - | - | - | $458,486 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 24 | 18 | The Artist | $458,277 | +2.6% | 17 | +1 | $26,957 | $1,498,430 | 4 | The Weinstein Company |
| 25 | 23 | Dolphin Tale | $373,388 | +10.2% | 250 | -92 | $1,493 | $71,511,156 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 15 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $296,169 | -59.2% | 245 | -225 | $1,208 | $34,534,186 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | 17 | In Time | $253,668 | -50.3% | 273 | -81 | $929 | $36,823,008 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 28 | 39 | A Dangerous Method | $227,225 | +106.7% | 17 | +13 | $13,366 | $796,227 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 29 | 22 | Melancholia | $225,688 | -38.7% | 131 | -14 | $1,722 | $2,334,980 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 30 | 41 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $225,592 | +133.5% | 253 | +52 | $891 | $51,394,622 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | 34 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | $213,597 | +25.7% | 22 | -3 | $9,708 | $565,342 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 24 | Courageous | $181,969 | -33.1% | 187 | -4 | $973 | $33,593,768 | 12 | TriStar Pictures |
| 33 | 30 | Real Steel | $168,915 | -4.9% | 155 | -51 | $1,089 | $83,825,815 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 34 | 28 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $156,137 | -24% | 206 | -96 | $757 | $103,847,999 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 35 | 27 | Moneyball | $149,609 | -30.5% | 242 | +34 | $618 | $74,391,437 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 36 | 26 | Margin Call | $148,930 | -39.7% | 121 | -28 | $1,230 | $5,165,181 | 9 | Roadside Attractions |
| 37 | - | Carnage | $117,655 | - | 5 | - | $23,531 | $117,655 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 38 | 35 | The Help | $117,126 | -24.6% | 156 | -56 | $750 | $169,390,778 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 39 | 29 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $116,404 | -40.5% | 93 | -27 | $1,251 | $4,025,642 | 11 | - |
| 40 | 38 | Born to Be Wild | $114,281 | -1.6% | 49 | - | $2,332 | $14,844,138 | 37 | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | 25 | Like Crazy | $98,691 | -61.2% | 100 | -62 | $986 | $3,334,136 | 8 | Paramount Vantage |
| 42 | 47 | Hubble | $87,741 | +27% | 20 | - | $4,387 | $29,813,534 | 92 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 37 | The Skin I Live In | $86,345 | -27.2% | 71 | -38 | $1,216 | $2,976,777 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 44 | 36 | The Three Musketeers | $84,799 | -31.5% | 123 | -45 | $689 | $20,349,913 | 9 | Summit Entertainment |
| 45 | 31 | Midnight in Paris | $83,150 | -53.1% | 116 | -79 | $716 | $56,322,946 | 31 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 46 | 32 | The Ides of March | $80,898 | -53.2% | 141 | -46 | $573 | $40,603,133 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 47 | 40 | 50/50 | $73,521 | -29.1% | 111 | -35 | $662 | $35,000,118 | 12 | Summit Entertainment |
| 48 | 45 | Drive | $70,919 | -5.9% | 56 | -14 | $1,266 | $34,775,325 | 14 | FilmDistrict |
| 49 | 33 | The Greatest Miracle | $58,883 | -65.7% | 36 | -51 | $1,635 | $514,176 | 10 | - |
| 50 | - | Don 2 | $58,134 | - | 59 | - | $985 | $58,134 | 1 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 51 | 46 | Take Shelter | $47,562 | -36% | 58 | -5 | $820 | $1,647,424 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 52 | 55 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $43,291 | +16.9% | 32 | -6 | $1,352 | $94,217,286 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 53 | 59 | Space Station 3D | $38,694 | +48.5% | 3 | +1 | $12,898 | $84,641,701 | 505 | IMAX |
| 54 | 44 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $34,620 | -56% | 39 | -33 | $887 | $2,883,295 | 9 | - |
| 55 | 61 | Under the Sea 3D | $27,810 | +18.5% | 8 | -2 | $3,476 | $28,797,194 | 149 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | 79 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $27,780 | +445.8% | 8 | +3 | $3,472 | $222,153 | 9 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 57 | 56 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $27,711 | -22.5% | 12 | -1 | $2,309 | $437,124 | 11 | Strand Releasing |
| 58 | 52 | The Rum Diary | $22,202 | -52.4% | 30 | -33 | $740 | $13,109,815 | 8 | FilmDistrict |
| 59 | 63 | Tomboy | $16,287 | -12% | 9 | - | $1,809 | $96,159 | 6 | Dada Films |
| 60 | 58 | Mozart's Sister | $15,453 | -48.7% | 11 | -8 | $1,404 | $675,113 | 18 | Music Box Films |
| 61 | 72 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $15,121 | +94.5% | 9 | - | $1,680 | $4,438,954 | 82 | 3D Entertainment |
| 62 | 53 | Pastorela | $15,026 | -62.9% | 19 | -25 | $790 | $161,194 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 63 | 65 | Young Goethe in Love | $12,288 | -27.9% | 8 | - | $1,536 | $98,201 | 7 | Music Box Films |
| 64 | 62 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | $11,274 | -47.1% | 6 | -5 | $1,879 | $129,029 | 6 | First Run |
| 65 | 75 | Galapagos | $10,978 | +46.4% | 1 | - | $10,978 | $18,052,162 | 634 | IMAX |
| 66 | 60 | Into the Abyss | $10,676 | -58.8% | 17 | -13 | $628 | $220,549 | 6 | IFC Films |
| 67 | 66 | The Guard | $10,165 | -35.3% | 12 | -3 | $847 | $5,328,914 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 68 | - | Cook County | $9,727 | - | 5 | - | $1,945 | $9,727 | 1 | Hannover House |
| 69 | 95 | The Interrupters | $9,545 | +377.7% | 3 | +2 | $3,181 | $271,026 | 21 | The Cinema Guild |
| 70 | 70 | Sleeping Beauty | $7,916 | -15.6% | 4 | - | $1,979 | $32,391 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 71 | 64 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $7,437 | -59.3% | 7 | - | $1,062 | $82,910 | 6 | Variance Films |
| 72 | 78 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $6,694 | -1.9% | 1 | -1 | $6,694 | $43,419 | 4 | - |
| 73 | 76 | Blackthorn | $6,074 | -11.7% | 9 | +4 | $674 | $183,636 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 74 | 67 | Outrage | $4,968 | -61.6% | 7 | - | $709 | $28,045 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 75 | 93 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $4,521 | +110.8% | 2 | - | $2,260 | $196,506 | 22 | - |
| 76 | 88 | My Reincarnation | $4,407 | +35.6% | 3 | +1 | $1,469 | $39,297 | 8 | Long Shot Factory |
| 77 | 85 | The Mill and the Cross | $4,394 | +21.8% | 6 | +1 | $732 | $266,857 | 15 | - |
| 78 | 68 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $4,282 | -58.5% | 3 | -5 | $1,427 | $167,149 | 13 | First Run |
| 79 | 99 | Amigo | $4,102 | +151.3% | 3 | +2 | $1,367 | $178,898 | 18 | Variance Films |
| 80 | 69 | Khodorkovsky | $3,997 | -58% | 1 | - | $3,997 | $27,718 | 4 | Kino Lorber |
| 81 | 94 | Addiction Incorporated | $3,826 | +86.3% | 1 | - | $3,826 | $4,878 | 2 | Variance Films |
| 82 | 105 | London River 2011 Re-release | $3,614 | +185% | 2 | +1 | $1,807 | $5,152 | 3 | - |
| 83 | - | Rid of Me | $2,733 | - | 1 | - | $2,733 | $6,455 | 5 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 84 | 98 | The Bride Wore Black | $2,644 | +55.3% | 1 | -1 | $2,644 | $18,893 | 7 | The Film Desk |
| 85 | - | Jane's Journey | $2,577 | - | 1 | - | $2,577 | $21,152 | 14 | First Run |
| 86 | - | The Conquest | $1,967 | - | 1 | - | $1,967 | $41,130 | 6 | Music Box Films |
| 87 | 101 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $1,925 | +34.5% | 1 | - | $1,925 | $53,237,116 | 687 | IMAX |
| 88 | - | American Teacher | $1,858 | - | 2 | - | $929 | $33,144 | 12 | First Run |
| 89 | 89 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $1,647 | -43.2% | 2 | - | $823 | $839,093 | 24 | International Film Circuit |
| 90 | 96 | The Whale | $1,480 | -14.6% | 1 | - | $1,480 | $58,438 | 15 | Paladin |
| 91 | 106 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | $1,460 | +37.6% | 3 | -2 | $486 | $837,116 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 92 | 74 | Kinyarwanda | $1,327 | -82.6% | 1 | -5 | $1,327 | $35,262 | 3 | - |
| 93 | 104 | The Look | $1,152 | -10.6% | 1 | - | $1,152 | $13,171 | 7 | Kino Lorber |
| 94 | 81 | I Melt with You | $1,088 | -73.6% | 2 | - | $544 | $5,213 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 95 | - | King of Devil's Island | $960 | - | 1 | - | $960 | $2,751 | 5 | Film Movement |
| 96 | 87 | Revenge of the Electric Car | $943 | -73% | 1 | -2 | $943 | $150,780 | 9 | Area 23a |
| 97 | - | Littlerock | $811 | - | 1 | - | $811 | $17,309 | 19 | Variance Films |
| 98 | 86 | Sigur Rós: Inni | $572 | -83.9% | 1 | -2 | $572 | $116,398 | 8 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 99 | - | 3 | $468 | - | 2 | - | $234 | $59,954 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 100 | - | American: The Bill Hicks Story | $452 | - | 1 | - | $452 | $91,326 | 37 | Variance Films |
| 101 | 113 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $430 | -8.7% | 1 | - | $430 | $25,690 | 15 | The Film Desk |
| 102 | 97 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $358 | -79% | 1 | - | $358 | $34,102,306 | 326 | IMAX |
| 103 | - | My Joy | $352 | - | 1 | - | $352 | $5,457 | 12 | Kino Lorber |
| 104 | 109 | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | $349 | -56.2% | 1 | - | $349 | $37,804 | 29 | The Film Desk |
| 105 | 107 | Restless | $265 | -71.6% | 1 | -2 | $265 | $163,265 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 106 | 100 | Answers to Nothing | $157 | -89.1% | 1 | -6 | $157 | $22,029 | 3 | Roadside Attractions |
| 107 | 111 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $138 | -79.3% | 1 | -1 | $138 | $24,454 | 10 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 108 | 112 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $80 | -83.6% | 1 | - | $80 | $18,169 | 23 | The Film Desk |
