Domestic Box Office For Dec 22, 2011
Data as of Nov 16, 2:03 PST
Key:New This Day
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $6,421,102 | -28% | - | 3,448 | $1,862 | $32,436,461 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 3 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $4,745,049 | +10.8% | - | 3,703 | $1,281 | $58,753,622 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $3,967,619 | +13% | - | 3,726 | $1,064 | $36,940,187 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | 2 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $3,310,977 | -34.6% | - | 2,914 | $1,136 | $8,376,473 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 5 | The Adventures of Tintin | $2,431,003 | +5.6% | - | 3,087 | $787 | $8,008,023 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 6 | New Year's Eve | $1,165,185 | +10.3% | +10.1% | 3,051 | $381 | $29,337,195 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | 7 | Arthur Christmas | $855,863 | +28.1% | +92.2% | 2,105 | $406 | $41,468,002 | 30 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 8 | The Muppets | $708,379 | +20.8% | +65.8% | 1,859 | $381 | $73,556,525 | 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 11 | Hugo | $611,856 | +20.6% | +17.4% | 1,487 | $411 | $41,627,269 | 30 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | 10 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $609,359 | +18.3% | -10.2% | 1,822 | $334 | $268,801,901 | 35 | Summit Entertainment |
| 11 | 9 | The Sitter | $582,656 | +5.2% | -23% | 2,473 | $235 | $20,488,202 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | 12 | The Descendants | $416,721 | +8.3% | -3.3% | 835 | $499 | $30,291,552 | 37 | - |
| 13 | 13 | Young Adult | $375,294 | +6.7% | +1,106.3% | 986 | $380 | $5,409,448 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 14 | 15 | Puss in Boots | $153,517 | +20% | +33.3% | 757 | $202 | $143,251,197 | 56 | DreamWorks |
| 15 | 14 | Happy Feet Two | $131,119 | -1.5% | -50.9% | 760 | $172 | $59,632,642 | 35 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 16 | Jack and Jill | $108,279 | +14.5% | -43.6% | 677 | $159 | $71,059,708 | 42 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 17 | 17 | My Week with Marilyn | $79,231 | +7.2% | -16.7% | 244 | $324 | $6,419,196 | 30 | The Weinstein Company |
| 18 | - | Don 2 | $58,134 | - | - | 59 | $985 | $58,134 | 1 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 19 | 18 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $57,537 | +11.1% | +148.2% | 16 | $3,596 | $1,101,582 | 14 | Focus Features |
| 20 | 20 | Tower Heist | $50,160 | +14.3% | -73.1% | 418 | $120 | $76,112,915 | 49 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | 19 | Immortals | $47,280 | +6.8% | -82.6% | 1,216 | $38 | $82,243,622 | 42 | Relativity Media |
| 22 | 22 | Dolphin Tale | $44,952 | +15.2% | +153% | 250 | $179 | $71,511,156 | 91 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | 21 | The Artist | $43,339 | +9.4% | +7.2% | 17 | $2,549 | $1,498,430 | 28 | The Weinstein Company |
| 24 | 24 | J. Edgar | $41,398 | +13.8% | -69.4% | 455 | $90 | $35,912,270 | 44 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 23 | Shame | $40,162 | +5.3% | +18.2% | 50 | $803 | $1,407,417 | 21 | - |
| 26 | 25 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | $31,555 | -0.1% | +52.4% | 22 | $1,434 | $565,342 | 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | 26 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $28,769 | +8.2% | -50% | 245 | $117 | $34,534,186 | 49 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 29 | Moneyball | $28,120 | +21.1% | +65.1% | 242 | $116 | $74,391,437 | 91 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 29 | 27 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $28,041 | +16.5% | +321.9% | 253 | $110 | $51,394,622 | 70 | Paramount Pictures |
| 30 | 28 | Courageous | $26,149 | +11.2% | +14.5% | 187 | $139 | $33,593,768 | 84 | TriStar Pictures |
| 31 | 30 | In Time | $18,102 | +9% | -49.9% | 273 | $66 | $36,823,008 | 56 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 32 | 32 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $16,317 | +11% | -0.2% | 206 | $79 | $103,847,999 | 63 | Paramount Pictures |
| 33 | 31 | Born to Be Wild | $14,555 | -8.2% | -22.8% | 49 | $297 | $14,844,138 | 259 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 34 | Margin Call | $11,214 | +1.6% | -31.9% | 121 | $92 | $5,165,181 | 63 | Roadside Attractions |
| 35 | 35 | The Ides of March | $10,843 | +18.4% | -29.9% | 141 | $76 | $40,603,133 | 77 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 36 | 38 | Like Crazy | $9,418 | +7.5% | -59.9% | 100 | $94 | $3,334,136 | 56 | Paramount Vantage |
| 37 | 37 | 50/50 | $8,520 | -3.2% | -15.1% | 111 | $76 | $35,000,118 | 84 | Summit Entertainment |
| 38 | 39 | The Three Musketeers | $7,337 | +20.1% | -17.9% | 123 | $59 | $20,349,913 | 63 | Summit Entertainment |
| 39 | 36 | Drive | $5,671 | -36.4% | -10.4% | 56 | $101 | $34,775,325 | 98 | FilmDistrict |
| 40 | 40 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $3,140 | +23.9% | -57.1% | 39 | $80 | $2,883,295 | 63 | - |
| 41 | 41 | The Rum Diary | $2,511 | +29.5% | -45.4% | 30 | $83 | $13,109,815 | 56 | FilmDistrict |
| 42 | 42 | Pastorela | $931 | +32.1% | -53% | 19 | $49 | $161,194 | 21 | Lionsgate |
| 43 | 43 | Cook County | $611 | +36.4% | - | 5 | $122 | $9,727 | 7 | Hannover House |
