Domestic 2011 Weekend 49
December 9-11, 2011
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | New Year's Eve | $13,019,180 | - | 3,505 | - | $3,714 | $13,019,180 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | - | The Sitter | $9,851,435 | - | 2,750 | - | $3,582 | $9,851,435 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 1 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $7,819,402 | -52.7% | 3,604 | -442 | $2,169 | $259,402,669 | 4 | Summit Entertainment |
| 4 | 2 | The Muppets | $6,978,870 | -37% | 3,328 | -112 | $2,097 | $65,742,128 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | 4 | Arthur Christmas | $6,510,486 | -12% | 3,272 | -104 | $1,989 | $33,400,598 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | 3 | Hugo | $6,050,309 | -19.9% | 2,608 | +768 | $2,319 | $33,414,719 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | 7 | The Descendants | $4,380,138 | -15.8% | 876 | +302 | $5,000 | $23,630,561 | 4 | - |
| 8 | 5 | Happy Feet Two | $3,690,304 | -37.7% | 2,840 | -696 | $1,299 | $56,790,405 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 6 | Jack and Jill | $3,085,098 | -42.4% | 2,787 | -262 | $1,106 | $68,527,385 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 10 | 8 | Immortals | $2,461,227 | -44.9% | 2,286 | -341 | $1,076 | $79,868,732 | 5 | Relativity Media |
| 11 | 9 | Tower Heist | $2,358,655 | -40.3% | 2,069 | -335 | $1,139 | $74,122,185 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | 10 | Puss in Boots | $1,628,199 | -46.5% | 1,843 | -907 | $883 | $141,873,474 | 7 | DreamWorks |
| 13 | 11 | J. Edgar | $1,188,413 | -48.5% | 1,555 | -430 | $764 | $34,761,111 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 12 | My Week with Marilyn | $780,822 | -33.8% | 244 | - | $3,200 | $5,118,661 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 15 | 13 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $474,749 | -51.8% | 470 | -240 | $1,010 | $33,986,208 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 14 | In Time | $347,020 | -39.6% | 354 | -67 | $980 | $36,405,892 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $310,562 | - | 4 | - | $77,640 | $310,562 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 18 | - | Young Adult | $310,263 | - | 8 | - | $38,782 | $310,263 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 19 | 24 | The Artist | $295,361 | +39.8% | 16 | +10 | $18,460 | $888,741 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 20 | 17 | Shame | $283,415 | -21.5% | 21 | +11 | $13,495 | $781,501 | 2 | - |
| 21 | 18 | Dolphin Tale | $269,737 | -14.4% | 342 | -68 | $788 | $71,068,652 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | 19 | Melancholia | $230,558 | -14.7% | 145 | +16 | $1,590 | $1,971,443 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 23 | 23 | Courageous | $193,760 | -9% | 191 | -74 | $1,014 | $33,333,639 | 11 | TriStar Pictures |
| 24 | 22 | Margin Call | $178,130 | -17.3% | 148 | -3 | $1,203 | $4,947,213 | 8 | Roadside Attractions |
| 25 | 20 | Like Crazy | $165,779 | -35.7% | 162 | +10 | $1,023 | $3,147,092 | 7 | Paramount Vantage |
| 26 | 15 | Moneyball | $150,309 | -73.6% | 208 | -796 | $722 | $74,176,912 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 27 | 33 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $142,652 | +9% | 302 | +47 | $472 | $103,629,004 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 28 | 25 | Real Steel | $131,872 | -28% | 206 | -47 | $640 | $83,611,200 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 29 | 26 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $129,234 | -27.4% | 120 | -40 | $1,076 | $3,842,802 | 10 | - |
| 30 | 76 | The Greatest Miracle | $121,948 | +2,872.9% | 87 | +85 | $1,401 | $405,654 | 9 | - |
| 31 | 16 | The Ides of March | $118,673 | -77% | 187 | -829 | $634 | $40,467,881 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 32 | 21 | Midnight in Paris | $115,370 | -52.2% | 195 | -110 | $591 | $56,177,987 | 30 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 33 | 39 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | $115,297 | +60.1% | 25 | +1 | $4,611 | $297,157 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | 29 | The Skin I Live In | $110,230 | -29.7% | 109 | -7 | $1,011 | $2,882,086 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 35 | 27 | The Help | $106,325 | -39.4% | 212 | -50 | $501 | $169,224,625 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 36 | 35 | The Three Musketeers | $86,234 | -27.5% | 168 | -40 | $513 | $20,227,517 | 8 | Summit Entertainment |
| 37 | 32 | The Smurfs | $81,564 | -38.1% | 181 | -146 | $450 | $142,614,158 | 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 38 | 34 | A Dangerous Method | $76,936 | -35.7% | 4 | - | $19,234 | $535,985 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 39 | 30 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $70,026 | -50.9% | 201 | -108 | $348 | $51,142,454 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 40 | 36 | Abduction | $68,213 | -27.8% | 131 | -20 | $520 | $28,064,226 | 12 | Lionsgate |
| 41 | 31 | 50/50 | $65,038 | -50.8% | 146 | -50 | $445 | $34,887,978 | 11 | Summit Entertainment |
| 42 | 42 | Born to Be Wild | $62,090 | -3.4% | 49 | - | $1,267 | $14,675,835 | 36 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 37 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $51,057 | -44.1% | 72 | -12 | $709 | $2,821,084 | 8 | - |
| 44 | 43 | Drive | $48,452 | -19.9% | 70 | -16 | $692 | $34,677,497 | 13 | FilmDistrict |
| 45 | 45 | Take Shelter | $47,721 | +12.6% | 63 | +9 | $757 | $1,573,215 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 46 | 41 | Contagion | $44,759 | -37% | 111 | -44 | $403 | $75,638,743 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | 28 | Desi Boyz | $42,917 | -74.8% | 103 | - | $416 | $1,066,167 | 3 | Eros Worldwide |
| 48 | 49 | Le Havre | $38,211 | +76.8% | 23 | +7 | $1,661 | $317,638 | 8 | Janus Films |
| 49 | 44 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $35,670 | -17.9% | 61 | -23 | $584 | $176,698,086 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 50 | 48 | Hubble | $33,907 | +0.1% | 20 | +3 | $1,695 | $29,690,612 | 91 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | 40 | Anonymous | $31,852 | -55.7% | 82 | -23 | $388 | $4,463,292 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 52 | 38 | Pastorela | $30,870 | -62.4% | 44 | -11 | $701 | $136,570 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 53 | 46 | The Rum Diary | $29,471 | -22.7% | 63 | - | $467 | $13,070,462 | 7 | FilmDistrict |
| 54 | 47 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $26,683 | -27.3% | 38 | -15 | $702 | $94,163,654 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 55 | - | We Need to Talk About Kevin | $24,587 | - | 1 | - | $24,587 | $24,587 | 1 | Oscilloscope |
| 56 | 52 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $23,385 | +20.1% | 13 | +2 | $1,798 | $397,036 | 10 | Strand Releasing |
| 57 | 68 | Mozart's Sister | $16,738 | +169.3% | 16 | +6 | $1,046 | $646,268 | 17 | Music Box Films |
| 58 | 51 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | $15,942 | -22.8% | 11 | -1 | $1,449 | $112,368 | 5 | First Run |
| 59 | 53 | Into the Abyss | $15,831 | +9.2% | 30 | +9 | $527 | $199,765 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 60 | 55 | Under the Sea 3D | $13,187 | -7% | 10 | +3 | $1,318 | $28,759,096 | 148 | Warner Bros. |
| 61 | 71 | Young Goethe in Love | $12,524 | +119.1% | 8 | +3 | $1,565 | $81,400 | 6 | Music Box Films |
| 62 | 59 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $11,525 | +18.1% | 7 | +1 | $1,646 | $68,716 | 5 | Variance Films |
| 63 | 56 | Tomboy | $11,517 | -16% | 9 | +4 | $1,279 | $72,880 | 4 | Dada Films |
| 64 | 63 | Space Station 3D | $10,595 | +20.3% | 2 | -2 | $5,297 | $84,587,545 | 504 | IMAX |
| 65 | 57 | The Guard | $10,301 | -21.2% | 15 | -2 | $686 | $5,313,327 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 66 | 66 | Outrage | $8,131 | +24.7% | 7 | +5 | $1,161 | $18,254 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 67 | 64 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $6,170 | -25.5% | 6 | +2 | $1,028 | $158,722 | 12 | First Run |
| 68 | 60 | Sleeping Beauty | $5,944 | -35.4% | 4 | +2 | $1,486 | $21,037 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 69 | 62 | The Survival of Humanity | $5,888 | -33.9% | 23 | -8 | $256 | $38,536,376 | 17 | - |
| 70 | 69 | Khodorkovsky | $5,887 | -3.6% | 1 | - | $5,887 | $20,102 | 2 | Kino Lorber |
| 71 | - | Happy Magic | $5,125 | - | 5 | - | $1,025 | $5,125 | 1 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 72 | 73 | Blackthorn | $4,245 | -22.9% | 5 | -1 | $849 | $174,926 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 73 | 67 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $4,233 | -33.2% | 9 | - | $470 | $4,420,291 | 81 | 3D Entertainment |
| 74 | - | My Piece of the Pie | $4,213 | - | 2 | - | $2,106 | $4,213 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 75 | 79 | Galapagos | $3,868 | +14.6% | 1 | - | $3,868 | $18,037,553 | 633 | IMAX |
| 76 | 58 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $3,132 | -70.2% | 5 | -10 | $626 | $192,415 | 8 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 77 | 61 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $3,109 | -65.5% | 2 | - | $1,554 | $33,010 | 3 | - |
| 78 | 77 | Circumstance | $2,843 | -28.2% | 1 | -1 | $2,843 | $452,602 | 16 | Roadside Attractions |
| 79 | 82 | Revenge of the Electric Car | $2,791 | +9.7% | 3 | +1 | $930 | $149,136 | 8 | Area 23a |
| 80 | - | I Melt with You | $2,729 | - | 2 | - | $1,364 | $2,729 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | - | Project Nim | $2,657 | - | 2 | +1 | $1,328 | $410,077 | 23 | Roadside Attractions |
| 82 | - | Knuckle | $2,647 | - | 3 | - | $882 | $2,647 | 1 | Vitagraph Films |
| 83 | 91 | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | $2,351 | +131.2% | 6 | +3 | $391 | $230,311 | 15 | Music Box Films |
| 84 | 74 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $2,250 | -55% | 2 | -3 | $1,125 | $836,796 | 23 | International Film Circuit |
| 85 | 81 | House of Tolerance | $2,120 | -23.4% | 3 | +2 | $706 | $14,904 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 86 | 65 | Cars 2 | $2,108 | -72.6% | 15 | -25 | $140 | $191,450,875 | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 87 | 78 | The Other F Word | $2,051 | -43.1% | 2 | - | $1,025 | $53,214 | 6 | Oscilloscope |
| 88 | 72 | The Mill and the Cross | $1,937 | -65.9% | 4 | -2 | $484 | $260,791 | 13 | - |
| 89 | 86 | My Reincarnation | $1,851 | -2.7% | 2 | +1 | $925 | $33,491 | 7 | Long Shot Factory |
| 90 | 70 | Sigur Rós: Inni | $1,705 | -70.5% | 3 | -1 | $568 | $113,971 | 7 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 91 | - | Garbo: The Spy 2011 Re-release | $1,580 | - | 2 | - | $790 | $16,010 | 4 | First Run |
| 92 | 92 | The Bride Wore Black | $1,445 | +42.2% | 2 | +1 | $722 | $15,991 | 6 | The Film Desk |
| 93 | - | The Interrupters | $1,316 | - | 1 | - | $1,316 | $260,799 | 20 | The Cinema Guild |
| 94 | - | Amigo | $1,201 | - | 1 | - | $1,201 | $174,365 | 17 | Variance Films |
| 95 | 94 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $1,136 | +23.6% | 1 | - | $1,136 | $53,234,896 | 686 | IMAX |
| 96 | - | London River 2011 Re-release | $1,044 | - | 1 | - | $1,044 | $1,314 | 1 | - |
| 97 | 96 | The Whale | $998 | +41.2% | 1 | - | $998 | $56,222 | 14 | Paladin |
| 98 | 95 | The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch 2011 Re-release | $956 | +14.2% | 2 | - | $478 | $7,621 | 4 | Music Box Films |
| 99 | - | The Look | $943 | - | 1 | - | $943 | $11,673 | 6 | Kino Lorber |
| 100 | 84 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | $935 | -54.1% | 3 | -2 | $311 | $7,705,965 | 14 | Codeblack Entertainment |
| 101 | 54 | Answers to Nothing | $866 | -93.9% | 7 | -14 | $123 | $21,304 | 2 | Roadside Attractions |
| 102 | - | The Green Ray 2011 Re-release | $796 | - | 1 | - | $796 | $37,455 | 27 | The Film Desk |
| 103 | 89 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | $720 | -42.9% | 5 | -1 | $144 | $835,315 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 104 | 85 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $690 | -64.4% | 1 | - | $690 | $190,530 | 20 | - |
| 105 | 101 | Restless | $685 | +3,705.6% | 3 | +2 | $228 | $162,753 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 106 | 90 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $617 | -43.9% | 2 | +1 | $308 | $24,266 | 8 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 107 | 87 | Tyrannosaur | $526 | -62.2% | 1 | -2 | $526 | $15,085 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 108 | 98 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $488 | +76.2% | 1 | - | $488 | $18,089 | 21 | The Film Desk |
| 109 | - | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $471 | - | 1 | - | $471 | $25,260 | 14 | The Film Desk |
| 110 | 88 | Hell and Back Again | $401 | -69.2% | 1 | - | $401 | $34,292 | 10 | - |
| 111 | - | Farmageddon | $383 | - | 1 | - | $383 | $56,242 | 26 | - |
| 112 | - | The Future | $219 | - | 1 | - | $219 | $568,509 | 20 | Roadside Attractions |
| 113 | 99 | Rapt 2011 Re-release | $85 | -58.5% | 1 | - | $85 | $45,669 | 23 | Lorber Films |
