Domestic Box Office For Dec 7, 2011
| TD | YD | Release | Distributor | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | Summit Entertainment | $1,069,091 | -18.7% | -50.3% | 4,046 | $264 | $250,457,900 | 20 |
| 2 | 2 | The Muppets | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $567,704 | -16.8% | -29.9% | 3,440 | $165 | $58,178,885 | 15 |
| 3 | 3 | Hugo | Paramount Pictures | $513,578 | -23.5% | +8.4% | 1,840 | $279 | $26,823,770 | 15 |
| 4 | 4 | Immortals | Relativity Media | $412,170 | -16.6% | -26.8% | 2,627 | $156 | $76,991,588 | 27 |
| 5 | 6 | Arthur Christmas | Sony Pictures Releasing | $380,698 | -11.2% | +2.6% | 3,376 | $112 | $26,480,650 | 15 |
| 6 | 5 | The Descendants | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $378,813 | -18.6% | -20.6% | 574 | $659 | $18,874,321 | 22 |
| 7 | 7 | Happy Feet Two | Warner Bros. | $332,087 | -17.4% | -25.7% | 3,536 | $93 | $52,751,077 | 20 |
| 8 | 8 | Jack and Jill | Sony Pictures Releasing | $303,939 | -19.4% | -17.7% | 3,049 | $99 | $65,127,397 | 27 |
| 9 | 9 | Tower Heist | Universal Pictures | $276,460 | -14.8% | -17.2% | 2,404 | $115 | $71,463,005 | 34 |
| 10 | 10 | J. Edgar | Warner Bros. | $249,493 | -12.8% | -27.7% | 1,985 | $125 | $33,328,182 | 29 |
| 11 | 11 | Puss in Boots | DreamWorks | $171,054 | -17.4% | -25.4% | 2,750 | $62 | $140,062,818 | 41 |
| 12 | 12 | My Week with Marilyn | The Weinstein Company | $116,294 | -16% | -22.6% | 244 | $476 | $4,225,777 | 15 |
| 13 | 13 | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | Warner Bros. | $100,692 | -18.2% | -20.8% | 710 | $141 | $33,405,326 | 34 |
| 14 | 14 | Moneyball | Sony Pictures Releasing | $59,071 | -8.7% | +311.9% | 1,004 | $58 | $73,963,810 | 76 |
| 15 | 15 | The Ides of March | Sony Pictures Releasing | $55,090 | -12.3% | +268.1% | 1,016 | $54 | $40,291,781 | 62 |
| 16 | 16 | In Time | Twentieth Century Fox | $49,775 | -18.3% | -11.7% | 421 | $118 | $36,008,526 | 41 |
| 17 | 17 | Shame | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $32,888 | -24.9% | - | 10 | $3,288 | $465,555 | 6 |
| 18 | 18 | Courageous | TriStar Pictures | $27,395 | -2.4% | +122.4% | 265 | $103 | $33,114,551 | 69 |
| 19 | 19 | Like Crazy | Paramount Vantage | $26,384 | -4.1% | -20.9% | 152 | $173 | $2,950,575 | 41 |
| 20 | 23 | The Artist | The Weinstein Company | $23,122 | +4.5% | +5.7% | 6 | $3,853 | $567,780 | 13 |
| 21 | 21 | The Way 2010 Re-release | - | $22,432 | -14.2% | +23.2% | 160 | $140 | $3,691,677 | 62 |
| 22 | 20 | Margin Call | Roadside Attractions | $19,664 | -26.8% | -19.6% | 151 | $130 | $4,748,133 | 48 |
| 23 | 22 | Dolphin Tale | Warner Bros. | $19,586 | -20% | +140.6% | 410 | $47 | $70,778,546 | 76 |
| 24 | 24 | 50/50 | Summit Entertainment | $15,617 | -11.5% | -12.3% | 196 | $79 | $34,806,904 | 69 |
| 25 | 27 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | Paramount Pictures | $10,701 | -2.8% | -15.9% | 309 | $34 | $51,062,006 | 55 |
| 26 | 28 | Paranormal Activity 3 | Paramount Pictures | $10,540 | -3.1% | -30.9% | 255 | $41 | $103,475,051 | 48 |
| 27 | 26 | The Three Musketeers | Summit Entertainment | $10,043 | -30.6% | -30.4% | 208 | $48 | $20,129,669 | 48 |
| 28 | 30 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $9,958 | +11.2% | -41.7% | 84 | $118 | $2,759,645 | 48 |
| 29 | 25 | Born to Be Wild | Warner Bros. | $9,753 | -44.7% | -36.3% | 49 | $199 | $14,598,368 | 244 |
| 30 | 29 | Anonymous | Sony Pictures Releasing | $9,075 | -4.2% | +86.8% | 105 | $86 | $4,421,315 | 41 |
| 31 | 31 | Drive | FilmDistrict | $7,292 | -12.1% | -22.5% | 86 | $84 | $34,621,101 | 83 |
| 32 | 32 | Abduction | Lionsgate | $6,727 | -11.6% | -11.4% | 151 | $44 | $27,988,296 | 76 |
| 33 | 35 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | Warner Bros. | $6,397 | +8.6% | +47.6% | 24 | $266 | $173,276 | 13 |
| 34 | 33 | Contagion | Warner Bros. | $6,175 | -9% | -43.1% | 155 | $39 | $75,584,919 | 90 |
| 35 | 36 | Pastorela | Lionsgate | $6,044 | +8.3% | - | 55 | $109 | $100,810 | 6 |
| 36 | 34 | The Rum Diary | FilmDistrict | $5,558 | -9.5% | +2% | 63 | $88 | $13,035,474 | 41 |
| 37 | 37 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Twentieth Century Fox | $4,259 | +9.2% | +7% | 84 | $50 | $176,658,003 | 125 |
| 38 | 38 | Answers to Nothing | Roadside Attractions | $1,062 | -53% | - | 21 | $50 | $19,250 | 6 |
| 39 | 40 | Spy Kids 4-D: All the Time in the World | - | $550 | +17% | -7.7% | 31 | $17 | $38,530,037 | 111 |
| 40 | 41 | Sarah's Key | The Weinstein Company | $366 | +11.9% | -48.6% | 7 | $52 | $7,692,705 | 139 |
| 41 | 42 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | Codeblack Entertainment | $98 | -35.1% | +14% | 5 | $19 | $7,704,845 | 90 |