Domestic Box Office For Dec 16, 2011
| TD | YD | Release | Distributor | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Warner Bros. | $14,607,982 | - | - | 3,703 | $3,944 | $14,607,982 | 1 |
| 2 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | Twentieth Century Fox | $6,706,964 | - | - | 3,723 | $1,801 | $6,706,964 | 1 |
| 3 | 4 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | Paramount Pictures | $4,102,843 | +583.8% | - | 425 | $9,653 | $4,702,843 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | New Year's Eve | Warner Bros. | $2,530,494 | +139.2% | -49.7% | 3,505 | $721 | $19,936,248 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | The Sitter | Twentieth Century Fox | $1,444,896 | +91% | -61% | 2,752 | $525 | $14,766,202 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | Summit Entertainment | $1,278,315 | +88.4% | -48% | 2,958 | $432 | $263,408,396 | 29 |
| 7 | 20 | Young Adult | Paramount Pictures | $1,089,945 | +3,403.5% | +1,115.6% | 986 | $1,105 | $1,529,869 | 8 |
| 8 | 5 | Hugo | Paramount Pictures | $966,318 | +85.5% | -38.6% | 2,532 | $381 | $36,414,179 | 24 |
| 9 | 7 | The Descendants | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $928,759 | +115.4% | -29.5% | 878 | $1,057 | $26,306,311 | 31 |
| 10 | 8 | The Muppets | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $854,714 | +100.1% | -48.9% | 2,808 | $304 | $68,328,359 | 24 |
| 11 | 6 | Arthur Christmas | Sony Pictures Releasing | $841,506 | +89% | -41% | 2,929 | $287 | $35,788,851 | 24 |
| 12 | 11 | Jack and Jill | Sony Pictures Releasing | $360,086 | +87.5% | -58.7% | 1,910 | $188 | $69,637,872 | 36 |
| 13 | 12 | Tower Heist | Universal Pictures | $276,250 | +48.4% | -62.4% | 1,315 | $210 | $75,163,965 | 43 |
| 14 | 10 | Happy Feet Two | Warner Bros. | $262,050 | -1.9% | -69% | 1,780 | $147 | $58,094,594 | 29 |
| 15 | 9 | Immortals | Relativity Media | $239,461 | -12% | -67.2% | 1,210 | $197 | $81,277,466 | 36 |
| 16 | 15 | My Week with Marilyn | The Weinstein Company | $156,123 | +64.2% | -27.5% | 244 | $639 | $5,651,868 | 24 |
| 17 | 22 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Focus Features | $123,153 | +431.2% | +35.8% | 16 | $7,697 | $545,924 | 8 |
| 18 | 13 | J. Edgar | Warner Bros. | $108,082 | -20.2% | -69.6% | 703 | $153 | $35,440,485 | 38 |
| 19 | 14 | Puss in Boots | DreamWorks | $107,066 | -7% | -69.8% | 757 | $141 | $142,417,259 | 50 |
| 20 | 19 | Shame | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $88,669 | +160.9% | +5.8% | 51 | $1,738 | $1,012,710 | 15 |
| 21 | 17 | The Artist | The Weinstein Company | $73,379 | +81.5% | -4.8% | 17 | $4,316 | $1,113,532 | 22 |
| 22 | 16 | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | Warner Bros. | $53,892 | -6.4% | -65.1% | 202 | $266 | $34,291,907 | 43 |
| 23 | 18 | In Time | Twentieth Century Fox | $48,567 | +34.5% | -56% | 273 | $177 | $36,617,907 | 50 |
| 24 | 26 | Dolphin Tale | Warner Bros. | $47,261 | +166% | -32% | 281 | $168 | $71,185,029 | 85 |
| 25 | 35 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | Paramount Pictures | $36,555 | +449.9% | +61.6% | 253 | $144 | $51,205,585 | 64 |
| 26 | 24 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | Warner Bros. | $28,290 | +36.6% | +11.4% | 25 | $1,131 | $380,035 | 22 |
| 27 | 29 | Margin Call | Roadside Attractions | $25,602 | +55.4% | -44.1% | 121 | $211 | $5,041,854 | 57 |
| 28 | 30 | Paranormal Activity 3 | Paramount Pictures | $25,181 | +54% | -38.6% | 206 | $122 | $103,717,043 | 57 |
| 29 | 23 | Courageous | TriStar Pictures | $24,711 | +8.2% | -49.8% | 101 | $244 | $33,436,510 | 78 |
| 30 | 27 | Moneyball | Sony Pictures Releasing | $20,281 | +19.1% | -53.3% | 98 | $206 | $74,262,109 | 85 |
| 31 | 21 | Like Crazy | Paramount Vantage | $17,018 | -27.5% | -67% | 100 | $170 | $3,252,463 | 50 |
| 32 | 25 | Born to Be Wild | Warner Bros. | $16,039 | -14.9% | -16.2% | 49 | $327 | $14,745,896 | 253 |
| 33 | 33 | The Three Musketeers | Summit Entertainment | $15,321 | +71.4% | -42.6% | 123 | $124 | $20,280,435 | 57 |
| 34 | 31 | The Ides of March | Sony Pictures Releasing | $11,919 | -23% | -66.1% | 72 | $165 | $40,534,154 | 71 |
| 35 | 32 | 50/50 | Summit Entertainment | $11,912 | +18.7% | -43.3% | 111 | $107 | $34,938,509 | 78 |
| 36 | 36 | Drive | FilmDistrict | $11,906 | +88.1% | -20.8% | 56 | $212 | $34,716,312 | 92 |
| 37 | 34 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $5,856 | -20% | -58.9% | 39 | $150 | $2,854,531 | 57 |
| 38 | 39 | The Rum Diary | FilmDistrict | $3,691 | -19.8% | -60.5% | 30 | $123 | $13,091,304 | 50 |
| 39 | - | Cook County | Hannover House | $2,785 | - | - | 5 | $557 | $2,785 | 1 |
| 40 | 41 | Pastorela | Lionsgate | $2,303 | +16.2% | -75.2% | 19 | $121 | $148,471 | 15 |
| 41 | 45 | Answers to Nothing | Roadside Attractions | $20 | -80.8% | -83.3% | 1 | $20 | $21,892 | 15 |