Domestic Box Office For Dec 25, 2011
| TD | YD | Release | Distributor | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | Paramount Pictures | $13,653,650 | +119.3% | +247.1% | 3,448 | $3,959 | $61,993,090 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Warner Bros. | $9,616,493 | +146.7% | -6.9% | 3,703 | $2,596 | $79,024,177 | 10 |
| 3 | - | War Horse | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $7,515,402 | - | - | 2,376 | $3,163 | $7,515,402 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Sony Pictures Releasing | $5,628,785 | +124.3% | - | 2,914 | $1,931 | $21,145,077 | 5 |
| 5 | 6 | We Bought a Zoo | Twentieth Century Fox | $4,491,200 | +138.3% | - | 3,117 | $1,440 | $9,818,920 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | Twentieth Century Fox | $4,388,462 | +58.1% | -34% | 3,683 | $1,191 | $49,525,379 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | The Adventures of Tintin | Paramount Pictures | $3,765,778 | +54.6% | - | 3,087 | $1,219 | $17,729,016 | 5 |
| 8 | - | The Darkest Hour | Summit Entertainment | $2,993,519 | - | - | 2,324 | $1,288 | $2,993,519 | 1 |
| 9 | 10 | New Year's Eve | Warner Bros. | $1,474,664 | +185.2% | -21.5% | 2,225 | $662 | $32,650,934 | 17 |
| 10 | 12 | The Descendants | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $1,007,983 | +126.2% | +15.8% | 753 | $1,338 | $32,364,923 | 40 |
| 11 | 13 | Young Adult | Paramount Pictures | $886,550 | +155.8% | -3.7% | 987 | $898 | $7,155,898 | 17 |
| 12 | 15 | The Sitter | Twentieth Century Fox | $871,526 | +218% | -36.2% | 1,486 | $586 | $22,227,367 | 17 |
| 13 | 9 | Hugo | Paramount Pictures | $826,947 | +40.2% | -28.8% | 951 | $869 | $43,759,097 | 33 |
| 14 | 11 | Don 2 | Reliance Big Pictures | $661,767 | +34.3% | - | 157 | $4,215 | $1,732,055 | 4 |
| 15 | 8 | The Muppets | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $609,953 | +0.5% | -45.8% | 1,536 | $397 | $75,702,287 | 33 |
| 16 | 14 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | Summit Entertainment | $512,060 | +81.3% | -57.5% | 1,603 | $319 | $270,268,207 | 38 |
| 17 | 16 | The Artist | The Weinstein Company | $414,980 | +76.3% | +346.2% | 167 | $2,484 | $2,381,493 | 31 |
| 18 | 17 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Focus Features | $313,822 | +61.5% | +117.2% | 55 | $5,705 | $1,819,041 | 17 |
| 19 | 7 | Arthur Christmas | Sony Pictures Releasing | $298,393 | -59.6% | -73.9% | 1,524 | $195 | $43,541,321 | 33 |
| 20 | 18 | My Week with Marilyn | The Weinstein Company | $264,280 | +106.8% | +48% | 602 | $439 | $6,980,293 | 33 |
| 21 | 19 | Puss in Boots | DreamWorks | $136,530 | +46.4% | -10.7% | 389 | $350 | $143,661,774 | 59 |
| 22 | - | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Warner Bros. | $72,348 | - | - | 6 | $12,058 | $72,348 | 1 |
| 23 | 22 | J. Edgar | Warner Bros. | $64,268 | +84.2% | -38.4% | 455 | $141 | $36,054,409 | 47 |
| 24 | 20 | Happy Feet Two | Warner Bros. | $63,204 | -1.7% | -82.6% | 525 | $120 | $59,852,155 | 38 |
| 25 | 21 | Jack and Jill | Sony Pictures Releasing | $53,392 | +42.2% | -83.9% | 242 | $220 | $71,245,414 | 45 |
| 26 | 27 | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | Warner Bros. | $52,785 | +161.4% | +1.4% | 245 | $215 | $34,646,158 | 52 |
| 27 | 24 | Shame | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $49,350 | +70.7% | -49% | 53 | $931 | $1,530,991 | 24 |
| 28 | 23 | Tower Heist | Universal Pictures | $48,110 | +54.5% | -77.8% | 283 | $170 | $76,250,170 | 52 |
| 29 | 25 | Immortals | Relativity Media | $46,462 | +66.8% | -82.4% | 228 | $203 | $82,364,581 | 45 |
| 30 | 26 | Moneyball | Sony Pictures Releasing | $41,967 | +75.4% | +118.5% | 242 | $173 | $74,505,789 | 94 |
| 31 | 29 | Courageous | TriStar Pictures | $41,930 | +189.9% | -0.3% | 192 | $218 | $33,684,292 | 87 |
| 32 | 28 | Dolphin Tale | Warner Bros. | $18,976 | +5.8% | -67.5% | 188 | $100 | $71,587,249 | 94 |
| 33 | 33 | In Time | Twentieth Century Fox | $16,179 | +91.6% | -67% | 112 | $144 | $36,867,949 | 59 |
| 34 | 32 | The Ides of March | Sony Pictures Releasing | $16,102 | +58.6% | +26% | 145 | $111 | $40,647,231 | 80 |
| 35 | 34 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | Paramount Pictures | $14,695 | +105.4% | -59.5% | 182 | $80 | $51,437,384 | 73 |
| 36 | 37 | Paranormal Activity 3 | Paramount Pictures | $13,704 | +244.5% | -53.1% | 124 | $110 | $103,878,057 | 66 |
| 37 | 35 | Margin Call | Roadside Attractions | $7,466 | +19.8% | -69.5% | 30 | $248 | $5,186,092 | 66 |
| 38 | 36 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | FilmDistrict | $7,436 | +56.3% | - | 3 | $2,478 | $18,854 | 3 |
| 39 | 38 | Drive | FilmDistrict | $4,058 | +58.6% | -68.8% | 26 | $156 | $34,787,204 | 101 |
| 40 | 41 | Like Crazy | Paramount Vantage | $3,313 | +133.8% | -81.4% | 30 | $110 | $3,341,867 | 59 |
| 41 | 39 | The Three Musketeers | Summit Entertainment | $2,846 | +42.9% | -80.4% | 37 | $76 | $20,358,120 | 66 |
| 42 | 31 | Born to Be Wild | Warner Bros. | $2,303 | -80.2% | -88.5% | 49 | $47 | $14,876,316 | 262 |
| 43 | 40 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $1,688 | -7% | -79% | 15 | $112 | $2,889,383 | 66 |
| 44 | 42 | 50/50 | Summit Entertainment | $1,391 | +67.2% | -87.4% | 31 | $44 | $35,003,812 | 87 |
| 45 | 30 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | Warner Bros. | $1,243 | -91.2% | -95.8% | 20 | $62 | $624,346 | 31 |