Domestic Box Office For January 2012

RankRelease GrossTheatersTotal GrossRelease DateDistributor
1Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol$80,700,2583,555$209,397,903Dec 16Paramount Pictures
2Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows$58,495,8443,703$186,848,418Dec 16Warner Bros.
3Contraband$57,633,8602,870$66,528,000Jan 13Universal Pictures
4The Devil Inside$52,796,9032,551$53,261,944Jan 6Paramount Pictures
5The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo$48,195,3422,950$102,515,793Dec 21Sony Pictures Releasing
6Underworld: Awakening$46,991,3513,078$62,321,039Jan 20Screen Gems
7Beauty and the Beast
2012 3D Release
$41,744,2232,625$47,617,067Jan 13Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
8War Horse$39,628,5092,856$79,884,879Dec 25Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
9Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked$39,028,2463,734$133,110,742Dec 16Twentieth Century Fox
10Red Tails$35,229,4802,573$49,876,377Jan 20Twentieth Century Fox
11We Bought a Zoo$35,011,2463,170$75,624,550Dec 23Twentieth Century Fox
12The Adventures of Tintin$30,606,0343,087$77,591,831Dec 21Paramount Pictures
13Joyful Noise$27,109,6572,735$30,932,113Jan 13Warner Bros.
14The Grey$22,741,2843,208$51,580,236Jan 27Open Road Films (II)
15Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close$21,693,0752,630$31,847,881Dec 25Warner Bros.
16The Descendants$21,436,9142,038$82,584,160Nov 16-
17The Iron Lady$18,005,3291,244$30,017,992Dec 30The Weinstein Company
18Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy$16,774,332886$24,149,393Dec 9Focus Features
19Haywire$16,007,9622,441$18,942,396Jan 20Relativity Media
20One for the Money$13,062,4262,737$26,414,527Jan 27Lionsgate Films
21The Artist$12,782,7501,756$44,671,682Nov 25The Weinstein Company
22Hugo$10,678,6092,608$73,864,507Nov 23Paramount Pictures
23New Year's Eve$10,062,8423,505$54,544,638Dec 9Warner Bros.
24The Darkest Hour$9,505,2652,327$21,443,494Dec 25Summit Entertainment
25Man on a Ledge$9,218,9832,998$18,620,000Jan 27Lionsgate Films
26The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1$5,723,3804,066$281,287,133Nov 18Summit Entertainment
27The Muppets$5,306,2403,440$88,631,237Nov 23Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
28Young Adult$4,897,251987$16,311,571Dec 9Paramount Pictures
29The Sitter$4,613,1402,752$30,441,326Dec 9Twentieth Century Fox
30My Week with Marilyn$4,055,163630$14,600,347Nov 23The Weinstein Company
31Puss in Boots$2,923,8983,963$149,260,504Oct 28DreamWorks
32A Dangerous Method$2,644,549365$5,704,709Nov 23Sony Pictures Classics
33Happy Feet Two$2,438,3473,611$64,006,466Nov 18Warner Bros.
34Carnage$1,886,052494$2,547,047Dec 16Sony Pictures Classics
35Jack and Jill$1,651,7323,438$74,158,157Nov 11Sony Pictures Releasing
36Shame$1,438,79495$3,909,002Dec 2-
37Tower Heist$1,377,8853,370$78,046,570Nov 4Universal Pictures
38Agneepath$1,028,417132$1,986,748Jan 26Eros Worldwide
39Real Steel$992,7443,440$85,468,508Oct 7Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
40Albert Nobbs$893,201245$3,014,696Jan 27Roadside Attractions
41Pina$875,45284$3,524,826Dec 23IFC Films
42A Separation$843,615282$7,099,055Dec 30Sony Pictures Classics
43Arthur Christmas$812,0993,376$46,462,469Nov 23Sony Pictures Releasing
44Immortals$807,0513,120$83,504,017Nov 11Relativity Media
45Born to Be Wild$739,311208$25,978,556Apr 8Warner Bros.
46Don 2$727,627167$3,680,306Dec 22Reliance Big Pictures
47J. Edgar$698,4431,985$37,306,030Nov 9Warner Bros.
48Moneyball$625,0033,018$75,605,492Sep 23Sony Pictures Releasing
49Pariah$511,98524$769,552Dec 28Focus Features
50In Time$502,2523,127$37,520,095Oct 28Twentieth Century Fox
51Courageous$482,2471,214$34,522,221Sep 30TriStar Pictures
52Melancholia$472,523145$3,030,848Nov 11Magnolia Pictures
53Hubble$390,748151$52,522,904Mar 19Warner Bros.
54Dolphin Tale$364,0633,515$72,286,779Sep 23Warner Bros.
55We Need to Talk About Kevin$249,15180$1,738,692Dec 9Oscilloscope
56Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World$233,42714$6,096,582May 283D Entertainment
57The Way
2010 Re-release
$229,167283$4,430,765Oct 7-
58Drive$219,3012,904$35,061,555Sep 16FilmDistrict
59A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas$207,9752,875$35,061,031Nov 4Warner Bros.
60The Flowers of War$192,38030$311,434Jan 20-
61Footloose
2011 Re-release
$187,7633,555$51,802,742Oct 14Paramount Pictures
62In the Land of Blood and Honey$183,79318$303,877Dec 23FilmDistrict
63Vettai$180,04534$204,373Jan 13UTV Motion Pictures
64Under the Sea 3D$164,547108$36,262,926Feb 13Warner Bros.
65Space Station 3D$162,51064$93,383,953Apr 19IMAX
66Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos$155,98942$177,802Jan 20Eleven Arts
67Coriolanus$154,45121$757,195Jan 20The Weinstein Company
68The Viral Factor$151,14922$220,496Jan 20China Lion Film Distribution
69The Help$135,2403,014$169,708,112Aug 10Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
70Le Havre$127,51825$611,709Oct 21Janus Films
71The Ides of March$125,8762,199$40,962,534Oct 7Sony Pictures Releasing
72The Skin I Live In$123,631116$3,185,812Oct 14Sony Pictures Classics
73Margin Call$113,342199$5,354,039Oct 21Roadside Attractions
74Midnight in Paris$106,0321,038$56,817,045May 20Sony Pictures Classics
75The Women on the 6th Floor$94,42117$719,823Oct 7Strand Releasing
76Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough$87,72827$5,705,874Oct 7National Geographic Entertainment
77Paranormal Activity 3$57,4243,329$104,028,807Oct 21Paramount Pictures
78Take Shelter$53,34091$1,730,296Sep 30Sony Pictures Classics
79Once Upon a Time in Anatolia$46,3186$152,408Jan 4The Cinema Guild
80The Mill and the Cross$37,46417$312,187Sep 14-
81Young Goethe in Love$31,5279$162,138Nov 4Music Box Films
82Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey$30,78615$304,052Oct 21Submarine Deluxe
83Like Crazy$30,124162$3,395,391Oct 28Paramount Vantage
84Crazy Horse$28,91814$157,782Jan 18Zipporah Films
85Sing Your Song$25,6884$47,718Jan 13S2BN Films
86All's Well, Ends Well 2012$24,42520$47,919Jan 27China Lion Film Distribution
87Mozart's Sister$24,07536$707,885Aug 19Music Box Films
88The Guard$23,343203$5,360,274Jul 29Sony Pictures Classics
89The Greatest Miracle$20,61887$555,166Oct 14-
90My Reincarnation$19,0765$92,822Oct 28Long Shot Factory
91Sophomore$18,5151$18,945Jan 13-
92The Pruitt-Igoe Myth$18,4996$44,883Jan 20First Run
93An Inconsistent Truth$17,3303$69,394Jan 27Rocky Mountain Pictures
94The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby$14,9518$183,342Sep 23First Run
95Declaration of War$14,07511$59,100Jan 27IFC Films
96Outrage$13,7137$44,745Dec 2Magnolia Pictures
97Tomboy$13,35310$129,834Nov 16Dada Films
98Norwegian Wood$13,0003$13,000Jan 6-
99The Conquest$12,8988$74,474Nov 11Music Box Films
100Blackthorn$12,67821$200,558Oct 7Magnolia Pictures
101The Front Line$11,0186$11,018Jan 20Well Go USA Entertainment
102El Bulli: Cooking in Progress$11,00710$237,181Jul 27-
103The Lion King
2011 3D Release
$10,9922,340$94,242,001Sep 16Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
104Santa Mesa$10,0823$10,490Jan 13Indican Pictures
105Addiction Incorporated$10,0075$40,106Dec 14Variance Films
106Eames: The Architect & The Painter$9,73812$153,088Nov 11First Run
107Garbo: The Spy
2011 Re-release
$9,6902$28,563Nov 18First Run
108Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston$9,2701$11,539Jan 20Tribeca Films
109Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche$9,1935$86,202Nov 25-
110Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness$8,39529$906,666Jul 8International Film Circuit
111Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within$8,1847$100,119Nov 11Variance Films
112Man on a Mission: Richard Garriott's Road to the Stars$8,1255$8,688Jan 13First Run
113How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster?
2012 Re-release
$8,0694$13,013Jan 25First Run
114The Whale$7,9105$81,881Sep 9Paladin
115Roadie$7,8251$7,825Jan 6Magnolia Pictures
116Carol Channing: Larger Than Life$7,3453$22,740Jan 20Entertainment One
117The City Dark$7,0322$9,269Jan 18Argot Pictures
118Film socialisme$6,4303$42,925Jun 3Lorber Films
119Paul Goodman Changed My Life$6,3372$35,671Oct 19Zeitgeist Films
120The Polar Express
2011 IMAX Release
$6,28625$711,168Nov 25Warner Bros.
121Sigur Rós: Inni$6,2007$123,482Oct 28Cinema Purgatorio
122Galapagos$6,08214$18,630,372Oct 29IMAX
123Prince of the Himalayas$5,6211$10,190Dec 23-
124BuzzKill$5,4991$5,860Jan 20Indican Pictures
125Newlyweds$5,0001$5,000Jan 13Tribeca Films
126Domain
2012 Re-release
$4,8331$7,105Jan 13Strand Releasing
127Jane's Journey$4,1813$27,253Sep 16First Run
128Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow$3,9783$51,301Aug 10-
129Nostalgia for the Light$3,8126$163,962Jan 13Icarus Films
130Oka!$3,6262$18,364Oct 14Dada Films
131Loosies$3,5193$3,519Jan 11IFC Films
132The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu$3,3823$34,023Sep 9The Film Desk
133The Devil, Probably$3,3672$26,816Jan 13The Film Desk
134T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous$3,36538$53,354,743Oct 23IMAX
135Rid of Me$3,2492$11,740Nov 18Submarine Deluxe
136CornerStore$3,1232$45,176Aug 12Shotown Pictures
137El Sicario, Room 164$3,0591$6,123Dec 28Icarus Films
138The Bride Wore Black$2,8622$44,566Nov 4The Film Desk
139Tyrannosaur$2,7245$22,321Nov 18Strand Releasing
140Hell and Back Again$2,6004$40,634Oct 5-
141Khodorkovsky$2,3142$39,522Nov 30Kino Lorber
142Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life$2,24019$233,007Aug 31Music Box Films
143Pianomania$2,2066$49,852May 27First Run
144Cook County$2,1405$17,977Dec 16Hannover House
145Granito$2,0865$43,942Sep 14International Film Circuit
146London River
2011 Re-release
$2,0002$7,200Dec 7-
147Amigo$1,90710$184,705Aug 19Variance Films
148Miss Minoes
2011 Re-release
$1,9054$10,189Dec 23Music Box Films
149Higher Ground
2011 Re-release
$1,59581$841,733Aug 26Sony Pictures Classics
150Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon$1,54082$34,137,524Sep 23IMAX
151King of Devil's Island$1,4112$7,615Nov 18Film Movement
152Dystopia: 2013$1,1961$1,708Jan 13-
153The Interrupters$1,16210$282,448Jul 29The Cinema Guild
154The Look$1,0052$19,988Nov 4Kino Lorber
155The Green Ray
2011 Re-release
$9272$43,839Jun 9The Film Desk
156American: The Bill Hicks Story$90811$92,234Apr 8Variance Films
157My Joy$8081$6,298Sep 30Kino Lorber
158Battleship Potemkin$6725$51,198Jan 14Kino International
159Metropolis
Giorgio Moroder Presents
$66016$27,362Oct 7-
160Angels Crest$5901$832Dec 30Magnolia Pictures
161To Die Is Hard$5751$5,129Dec 17Driving With Our Eyes Shut
162Redneck Carnage$3301$706Oct 29-
163Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle$2621$22,039Jul 20The Film Desk