Domestic 2011 Week 51
December 23-29, 2011
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 19 | My Week with Marilyn | $1,591,176 | +72.3% | 602 | +358 | $2,643 | $8,010,372 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 18 | 24 | The Artist | $2,235,144 | +387.7% | 167 | +150 | $13,384 | $3,733,574 | 5 | The Weinstein Company |
| 17 | 50 | Don 2 | $2,584,678 | +4,346.1% | 158 | +99 | $16,358 | $2,642,812 | 2 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 25 | 33 | Real Steel | $426,997 | +152.8% | 227 | +72 | $1,881 | $84,252,842 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 23 | 28 | A Dangerous Method | $481,789 | +112% | 58 | +41 | $8,306 | $1,278,016 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 19 | 20 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $1,768,708 | +160.6% | 55 | +39 | $32,158 | $2,870,290 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 31 | 32 | Courageous | $289,621 | +59.2% | 192 | +5 | $1,508 | $33,883,389 | 13 | TriStar Pictures |
| 61 | 56 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $14,786 | -46.8% | 13 | +5 | $1,137 | $236,939 | 10 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 39 | 46 | The Ides of March | $138,768 | +71.5% | 145 | +4 | $957 | $40,741,901 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 29 | 22 | Shame | $358,166 | -25.9% | 53 | +3 | $6,757 | $1,765,583 | 4 | - |
| 72 | 89 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $4,379 | +165.9% | 5 | +3 | $875 | $844,031 | 25 | International Film Circuit |
| 40 | 37 | Carnage | $137,789 | +17.1% | 7 | +2 | $19,684 | $255,444 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 47 | 55 | Under the Sea 3D | $61,097 | +119.7% | 10 | +2 | $6,109 | $28,858,291 | 150 | Warner Bros. |
| 65 | 76 | My Reincarnation | $12,445 | +182.4% | 5 | +2 | $2,489 | $51,742 | 9 | Long Shot Factory |
| 79 | 91 | Higher Ground 2011 Re-release | $2,380 | +63% | 5 | +2 | $476 | $839,496 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 14 | 12 | Young Adult | $4,559,690 | -8.2% | 987 | +1 | $4,619 | $9,969,138 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 1 | 3 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $70,547,746 | +121.6% | 3,448 | - | $20,460 | $102,984,207 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $51,268,704 | -12.7% | 3,703 | - | $13,845 | $110,022,326 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 5 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $32,383,831 | +286.6% | 2,914 | - | $11,113 | $40,760,304 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 6 | The Adventures of Tintin | $28,030,964 | +250% | 3,087 | - | $9,080 | $36,038,987 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 26 | 21 | J. Edgar | $414,711 | -28.5% | 455 | - | $911 | $36,326,981 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 35 | Moneyball | $365,012 | +144% | 242 | - | $1,508 | $74,756,449 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 33 | 26 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $262,339 | -11.4% | 245 | - | $1,070 | $34,796,523 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | 40 | Born to Be Wild | $214,140 | +87.4% | 49 | - | $4,370 | $15,058,278 | 38 | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | 65 | Galapagos | $17,929 | +63.3% | 1 | - | $17,929 | $18,070,091 | 635 | IMAX |
| 60 | 61 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $15,383 | +1.7% | 9 | - | $1,709 | $4,454,337 | 83 | 3D Entertainment |
| 67 | 87 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $5,944 | +208.8% | 1 | - | $5,944 | $53,243,061 | 688 | IMAX |
| 70 | 75 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $4,574 | +1.2% | 2 | - | $2,287 | $201,080 | 23 | - |
| 81 | 84 | The Bride Wore Black | $1,761 | -33.4% | 1 | - | $1,761 | $20,654 | 8 | The Film Desk |
| 83 | 83 | Rid of Me | $1,560 | -42.9% | 1 | - | $1,560 | $8,015 | 6 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 86 | 81 | Addiction Incorporated | $1,183 | -69.1% | 1 | - | $1,183 | $7,063 | 3 | Variance Films |
| 91 | 90 | The Whale | $1,067 | -27.9% | 1 | - | $1,067 | $59,505 | 16 | Paladin |
| 92 | 85 | Jane's Journey | $949 | -63.2% | 1 | - | $949 | $22,101 | 15 | First Run |
| 93 | 98 | Sigur Rós: Inni | $655 | +14.5% | 1 | - | $655 | $117,053 | 9 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 96 | 108 | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $586 | +632.5% | 1 | - | $586 | $18,755 | 24 | The Film Desk |
| 98 | 72 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $323 | -95.2% | 1 | - | $323 | $43,742 | 5 | - |
| 99 | 92 | Kinyarwanda | $150 | -88.7% | 1 | - | $150 | $35,412 | 4 | - |
| 56 | 53 | Space Station 3D | $19,268 | -50.2% | 2 | -1 | $9,634 | $84,660,969 | 506 | IMAX |
| 68 | 64 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | $5,196 | -53.9% | 5 | -1 | $1,039 | $134,225 | 7 | First Run |
| 73 | 70 | Sleeping Beauty | $4,187 | -47.1% | 3 | -1 | $1,395 | $36,578 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 74 | 77 | The Mill and the Cross | $3,707 | -15.6% | 5 | -1 | $741 | $270,564 | 16 | - |
| 88 | 94 | I Melt with You | $1,148 | +5.5% | 1 | -1 | $1,148 | $6,361 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 43 | 31 | The Polar Express 2011 IMAX Release | $116,389 | -45.5% | 20 | -2 | $5,819 | $681,731 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 76 | 69 | The Interrupters | $3,201 | -66.5% | 1 | -2 | $3,201 | $274,227 | 22 | The Cinema Guild |
| 78 | 73 | Blackthorn | $2,743 | -54.8% | 5 | -4 | $548 | $186,379 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 34 | 42 | Hubble | $254,299 | +189.8% | 15 | -5 | $16,953 | $30,067,833 | 93 | Warner Bros. |
| 87 | 71 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $1,166 | -84.3% | 2 | -5 | $583 | $84,076 | 7 | Variance Films |
| 64 | 57 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $12,564 | -54.7% | 6 | -6 | $2,094 | $449,688 | 12 | Strand Releasing |
| 69 | 67 | The Guard | $4,659 | -54.2% | 6 | -6 | $776 | $5,333,573 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 84 | 74 | Outrage | $1,472 | -70.4% | 1 | -6 | $1,472 | $29,517 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 89 | 63 | Young Goethe in Love | $1,142 | -90.7% | 2 | -6 | $571 | $99,343 | 8 | Music Box Films |
| 80 | 60 | Mozart's Sister | $2,084 | -86.5% | 3 | -8 | $694 | $677,197 | 19 | Music Box Films |
| 75 | 66 | Into the Abyss | $3,331 | -68.8% | 3 | -14 | $1,110 | $223,880 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 66 | 52 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $11,577 | -73.3% | 10 | -22 | $1,157 | $94,228,863 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 58 | 54 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | $17,330 | -49.9% | 15 | -24 | $1,155 | $2,900,625 | 10 | - |
| 59 | 49 | The Greatest Miracle | $17,086 | -71% | 8 | -28 | $2,135 | $531,262 | 11 | - |
| 53 | 48 | Drive | $33,204 | -53.2% | 26 | -30 | $1,277 | $34,808,529 | 15 | FilmDistrict |
| 62 | 51 | Take Shelter | $14,756 | -69% | 24 | -34 | $614 | $1,662,180 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 49 | 43 | The Skin I Live In | $43,121 | -50.1% | 34 | -37 | $1,268 | $3,019,898 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 3 | 2 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $39,419,148 | +6.7% | 3,683 | -43 | $10,702 | $76,359,335 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 44 | 39 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $92,160 | -20.8% | 45 | -48 | $2,048 | $4,117,802 | 12 | - |
| 30 | 25 | Dolphin Tale | $300,510 | -19.5% | 188 | -62 | $1,598 | $71,811,666 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | 29 | Melancholia | $119,438 | -47.1% | 66 | -65 | $1,809 | $2,454,418 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 55 | 41 | Like Crazy | $24,331 | -75.3% | 30 | -70 | $811 | $3,358,467 | 9 | Paramount Vantage |
| 37 | 30 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $161,534 | -28.4% | 182 | -71 | $887 | $51,556,156 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 63 | 47 | 50/50 | $14,074 | -80.9% | 31 | -80 | $454 | $35,014,192 | 13 | Summit Entertainment |
| 11 | 13 | The Descendants | $5,733,094 | +16.7% | 753 | -82 | $7,613 | $36,024,646 | 7 | - |
| 45 | 34 | Paranormal Activity 3 | $91,696 | -41.3% | 124 | -82 | $739 | $103,939,695 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 54 | 44 | The Three Musketeers | $24,571 | -71% | 37 | -86 | $664 | $20,374,484 | 10 | Summit Entertainment |
| 51 | 45 | Midnight in Paris | $37,121 | -55.4% | 28 | -88 | $1,325 | $56,360,067 | 32 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 46 | 38 | The Help | $70,788 | -39.6% | 65 | -91 | $1,089 | $169,461,566 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 48 | 36 | Margin Call | $57,282 | -61.5% | 30 | -91 | $1,909 | $5,222,463 | 10 | Roadside Attractions |
| 27 | 16 | Tower Heist | $367,995 | -70% | 283 | -135 | $1,300 | $76,480,910 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 41 | 27 | In Time | $133,617 | -47.3% | 112 | -161 | $1,193 | $36,956,625 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 8 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $4,667,895 | -30% | 1,603 | -219 | $2,911 | $273,469,796 | 6 | Summit Entertainment |
| 22 | 14 | Happy Feet Two | $778,523 | -56.8% | 525 | -235 | $1,482 | $60,411,165 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 11 | The Muppets | $6,310,736 | +3.7% | 1,536 | -323 | $4,108 | $79,867,261 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 21 | 18 | Puss in Boots | $1,480,231 | +57.3% | 389 | -368 | $3,805 | $144,731,428 | 9 | DreamWorks |
| 24 | 15 | Jack and Jill | $449,002 | -74.8% | 242 | -435 | $1,855 | $71,508,710 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | 10 | Hugo | $5,365,323 | -13.2% | 951 | -536 | $5,641 | $46,992,592 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 16 | 9 | Arthur Christmas | $3,669,065 | -43.7% | 1,524 | -581 | $2,407 | $45,137,067 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 4 | New Year's Eve | $10,327,855 | -13.4% | 2,225 | -826 | $4,641 | $39,665,050 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | 7 | The Sitter | $4,155,859 | -42% | 1,486 | -987 | $2,796 | $24,644,061 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 32 | 17 | Immortals | $288,007 | -76.1% | 228 | -988 | $1,263 | $82,531,629 | 7 | Relativity Media |
| 6 | - | We Bought a Zoo | $27,028,831 | - | 3,117 | - | $8,671 | $27,487,317 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | - | War Horse | $26,029,043 | - | 2,376 | - | $10,954 | $26,029,043 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | - | The Darkest Hour | $8,974,722 | - | 2,327 | - | $3,856 | $8,974,722 | 1 | Summit Entertainment |
| 36 | - | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $202,274 | - | 6 | - | $33,712 | $202,274 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | - | Pina | $157,369 | - | 3 | - | $52,456 | $157,369 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 50 | - | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $39,663 | - | 3 | - | $13,221 | $39,663 | 1 | FilmDistrict |
| 52 | - | Pariah | $36,407 | - | 4 | - | $9,101 | $36,407 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 71 | - | Miss Minoes 2011 Re-release | $4,458 | - | 3 | - | $1,486 | $4,458 | 1 | Music Box Films |
| 77 | - | Prince of the Himalayas | $2,883 | - | 1 | - | $2,883 | $2,883 | 1 | - |
| 82 | - | El Sicario, Room 164 | $1,604 | - | 1 | - | $1,604 | $1,604 | 1 | Icarus Films |
| 85 | 79 | Amigo | $1,269 | -69.1% | - | - | - | $180,167 | 19 | Variance Films |
| 90 | - | The Worst Movie Ever! | $1,080 | - | 1 | - | $1,080 | $3,213 | 19 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut |
| 95 | - | Mississippi Mermaid | $650 | - | 1 | - | $650 | $28,445 | 129 | The Film Desk |
| 94 | - | Tyrannosaur | $650 | - | 1 | - | $650 | $16,097 | 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 97 | - | Oka! | $400 | - | 1 | - | $400 | $13,399 | 11 | Dada Films |
