Domestic 2012 Week 1
January 6-12, 2012
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Devil Inside | $38,346,847 | - | 2,285 | - | $16,781 | $38,346,847 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $25,545,877 | -45.3% | 3,555 | +100 | $7,185 | $175,246,789 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $18,239,583 | -45.3% | 3,603 | -100 | $5,062 | $161,599,644 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $15,644,935 | -36.9% | 2,950 | +36 | $5,303 | $81,180,849 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 5 | War Horse | $11,946,751 | -46.2% | 2,783 | +236 | $4,292 | $60,171,963 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $10,892,834 | -57.7% | 3,425 | -299 | $3,180 | $112,981,288 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | 6 | We Bought a Zoo | $10,394,425 | -49.6% | 3,170 | +7 | $3,278 | $58,488,534 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | 7 | The Adventures of Tintin | $8,424,931 | -56.2% | 3,006 | -81 | $2,802 | $63,705,206 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | 17 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $7,291,391 | +309.4% | 809 | +752 | $9,012 | $11,942,540 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 10 | 8 | New Year's Eve | $3,893,330 | -57.2% | 1,864 | -361 | $2,088 | $52,654,127 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 9 | The Darkest Hour | $3,882,885 | -41.1% | 2,163 | -164 | $1,795 | $19,449,174 | 3 | Summit Entertainment |
| 12 | 10 | The Descendants | $3,627,633 | -32.2% | 737 | -21 | $4,922 | $45,004,196 | 9 | - |
| 13 | 12 | Hugo | $2,086,598 | -48.3% | 843 | -108 | $2,475 | $53,116,655 | 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 14 | 14 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $1,926,047 | -44.6% | 1,058 | -353 | $1,820 | $278,869,685 | 8 | Summit Entertainment |
| 15 | 13 | Young Adult | $1,809,323 | -48.3% | 830 | -157 | $2,179 | $15,275,827 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 16 | 11 | The Muppets | $1,632,622 | -62.3% | 1,236 | -305 | $1,320 | $85,835,528 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | 16 | The Artist | $1,619,278 | -27.8% | 172 | +5 | $9,414 | $7,596,779 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 18 | 15 | The Sitter | $1,569,098 | -46.3% | 758 | -590 | $2,070 | $29,137,233 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | 18 | My Week with Marilyn | $1,242,697 | -23.3% | 584 | -46 | $2,127 | $10,873,710 | 8 | The Weinstein Company |
| 20 | 19 | Puss in Boots | $727,302 | -43.1% | 351 | -38 | $2,072 | $146,737,127 | 11 | DreamWorks |
| 21 | 25 | Tower Heist | $402,735 | -2.6% | 295 | +42 | $1,365 | $77,297,305 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | 23 | A Dangerous Method | $390,294 | -24.8% | 64 | +3 | $6,098 | $2,187,192 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 23 | 27 | Shame | $325,813 | -16.7% | 45 | -10 | $7,240 | $2,482,423 | 6 | - |
| 24 | 22 | Happy Feet Two | $284,535 | -60.4% | 285 | -240 | $998 | $61,414,144 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 26 | Real Steel | $259,656 | -35.1% | 213 | -14 | $1,219 | $84,912,614 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 26 | 28 | The Iron Lady | $243,326 | -29.3% | 5 | +1 | $48,665 | $587,621 | 2 | The Weinstein Company |
| 27 | 29 | Moneyball | $242,840 | -29.3% | 231 | -19 | $1,051 | $75,342,693 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | 21 | Don 2 | $198,794 | -74.3% | 111 | -53 | $1,790 | $3,614,321 | 4 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 29 | 30 | Jack and Jill | $198,220 | -34.9% | 171 | -51 | $1,159 | $72,011,306 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 30 | 31 | Courageous | $194,079 | -28% | 191 | +10 | $1,016 | $34,346,927 | 15 | TriStar Pictures |
| 31 | 24 | J. Edgar | $167,434 | -60.6% | 152 | -303 | $1,101 | $36,919,266 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 38 | Carnage | $165,278 | -0.3% | 15 | +3 | $11,018 | $586,465 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 33 | 37 | In Time | $161,682 | -2.8% | 132 | +9 | $1,224 | $37,284,643 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 34 | 43 | Melancholia | $155,998 | +16.1% | 61 | -2 | $2,557 | $2,744,756 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 35 | 47 | Pariah | $148,930 | +71.1% | 11 | +7 | $13,539 | $272,369 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 36 | 34 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $144,972 | -26.5% | 6 | - | $24,162 | $544,516 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 35 | Born to Be Wild | $137,500 | -24.3% | 45 | -4 | $3,055 | $15,377,333 | 40 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 44 | A Separation | $136,615 | +29.6% | 6 | +3 | $22,769 | $242,023 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 39 | 33 | Immortals | $132,743 | -42.5% | 128 | -100 | $1,037 | $82,895,282 | 9 | Relativity Media |
| 40 | 42 | Pina | $131,152 | -8.7% | 3 | - | $43,717 | $432,193 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 41 | 20 | Arthur Christmas | $124,622 | -89.6% | 280 | -1,063 | $445 | $46,462,469 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 42 | 32 | Dolphin Tale | $117,743 | -54.5% | 149 | -39 | $790 | $72,188,216 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 43 | 39 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $96,238 | -36% | 131 | -51 | $734 | $51,802,742 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 44 | 36 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | $83,255 | -54.1% | 125 | -120 | $666 | $35,061,031 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | 51 | Drive | $82,012 | +71.9% | 30 | +5 | $2,733 | $34,938,255 | 17 | FilmDistrict |
| 46 | 45 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $76,915 | -21.4% | 50 | +3 | $1,538 | $4,292,621 | 14 | - |
| 47 | 41 | Hubble | $72,493 | -50.2% | 17 | +2 | $4,264 | $30,285,902 | 95 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | 40 | The Ides of March | $71,199 | -52.4% | 114 | -29 | $624 | $40,962,534 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 49 | 60 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $47,251 | +152.3% | 7 | +5 | $6,750 | $105,643 | 3 | FilmDistrict |
| 50 | 52 | Margin Call | $41,782 | -9.1% | 30 | +2 | $1,392 | $5,310,190 | 12 | Roadside Attractions |
| 51 | 48 | The Help | $40,275 | -39.3% | 50 | -15 | $805 | $169,568,206 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 52 | 53 | The Skin I Live In | $36,551 | -17.4% | 42 | +14 | $870 | $3,100,674 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 53 | 49 | Space Station 3D | $31,714 | -41.2% | 2 | - | $15,857 | $84,746,647 | 508 | IMAX |
| 54 | 59 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $31,423 | +54.1% | 9 | - | $3,491 | $4,506,147 | 85 | 3D Entertainment |
| 55 | 50 | Under the Sea 3D | $30,599 | -42.9% | 9 | +3 | $3,399 | $28,942,436 | 152 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | 58 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $30,019 | +36.5% | 11 | +4 | $2,729 | $501,697 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 57 | 55 | Midnight in Paris | $22,535 | -29.3% | 21 | -2 | $1,073 | $56,414,483 | 34 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 58 | 61 | Take Shelter | $19,405 | +11.4% | 21 | +1 | $924 | $1,699,011 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | - | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | $19,236 | - | 8 | - | $2,404 | $370,675 | 14 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 60 | 75 | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | $17,921 | +486.4% | 1 | - | $17,921 | $20,977 | 2 | The Cinema Guild |
| 61 | 57 | Like Crazy | $14,619 | -34.5% | 15 | -15 | $974 | $3,395,391 | 11 | Paramount Vantage |
| 62 | 62 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $11,826 | -27.2% | 9 | +2 | $1,314 | $265,010 | 12 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 63 | - | The Conquest | $8,987 | - | 6 | - | $1,497 | $50,117 | 9 | Music Box Films |
| 64 | 64 | The Greatest Miracle | $7,927 | -31% | 4 | - | $1,981 | $550,675 | 13 | - |
| 65 | 72 | Young Goethe in Love | $7,733 | +82.6% | 7 | +2 | $1,104 | $111,310 | 10 | Music Box Films |
| 66 | 63 | Mozart's Sister | $7,351 | -50.4% | 7 | -2 | $1,050 | $699,360 | 21 | Music Box Films |
| 67 | 85 | El Bulli: Cooking in Progress | $6,418 | +264.7% | 2 | - | $3,209 | $209,258 | 25 | - |
| 68 | 67 | My Reincarnation | $6,260 | -3.8% | 3 | - | $2,086 | $64,508 | 11 | Long Shot Factory |
| 69 | 83 | Outrage | $6,258 | +201% | 7 | +6 | $894 | $37,854 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 70 | 66 | The Lion King 2011 3D Release | $5,637 | -24.9% | 7 | - | $805 | $94,242,001 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 71 | 71 | The Guard | $5,243 | +14.4% | 11 | +7 | $476 | $5,343,398 | 24 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 72 | 89 | The Mill and the Cross | $5,198 | +304.8% | 5 | +2 | $1,039 | $277,046 | 18 | - |
| 73 | 93 | Sigur Rós: Inni | $5,189 | +553.5% | 3 | +1 | $1,729 | $123,282 | 11 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 74 | 84 | The Whale | $4,723 | +137.9% | 3 | - | $1,574 | $66,213 | 18 | Paladin |
| 75 | 68 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | $4,366 | -21.9% | 3 | -2 | $1,455 | $144,179 | 9 | First Run |
| 76 | - | Roadie | $4,007 | - | 1 | - | $4,007 | $4,007 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 77 | - | Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow | $3,769 | - | 3 | - | $1,256 | $46,689 | 23 | - |
| 78 | 69 | Garbo: The Spy 2011 Re-release | $3,554 | -30.2% | 2 | - | $1,777 | $25,787 | 8 | First Run |
| 79 | 79 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $3,312 | +30.5% | 2 | - | $1,656 | $30,303 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 80 | 78 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $3,237 | +22.2% | 3 | +1 | $1,079 | $89,962 | 9 | Variance Films |
| 81 | 80 | Prince of the Himalayas | $2,649 | +12.8% | 1 | - | $2,649 | $7,880 | 3 | - |
| 82 | 81 | Blackthorn | $2,583 | +10.5% | 4 | - | $645 | $191,300 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 83 | - | Tomboy | $2,442 | - | 1 | - | $2,442 | $98,601 | 9 | Dada Films |
| 84 | - | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | $2,240 | - | 2 | - | $1,120 | $233,007 | 20 | Music Box Films |
| 85 | - | Hell and Back Again | $2,231 | - | 2 | - | $1,115 | $36,868 | 15 | - |
| 86 | 73 | The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby | $2,205 | -41% | 1 | -1 | $2,205 | $173,093 | 16 | First Run |
| 87 | 86 | Rid of Me | $2,069 | +24.9% | 1 | - | $2,069 | $11,740 | 8 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 88 | - | Tyrannosaur | $1,682 | - | 1 | - | $1,682 | $17,779 | 8 | Strand Releasing |
| 89 | - | Loosies | $1,678 | - | 1 | - | $1,678 | $1,678 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 90 | - | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $1,432 | - | 1 | - | $1,432 | $45,174 | 7 | - |
| 91 | - | Khodorkovsky | $1,417 | - | 1 | - | $1,417 | $29,135 | 7 | Kino Lorber |
| 92 | 95 | The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu | $1,171 | +68.5% | 1 | - | $1,171 | $27,556 | 18 | The Film Desk |
| 93 | 87 | Jane's Journey | $1,113 | -32.3% | 1 | - | $1,113 | $24,859 | 17 | First Run |
| 94 | - | Granito | $902 | - | 1 | - | $902 | $38,340 | 18 | International Film Circuit |
| 95 | - | The Interrupters | $736 | - | 1 | - | $736 | $274,963 | 24 | The Cinema Guild |
| 96 | 94 | Amigo | $462 | -36.5% | 2 | - | $231 | $181,356 | 21 | Variance Films |
| 97 | 65 | Galapagos | $399 | -94.9% | 1 | - | $399 | $18,078,336 | 637 | IMAX |
| 98 | - | Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle | $86 | - | 1 | - | $86 | $18,841 | 26 | The Film Desk |
