US Weekend Box Office Chart

1.
3↑

Mission:Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011

Directed by

Brad Bird

Starring

Tom Cruise
Paula Patton
Simon Pegg

23.08%

$29,556,629

$61,993,090

2

+57%

2.
1↓

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 2011

Directed by

Guy Ritchie

Starring

Robert Downey Jr.
Jude Law
Noomi Rapace

15.83%

$20,270,555

$79,024,177

2

-49%

3.
RE

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 2011

Directed by

David Fincher

Starring

Daniel Craig
Rooney Mara
Christopher Plummer

9.97%

$12,768,604

$21,145,077

3

4.
2↓

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip Wrecked 2011

Directed by

Mike Mitchell

Starring

Jason Lee
David Cross
Jenny Slate

9.83%

$12,585,192

$49,525,379

2

-46%

5.
RE

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn 2011

Directed by

Steven Spielberg

Starring

Jamie Bell
Andy Serkis
Daniel Craig

7.59%

$9,720,993

$17,729,016

New

6.
RE

We Bought a Zoo 2012

Directed by

Cameron Crowe

Starring

Matt Damon
Scarlett Johansson
Thomas Haden Church

7.31%

$9,360,434

$9,818,920

2

7.
N

War Horse 2012

Directed by

Steven Spielberg

Starring

Emily Watson
David Thewlis
Peter Mullan

5.87%

$7,515,402

New

8.
4↓

New Years Eve 2011

Directed by

Garry Marshall

Starring

Michelle Pfeiffer
Zac Efron
Charlotte Marshall-Fricker

2.59%

$3,313,739

$32,650,934

3

-55%

9.
N

The Darkest Hour 2012

Directed by

Chris Gorak

Starring

Emile Hirsch
Olivia Thirlby
Max Minghella

2.34%

$2,993,519

New

10.
9↓

The Muppets 2011

Directed by

James Bobin

Starring

Jason Segel
Amy Adams
Chris Cooper

1.68%

$2,145,762

$75,702,287

5

-39%

11.
7↓

Hugo 2011

Directed by

Martin Scorsese

Starring

Ben Kingsley
Sacha Baron Cohen
Asa Butterfield

1.66%

$2,131,828

$43,759,097

5

-43%

12.
11↓

The Descendants 2012

Directed by

Alexander Payne

Starring

George Clooney
Shailene Woodley
Amara Miller

1.62%

$2,073,371

$32,364,923

6

-37%

13.
8↓

Arthur Christmas 2011

Directed by

Sarah Smith
Barry Cook

Starring

James McAvoy
Hugh Laurie
Bill Nighy

1.62%

$2,073,319

$43,541,321

5

-42%

14.
10↓

Young Adult 2011

Directed by

Jason Reitman

Starring

Charlize Theron
Patton Oswalt
Patrick Wilson

1.36%

$1,746,450

$7,155,898

3

-49%

15.
5↓

The Sitter 2012

Directed by

David Gordon Green

Starring

Jonah Hill
Max Records
Ari Graynor

1.36%

$1,739,165

$22,227,367

3

-62%

16.
RE

Don 2 2011

Directed by

Farhan Akhtar

Starring

Shah Rukh Khan
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Florian Lukas

1.31%

$1,673,921

$1,732,055

New

17.
6↓

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 2011

Directed by

Bill Condon

Starring

Taylor Lautner
Gil Birmingham
Billy Burke

1.14%

$1,466,306

$270,268,207

6

-65%

18.
21↑

The Artist 2011

Directed by

Michel Hazanavicius

Starring

Jean Dujardin
Berenice Bejo
John Goodman

0.69%

$883,063

$2,381,493

5

+67%

19.
18↓

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 2011

Directed by

Tomas Alfredson

Starring

Gary Oldman
Colin Firth
Tom Hardy

0.56%

$717,459

$1,819,041

3

+36%

20.
16↓

My Week With Marilyn 2011

Directed by

Simon Curtis

Starring

Michelle Williams
Kenneth Branagh
Eddie Redmayne

0.44%

$561,097

$6,980,293

5

-5%

21.
17↓

Puss In Boots 2011

Directed by

Chris Miller

Starring

Antonio Banderas
Salma Hayek
Zach Galifianakis

0.32%

$410,577

$143,661,774

9

-12%

22.
13↓

Happy Feet Two 2011

Directed by

George Miller
Gary Eck

Starring

Carlos Alazraqui
Lombardo Boyar
Jeffrey Garcia

0.17%

$219,513

$59,852,155

6

-80%

23.
25↑

A Dangerous Method 2012

Directed by

David Cronenberg

Starring

Keira Knightley
Viggo Mortensen
Michael Fassbender

0.15%

$197,230

$993,457

5

+24%

24.
12↓

Jack and Jill 2012

Directed by

Dennis Dugan

Starring

Adam Sandler
Katie Holmes
Al Pacino

0.14%

$185,706

$71,245,414

7

-85%

25.
19↓

J. Edgar 2012

Directed by

Clint Eastwood

Starring

Leonardo DiCaprio
Josh Hamilton
Geoff Pierson

0.11%

$142,139

$36,054,409

7

-63%

26.
14↓

Tower Heist 2011

Directed by

Brett Ratner

Starring

Ben Stiller
Eddie Murphy
Casey Affleck

0.11%

$137,255

$76,250,170

8

-85%

27.
32↑

Real Steel 2011

Directed by

Shawn Levy

Starring

Hugh Jackman
Dakota Goyo
Evangeline Lilly

0.11%

$136,939

$83,962,784

12

+41%

28.
20↓

Shame 2012

Directed by

Steve McQueen

Starring

Michael Fassbender
Carey Mulligan
James Badge Dale

0.1%

$123,574

$1,530,991

4

-60%

29.
15↓

Immortals 2011

Directed by

Tarsem Singh

Starring

Henry Cavill
Mickey Rourke
Stephen Dorff

0.09%

$120,959

$82,364,581

7

-86%

30.
35↑

Moneyball 2011

Directed by

Bennett Miller

Starring

Brad Pitt
Jonah Hill
Philip Seymour Hoffman

0.09%

$114,352

$74,505,789

14

+34%

31.
23↓

A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas 2011

Directed by

Todd Strauss-Schulson

Starring

Patton Oswalt
Isabella Gielniak
Kal Penn

0.09%

$111,974

$34,646,158

8

-36%

32.
29↓

Courageous 2011

Directed by

Alex Kendrick

Starring

Alex Kendrick
Ken Bevel
Ben Davies

0.07%

$90,524

$33,684,292

13

-12%

33.
22↓

Dolphin Tale 2011

Directed by

Charles Martin Smith

Starring

Harry Connick Jr.
Ashley Judd
Nathan Gamble

0.06%

$76,093

$71,587,249

14

-61%

34.
N

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2012

Directed by

Stephen Daldry

Starring

Tom Hanks
Sandra Bullock
Thomas Horn

0.06%

$72,348

New

35.
N

Pina 2011

Directed by

Wim Wenders

Starring

Regina Advento
Malou Airaudo
Ruth Amarante

0.05%

$68,012

New

36.
28↓

The Polar Express 2004

Directed by

Robert Zemeckis

Starring

Tom Hanks
Leslie Zemeckis
Eddie Deezen

0.05%

$59,004

$624,346

74

-46%

37.
33↓

Carnage 2012

Directed by

Roman Polanski

Starring

Jodie Foster
Kate Winslet
Christoph Waltz

0.05%

$58,216

$175,871

2

-27%

38.
24↓

In Time 2011

Directed by

Andrew Niccol

Starring

Justin Timberlake
Amanda Seyfried
Cillian Murphy

0.04%

$44,941

$36,867,949

9

-72%

39.
42↑

The Ides of March 2011

Directed by

George Clooney

Starring

Ryan Gosling
George Clooney
Philip Seymour Hoffman

0.03%

$44,098

$40,647,231

12

-3%

40.
27↓

Footloose 2011

Directed by

Craig Brewer

Starring

Kenny Wormald
Julianne Hough
Dennis Quaid

0.03%

$42,762

$51,437,384

11

-65%

41.
46↑

Hubble 3D 2010

Directed by

Toni Myers

Starring

Leonardo DiCaprio
Scott D. Altman
Andrew J. Feustel

0.03%

$33,770

$29,847,304

87

-7%

42.
38↓

Born to Be Wild 2011

Directed by

David Lickley

Starring

Morgan Freeman
Birute Galdikas
Daphne Sheldrick

0.03%

$32,178

$14,876,316

38

-44%

43.
31↓

Paranormal Activity 3 2011

Directed by

Henry Joost
Ariel Schulman

Starring

Lauren Bittner
Chloe Csengery
Jessica Tyler Brown

0.02%

$30,058

$103,878,057

10

-67%

44.
34↓

The Way 2010

Directed by

Emilio Estevez

Starring

Martin Sheen
Emilio Estevez
Deborah Kara Unger

0.02%

$27,270

$4,052,912

12

-66%

45.
30↓

Margin Call 2012

Directed by

J.C. Chandor

Starring

Kevin Spacey
Paul Bettany
Jeremy Irons

0.02%

$20,911

$5,186,092

10

-79%

46.
36↓

The Help 2011

Directed by

Tate Taylor

Starring

Emma Stone
Viola Davis
Bryce Dallas Howard

0.02%

$19,974

$169,410,752

20

-72%

47.
53↑

Space Station 3D 2002

Directed by

Toni Myers

Starring

Tom Cruise
James Arnold
Michael J. Bloomfield

0.01%

$19,130

$84,660,831

434

+33%

48.
N

In the Land of Blood and Honey

Directed by

Starring

0.01%

$18,854

New

49.
40↓

The Skin I Live In 2011

Directed by

Pedro Almodovar

Starring

Antonio Banderas
Elena Anaya
Blanca Surez

0.01%

$14,886

$2,991,663

11

-71%

50.
43↓

Drive 2011

Directed by

Nicolas Winding Refn

Starring

Ryan Gosling
Carey Mulligan
Bryan Cranston

0.01%

$11,879

$34,787,204

16

-72%

51.
39↓

Midnight In Paris 2011

Directed by

Woody Allen

Starring

Owen Wilson
Rachel McAdams
Kurt Fuller

0.01%

$11,450

$56,334,396

32

-79%

52.
57↑

Sea Rex 3D Journey to a Prehistoric World

Directed by

Starring

0.01%

$9,872

$4,448,826

39

+1%

53.
59↑

Under the Sea 3D 2009

Directed by

Howard Hall

Starring

Jim Carrey

0.01%

$8,686

$28,805,880

127

-5%

54.
41↓

The Three Musketeers 2011

Directed by

Paul W.S. Anderson

Starring

Matthew Macfadyen
Milla Jovovich
Helen George

0.01%

$8,207

$20,358,120

10

-84%

55.
37↓

Like Crazy 2012

Directed by

Drake Doremus

Starring

Anton Yelchin
Felicity Jones
Jennifer Lawrence

0.01%

$7,731

$3,341,867

9

-87%

56.
44↓

The Greatest Miracle

Directed by

Starring

0.01%

$6,970

$521,146

11

-81%

57.
50↓

No cover art for Martha Marcy May Marlene

Martha Marcy May Marlene 2011

Directed by

Sean Durkin

Starring

Elizabeth Olsen
Christopher Abbott
Brady Corbet

0%

$6,088

$2,889,383

10

-72%

58.
51↓

No cover art for The Women On the 6th Floor

The Women On the 6th Floor 2012

Directed by

Philippe Le Guay

Starring

Fabrice Luchini
Sandrine Kiberlain
Natalia Verbeke

0%

$5,883

$443,007

12

-69%

59.
47↓

Take Shelter 2011

Directed by

Jeff Nichols

Starring

Michael Shannon
Jessica Chastain
Tova Stewart

0%

$5,192

$1,652,616

13

-81%

60.
45↓

50/50 2011

Directed by

Jonathan Levine

Starring

Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Seth Rogen
Anna Kendrick

0%

$3,694

$35,003,812

13

-90%

61.
68↑

Galapagos

Directed by

Starring

0%

$3,263

$18,055,425

318

-41%

62.
49↓

The Lion King 1994

Directed by

Roger Allers
Rob Minkoff

Starring

Matthew Broderick
James Earl Jones
Jeremy Irons

0%

$2,585

$94,219,871

48

-89%

63.
91↑

Sholem Aleichem Laughing In the Darkness

Directed by

Starring

0%

$2,483

$841,576

25

+68%

64.
N

Miss Minoes

Directed by

Starring

0%

$1,901

2

65.
71↑

Sleeping Beauty 2011

Directed by

Julia Leigh

Starring

Emily Browning
Rachael Blake
Ewen Leslie

0%

$1,556

$33,947

4

-66%

66.
67↑

No cover art for Eames the Architect and the Painter

Eames the Architect and the Painter 2012

Directed by

Jason Cohn
Bill Jersey

Starring

Charles Eames
Ray Eames
James Franco

0%

$1,478

$130,507

6

-74%

67.
65↓

The Guard 2011

Directed by

John Michael McDonagh

Starring

Ronan Collins
Paraic Nialand
John Patrick Beirne

0%

$1,380

$5,330,294

22

-78%

68.
58↓

Mozarts Sister 2012

Directed by

Ren Fret

Starring

Marie Fret
Marc Barb
Delphine Chuillot

0%

$1,260

$676,373

19

-87%

69.
75↑

The Outrage 1964

Directed by

Martin Ritt

Starring

Paul Newman
Laurence Harvey
Claire Bloom

0%

$1,105

$29,150

4

-64%

70.
86↑

The Mill and the Cross

Directed by

Starring

0%

$1,027

$267,884

15

-2%

71.
63↓

Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death a Tale of Life 2012

Directed by

Werner Herzog

Starring

Werner Herzog
Richard Lopez
Michael Perry

0%

$939

$221,488

7

-85%

72.
81↑

Addiction Incorporated

Directed by

Starring

0%

$562

$6,442

2

-66%

73.
69↓

Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within 2011

Directed by

Jos Padilha

Starring

Wagner Moura
Irandhir Santos
Andr Ramiro

0%

$562

$83,472

7

-89%

74.
82↑

El Bulli Cooking In Progress 2012

Directed by

Gereon Wetzel

Starring

Ferran Adri
Oriol Castro
Eduard Xatruch

0%

$472

$196,978

21

-71%

75.
90↑

Higher Ground

Directed by

Starring

0%

$455

$837,571

6

-46%

76.
89↑

Janes Journey

Directed by

Starring

0%

$397

$21,549

7

-60%

77.
61↓

Young Goethe In Love

Directed by

Starring

0%

$344

$98,545

8

-95%

78.
64↓

Crazy Wisdom the Life and Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Directed by

Starring

0%

$323

$43,742

5

-95%

79.
RE

Tyrannosaur 2011

Directed by

Paddy Considine

Starring

Peter Mullan
Olivia Colman
Eddie Marsan

0%

$288

$15,735

5

80.
95↑

Sigur Ros Inni

Directed by

Starring

0%

$165

$116,563

9

-71%

81.
84↑

T Rex Back to the Cretaceous

Directed by

Starring

0%

$163

$53,237,279

346

-87%

82.
RE

Oka

Directed by

Starring

0%

$100

$13,099

7

US box office chart top 15 weekend 23rd - 25th December 2011

Mission:Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 2011

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 2011

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip Wrecked 2011

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn 2011

We Bought a Zoo 2012

War Horse 2012

New Years Eve 2011

The Darkest Hour 2012

The Muppets 2011

Hugo 2011

The Descendants 2012

Arthur Christmas 2011

Young Adult 2011

The Sitter 2012

Don 2 2011

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 2011

The Artist 2011

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 2011

My Week With Marilyn 2011

Puss In Boots 2011

Happy Feet Two 2011

A Dangerous Method 2012

Jack and Jill 2012

J. Edgar 2012

Tower Heist 2011

Real Steel 2011

Shame 2012

Immortals 2011

Moneyball 2011

A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas 2011

Courageous 2011

Dolphin Tale 2011

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2012

Pina 2011

The Polar Express 2004

Carnage 2012

In Time 2011

The Ides of March 2011

Footloose 2011

Hubble 3D 2010

Born to Be Wild 2011

Paranormal Activity 3 2011

The Way 2010

Margin Call 2012

The Help 2011

Space Station 3D 2002

In the Land of Blood and Honey

The Skin I Live In 2011

Drive 2011

Midnight In Paris 2011

Sea Rex 3D Journey to a Prehistoric World

Under the Sea 3D 2009

The Three Musketeers 2011

Like Crazy 2012

The Greatest Miracle

Martha Marcy May Marlene 2011

The Women On the 6th Floor 2012

Take Shelter 2011

50/50 2011

Galapagos

The Lion King 1994

Sholem Aleichem Laughing In the Darkness

Miss Minoes

Sleeping Beauty 2011

Eames the Architect and the Painter 2012

The Guard 2011

Mozarts Sister 2012

The Outrage 1964

The Mill and the Cross

Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death a Tale of Life 2012

Addiction Incorporated

Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within 2011

El Bulli Cooking In Progress 2012

Higher Ground

Janes Journey

Young Goethe In Love

Crazy Wisdom the Life and Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Tyrannosaur 2011