Domestic 2012 Weekend 1
January 6-8, 2012
| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release | Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | - | The Devil Inside | $34,500,000 | $33,732,515 | -$767,485 | -2.2% | 2,285 | $34,500,000 | $33,732,515 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | - | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $20,500,000 | $19,868,059 | -$631,941 | -3.1% | 3,555 | $170,201,000 | $169,568,971 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | - | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $14,055,000 | $13,689,321 | -$365,679 | -2.6% | 3,603 | $157,415,000 | $157,049,382 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 4 | - | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $11,300,000 | $11,364,714 | +$64,714 | +0.6% | 2,950 | $76,836,000 | $76,900,628 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 5 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $9,500,000 | $9,496,913 | -$3,087 | <0.1% | 3,425 | $111,588,000 | $111,585,367 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 6 | - | War Horse | $8,603,000 | $8,679,470 | +$76,470 | +0.9% | 2,783 | $56,828,000 | $56,904,682 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 7 | - | We Bought a Zoo | $8,450,000 | $8,305,797 | -$144,203 | -1.7% | 3,170 | $56,544,000 | $56,399,906 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | 8 | - | The Adventures of Tintin | $6,600,000 | $6,727,740 | +$127,740 | +1.9% | 3,006 | $61,880,000 | $62,008,015 | 3 | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | 9 | - | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $5,767,000 | $5,478,521 | -$288,479 | -5% | 809 | $10,418,000 | $10,129,670 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 10 | 11 | +1 | New Year's Eve | $3,265,000 | $3,107,343 | -$157,657 | -4.8% | 1,864 | $52,026,000 | $51,868,140 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 10 | -1 | The Darkest Hour | $3,140,000 | $3,124,316 | -$15,684 | -0.5% | 2,163 | $18,706,000 | $18,690,605 | 3 | Summit Entertainment |
| 12 | 12 | - | The Descendants | $2,565,000 | $2,584,137 | +$19,137 | +0.7% | 737 | $43,942,000 | $43,960,700 | 8 | - |
| 13 | 13 | - | Hugo | $1,550,000 | $1,600,851 | +$50,851 | +3.3% | 843 | $52,580,000 | $52,630,908 | 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 14 | 14 | - | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $1,500,000 | $1,472,095 | -$27,905 | -1.9% | 1,058 | $278,444,000 | $278,415,733 | 8 | Summit Entertainment |
| 15 | 16 | +1 | Young Adult | $1,300,000 | $1,281,347 | -$18,653 | -1.4% | 830 | $14,767,000 | $14,747,851 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 16 | 15 | -1 | The Muppets | $1,203,000 | $1,358,289 | +$155,289 | +12.9% | 1,236 | $85,405,000 | $85,561,195 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | 17 | - | The Sitter | $1,165,000 | $1,154,859 | -$10,141 | -0.9% | 758 | $28,733,000 | $28,722,994 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | 18 | - | The Artist | $1,136,000 | $1,120,111 | -$15,889 | -1.4% | 172 | $7,114,000 | $7,097,612 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 19 | 19 | - | My Week with Marilyn | $823,000 | $827,327 | +$4,327 | +0.5% | 584 | $10,454,000 | $10,458,340 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 20 | 20 | - | Puss in Boots | $600,000 | $587,390 | -$12,610 | -2.1% | 351 | $146,610,000 | $146,597,215 | 11 | DreamWorks |
| 21 | 22 | +1 | A Dangerous Method | $310,000 | $279,280 | -$30,720 | -9.9% | 64 | $2,107,000 | $2,076,178 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 22 | 21 | -1 | Tower Heist | $304,000 | $303,850 | -$150 | <0.1% | 295 | $77,198,000 | $77,198,420 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | 24 | +1 | Shame | $210,000 | $210,059 | +$59 | <0.1% | 45 | $2,366,000 | $2,366,669 | 6 | - |
| 24 | 25 | +1 | Real Steel | $188,000 | $204,587 | +$16,587 | +8.8% | 213 | $84,841,000 | $84,857,545 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | 26 | +1 | The Iron Lady | $172,000 | $176,374 | +$4,374 | +2.5% | 5 | $516,000 | $520,669 | 2 | The Weinstein Company |
| 26 | 34 | +8 | Carnage | $116,000 | $109,338 | -$6,662 | -5.7% | 15 | $537,000 | $530,525 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 27 | 33 | +6 | Pariah | $111,600 | $109,972 | -$1,628 | -1.5% | 11 | $235,000 | $233,411 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 28 | 38 | +10 | A Separation | $96,600 | $92,638 | -$3,962 | -4.1% | 6 | $202,000 | $198,046 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 29 | 36 | +7 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | $96,000 | $99,125 | +$3,125 | +3.3% | 6 | $496,000 | $498,669 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 30 | 43 | +13 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $75,000 | $74,033 | -$967 | -1.3% | 131 | $51,781,000 | $51,780,537 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | 49 | +18 | In the Land of Blood and Honey | $31,800 | $32,289 | +$489 | +1.5% | 7 | $90,200 | $90,681 | 3 | FilmDistrict |
| 32 | 62 | +30 | Like Crazy | $7,000 | $7,438 | +$438 | +6.3% | 15 | $3,387,000 | $3,388,210 | 11 | Paramount Vantage |
| 33 | 69 | +36 | Sigur Rós: Inni | $3,400 | $4,163 | +$763 | +22.4% | 3 | $121,300 | $122,010 | 11 | Cinema Purgatorio |
