Domestic 2011 Weekend 50
December 16-18, 2011
| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release | Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | $48,990,499 | +159% | 41.4% | 10 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $39,637,079 | 80.9% | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | 2 | $28,016,779 | +173.8% | 23.7% | 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $23,244,744 | 83% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 6 | $20,111,573 | +206% | 17% | 5 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $12,785,204 | 63.6% | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 3 | $4,904,253 | -50.8% | 4.1% | 4 | Arthur Christmas | $3,554,286 | 72.5% | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 4 | $4,285,473 | -46.2% | 3.6% | 3 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $4,197,893 | 98% | 5 | Summit Entertainment |
| 6 | 5 | $3,697,025 | -49% | 3.1% | 4 | The Muppets | $3,520,926 | 95.2% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 7 | $3,597,213 | -23.7% | 3% | 3 | The Descendants | $3,268,357 | 90.9% | 5 | - |
| 8 | 9 | $901,025 | -61.8% | 0.8% | 1 | Tower Heist | $901,025 | 100% | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 11 | $878,752 | -18.3% | 0.7% | 2 | My Week with Marilyn | $591,385 | 67.3% | 4 | The Weinstein Company |
| 10 | 8 | $851,371 | -65.4% | 0.7% | 1 | Immortals | $851,371 | 100% | 6 | Relativity Media |
| 11 | 10 | $465,209 | -71.4% | 0.4% | 1 | Puss in Boots | $465,209 | 100% | 8 | DreamWorks |
| 12 | 13 | $456,777 | +47.1% | 0.4% | 1 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $456,777 | 100% | 2 | Focus Features |
| 13 | 12 | $371,063 | +2.5% | 0.3% | 8 | A Dangerous Method | $150,855 | 40.7% | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 14 | 14 | $142,201 | -42.1% | 0.1% | 4 | Melancholia | $133,914 | 94.2% | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 15 | 15 | $102,879 | -46.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Courageous | $102,879 | 100% | 12 | TriStar Pictures |
| 16 | 16 | $98,335 | -46.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Margin Call | $98,178 | 99.8% | 9 | Roadside Attractions |
| 17 | 18 | $79,295 | -38.6% | <0.1% | 1 | The Way 2010 Re-release | $79,295 | 100% | 11 | - |
| 18 | 17 | $57,513 | -65.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Like Crazy | $57,513 | 100% | 8 | Paramount Vantage |
| 19 | 21 | $54,376 | -30.2% | <0.1% | 2 | Drive | $41,947 | 77.1% | 14 | FilmDistrict |
| 20 | 19 | $37,652 | -69.1% | <0.1% | 1 | The Greatest Miracle | $37,652 | 100% | 10 | - |
| 21 | 23 | $24,257 | -36.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Le Havre | $24,257 | 100% | 9 | Janus Films |
| 22 | 29 | $19,635 | +25.9% | <0.1% | 3 | Space Station 3D | $12,851 | 65.4% | 505 | IMAX |
| 23 | 27 | $18,972 | -20.7% | <0.1% | 2 | The Women on the 6th Floor | $18,684 | 98.5% | 11 | Strand Releasing |
| 24 | 24 | $17,995 | -44.7% | <0.1% | 3 | Mozart's Sister | $9,421 | 52.4% | 18 | Music Box Films |
| 25 | 38 | $15,563 | +396.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | $13,903 | 89.3% | 9 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 26 | 25 | $13,830 | -50.8% | <0.1% | 3 | Into the Abyss | $6,389 | 46.2% | 6 | IFC Films |
| 27 | 30 | $11,145 | -12.4% | <0.1% | 5 | Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within | $5,014 | 45% | 6 | Variance Films |
| 28 | 28 | $11,000 | -53.6% | <0.1% | 4 | Eames: The Architect & The Painter | $5,614 | 51% | 6 | First Run |
| 29 | 20 | $10,616 | -89.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Pastorela | $10,616 | 100% | 3 | Lionsgate Films |
| 30 | 31 | $9,881 | -14.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Tomboy | $9,881 | 100% | 5 | Dada Films |
| 31 | 35 | $9,800 | +131.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World | $9,800 | 100% | 82 | 3D Entertainment |
| 32 | 36 | $8,009 | +110.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche | $6,381 | 79.7% | 4 | - |
| 35 | 45 | $6,282 | +377.4% | <0.1% | 1 | The Interrupters | $6,282 | 100% | 21 | The Cinema Guild |
| 36 | 43 | $3,121 | +68.6% | <0.1% | 1 | My Reincarnation | $3,121 | 100% | 8 | Long Shot Factory |
| 37 | 32 | $2,756 | -59.6% | <0.1% | 3 | Khodorkovsky | $1,759 | 63.8% | 3 | Kino Lorber |
| 38 | 46 | $2,600 | +149% | <0.1% | 1 | London River 2011 Re-release | $2,600 | 100% | 2 | - |
| 39 | 34 | $2,140 | -58.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Happy Magic | $2,140 | 100% | 2 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 40 | 37 | $1,841 | -42.5% | <0.1% | 3 | The Bride Wore Black | $1,412 | 76.7% | 7 | The Film Desk |
| 41 | 42 | $1,045 | -46.1% | <0.1% | 1 | The Mill and the Cross | $1,045 | 100% | 14 | - |
| 42 | 47 | $1,028 | +3% | <0.1% | 1 | The Whale | $1,028 | 100% | 15 | Paladin |
| 43 | 41 | $789 | -64.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness | $789 | 100% | 24 | International Film Circuit |
| 44 | 44 | $572 | -66.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Sigur Rós: Inni | $572 | 100% | 8 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 46 | 39 | $470 | -83.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Revenge of the Electric Car | $470 | 100% | 9 | Area 23a |
| 47 | 50 | $346 | -13.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Hell and Back Again | $346 | 100% | 11 | - |
| 48 | 49 | $17 | -97.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Paul Goodman Changed My Life | $17 | 100% | 9 | Zeitgeist Films |
