Domestic Box Office For December 2011
Wide releases are those released in at least 600 theaters.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $209,397,903 | 3,555 | $12,785,204 | 6.1% | 425 | Dec 21 | Apr 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $186,848,418 | 3,703 | $39,637,079 | 21.2% | 3,703 | Dec 16 | Apr 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $133,110,742 | 3,734 | $23,244,744 | 17.5% | 3,723 | Dec 16 | Jun 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $102,515,793 | 2,950 | $12,768,604 | 12.5% | 2,914 | Dec 21 | Mar 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | The Descendants | $82,584,160 | 2,038 | $1,190,096 | 1.4% | 29 | Dec 9 | Apr 19 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 6 | War Horse | $79,884,879 | 2,856 | $7,515,402 | 9.4% | 2,376 | Dec 25 | May 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | The Adventures of Tintin | $77,591,831 | 3,087 | $9,720,993 | 12.5% | 3,087 | Dec 21 | Mar 22 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | We Bought a Zoo | $75,624,550 | 3,170 | $9,360,434 | 12.4% | 3,117 | Dec 23 | May 17 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | New Year's Eve | $54,544,638 | 3,505 | $13,019,180 | 23.9% | 3,505 | Dec 9 | Feb 23 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | The Sitter | $30,441,326 | 2,752 | $9,851,435 | 32.4% | 2,750 | Dec 9 | Feb 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 11 | The Darkest Hour | $21,443,494 | 2,327 | $2,993,519 | 14% | 2,324 | Dec 25 | Mar 1 | Summit Entertainment |
| 12 | Young Adult | $16,311,571 | 987 | $310,263 | 1.9% | 8 | Dec 16 | Feb 23 | Paramount Pictures |
| 13 | My Week with Marilyn | $14,600,347 | 630 | $1,750,507 | 12% | 244 | Dec 23 | Apr 5 | The Weinstein Company |
