Early and mid-December are always sluggish because of holiday preparations, but this weekend the box office dropped to its lowest level in three years. The weak results allowed Garry Marshall’s star-studded ensemble pic “New Year’s Eve” to win the weekend despite grossing a tepid $13.7 million.
The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, December 11, 2011 are as follows:
Rank | Film Name | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Revenue | Locs | Loc Avg |
1 | New Year’s Eve | Warner Bros. | 13,705,000 | 13,705,000 | 3,505 | 3,910 |
2 | Sitter, The | 20th Century Fox | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 2,750 | 3,636 |
3 | Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, The | Summit Entertainment | 7,900,000 | 259,483,267 | 3,604 | 2,192 |
4 | Muppets, The | Disney | 7,073,000 | 65,836,258 | 3,328 | 2,125 |
5 | Arthur Christmas | Sony | 6,600,000 | 33,490,112 | 3,272 | 2,017 |
6 | Hugo | Paramount | 6,125,000 | 33,489,000 | 2,608 | 2,348 |
7 | Descendants, The | Fox Searchlight | 4,385,000 | 23,635,423 | 876 | 5,005 |
8 | Happy Feet 2 | Warner Bros. | 3,750,000 | 56,850,101 | 2,840 | 1,320 |
9 | Jack And Jill | Sony | 3,200,000 | 68,642,287 | 2,787 | 1,148 |
10 | Immortals | Relativity Media | 2,442,000 | 79,849,505 | 2,299 | 1,062 |
11 | Tower Heist | Universal | 2,379,350 | 74,142,880 | 2,069 | 1,150 |
12 | Puss In Boots | Paramount | 1,655,000 | 141,900,275 | 1,843 | 897 |