>Box office volume drifted down a preliminary 9% Wednesday from Tuesday, with the top 10 films grossing a collective $41.5 million (almost exactly matching last year’s December 28 total, when the date fell on a Tuesday, and up slightly from 2005 when that day also was on a Wednesday). Click “read more” to see an updated daily top 10 movie chart and be sure to read Mitch Salem’s Wednesday Edition of HOLIDAY BOXOFFICE.
DAILY TOTAL GROSS of TOP 10 MOVIES
2011 2010 2006 2005
Dec 21 $27.5 Wed $22.0 Tue $17.8 Thu $20.5 Wed
Dec 22 $24.8 Thu $31.1 Wed $39.6 Fri $22.8 Thu
Dec 23 $37.1 Fri $33.5 Thu $43.3 Sat $36.4 Fri
Dec 24 $22.1 Sat $23.6 Fri $20.1 Sun $20.2 Sat
Dec 25 $54.5 Sun $52.5 Sat $49.4 Mon $41.4 Sun
Dec 26 $61.8 Mon $48.8 Sun $49.5 Tue $55.2 Mon
Dec 27 $45.6 Tue $41.6 Mon $41.9 Wed $40.1 Tue
Dec 28 $41.5 Wed $41.6 Tue $39.9 Thu $37.8 Wed
Dec 29 Thu $41.7 Wed $48.5 Fri $38.1 Thu
Dec 30 Fri $43.1 Thu $51.5 Sat $45.1 Fri
Dec 31 Sat $41.7 Fri $34.1 Sun $35.8 Sat
Jan 01 Sun $57.1 Sat $41.0 Mon $42.6 Sun
NOTE: Top films: 2010 (Little Fockers, True Grit, TRON Legacy), 2006 (Night at the Museum, Pursuit of Happyness, Dreamgirls), 2005 (King Kong, Chronicles of Narnia, Fun with Dick and Jane)
Updated chart of the top 10 movies currently in release follows, ranked by the Monday-Wednesday total gross.
Domestic Box Office (millions) MON- TUE WED WED
WED Dec27 Dec28 vs TUE
Mission: Impossible 4 (Par) $32.7 $ 9.6 $ 8.5 -12%
Sherlock Holmes 2 (WB) $24.7 $ 7.3 $ 6.5 -11%
Alvin & Chipmunks 3 (Fox) $20.3 $ 6.8 $ 6.6 – 4%
Girl with Dragon Tattoo (Sony) $15.5 $ 4.7 $ 4.2 – 9%
War Horse (Dis) $14.9 $ 4.3 $ 3.7 -11%
Adventures of Tintin (Par) $14.1 $ 4.6 $ 4.1 -11%
We Bought a Zoo (Fox) $13.6 $ 4.3 $ 4.0 – 6%
New Year’s Eve (WB) $ 5.2 $ 1.7 $ 1.7 + 3%
Darkest Hour (Sum) $ 4.8 $ 1.5 $ 1.2 -15%
The Muppets (Dis) $ 3.1 $ 1.0 $ 1.0 – 0%
Top 10 $45.6 $41.5 – 9%
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