Here are the weekend box office returns for the weekend ending 2/5/12:

1. Chronicle, $22 million
2. The Woman in Black, $21 million
3. The Grey, $9.5 million
4. Big Miracle, $8.5 million
5. Underworld Awakening, $5.6 million
6. One for the Money, $5.25 million
7. Red Tails, $5 million
8. The Descendants, $4.6 million
9. Man on a Ledge, $4.5 million
10. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, $3.925 million

It looks like this was another slow weekend at the box office. The top-grossing movie only made $20 million, and while that sounds like enough for the producers to pay off any mortgages or rv loans they might have had, you have to remember that doesn’t take into account the $34 million it cost to make the thing in the fist place! Oh, well… I’m sure the film will end up turning a profit by the end of its domestic and international run.

Anyway, here are the weekend box office results for the weekend ending 1/29/12:

1. The Grey, $20 million
2. Underworld: Awakening, $12.5 million
3. One for the Money, $11.8 million
4. Red Tails, $10.4 million
5. Man on a Ledge, $8.25 million
6. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, $7.14 million
7. The Descendants, $6.55 million
8. Contraband, $6.53 million
9. Beauty and the Beast, $5.34 million
10. Haywire, $4 million

Here are the weekend box office results for the weekend ending 1/22/12:

1. Underworld: Awakening, $25.4 million
2. Red Tails, $19.1 million
3. Contraband, $12.2 million
4. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, $10.5 million
5. Haywire, $9 million
6. Beauty and the Beast, $8.56 million
7. Joyful Noise, $6.08 million
8. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, $5.54 million
9. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, $4.8 million
10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, $3.75 million

Here are the weekend box office results for the weekend ending 1/15/12:

1. Contraband, $24.1 million
2. Beauty and the Beast 3D, $18.4 million
3. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, $11.5 million
4. Joyful Noise, $11.3 million
5. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, $8.4 million
6. The Devil Inside, $7.9 million
7. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, $6.8 million
8. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, $5.8 million
9. War Horse, $5.6 million
10. The Iron Lady, $5.3 million

Here are the weekend box office returns for the weekend ending 1/8/12:

1. The Devil Inside, $34.5 million
2. Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, $20.5 million
3. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, $13.1 million
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, $11.4 million
5. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, $9.5 million
6. War Horse, $8.6 million
7. We Bought a Zoo, $8.45 million
8. The Adventures of Tintin, $6.6 million
9. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, $5.77 million
10. New Year’s Eve, $3.27 million

Happy New Year! Instead of bringing you the weekend box office results like I usually do on Sunday, I thought I’d highlight the top grossing movies (worldwide) of 2011 instead. How many of these did you see?

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, $1,300 million
2. Transformers: Dark of the Moon, $1,123 million
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, $1,043 million
4. Kung Fu Panda 2, $665 million
5. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, $654 million
6. Fast Five, $626 million
7. The Hangover Part II, $581 million
8. The Smurfs, $562 million
9. Cars 2, $551 million
10. Rio, $484 million

The weekend box office results for Christmas 2011 are in, and the numbers are much lower than studios expected. I guess everyone was out of cash from buying Christmas presents or were simply more content to stay warm at home by keeping their coffeemakers supplied with coffee pods all day. Seeing a movie on Christmas Day (or Christmas Eve day) used to be a tradition with my family — but that was back when NOTHING else was open due to the holidays. Now plenty of alternative activities exist, so it’s not surprising to me that few people go to movies anymore.

Anyway, here are the weekend box office results for the weekend ending 12/25/11:

1. Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, $26.5 million
2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, $17.8 million
3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked!, $13.3 million
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, $13 million
5. The Adventures of Tintin, $9.1 million
6. We Bought a Zoo, $7.8 million
7. New Year’s Eve, $3 million
8. Arthur Christmas, $2.7 million
9. Hugo, $2.02 million
10. The Muppets, $2 million

Here are the weekend box office results for the weekend ending 12/18/11:

1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, $40 million
2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked, $23.5 million
3. Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, $13 million
4. New Year’s Eve, $7.42 million
5. The Sitter, $4.4 million
6. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1, $4.3 million
7. Young Adult, $3.65 million
8. Hugo, $3.62 million
9. Arthur Christmas, $3.6 million
10. The Muppets, $3.5 million

Here are the weekend box office results for the weekend ending 12/11/11:

1. New Year’s Eve, $13.7 million
2. The Sitter, $10 million
3. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, $7.9 million
4. The Muppets, $7.1 million
5. Arthur Christmas, $6.6 million
6. Hugo, $6.12 million
7. The Descendants, $4.38 million
8. Happy Feet Too, $3.75 million
9. Jack and Jill, $3.2 million
10. Immortals, $2.44 million

Here are the weekend box office results for the weekend ending 12/4/11:

1. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I, $16.9 million
2. The Muppets, $11.2 million
3. Hugo, $7.6 million
4. Arthur Christmas, $7.3 million
5. Happy Feet Two, $6 million
6. Jack and Jill, $5.5 million
7. The Descendants, $5.2 million
8. Immortals, $4.39 million
9. Tower Heist, $4.1 million
10. Puss in Boots, $3.05 million