Box Office Game — September 5, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Saturday, September 5, 2026 (day #1647 of the game): the weekend of December 16, 2011 — a 2011 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1647
The weekend to guessDecember 16, 2011Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Warner Bros.New this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$39,637,079Total$39,637,079
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
20th Century FoxNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$23,244,744Total$23,244,744
3
Poster of the #3 movie
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
ParamountNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$12,785,204Total$13,385,204
4
Poster of the #4 movie
New Year's Eve
Warner Bros.Last week #1Week 2 in release-43.8% vs last week
Weekend$7,310,413Total$24,716,167
5
Poster of the #5 movie
The Sitter
20th Century FoxLast week #2Week 2 in release-53.2% vs last week
Weekend$4,608,681Total$17,929,987

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About the five films

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows poster

#1 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows IMDb →

“The game is afoot.”

There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.

Director: Guy Ritchie · Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace · Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery · Budget: $125,000,000 · Worldwide: $334,615,000 · Domestic total: $186,848,418
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked poster

#2 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked IMDb →

“Sun, sea and squeaks.”

Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise. They discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems.

Director: Mike Mitchell · Starring: Jason Lee, David Cross, Jenny Slate · Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Music, Animation · Budget: $75,000,000 · Worldwide: $342,695,435 · Domestic total: $133,110,742
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol poster

#3 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol IMDb →

“No plan. No backup. No choice.”

Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.

Director: Brad Bird · Starring: Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg · Genre: Action, Thriller, Adventure · Budget: $145,000,000 · Worldwide: $694,713,380 · Domestic total: $209,397,903
New Year's Eve poster

#4 New Year's Eve IMDb →

“The one night anything is possible.”

The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.

Director: Garry Marshall · Starring: Hilary Swank, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer · Genre: Comedy, Romance · Budget: $56,000,000 · Worldwide: $142,044,638 · Domestic total: $54,544,638
The Sitter poster

#5 The Sitter IMDb →

“Worst. Babysitter. Ever.”

Noah, is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be doing anything else, especially if it involves slacking. When Noah is watching the neighbor's kid he gets a booty call from his girlfriend in the city. To hook up with her, Noah takes to the streets, but his urban adventure spins out of control as he finds himself on the run from a maniacal drug lord.

Director: David Gordon Green · Starring: Jonah Hill, Landry Bender, Max Records · Genre: Comedy · Budget: $25,000,000 · Worldwide: $34,942,188 · Domestic total: $30,441,326

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

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