The top films at the North American box office
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the four-day, Christmas holiday weekend ending on Monday with "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" at No. 1, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters.
1 (3) Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol..$ 46.2 million
2 (1) Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows....$ 31.8 million
3 (2) Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked..$ 20.0 million
4 (*) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.......$ 19.4 million
5 (*) The Adventures of Tintin..............$ 16.1 million
6 (*) We Bought a Zoo.......................$ 15.6 million
7 (*) War Horse.............................$ 15.0 million
8 (*) The Darkest Hour......................$ 5.5 million
9 (4) New Year's Eve........................$ 5.0 million
10(11) The Descendants.......................$ 3.4 million
NOTE: Last weekend's rankings in parenthesis.
(*) = new release.
CUMULATIVE TOTALS:
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.........$ 90.6 million
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.......$ 78.6 million
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked.......$ 56.9 million
New Year's Eve.............................$ 34.3 million
The Descendants............................$ 33.7 million
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo............$ 27.7 million
The Adventures of Tintin...................$ 24.1 million
We Bought a Zoo............................$ 15.6 million
War Horse..................................$ 15.0 million
The Darkest Hour...........................$ 5.5 million
Time Warner Inc unit Warner Bros. distributed "Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows" and "New Year's Eve."
"Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked," "We Bought a Zoo" and "The Descendants" were released by divisions of 20th Century Fox, a unit of News Corp.
Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc, released "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," "The Adventures of Tintin,"
Privately held Summit Entertainment released "The Darkets Hour."
Sony Corp's film division released "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo."
The studio division of The Walt Disney Co. distributed "War Horse."
(Reporting by Bob Tourtellotte; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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