With three days before Hollywood’s jam-packed holiday season comes to a close, and with no major new studio releases, last week’s holdovers got a chance to stretch their legs on Friday. After dominating the charts since it went wide ten days ago, Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol was yesterday’s winner with an estimated $10.7 million. This season’s all-purpose hit passed the $100 million mark on Thursday and is projected to take in another $35 million by the end of the four-day weekend. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows also hit $100 million (on Wednesday). Although the WB sequel was pushed into third by Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked on Wednesday and Thursday, Sherlock 2 should finish the holiday frame back in second place with $30 million to Alvin 3’s $25. As expected, each of the top five films saw a significant spike in earnings over last Friday; with the most impressive gain made by Fox’s We Bought a Zoo which rose 40% above its December 23rd debut. Just missing the top five, War Horse lost some momentum after its strong showing on Christmas Day. The Disney/Dreamworks pic is projected to post $18 million through Monday – just ahead of director Steven Spielberg’s second holiday release: The Adventures of Tintin. Check back for details and analysis.
| Title | Friday | Total | |
| 1 | Mission: Impossible 4 | $10,700,000 | $113.5 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes 2 | $7,650,000 | $117.6 |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 | $7,125,000 | $83.4 |
| 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $5,350,000 | $46.1 |
| 5 | We Bought a Zoo | $4,900,000 | $33.3 |
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You guys really need to read over your articles before you post them. I got a headache from this. “3′s $25″ really ..?
To clarify: I do know what was meant by all of what was written… It is just annoying to read lazy, sloppy, and – in some cases – incorrect writing.
The Holiday legs are really starting to kick into gear for all these movies.
Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol was ok … not the greatest movie … Tom Cruise isn’t a good actor … Jeremy Renner out performed Tom by far in the acting department. The next movie should just ditch Tom and use Jeremy for the main character.