1. Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol- $31M/$134M
In it's third week and second straight atop the charts, MI:4 shows no sign of slowing down. In fact, like a good deal of the holdovers from last week, it's actually doing better. And to think people thought this was the end of Tom Cruise's run as IMF agent Ethan Hunt? Pfft, perish the thought. I'm sure somebody can build a new tallest building in the world for him to scale in a couple of years or so. Just make sure Paula Patton comes back, too.
2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows- $22.1M/$132M
Warner Brothers deduced the secret for success with Guy Ritchie's sleuth sequel, and that was waiting until everyone was bored with the lack of quality releases and flooded back to Sherlock Holmes. The first film cleared a hearty $200M+ on the domestic side($500M+ global), which this one probably won't match, but it's done well enough to ensure more adventures to come.
3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked- $18.2M/$94.6M
4. War Horse- $16.9M/$43M
A bit of a cool second week for the most prominent of Steven Spielberg's two movies this month, and certainly by his standards it's not performing up to expectations. Then again, the word of mouth has been solid, and movies like this tend to have a long stride, pun intended.
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo- $16.3M/$57.1M
I'm one of those who never thought David Fincher's adaptation would be the huge hit Sony hoped it would be. That comes from it being extremely crude, violent, sexist, and humorless in a way that tends to turn our audiences off. But after two weeks in decent $57M total, they may have found a big enough hit to warrant producing the next two flicks of the trilogy. There are still a couple of interesting things to look out for, though. Will it have long enough legs to possible stretch to a $100M domestic, which would make it a bonafide hit for sure(even if it was a costly venture). And how will the foreign market treat it? These began as Swedish novels and films initially, and very recent hits at that. Will the rest of the world be as open to seeing this story revisited again so soon?
6. We Bought a Zoo- $14.3M/$41.8M
7. The Adventures of Tintin- $12M/$48M
Well, Tintin was always going to be a tough nut to crack here in America. Famously a Belgian comics character, Tintin has found international success with over $239M, compared to it's paltry U.S. total of $48M. If the combination of Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson can't sell Tintin here, then let's face it, nobody can.
8. New Year's Eve- $6.71M/$46.4M
9. The Darkest Hour- $4.3M/$13.3M
10. The Descendants- $3.65M/$39.7M
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