Happy New Year movie goers. The first box office weekend of 2012 has come to close and Tom Cruise managed to stay on top. 
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol welcomed the new year by grossing $31.2 million which was enough to stay in its #1 spot. Robert Downey Jr. and company secured the #2 spot with Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows with $22 million. #3 belongs to Alvin, Simon and Theodore’s Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked with $18.2 million. War Horse moved up 3 spots to #4 with $16.9 million and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo rounds out the top 5 with $16.3 million.
Weekend Top 10
1. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol – $31,250,000
2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – $22,095,00
3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked – $18,250,000
4. War Horse – $16,940,000
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) – $16,300,000
6. We Bought a Zoo – $14,300,000
7. The Adventures of Tintin – $12,000,000
8. New Year’s Eve – $6,741,000
9. The Darkest Hour – $4,300,000
10. The Descendants – $3,650,000
New in theaters this week include the horror flick The Devil Inside out January 6, 2012.
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