Wednesday, January 4, 2012

'Mission: Impossible' tops New Year's box office

Tom Cruise is still riding high at the box office.

The fourth installment in his "Mission: Impossible" film franchise, "Ghost Protocol," topped the three-day New Year's weekend box office with an estimated $31.3 million gross according to early Sunday totals.

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Having debuted Dec. 21, the action flick is expected to surpass "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" as the top-grossing December 2011 film.

Indeed, "Sherlock Holmes" finished out the year strong, earning $22.1 million during the holiday haul. The animated sequel "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" settled comfortably into this weekend's third place spot, raking in $18.3 million in receipts from family-friendly moviegoers.

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Rounding out the New Year's Eve weekend top five were "War Horse" ($16.94 million) and the Rooney Mara based-on-the-book pic "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," which earned $16.8 million.

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Final three-day totals will be released on Tuesday.

Copyright 2012 Us Weekly

Source: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45844183/ns/today-entertainment/

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