'Mission:Impossible-Ghost Protocol' begins 2012 at #1

‘Mission Impossible- Ghost Protocol’ began the year 2012 holding on to the #1 spot in the box office. Tom Cruise’s movie finished the end of the year with $31.2million in the United States with a grand total of $134.1million since it premiered. It seems like it will be a mission impossible to take its place.

The other film that held on to its spot was ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ which accumulated $22.1 million dollars. These two have fought for the number one spot since they came out in theaters.

Lastly, ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked’ followed the example by keeping the third place for the second consecutive week. The other two films that followed have received a lot of positive reviews: ‘War Horse’ & ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’.

The top 10 in the box office are:  

1. Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol- $31.2 million

2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows- $22.1 million

3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked - $18.2 million

4.-War Horse-$16.9 million

5.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo-$16.3million

6.We Bought a Zoo-$14.3million

7. The Adventures of Tintin-$12million

8.New Year’s Eve-$6.7million

9.The Darkest Hour-$4.3million

10.The Descendants-$3.6million