| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | The Revenant | $16,000,000 | $16,009,718 | +$9,718 | <0.1% | 3,711 | $119,192,522 | $119,202,240 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | $14,257,000 | $14,078,648 | -$178,352 | -1.3% | 3,365 | $879,289,346 | $879,110,994 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Ride Along 2 | $12,960,000 | $12,456,050 | -$503,950 | -3.9% | 3,192 | $59,110,040 | $58,606,090 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | Dirty Grandpa | $11,525,000 | $11,111,875 | -$413,125 | -3.6% | 2,912 | $11,525,000 | $11,111,875 | 1 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | The Boy | $11,260,000 | $10,778,392 | -$481,608 | -4.3% | 2,671 | $11,260,000 | $10,778,392 | 1 | STX Entertainment | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | The 5th Wave | $10,700,000 | $10,326,356 | -$373,644 | -3.5% | 2,908 | $10,700,000 | $10,326,356 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | $9,750,000 | $9,030,400 | -$719,600 | -7.4% | 2,917 | $33,483,429 | $32,763,829 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Daddy's Home | $5,270,000 | $4,940,848 | -$329,152 | -6.2% | 2,789 | $138,780,265 | $138,451,113 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Norm of the North | $4,100,000 | $3,828,087 | -$271,913 | -6.6% | 2,411 | $14,296,203 | $14,024,290 | 2 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | The Big Short | $3,500,000 | $3,176,529 | -$323,471 | -9.2% | 1,351 | $56,713,841 | $56,390,370 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Sisters | $1,900,000 | $1,770,620 | -$129,380 | -6.8% | 1,602 | $85,936,990 | $84,807,610 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 12 | 13 | +1 | The Forest | $1,758,000 | $1,675,558 | -$82,442 | -4.7% | 2,010 | $25,065,417 | $24,982,975 | 3 | Focus Features | - |
| 13 | 12 | -1 | Brooklyn | $1,675,000 | $1,720,675 | +$45,675 | +2.7% | 962 | $27,539,321 | $27,584,996 | 12 | - | - |
| 14 | 14 | - | The Hateful Eight | $1,440,000 | $1,365,069 | -$74,931 | -5.2% | 1,277 | $51,050,675 | $50,975,744 | 5 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 15 | 16 | +1 | Spotlight | $1,377,417 | $1,273,626 | -$103,791 | -7.5% | 1,030 | $33,006,762 | $32,902,971 | 12 | Open Road Films (II) | - |
| 16 | 17 | +1 | Joy | $1,160,000 | $1,136,527 | -$23,473 | -2% | 966 | $54,219,638 | $54,196,165 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 17 | 18 | +1 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | $1,045,000 | $1,105,310 | +$60,310 | +5.8% | 1,204 | $82,460,716 | $82,521,026 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 18 | 19 | +1 | Ip Man 3 | $762,400 | $784,839 | +$22,439 | +2.9% | 103 | $762,400 | $784,839 | 1 | Well Go USA Entertainment | - |
| 19 | 20 | +1 | Carol | $639,000 | $644,746 | +$5,746 | +0.9% | 692 | $10,574,031 | $10,579,777 | 10 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 20 | 23 | +3 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | $550,000 | $477,383 | -$72,617 | -13.2% | 516 | $280,375,074 | $280,302,457 | 10 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 21 | 21 | - | The Danish Girl | $531,000 | $526,374 | -$4,626 | -0.9% | 794 | $9,724,377 | $9,719,751 | 9 | Focus Features | - |
| 22 | 24 | +2 | Creed | $485,000 | $430,391 | -$54,609 | -11.3% | 558 | $108,294,759 | $108,240,150 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 23 | 25 | +2 | Anomalisa | $375,000 | $364,602 | -$10,398 | -2.8% | 143 | $1,410,699 | $1,400,301 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 24 | 27 | +3 | The Martian | $290,000 | $281,167 | -$8,833 | -3% | 276 | $227,625,414 | $227,616,581 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 25 | 28 | +3 | Concussion | $275,000 | $258,401 | -$16,599 | -6% | 315 | $33,822,809 | $33,806,210 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 26 | 31 | +5 | 45 Years | $219,794 | $159,851 | -$59,943 | -27.3% | 39 | $740,203 | $680,260 | 5 | IFC Films | - |
| 27 | 29 | +2 | The Lady in the Van | $187,026 | $175,280 | -$11,746 | -6.3% | 30 | $329,455 | $317,709 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 28 | 30 | +2 | Spectre | $170,000 | $170,228 | +$228 | +0.1% | 217 | $199,270,327 | $199,270,555 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 29 | 32 | +3 | The Peanuts Movie | $160,000 | $151,058 | -$8,942 | -5.6% | 220 | $129,748,700 | $129,739,758 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 30 | 38 | +8 | Son of Saul | $98,367 | $91,715 | -$6,652 | -6.8% | 34 | $504,891 | $498,239 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 31 | 36 | +5 | Trumbo | $88,091 | $94,525 | +$6,434 | +7.3% | 136 | $7,482,599 | $7,489,034 | 12 | Bleecker Street Media | - |
| 32 | 39 | +7 | Youth | $75,000 | $81,846 | +$6,846 | +9.1% | 76 | $2,397,284 | $2,404,130 | 8 | - | - |
| 33 | 40 | +7 | Detective Chinatown | $68,000 | $70,211 | +$2,211 | +3.3% | 36 | $424,507 | $435,718 | 2 | China Lion Film Distribution | - |
| 34 | 42 | +8 | Mustang | $56,009 | $50,524 | -$5,485 | -9.8% | 54 | $443,165 | $438,076 | 10 | Cohen Media Group | - |
| 35 | 48 | +13 | Monster Hunt | $21,000 | $21,074 | +$74 | +0.4% | 45 | $21,000 | $21,074 | 1 | FilmRise | - |
| 36 | 49 | +13 | Aferim! | $16,420 | $15,892 | -$528 | -3.2% | 5 | $16,420 | $15,892 | 1 | Big World Pictures | - |
| 37 | 57 | +20 | Janis: Little Girl Blue | $6,123 | $5,915 | -$208 | -3.4% | 6 | $343,613 | $343,405 | 9 | FilmRise | - |
| 38 | 61 | +23 | Hitchcock/Truffaut | $4,483 | $3,467 | -$1,016 | -22.7% | 6 | $284,690 | $283,674 | 8 | Cohen Media Group | - |
