| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | $238,000,000 | $247,966,675 | +$9,966,675 | +4.2% | 4,134 | $238,000,000 | $247,966,675 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | $14,400,000 | $14,287,159 | -$112,841 | -0.8% | 3,653 | $14,400,000 | $14,287,159 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Sisters | $13,420,000 | $13,922,855 | +$502,855 | +3.7% | 2,962 | $13,420,000 | $13,922,855 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | $5,650,000 | $5,892,683 | +$242,683 | +4.3% | 2,653 | $254,438,774 | $254,481,457 | 5 | Lionsgate | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Creed | $5,085,000 | $5,013,055 | -$71,945 | -1.4% | 2,433 | $87,900,073 | $87,828,128 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | The Good Dinosaur | $4,305,000 | $4,350,285 | +$45,285 | +1.1% | 2,755 | $96,619,068 | $96,664,353 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | Krampus | $3,780,000 | $4,114,805 | +$334,805 | +8.9% | 2,371 | $34,810,655 | $35,145,460 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | In the Heart of the Sea | $3,465,000 | $3,484,270 | +$19,270 | +0.6% | 3,103 | $18,600,095 | $18,619,365 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Dilwale | $1,875,000 | $1,920,402 | +$45,402 | +2.4% | 268 | $1,875,000 | $2,029,522 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | Bajirao Mastani | $1,660,000 | $1,744,975 | +$84,975 | +5.1% | 304 | $1,660,000 | $1,744,975 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | - |
| 11 | 12 | +1 | Spotlight | $1,483,167 | $1,425,193 | -$57,974 | -3.9% | 825 | $22,861,193 | $22,803,219 | 7 | Open Road Films (II) | - |
| 12 | 11 | -1 | Spectre | $1,445,000 | $1,433,957 | -$11,043 | -0.8% | 1,225 | $193,921,132 | $193,910,089 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 13 | 13 | - | Brooklyn | $1,200,000 | $1,176,593 | -$23,407 | -2% | 614 | $16,518,413 | $16,495,006 | 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 14 | 14 | - | The Night Before | $1,150,000 | $1,152,034 | +$2,034 | +0.2% | 1,235 | $41,460,064 | $41,462,098 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 15 | 15 | - | The Danish Girl | $538,000 | $547,434 | +$9,434 | +1.8% | 81 | $1,325,633 | $1,335,067 | 4 | Focus Features | - |
| 16 | 16 | - | The Peanuts Movie | $535,000 | $538,447 | +$3,447 | +0.6% | 771 | $126,319,589 | $126,323,036 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 17 | 17 | - | The Martian | $465,000 | $450,010 | -$14,990 | -3.2% | 493 | $223,894,423 | $223,879,433 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 18 | 18 | - | Trumbo | $385,240 | $411,895 | +$26,655 | +6.9% | 273 | $6,252,060 | $6,270,123 | 7 | Bleecker Street Media | - |
| 19 | 19 | - | The Big Short | $350,000 | $378,285 | +$28,285 | +8.1% | 8 | $1,291,404 | $1,319,689 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 20 | 20 | - | Love the Coopers | $295,000 | $299,290 | +$4,290 | +1.5% | 593 | $25,471,201 | $25,475,491 | 6 | Lionsgate | - |
| 21 | 22 | +1 | Youth | $247,000 | $241,078 | -$5,922 | -2.4% | 61 | $516,322 | $510,400 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 22 | 23 | +1 | Carol | $229,893 | $231,137 | +$1,244 | +0.5% | 16 | $1,626,721 | $1,627,965 | 5 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 23 | 29 | +6 | Macbeth | $136,300 | $132,542 | -$3,758 | -2.8% | 97 | $653,672 | $649,914 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 24 | 31 | +7 | Legend | $128,775 | $129,585 | +$810 | +0.6% | 85 | $1,714,304 | $1,715,114 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 25 | 33 | +8 | Sicario | $68,000 | $90,236 | +$22,236 | +32.7% | 134 | $46,593,531 | $46,615,767 | 14 | Lionsgate | - |
| 26 | 37 | +11 | Son of Saul | $38,891 | $37,930 | -$961 | -2.5% | 3 | $38,891 | $37,930 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 27 | 36 | +9 | The Last Witch Hunter | $34,000 | $39,729 | +$5,729 | +16.8% | 94 | $27,308,498 | $27,314,227 | 9 | Lionsgate | - |
| 28 | 38 | +10 | Suffragette | $34,000 | $30,299 | -$3,701 | -10.9% | 75 | $4,615,838 | $4,612,137 | 9 | Focus Features | - |
| 29 | 39 | +10 | Hitchcock/Truffaut | $24,392 | $25,992 | +$1,600 | +6.6% | 23 | $165,404 | $160,814 | 3 | Cohen Media Group | - |
| 30 | 41 | +11 | Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict | $18,547 | - | - | - | 18 | $343,302 | - | 7 | Submarine Deluxe | - |
| 31 | 40 | +9 | Janis: Little Girl Blue | $16,564 | $24,129 | +$7,565 | +45.7% | 20 | $195,157 | $202,672 | 4 | FilmRise | - |
| 32 | 51 | +19 | The Assassin | $9,875 | - | - | - | 7 | $632,542 | - | 10 | Well Go USA Entertainment | - |
| 33 | 50 | +17 | Mustang | $9,668 | $10,387 | +$719 | +7.4% | 3 | $114,315 | $115,030 | 5 | Cohen Media Group | - |
