| 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 | $153,522,000 | $149,202,860 | -$4,319,140 | -2.8% | 4,134 | $544,573,329 | $540,058,914 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Daddy's Home | $38,800,000 | $38,740,203 | -$59,797 | -0.2% | 3,271 | $38,800,000 | $38,740,203 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Joy | $17,500,000 | $17,015,168 | -$484,832 | -2.8% | 2,896 | $17,500,000 | $17,015,168 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | Sisters | $13,880,000 | $14,189,455 | +$309,455 | +2.2% | 2,962 | $37,147,930 | $37,455,995 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | $12,700,000 | $13,143,329 | +$443,329 | +3.5% | 3,705 | $39,399,441 | $39,848,982 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 7 | +1 | Concussion | $11,000,000 | $10,513,749 | -$486,251 | -4.4% | 2,841 | $11,000,000 | $10,513,749 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 7 | 6 | -1 | The Big Short | $10,520,000 | $10,531,026 | +$11,026 | +0.1% | 1,585 | $16,013,455 | $16,022,474 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Point Break | $10,220,000 | $9,800,252 | -$419,748 | -4.1% | 2,910 | $10,220,000 | $9,800,252 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | $5,300,000 | $5,277,828 | -$22,172 | -0.4% | 1,813 | $264,603,061 | $264,540,685 | 6 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 10 | 11 | +1 | Creed | $4,600,000 | $4,386,198 | -$213,802 | -4.6% | 1,518 | $96,316,653 | $96,081,765 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 11 | 10 | -1 | The Hateful Eight | $4,536,591 | $4,610,676 | +$74,085 | +1.6% | 100 | $4,536,591 | $4,610,676 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | The Good Dinosaur | $3,785,000 | $3,783,746 | -$1,254 | <0.1% | 2,134 | $105,350,155 | $105,350,933 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 13 | 14 | +1 | The Danish Girl | $1,503,000 | $1,536,275 | +$33,275 | +2.2% | 440 | $3,201,805 | $3,236,367 | 5 | Focus Features | - |
| 14 | 17 | +3 | Spotlight | $1,075,603 | $1,083,976 | +$8,373 | +0.8% | 480 | $24,890,686 | $24,899,059 | 8 | Open Road Films (II) | - |
| 15 | 19 | +4 | In the Heart of the Sea | $1,015,000 | $965,800 | -$49,200 | -4.8% | 685 | $22,355,171 | $22,283,230 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 16 | 18 | +2 | Brooklyn | $1,000,000 | $1,070,674 | +$70,674 | +7.1% | 300 | $18,337,695 | $18,407,589 | 8 | - | - |
| 17 | 21 | +4 | Spectre | $865,000 | $887,122 | +$22,122 | +2.6% | 372 | $196,249,955 | $196,268,667 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 18 | 22 | +4 | The Martian | $485,000 | $487,444 | +$2,444 | +0.5% | 279 | $224,850,733 | $224,853,519 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 19 | 23 | +4 | The Revenant | $471,000 | $474,560 | +$3,560 | +0.8% | 4 | $471,000 | $474,560 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 20 | 24 | +4 | The Peanuts Movie | $470,000 | $449,944 | -$20,056 | -4.3% | 359 | $127,604,937 | $127,586,788 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 21 | 25 | +4 | Youth | $345,000 | $346,877 | +$1,877 | +0.5% | 149 | $1,000,515 | $1,002,525 | 4 | - | - |
| 22 | 26 | +4 | Mr. Six | $286,847 | $332,117 | +$45,270 | +15.8% | 30 | $375,000 | $420,270 | 1 | China Lion Film Distribution | - |
| 23 | 28 | +5 | The Night Before | $222,000 | $224,565 | +$2,565 | +1.2% | 214 | $42,759,601 | $42,760,371 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 24 | 30 | +6 | Trumbo | $177,075 | $177,977 | +$902 | +0.5% | 119 | $671,036 | $6,702,102 | 8 | Bleecker Street Media | - |
| 25 | 32 | +7 | Love the Coopers | $160,000 | $148,734 | -$11,266 | -7% | 245 | $25,960,425 | $25,943,344 | 7 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 26 | 35 | +9 | Room | $86,415 | $88,481 | +$2,066 | +2.4% | 100 | $4,756,356 | $4,758,422 | 11 | A24 | - |
| 27 | 36 | +9 | 45 Years | $69,300 | $65,775 | -$3,525 | -5.1% | 3 | $93,882 | $90,357 | 1 | IFC Films | - |
| 28 | 38 | +10 | Sicario | $53,000 | $53,781 | +$781 | +1.5% | 72 | $46,730,167 | $46,731,850 | 15 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 29 | 41 | +12 | Chi-Raq | $36,700 | $37,081 | +$381 | +1% | 20 | $2,543,365 | $2,543,494 | 4 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 30 | 43 | +13 | Secret in Their Eyes | $36,000 | $32,462 | -$3,538 | -9.8% | 72 | $20,043,864 | $20,040,326 | 6 | STX Entertainment | - |
| 31 | 42 | +11 | Son of Saul | $33,302 | $34,060 | +$758 | +2.3% | 4 | $97,186 | $97,944 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 32 | 45 | +13 | Legend | $23,676 | $23,780 | +$104 | +0.4% | 19 | $1,832,670 | $1,834,334 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 33 | 49 | +16 | The Last Witch Hunter | $18,000 | $16,538 | -$1,462 | -8.1% | 30 | $27,357,631 | $27,356,090 | 10 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 34 | 50 | +16 | Janis: Little Girl Blue | $15,000 | $14,376 | -$624 | -4.2% | 12 | $237,731 | $230,003 | 5 | FilmRise | - |
| 35 | 52 | +17 | Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict | $11,352 | - | - | - | 6 | $366,627 | - | 8 | Submarine Deluxe | - |
