| 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 | $41,630,000 | $42,353,785 | +$723,785 | +1.7% | 4,134 | $812,011,043 | $812,734,828 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | The Revenant | $38,000,000 | $39,826,840 | +$1,826,840 | +4.8% | 3,375 | $39,556,901 | $41,383,741 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Daddy's Home | $15,000,000 | $15,015,465 | +$15,465 | +0.1% | 3,483 | $116,313,576 | $116,329,041 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | The Forest | $13,088,000 | $12,741,176 | -$346,824 | -2.6% | 2,451 | $13,088,000 | $12,741,176 | 1 | Focus Features | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Sisters | $7,170,000 | $7,189,455 | +$19,455 | +0.3% | 2,864 | $74,879,945 | $73,899,400 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | The Hateful Eight | $6,351,000 | $6,402,187 | +$51,187 | +0.8% | 2,938 | $41,473,820 | $41,525,007 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | The Big Short | $6,300,000 | $6,174,503 | -$125,497 | -2% | 2,529 | $42,849,837 | $42,724,340 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | $5,500,000 | $5,703,675 | +$203,675 | +3.7% | 2,972 | $75,608,339 | $75,812,014 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Joy | $4,500,000 | $4,476,246 | -$23,754 | -0.5% | 2,513 | $46,555,608 | $46,531,854 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | Concussion | $3,050,000 | $3,029,367 | -$20,633 | -0.7% | 2,056 | $30,968,278 | $30,947,645 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Point Break | $2,101,000 | $2,148,406 | +$47,406 | +2.3% | 1,981 | $26,708,623 | $26,757,029 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | $2,100,000 | $2,106,887 | +$6,887 | +0.3% | 1,227 | $277,571,610 | $277,578,497 | 8 | Lionsgate | - |
| 13 | 13 | - | The Good Dinosaur | $1,644,000 | $1,748,321 | +$104,321 | +6.3% | 1,190 | $117,334,485 | $117,438,706 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 14 | 14 | - | Creed | $1,610,000 | $1,514,260 | -$95,740 | -5.9% | 1,001 | $105,701,494 | $105,605,754 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 15 | 15 | - | Carol | $1,474,000 | $1,486,065 | +$12,065 | +0.8% | 525 | $6,992,293 | $7,004,358 | 8 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 16 | 16 | - | Brooklyn | $1,050,000 | $1,055,322 | +$5,322 | +0.5% | 294 | $22,433,959 | $22,439,281 | 10 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 17 | 17 | - | Spotlight | $941,499 | $928,471 | -$13,028 | -1.4% | 368 | $28,559,505 | $28,546,477 | 10 | Open Road Films (II) | - |
| 18 | 18 | - | The Danish Girl | $826,000 | $845,610 | +$19,610 | +2.4% | 417 | $7,586,305 | $7,605,915 | 7 | Focus Features | - |
| 19 | 19 | - | Wazir | $600,394 | $586,028 | -$14,366 | -2.4% | 111 | $600,394 | $586,028 | 1 | Reliance Big Pictures | - |
| 20 | 20 | - | Spectre | $405,000 | $403,519 | -$1,481 | -0.4% | 379 | $198,501,529 | $198,500,048 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 21 | 21 | - | The Martian | $365,000 | $375,913 | +$10,913 | +3% | 271 | $226,476,022 | $226,486,935 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 22 | 22 | - | The Peanuts Movie | $275,000 | $276,096 | +$1,096 | +0.4% | 286 | $129,151,812 | $129,152,908 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 23 | 24 | +1 | Anomalisa | $221,000 | $216,544 | -$4,456 | -2% | 17 | $490,532 | $486,076 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 24 | 26 | +2 | Youth | $190,000 | $185,186 | -$4,814 | -2.5% | 95 | $2,003,346 | $1,998,532 | 6 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 25 | 33 | +8 | Room | $138,072 | $115,820 | -$22,252 | -16.1% | 88 | $5,188,976 | $5,166,724 | 13 | A24 | - |
| 26 | 31 | +5 | Mr. Six | $118,434 | $128,265 | +$9,831 | +8.3% | 32 | $1,306,386 | $1,316,217 | 3 | China Lion Film Distribution | - |
| 27 | 34 | +7 | Trumbo | $106,656 | $114,600 | +$7,944 | +7.4% | 90 | $7,206,120 | $7,203,646 | 10 | Bleecker Street Media | - |
| 28 | 37 | +9 | 45 Years | $90,567 | $77,117 | -$13,450 | -14.9% | 9 | $354,716 | $341,270 | 3 | IFC Films | - |
| 29 | 39 | +10 | Love the Coopers | $44,000 | $48,761 | +$4,761 | +10.8% | 128 | $26,279,714 | $26,284,475 | 9 | Lionsgate | - |
| 30 | 44 | +14 | Sicario | $28,000 | $30,285 | +$2,285 | +8.2% | 53 | $46,873,183 | $46,875,468 | 17 | Lionsgate | - |
| 31 | 45 | +14 | Devil and Angel | $26,000 | $28,225 | +$2,225 | +8.6% | 9 | $107,933 | $110,158 | 2 | China Lion Film Distribution | - |
| 32 | 49 | +17 | Mustang | $21,774 | $20,866 | -$908 | -4.2% | 14 | $222,298 | $221,390 | 8 | Cohen Media Group | - |
| 33 | 50 | +17 | Janis: Little Girl Blue | $21,000 | $19,879 | -$1,121 | -5.3% | 9 | $304,768 | $303,547 | 7 | FilmRise | - |
| 34 | 51 | +17 | Chimes at Midnight | $19,000 | $19,652 | +$652 | +3.4% | 2 | $53,824 | $54,476 | 2 | Janus Films | - |
| 35 | 54 | +19 | Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict | $17,804 | - | - | - | 10 | $420,299 | - | 10 | Submarine Deluxe | - |
| 36 | 58 | +22 | The Treasure | $15,636 | $13,624 | -$2,012 | -12.9% | 3 | $15,636 | $13,624 | 1 | Sundance Selects | - |
| 37 | 56 | +19 | Hitchcock/Truffaut | $10,775 | $16,075 | +$5,300 | +49.2% | 17 | $223,488 | $228,788 | 6 | Cohen Media Group | - |
| 38 | 62 | +24 | Anesthesia | $7,200 | $6,747 | -$453 | -6.3% | 1 | $7,200 | $6,747 | 1 | IFC Films | - |
| 39 | 47 | +8 | Son of Saul | $7,063 | $24,709 | +$17,646 | +249.8% | 4 | $204,868 | $201,327 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 40 | 74 | +34 | Lamb | $3,150 | - | - | - | 2 | $3,150 | - | 1 | The Orchard | - |
