| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | Ride Along 2 | $34,040,000 | $35,243,095 | +$1,203,095 | +3.5% | 3,175 | $34,040,000 | $35,243,095 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | The Revenant | $29,500,000 | $31,796,633 | +$2,296,633 | +7.8% | 3,559 | $87,674,769 | $89,971,402 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | $25,120,000 | $26,342,117 | +$1,222,117 | +4.9% | 3,822 | $851,052,841 | $852,274,958 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | 13 Hours | $16,000,000 | $16,194,738 | +$194,738 | +1.2% | 2,389 | $16,000,000 | $16,194,738 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Daddy's Home | $9,300,000 | $9,548,275 | +$248,275 | +2.7% | 3,322 | $129,256,102 | $129,504,377 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Norm of the North | $6,675,000 | $6,844,137 | +$169,137 | +2.5% | 2,411 | $6,675,000 | $6,844,137 | 1 | Lionsgate | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | The Forest | $5,792,000 | $5,977,741 | +$185,741 | +3.2% | 2,509 | $21,125,634 | $21,311,375 | 2 | Focus Features | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | The Big Short | $5,200,000 | $5,302,839 | +$102,839 | +2% | 1,765 | $50,520,882 | $50,623,721 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Sisters | $4,420,000 | $4,683,825 | +$263,825 | +6% | 2,313 | $81,853,630 | $81,117,455 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | The Hateful Eight | $3,447,000 | $3,568,832 | +$121,832 | +3.5% | 2,385 | $47,595,491 | $47,717,323 | 4 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | $2,900,000 | $2,931,390 | +$31,390 | +1.1% | 2,221 | $79,613,025 | $79,644,415 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | Joy | $2,675,000 | $2,915,331 | +$240,331 | +9% | 1,796 | $51,325,268 | $51,565,599 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 13 | 13 | - | Brooklyn | $1,660,000 | $1,792,594 | +$132,594 | +8% | 687 | $24,609,613 | $24,742,207 | 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 14 | 14 | - | Spotlight | $1,549,967 | $1,650,133 | +$100,166 | +6.5% | 985 | $30,523,130 | $30,623,296 | 11 | Open Road Films (II) | - |
| 15 | 15 | - | Carol | $1,383,000 | $1,458,049 | +$75,049 | +5.4% | 790 | $9,078,854 | $9,153,903 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 16 | 17 | +1 | Creed | $1,105,000 | $1,114,581 | +$9,581 | +0.9% | 878 | $107,269,603 | $107,279,184 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 17 | 16 | -1 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | $1,100,000 | $1,132,136 | +$32,136 | +2.9% | 797 | $279,278,868 | $279,311,004 | 9 | Lionsgate | - |
| 18 | 19 | +1 | Concussion | $898,000 | $947,443 | +$49,443 | +5.5% | 1,041 | $32,942,230 | $32,991,673 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 19 | 20 | +1 | Room | $700,000 | $759,761 | +$59,761 | +8.5% | 293 | $5,971,510 | $6,031,271 | 14 | A24 | - |
| 20 | 21 | +1 | The Danish Girl | $649,000 | $713,632 | +$64,632 | +10% | 479 | $8,693,637 | $8,758,269 | 8 | Focus Features | - |
| 21 | 23 | +2 | Point Break | $421,000 | $432,900 | +$11,900 | +2.8% | 504 | $27,921,301 | $27,933,201 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 22 | 22 | - | The Martian | $416,000 | $453,072 | +$37,072 | +8.9% | 275 | $227,089,040 | $227,126,112 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 23 | 24 | +1 | Anomalisa | $290,000 | $305,364 | +$15,364 | +5.3% | 37 | $864,990 | $880,354 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 24 | 26 | +2 | Detective Chinatown | $275,000 | $280,281 | +$5,281 | +1.9% | 33 | $275,000 | $280,281 | 1 | China Lion Film Distribution | - |
| 25 | 25 | - | Spectre | $265,000 | $291,401 | +$26,401 | +10% | 288 | $198,924,613 | $198,951,014 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 26 | 28 | +2 | The Peanuts Movie | $221,500 | $233,290 | +$11,790 | +5.3% | 259 | $129,431,607 | $129,443,397 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 27 | 32 | +5 | Youth | $142,000 | $150,699 | +$8,699 | +6.1% | 94 | $2,222,607 | $2,231,306 | 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 28 | 33 | +5 | Son of Saul | $113,748 | $121,643 | +$7,895 | +6.9% | 21 | $334,676 | $342,571 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 29 | 37 | +8 | 45 Years | $100,028 | $96,252 | -$3,776 | -3.8% | 14 | $474,610 | $471,034 | 4 | IFC Films | - |
| 30 | 36 | +6 | Mustang | $98,249 | - | - | - | 57 | $311,234 | - | 9 | Cohen Media Group | - |
| 31 | 38 | +7 | Trumbo | $83,278 | $86,101 | +$2,823 | +3.4% | 66 | $7,349,715 | $7,341,604 | 11 | Bleecker Street Media | - |
| 32 | 40 | +8 | The Lady in the Van | $72,264 | $61,566 | -$10,698 | -14.8% | 4 | $119,936 | $109,238 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 33 | 44 | +11 | Krampus | $67,310 | $21,730 | -$45,580 | -67.7% | 106 | $42,695,450 | $42,698,630 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 34 | 49 | +15 | Band of Robbers | $15,000 | $14,827 | -$173 | -1.2% | 11 | $15,000 | $14,827 | 1 | Gravitas Ventures | - |
| 35 | 50 | +15 | Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict | $11,719 | - | - | - | 9 | $447,087 | - | 11 | Submarine Deluxe | - |
| 36 | 52 | +16 | Lamb | $10,800 | - | - | - | 43 | $14,547 | - | 2 | The Orchard | - |
| 37 | 56 | +19 | Janis: Little Girl Blue | $8,000 | $7,362 | -$638 | -8% | 8 | $331,217 | $330,993 | 8 | FilmRise | - |
| 38 | 69 | +31 | Hitchcock/Truffaut | $2,791 | - | - | - | 12 | $238,182 | - | 7 | Cohen Media Group | - |
