| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | Kung Fu Panda 3 | $41,000,000 | $41,282,042 | +$282,042 | +0.7% | 3,955 | $41,000,000 | $41,282,042 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | The Revenant | $12,400,000 | $12,779,530 | +$379,530 | +3.1% | 3,330 | $138,171,368 | $138,550,898 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | $10,782,000 | $11,116,684 | +$334,684 | +3.1% | 2,556 | $895,426,162 | $895,760,846 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | The Finest Hours | $10,327,000 | $10,288,932 | -$38,068 | -0.4% | 3,143 | $10,327,000 | $10,288,932 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Ride Along 2 | $8,345,520 | $8,426,610 | +$81,090 | +1% | 2,412 | $70,775,210 | $70,856,300 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 7 | +1 | The Boy | $7,894,000 | $7,551,388 | -$342,612 | -4.3% | 2,671 | $21,527,916 | $21,185,304 | 2 | STX Entertainment | - |
| 7 | 6 | -1 | Dirty Grandpa | $7,575,000 | $7,591,049 | +$16,049 | +0.2% | 2,912 | $22,821,010 | $22,837,059 | 2 | Lionsgate | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | The 5th Wave | $7,000,000 | $7,142,826 | +$142,826 | +2% | 2,908 | $20,188,149 | $20,330,975 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 9 | 10 | +1 | Fifty Shades of Black | $6,186,648 | $5,900,528 | -$286,120 | -4.6% | 2,075 | $6,186,648 | $5,900,528 | 1 | Open Road Films (II) | - |
| 10 | 9 | -1 | 13 Hours | $6,000,000 | $6,274,244 | +$274,244 | +4.6% | 2,803 | $42,573,845 | $42,848,089 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 11 | 12 | +1 | Daddy's Home | $3,025,000 | $3,056,042 | +$31,042 | +1% | 1,718 | $143,005,343 | $143,036,385 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 12 | 11 | -1 | The Big Short | $3,000,000 | $3,063,220 | +$63,220 | +2.1% | 983 | $60,900,477 | $60,963,697 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 13 | 13 | - | Brooklyn | $1,715,000 | $1,761,149 | +$46,149 | +2.7% | 748 | $30,386,171 | $30,432,320 | 13 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 14 | 15 | +1 | Spotlight | $1,120,319 | $1,200,039 | +$79,720 | +7.1% | 715 | $34,686,107 | $34,765,827 | 13 | Open Road Films (II) | - |
| 15 | 16 | +1 | Norm of the North | $925,000 | $972,321 | +$47,321 | +5.1% | 1,506 | $15,917,517 | $15,964,838 | 3 | Lionsgate | - |
| 16 | 17 | +1 | Jane Got a Gun | $803,000 | $835,572 | +$32,572 | +4.1% | 1,210 | $803,000 | $835,572 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 17 | 18 | +1 | The Hateful Eight | $668,000 | $719,694 | +$51,694 | +7.7% | 505 | $52,316,982 | $52,368,676 | 6 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 18 | 19 | +1 | Sisters | $653,315 | $646,485 | -$6,830 | -1% | 529 | $86,126,310 | $86,119,480 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 19 | 20 | +1 | Joy | $550,000 | $574,953 | +$24,953 | +4.5% | 447 | $55,343,624 | $55,368,577 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 20 | 21 | +1 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016: Live Action | $505,000 | $559,502 | +$54,502 | +10.8% | 123 | $505,000 | $559,502 | 1 | Shorts International | - |
| 21 | 25 | +4 | The Forest | $478,000 | $442,930 | -$35,070 | -7.3% | 532 | $25,979,010 | $25,943,940 | 4 | Focus Features | - |
| 22 | 23 | +1 | 45 Years | $472,256 | $473,729 | +$1,473 | +0.3% | 93 | $1,258,441 | $1,260,217 | 6 | IFC Films | - |
| 23 | 24 | +1 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | $435,000 | $459,571 | +$24,571 | +5.6% | 453 | $83,257,030 | $83,281,601 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 24 | 26 | +2 | Carol | $425,000 | $435,966 | +$10,966 | +2.6% | 313 | $11,392,245 | $11,403,211 | 11 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 25 | 27 | +2 | Anomalisa | $355,000 | $355,848 | +$848 | +0.2% | 169 | $1,932,544 | $1,933,392 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 26 | 28 | +2 | The Lady in the Van | $321,972 | $300,387 | -$21,585 | -6.7% | 50 | $743,205 | $721,680 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 27 | 30 | +3 | Creed | $280,000 | $283,139 | +$3,139 | +1.1% | 248 | $108,688,507 | $108,691,646 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 28 | 31 | +3 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | $265,000 | $270,044 | +$5,044 | +1.9% | 254 | $280,732,490 | $280,737,534 | 11 | Lionsgate | - |
| 29 | 32 | +3 | The Danish Girl | $242,000 | $258,960 | +$16,960 | +7% | 224 | $10,315,404 | $10,332,364 | 10 | Focus Features | - |
| 30 | 33 | +3 | The Martian | $210,000 | $211,935 | +$1,935 | +0.9% | 230 | $227,936,706 | $227,938,641 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 31 | 35 | +4 | Son of Saul | $168,175 | $164,298 | -$3,877 | -2.3% | 55 | $720,006 | $716,129 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 32 | 39 | +7 | Spectre | $125,000 | $132,751 | +$7,751 | +6.2% | 195 | $199,468,065 | $199,475,816 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 33 | 40 | +7 | The Peanuts Movie | $110,000 | $110,309 | +$309 | +0.3% | 179 | $129,889,678 | $129,889,987 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 34 | 43 | +9 | Trumbo | $66,472 | $79,497 | +$13,025 | +19.6% | 78 | $7,623,344 | $7,630,772 | 13 | Bleecker Street Media | - |
| 35 | 48 | +13 | Mustang | $44,530 | $44,314 | -$216 | -0.5% | 32 | $517,880 | $517,614 | 11 | Cohen Media Group | - |
| 36 | 51 | +15 | Aferim! | $18,714 | $19,499 | +$785 | +4.2% | 6 | $45,692 | $46,477 | 2 | Big World Pictures | - |
| 37 | 68 | +31 | Hitchcock/Truffaut | $3,409 | $4,480 | +$1,071 | +31.4% | 5 | $290,971 | $292,042 | 9 | Cohen Media Group | - |
