Domestic 2016 Weekend 1
January 1-3, 2016
| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release | Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | - | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | $88,300,000 | $90,241,673 | +$1,941,673 | +2.2% | 4,134 | $740,265,583 | $742,208,942 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | 2 | - | Daddy's Home | $29,000,000 | $29,205,583 | +$205,583 | +0.7% | 3,342 | $93,684,495 | $93,889,861 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | 3 | - | The Hateful Eight | $16,240,000 | $15,706,645 | -$533,355 | -3.3% | 2,474 | $29,577,963 | $29,045,855 | 2 | The Weinstein Company |
| 4 | 4 | - | Sisters | $12,580,000 | $12,760,730 | +$180,730 | +1.4% | 2,978 | $61,703,640 | $61,884,110 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | 5 | - | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | $11,800,000 | $12,071,523 | +$271,523 | +2.3% | 3,474 | $67,376,640 | $67,646,950 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 6 | - | Joy | $10,400,000 | $10,210,971 | -$189,029 | -1.8% | 2,924 | $38,721,460 | $38,521,065 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | 7 | - | The Big Short | $9,000,000 | $9,060,303 | +$60,303 | +0.7% | 1,588 | $32,979,117 | $33,055,481 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | 8 | - | Concussion | $8,000,000 | $7,846,281 | -$153,719 | -1.9% | 2,841 | $25,370,000 | $25,266,650 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | 9 | - | Point Break | $6,845,000 | $6,817,641 | -$27,359 | -0.4% | 2,910 | $22,430,000 | $22,402,176 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 10 | - | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | $4,625,000 | $4,616,274 | -$8,726 | -0.2% | 1,485 | $274,222,959 | $274,185,395 | 7 | Lionsgate Films |
| 11 | 11 | - | The Good Dinosaur | $4,004,000 | $4,050,462 | +$46,462 | +1.2% | 1,735 | $114,714,575 | $114,766,932 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | 12 | - | Creed | $3,900,000 | $3,737,106 | -$162,894 | -4.2% | 1,375 | $103,456,653 | $103,122,271 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | 13 | - | The Danish Girl | $1,507,000 | $1,543,909 | +$36,909 | +2.4% | 449 | $6,003,735 | $6,050,349 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 14 | 14 | - | Brooklyn | $1,300,000 | $1,248,858 | -$51,142 | -3.9% | 285 | $20,860,233 | $20,812,853 | 9 | - |
| 15 | 16 | +1 | Carol | $1,215,000 | $1,181,341 | -$33,659 | -2.8% | 189 | $5,014,748 | $4,982,475 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 16 | 15 | -1 | Spotlight | $1,204,543 | $1,185,093 | -$19,450 | -1.6% | 385 | $27,128,422 | $27,108,972 | 9 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 17 | 17 | - | Krampus | $829,000 | $812,020 | -$16,980 | -2% | 663 | $42,307,325 | $42,277,730 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 18 | 19 | +1 | Spectre | $725,000 | $730,706 | +$5,706 | +0.8% | 331 | $197,829,955 | $197,833,291 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 19 | 20 | +1 | In the Heart of the Sea | $700,000 | $686,785 | -$13,215 | -1.9% | 533 | $23,899,171 | $23,750,170 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | 21 | +1 | The Martian | $585,000 | $565,404 | -$19,596 | -3.3% | 282 | $225,930,402 | $225,910,757 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 21 | 22 | +1 | The Peanuts Movie | $550,000 | $527,474 | -$22,526 | -4.1% | 320 | $128,784,758 | $128,763,058 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 22 | 23 | +1 | The Revenant | $450,000 | $447,829 | -$2,171 | -0.5% | 4 | $1,322,519 | $1,320,348 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 23 | 24 | +1 | Youth | $350,000 | $352,935 | +$2,935 | +0.8% | 144 | $1,647,513 | $1,650,314 | 5 | - |
| 24 | 27 | +3 | Mr. Six | $280,000 | $291,359 | +$11,359 | +4.1% | 28 | $1,059,347 | $1,070,706 | 2 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 25 | 29 | +4 | Trumbo | $176,554 | $172,279 | -$4,275 | -2.4% | 90 | $7,029,067 | $7,015,228 | 9 | Bleecker Street Media |
| 26 | 36 | +10 | Room | $140,231 | $116,219 | -$24,012 | -17.1% | 91 | $5,000,984 | $4,976,972 | 12 | A24 |
| 27 | 34 | +7 | Anomalisa | $140,000 | $135,222 | -$4,778 | -3.4% | 4 | $213,000 | $210,632 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 28 | 32 | +4 | Love the Coopers | $128,000 | $138,764 | +$10,764 | +8.4% | 213 | $26,182,718 | $26,193,757 | 8 | Lionsgate Films |
| 29 | 37 | +8 | The Night Before | $90,000 | $92,429 | +$2,429 | +2.7% | 132 | $42,978,601 | $42,977,255 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 30 | 41 | +11 | Sicario | $54,000 | $53,594 | -$406 | -0.8% | 59 | $46,824,889 | $46,823,967 | 16 | Lionsgate Films |
| 31 | 45 | +14 | Son of Saul | $36,801 | $32,761 | -$4,040 | -11% | 4 | $162,574 | $158,534 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 32 | 48 | +16 | Mustang | $27,685 | $25,007 | -$2,678 | -9.7% | 11 | $188,814 | $186,136 | 7 | Cohen Media Group |
| 33 | 54 | +21 | Chimes at Midnight | $20,480 | $13,630 | -$6,850 | -33.4% | 2 | $20,480 | $13,630 | 1 | Janus Films |
| 34 | 50 | +16 | Janis: Little Girl Blue | $20,000 | $23,162 | +$3,162 | +15.8% | 13 | $273,405 | $268,786 | 6 | FilmRise |
| 35 | 52 | +17 | Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict | $14,779 | - | - | - | 9 | $393,584 | - | 9 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 36 | 51 | +15 | Only Yesterday 2016 Re-release | $13,329 | $14,970 | +$1,641 | +12.3% | 1 | $13,329 | $14,970 | 1 | GKIDS |
| 37 | 57 | +20 | Hitchcock/Truffaut | $9,235 | $8,279 | -$956 | -10.4% | 6 | $207,647 | $206,791 | 5 | Cohen Media Group |
