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The Christmas weekend box office wasn't exactly booming, with the latest installments in the Mission: Impossible and Sherlock Holmes franchises dominating new releases from the likes of Steven Spielberg, Cameron Crowe and David Fincher. (The figures below don't include either War Horse or The Darkest Hour since they opened Christmas Day.) Here are the three-day weekend estimates courtesy of Rentrak:

1. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol $26,535,0002. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows $17,800,0003. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked $13,325,0004. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo $13,000,0005. The Adventures of Tintin $9,125,0006. We Bought a Zoo $7,800,0007. New Year's Eve $3,005,0008. Arthur Christmas $2,700,0009. Hugo $2,025,00010. The Muppets $2,003,000