The mission, should Tom Cruise and company have chosen to accept it, was to come out on top this weekend at the box office, despite the presence of a certain damaged girl with a certain well-known tattoo. And Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol – one of Cruise’s best-ever reviewed films – accomplished this goal with ease, earning $26.5 million on Friday and Saturday. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Trailer The action flick beat out Sherlock Holmes and a disappointing Girl With the Dragon Tattoo , which debuted at number four with $13 million. Here is a look at the top 10 box office results : Mission: Impossible:Ghost Protoco l – $26.5 million Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – $17.8 million Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked – $13.3 million The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – $13 million The Adventures of Tintin – $9.1 million We Bought a Zoo – $7.8 million New Year’s Eve – $3.0 million Arthur Christmas – $2.7 million The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 – $2.1 million Hugo – $2.0 million
