The Devil Inside bested the box office with a $34.5 million debut this weekend. The performance was the third-biggest ever for a January opener, and enough to knock Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol out of the coveted No. 1 spot. Hollywood, which saw ticket sales hit a 15-year low last year, is off to a good start in 2012 as ticket sales surged 30 percent over the same weekend in ’11. The Devil Inside Trailer Though demoted to No. 2, Ghost Protocol held well, coming up with $20.5 million, and hitting the $400 million mark worldwide. Sherlock Holmes was third. Meryl Streep, meanwhile, was the hottest ticket by a different metric, with The Iron Lady averaging a weekend-best $34,420 at each theater it played in. Here’s a complete look at the weekend’s top movies by revenue: The Devil Inside, $34.5 million Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol, $20.5 million Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, $14.1 million The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, $11.4 million Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, $9.5 million War Horse, $8.6 million We Bought a Zoo, $8.5 million The Adventures of Tintin, $6.6 million Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, $5.8 million New Year’s Eve, $3.3 million
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The Devil Inside Tops Weekend Box Office
