'Protocol' tops B.O. with $38.3 mil

'Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol'With up-to-date four-day figures, Paramount's "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" maintained its No. 1 position in the domestic box office, posting an believed $38.3 million through Monday for any Stateside cume of $141.two million. In second place, "A Virtual Detective: A Game Title of Shadows" totalled a modified $26.5 million from Friday to Monday. The Warners pic presently has obtained $136.5 million locally. "Ghost Protocol" -- the vacation B.O.'s top-grossing pic globally (at $366.5 million) -- assisted Componen become 2011's studio marketshare champion. In the Stateside B.O., the studio arrived at $1.96 billion throughout this past year, while worldwide, Componen hit $3.21 billion, which makes it the very first studio ever to exceed the $3 billion mark in overseas grosses throughout just one year. New Year's weekend box office saw fine four-day perfs from additional holdovers. Fox's "Alvin and also the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" made within the lengthy weekend a good believed $21 million, adopted carefully by Disney-DreamWorks' "War Equine," which collected $19.two million in four days. "Alvin" has cumed $97.4 million locally "War Equine," $45.two million. Meanwhile, The new sony-MGM's "The Lady Using the Dragon Tattoo" obtained a detailed fifth-place ranking $19 million through Monday, pushing its Stateside cume beyond the $60 million mark. The weekend's niche gamers also capitalized around the holiday's increased moviegoing (overall four-day totals were up roughly 15% within the same frame this past year). The Weinstein Co.'s "The Iron Lady" obtained the sesh's best per-screen average, with $70,102 from four U.S. locations. Pic has published an overall total $280,409 through Monday, while Weinstein's some of the best player, "The Artist," surpassed $5 million in domestic grosses. In comparison, Focus Features' "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy" is outperforming "The Artist" on the theater-by-theater basis, having a Stateside cume of $4.3 million. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com