Mission: Impossible 4 hits Box office this weekend

Ghost Protocol, The Incredibles director Brad Bird’s first live-action film, is expected to make a total of $45 million between Wednesday and Sunday, reports The Los Angeles Times. The film has actually been in theaters since last Thursday, debuting in over IMAX 400 theaters, so this is its first weekend in wide release. It has already made $25.7 million. Entertainment Weekly predicts that the film will make $27 million between Friday and Sunday.

David Fincher’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo with Daniel Craig also had a strong Wednesday, which is expected to propel it to second place over the Christmas break. The R-rated film could make at least $30 million through the weekend, with $17 million of that coming over the weekend itself, predicts EW.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows should be able to make it to third place after a weak opening last weekend. The film could make at least $27 million, putting it just behind The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It could make around $15 million during the three-day weekend, but it is still far behind the first film in Guy Ritchie’s Holmesfranchise.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-wrecked, which made $3.9 million Thursday, according to Deadline, could wind up with $24 million by the end of the weekend. Between Friday and Sunday, it is expected to make around $12 million according to EW.

Bringing up the rear at the top of the box office will be Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin, which made $2.3 million on Wednesday and $2.4 million on Thursday. It could end up making around $16 million by the end of the weekend and just under $10 million between Friday and Sunday. That probably won’t matter too much to Spielberg, since the film has already made well over $200 million internationally.