Looks like the holiday weekend was pretty good at the box office. I might have forgotten to post the estimated totals yesterday, so instead today you get the actual totals, and lots of numbers, and the top 20 instead of the top 10.

From The Associated Press:

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Monday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are:
1. “Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol,” Paramount, $46,210,000, 3,448 locations, $13,402 average, $78,645,000, two weeks. (Review by The News-Herald's Mark Meszoros)
2. “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,” Warner Bros., $31,810,000, 3,448 locations, $9,226 average, $90,564,000, two weeks. (Review by Meszoros)
3. “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked,” Fox, $20,000,000, 3,734 locations, $5,356 average, $56,940,187, two weeks. (Review by The AP's Jake Coyle)
4. “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” Sony, $19,400,000, 2,914 locations, $6,658 average, $27,716,000, one week. (Review by Meszoros)
5. “The Adventures of Tintin,” Paramount, $16,100,000, 3,087 locations, $5,215 average, $24,107,000, one week. ("'Adventures of Tintin' finally in U.S. theaters" by The AP's David Germain)
6. “We Bought a Zoo,” Fox, $15,600,000, 3,117 locations, $5,005 average, $15,600,000, one week. (Review by The AP's Christy Lemire)
7. “War Horse” (opened Sunday), Disney, $15,025,000, 2,376 locations, $6,324 average, $15,025,000, one week. (Review by Lemire)
8. “The Darkest Hour” (opened Sunday), Summit, $5,500,000, 2,324 locations, $2,367 average, $5,500,000, one week.
9. “New Year’s Eve,” Warner Bros., $4,950,000, 2,585 locations, $1,915 average, $34,287,000, three weeks. (Review by Coyle)
10. “The Descendants,” Fox Searchlight, $3,425,000, 813 locations, $4,213 average, $33,716,552, six weeks. (Review by Lemire)
11. “The Muppets,” Disney, $3,355,000, 1,752 locations, $1,915 average, $76,911,000, five weeks. (Review by Meszoros; Q&A with Kermit the Frog by The AP's Derrik J. Lang)
12. “Hugo,” Paramount, $3,300,000, 1,256 locations, $2,627 average, $44,927,000, five weeks. (Review by Meszoros)
13. “Arthur Christmas,” Sony, $3,100,000, 1,804 locations, $1,718 average, $44,062,000, five weeks. (Review by Germain)
14. “The Sitter,” Fox, $3,000,000, 1,786 locations, $1,680 average, $23,488,202, three weeks. (Review by Germain)
15. “Young Adult,” Paramount, $2,775,000, 987 locations, $2,812 average, $8,184,000, three weeks. (Review by Lemire)
16. “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1,” Summit, $2,150,000, 1,603 locations, $1,341 average, $270,951,901, six weeks. (Review by Meszoros)
17. “The Artist,” Weinstein Co., $1,402,000, 167 locations, $8,395 average, $2,900,430, five weeks.
18. “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” Focus, $1,210,160, 55 locations, $22,003 average, $2,311,670, three weeks.
19. “My Week with Marilyn,” Weinstein Co., $888,000, 602 locations, $1,475 average, $7,307,196, five weeks.
20. “Puss in Boots,” Paramount, $685,000, 389 locations, $1,761 average, $143,935,000, nine weeks. (Review by Lemire)

-- Cheryl Sadler | CSadler@News-Herald.com | @nhcheryl