Holdovers liven New Year's B.O. party

'Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol'Thanks to solid holdover perfs from top players like "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" and "An Online Detective: A Game Title Title of Shadows," domestic B.O. continued to be despite 2010's three-day New Year's frame -- but there can be a little uptick, based on Sunday estimations. "Ghost Protocol" totalled a forecasted $40 million through Monday, while "Sherlock" produced in 72 hrs an thought $22.millions of. (Some art galleries have chosen not to estimate grosses for your extended weekend, including Monday's holiday.) Paramount's "Mission" four-peat moss moss, which rose 6% over last weekend's three-day holiday frame, has cumed by Sunday $134.millions of in your area, pushing it past Warner Bros.' "Sherlock" follow-up (at $132.millions of) being the finest-grossing Stateside holiday release. "Mission's" thought cume through Monday stands at $142.9 million. Both "Mission" and "Sherlock" are undertaking well and likely will exceed last year's best-undertaking holiday pair, "Tron: Legacy" and "True Grit," which cumed just north of $170 million each. Though ringing inside the year usually isn't a large visit to the plexes, Warner's "New Year's Eve" acquired $6.7 million, greater than two occasions around it did over last weekend's three-day Christmas frame. (That's also partly due to last weekend's Christmas Eve recession on Saturday.) In third place a couple of days ago, Fox's "Alvin as well as the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" raked inside an thought $18.3 million from Friday to Sunday, repping a weekend-to-weekend hurry of 45%. "Alvin" should mix the $100 million domestic mark by Monday. While there has been no new wide releases entering industry a couple of days ago, several niche game game titles bowed limited. The Weinstein Co.'s "The Iron Lady" introduced the charge, posting an incredible per-screen average of $55,438 from four U.S. locations. Pic bowed Friday, as did The brand new the new sony Pictures Classic's Iranian foreign-lingo Oscar submission, "A Separation," which averaged $22,199 at three playdates in NY and L.A. Meanwhile, Focus Features' "Pariah" first demonstrated mid-week at four locations, but averaged from Friday to Sunday an thought $12,424 per screen. Among the remaining top holdovers, Disney-DreamWorks' "War Equine," with $16.9 million in 72 hrs, edged out a narrow victory over Sony's "The Woman While using Dragon Tattoo," which released through Sunday an thought $16.3 million. The brand new the new sony is predicting that "Tattoo" will convince add another $5.2 million on Monday, which might put the pic's Stateside cume at $62.3 million. In general, "War Equine" makes nearly $43 million in your area. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com