Continuing its recrod-setting run at the box office, Star Wars: The Force Awakens [STAR7] banked an estimated $153.3 million for the best second weekend ever. Episode VII of the space opera saga has piled up $544.6 million.
Daddy's Home [DHOME] took in a whopping $38.8 million to debut in second place. The family comedy connected broadly across demgraphics.
Joy opened at the third spot with $17.5 million. The Jennifer Lawrence vehicle skewed older women at 66% female and 77% over the age of 25.
Sisters [TNEST] did not decline at all from its opening weekend, grossing $13.9 million for fourth. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip [ALVN4] slipped 11% to $12.7 million and fifth overall.
Concussion [GAMEB] charted at sixth with $11.0 million, while the remake Point Break [PTBR2] debuted eighth at $10.2 million.
Expanding wide after two weeks of limited release, The Big Short [BIGSH] took seventh with $10.5 million.
Opening on 100 theaters, The Hateful Eight [HATE8] brought in $3.8 million.
| Rank | TITLE | F-S-S | TOTAL |
| 1 | STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS | $153,522,000 | $544,573,000 |
| 2 | DADDY'S HOME | $38,800,000 | $38,800,000 |
| 3 | JOY | $17,500,000 | $17,500,000 |
| 4 | SISTERS | $13,880,000 | $37,147,930 |
| 5 | ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: ROAD CHIP | $12,700,000 | $39,399,000 |
| 6 | CONCUSSION | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 |
| 7 | THE BIG SHORT | $10,500,000 | $16,011,000 |
| 8 | POINT BREAK | $10,220,000 | $10,220,000 |
| 9 | HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PT. 2 | $5,300,000 | $264,603,061 |
| 10 | CREED | $4,600,000 | $96,317,000 |
| 11 | THE HATEFUL EIGHT | $4,536,591 | $4,536,591 |
| 12 | THE GOOD DINOSAUR | $3,785,000 | $105,350,000 |
Tag(s): STAR7, DHOME, TNEST, ALVN4, GAMEB, PTBR2, BIGSH, HATE8