Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol topped the North American box office for a second straight weekend, ringing in the New Year with $30 million in ticket sales, industry estimates showed.

The action film, the fourth in the series, has taken in $133 million so far

The action film, the fourth in the series, has taken in $133 million so far, according to Exhibitor Relations.

In second place was Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, a sequel to the 2009 film about the detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It took in $22.1 million in the third week since its release.

In third place with $18.3 million was Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, the third animated film about the adorable singing critters.

Fourth place went to Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, about the bond between a boy and his horse during World War I, which was expected to reap in $16.9 million.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – the Hollywood adaptation of the wildly popular Stieg Larsson novel, starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara – took in $16.3 million for fifth place.

Family film We Bought A Zoo starring Matt Damon finished in sixth place, taking in $14.3 million.

Another Spielberg film, The Adventures of Tintin, about an intrepid Belgian boy reporter, was seventh with $12 million.

Star-studded holiday romance New Year’s Eve earned $6.7 million for eighth place, while thriller The Darkest Hour took ninth place with $4.3 million.

Rounding out the top 10 was The Descendants starring George Clooney, which grossed $3.7 million.

Final figures are due out today, after the four-day New Year’s holiday weekend.