‘Mission Impossible’ Clinches Paramount’s Box Office Crown

“Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol” collected $46.2 million in U.S. and Canadian cinemas over the holiday weekend, clinching Paramount Pictures’ first annual domestic box-office title in at least a decade.

The studio, part of Viacom Inc., heads into the last week of the year with $1.86 billion in sales through Dec. 25, including films carried over from 2010, according to researcher Box Office Mojo. Time Warner Inc.’s Warner Bros., the leader for the previous four years, is second with $1.76 billion.