| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | - | - | - | $16,751,857 | 4,157 | $532,177,324 | Dec 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 2 | Sing | - | - | - | $13,643,825 | 4,029 | $270,395,425 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | Passengers | - | - | - | $5,883,943 | 3,478 | $100,014,699 | Dec 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 4 | Why Him? | - | - | - | $3,973,316 | 3,008 | $60,323,786 | Dec 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 5 | Moana | - | - | - | $3,568,636 | 3,875 | $248,757,044 | Nov 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | Fences | - | - | - | $3,412,644 | 2,368 | $57,682,904 | Dec 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | Assassin's Creed | - | - | - | $3,306,397 | 2,996 | $54,647,948 | Dec 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | La La Land | - | - | - | $3,288,342 | 3,236 | $151,101,803 | Dec 9 | Lionsgate | false |
| 9 | Collateral Beauty | - | - | - | $1,474,268 | 3,028 | $31,016,021 | Dec 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | - | - | - | $1,449,685 | 4,144 | $234,037,575 | Nov 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Manchester by the Sea | - | - | - | $1,415,658 | 1,213 | $47,695,371 | Nov 18 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 12 | Office Christmas Party | - | - | - | $1,322,109 | 3,210 | $54,767,494 | Dec 9 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | Dangal | - | - | - | $871,151 | 338 | $12,391,761 | Dec 21 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Lion | - | - | - | $801,973 | 1,802 | $51,738,905 | Nov 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 15 | Jackie | - | - | - | $561,177 | 508 | $13,960,394 | Dec 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 16 | Arrival | - | - | - | $515,591 | 3,115 | $100,546,139 | Nov 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 17 | Hidden Figures | - | - | - | $337,669 | 3,416 | $169,607,287 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | Doctor Strange | - | - | - | $231,453 | 3,882 | $232,641,920 | Nov 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | Trolls | - | - | - | $206,353 | 4,066 | $153,856,089 | Nov 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 20 | Hacksaw Ridge | - | - | - | $143,351 | 2,971 | $67,209,615 | Nov 4 | Lionsgate | false |
| 21 | Moonlight | - | - | - | $120,669 | 1,564 | $27,854,932 | Oct 21 | A24 | false |
| 22 | Nocturnal Animals | - | - | - | $77,531 | 1,262 | $10,663,357 | Nov 18 | Focus Features | false |
| 23 | The Accountant | - | - | - | $75,211 | 3,402 | $86,260,045 | Oct 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | Patriots Day | - | - | - | $62,234 | 3,120 | $31,886,361 | Dec 21 | Lionsgate | false |
| 25 | Allied | - | - | - | $57,020 | 3,160 | $40,098,064 | Nov 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 26 | Storks | - | - | - | $45,699 | 3,922 | $72,679,278 | Sep 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | Seed: The Untold Story | - | - | - | $44,603 | 35 | $207,825 | Aug 22 | Collective Eye Films | false |
| 28 | 20th Century Women | - | - | - | $40,595 | 650 | $5,664,764 | Dec 28 | A24 | false |
| 29 | Almost Christmas | - | - | - | $37,880 | 2,379 | $42,158,780 | Nov 11 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 30 | Silence | - | - | - | $34,125 | 1,580 | $7,100,177 | Dec 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 31 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | - | - | - | $28,150 | 3,835 | $87,242,834 | Sep 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 32 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | - | - | - | $27,578 | 3,780 | $58,697,076 | Oct 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 33 | Paterson | - | - | - | $26,907 | 70 | $2,152,738 | Dec 28 | Bleecker Street Media | false |
| 34 | Loving | - | - | - | $26,500 | 572 | $7,751,969 | Nov 4 | Focus Features | false |
| 35 | Live by Night | - | - | - | $16,576 | 2,822 | $10,378,555 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | Inferno | - | - | - | $16,222 | 3,576 | $34,343,574 | Oct 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 37 | Bad Santa 2 | - | - | - | $15,647 | 2,945 | $17,782,178 | Nov 23 | Broad Green Pictures | false |
| 38 | Sully | - | - | - | $14,701 | 3,955 | $125,070,033 | Sep 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 39 | Neruda | - | - | - | $13,620 | 46 | $939,101 | Dec 16 | The Orchard | false |
| 40 | The Edge of Seventeen | - | - | - | $12,384 | 1,945 | $14,431,633 | Nov 18 | STX Entertainment | false |
| 41 | Miss Sloane | - | - | - | $8,641 | 1,648 | $3,500,605 | Nov 25 | EuropaCorp | false |
| 42 | A Monster Calls | - | - | - | $8,552 | 1,523 | $3,740,823 | Dec 23 | Focus Features | false |
| 43 | Queen of Katwe | - | - | - | $6,558 | 1,259 | $8,874,389 | Sep 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 44 | Shut In | - | - | - | $3,127 | 2,058 | $6,900,335 | Nov 11 | EuropaCorp | false |
| 45 | The Magnificent Seven | - | - | - | $2,810 | 3,696 | $93,432,655 | Sep 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 46 | Ocean Waves | - | - | - | $1,806 | 17 | $87,738 | Dec 28 | GKIDS | false |
| 47 | The Polar Express 2016 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $988 | 129 | $765,154 | Nov 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 48 | Believe | - | - | - | $396 | 638 | $890,303 | Dec 2 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 49 | The Lion in Winter 2016 Re-release | - | - | - | $117 | 2 | $18,177 | Dec 16 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 50 | No Home Movie | - | - | - | $85 | 5 | $32,757 | Feb 18 | Icarus Films | false |
| 51 | The Battle of Algiers 2016 Re-release | - | - | - | $59 | 7 | $56,853 | Oct 7 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 52 | Christine | - | - | - | $50 | 57 | $298,525 | Oct 14 | The Orchard | false |
