'Mission: Impossible' illuminates early holiday B.O.

'Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol' is off and away to a good start in the holiday B.O., generating $8.six million Wednesday."Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" easily may be the early B.O. leader this Christmas weekend, getting collected $8.six million on Wednesday for any domestic cume of $25.7 million.Vital released the film last week solely in particular-screen houses.In second place, Warner Bros.' "A Virtual Detective: A Game Title of Shadows" collected $4.3 million Wednesday, pushing its Stateside cume to $54 million in under two days of play. Sony's "The Lady Using the Dragon Tattoo," meanwhile, adopted with $3.six million from the opening day, though latenight Tuesday tests increased the pic's total cume to $5.a million.The B.O.'s current top trio are required to remain on top through Monday, however it appears "Mission" could pull ahead, for the way the Christmas Eve downturn affects the general market.Specialized photos like "Dragon Tattoo" will fare best Christmas Eve -- in the past a b -.To. trough -- than more all-audience fare, for example "Mission" and "A Virtual Detective.InchAround the family front, Fox's "Alvin and also the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" did better ($3.5 million) than Par's new entry "The Adventures of Tintin," which bowed midweek with $2.3 million. Theater traffic to see relatives-specific films might be sluggish with the weekend, though business should increase considerably by mid-mid-day on Sunday."Alvin" to date has totalled almost $33 million locally "Tintin," $5.six million, including last week's Canadian grosses. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com