According to boxofficemojo.com, the disaster movie 2012 raked in the top spot this weekend with a massive $65 million. Though well below director Roland Emmerich’s 2004 outing The Day After Tomorrow’s opening ($85.8 million), it is an impressive number and the highest in months.
Dropping to second wasA Christmas Carol with $22.3 million this weekend, a very healthy drop and proving that holiday hungry audiences are ready to see something. In 10 days the film has grossed $63.3 million. In third was The Men Who Stare at Goats ($6.2 million this weekend, $23.4 million overall).
Despite a limited release of only 174 theaters, Precious: Based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire made it up to the fourth spot with a $6.1 million haul. Expect Precious to continue its winning ways as it slowly roll out the rest of this year and, most likely, begins sweeping awards.
This Is It came in fifth ($5.1 million this weekend, $67.2 million overall). The Fourth Kind fell to sixth ($4.7 million this weekend, $20.6 million overall). Couples Retreat continued to hang in there at seventh ($4.3 million this weekend, $102 million overall). Paranormal Activity was eighth ($4.2 million this weekend, $104 million overall). At ninth was Law Abiding Citizen ($3.9 million this weekend, $67.3 million overall). Rounding things out was The Box in tenth ($3.2 million this weekend, $13.2 million overall).
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