2012 Soars to Top Spot

Apocalypse flick does $65M as 'Precious' cracks top 5

By Marie Morris, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 15, 2009 1:23 PM CST

Copied

2012 Soars to Top Spot — In this film publicity image released by Columbia Pictures/Sony, Lily Morgan, left, and John Cusack are shown in a scene from "2012." (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures/Sony, Joe Lederer)

Apocalypse preview 2012 raked in $65 million domestically at the weekend box office, the high end of the prerelease estimate range, en route to a $225 million haul worldwide. The doomsday action flick handily beat A Christmas Carol, which performed strongly in its second weekend in release. A new entry in the top 10 was No. 4 Precious; the indie sensation did $6.1 million and will open in more locations next week, USA Today reports. The top five:

2012, $65 million
A Christmas Carol, $22.3 million
The Men Who Stare at Goats, $6.2 million
Precious, $6.1 million
Michael Jackson's This Is It, $5.1 million

(Read more movies stories.)

Report an error