Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Moviegoers lined up for the end-of-the-world epic “2012,” which topped the weekend boxoffice with a heaping $65 million in opening domestic coin. Directed by Roland Emmerich (“Independence Day”), the effects-filled actioner cost $200 million to produce. But with a $225 million worldwide haul from simultaneous openings in 105 foreign territories, the film delivered big dividends.
The twelve estimated top producing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, November 15, 2009 include:
Rank Title Distributor Weekend Gross Cume Locations
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1 2012 Sony 65,000,000 65,000,000 3404
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2 Disney’s A Christmas Carol Disney 22,325,000 63,288,844 3683
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3 Men Who Stare At Goats, The Overture
Films 6,200,000 23,376,297 2453
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4 Precious: Based on the Novel Lionsgate
“Push” 6,090,000 8,914,552 174
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5 Michael Jackson’s This Is It Sony 5,100,000 67,211,376 3037
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6 The Fourth Kind Universal 4,743,750 20,588,045 2530
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7 Couples Retreat Universal 4,252,755 102,133,145 2509
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8 Paranormal Activity Paramount 4,200,000 103,846,767 2712
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9 Law Abiding Citizen Overture
Films 3,932,000 67,326,125 2071
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10 The Box, Warner Bros. 3,185,000 13,206,254 2635
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11 Pirate Radio Focus
Features 2,869,377 2,869,377 882
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12 Where The Wild Things Are Warner Bros. 2,415,000 73,437,273 2090
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