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2012 by Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich’s apocalyptic actioner 2012 destroyed its competition at the North American box office this weekend with a solid $65 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Sony’s 2012 opened at 3,404 locations Friday, scoring an explosive average of $19,095 per theater while easily beating the $35.8 million opening gross of Emmerich’s previous film 10,000 B.C.

Starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, and Danny Glover, 2012 follows a group of individuals trying to survive a series of cataclysms as the world is about to come to an end.

January Jones in Pirate Radio

Pirate Radio, this week’s other wide release, made it only to No. 11, with $2.8 million from ticket sales at 882 locations. Directed by Richard Curtis and featuring the likes of Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Chris O'Dowd, the comedy follows a group of DJs broadcasting rock ‘n’ roll from a boat in the North Atlantic.

Jim Carrey in A Christmas Carol

At No. 2, Disney’s A Christmas Carol scored a solid $22.3 million, lifting its domestic total to $63.2 million. The Robert Zemeckis-directed 3D motion-capture adventure starring Jim Carrey is currently playing at 3,683 locations.

George Clooney, Ewan McGregor in The Men Who Stare at Goats

Following at a distant No. 3 was The Men Who Stare at Goats, which took home $6.2 million. Starring George Clooney and Ewan McGregor, the comedy directed by Grant Heslov brought its total haul to $23.3 million.

Gabourey Sidibe in Precious

Delivering a huge surprise this weekend at No. 4 was Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, starring Gabourey Sidibe, which bagged an impressive $6 million from ticket sales at only 174 locations.

Meanwhile, Michael Jackson’s This Is It collected $5.1 million at No. 5, reaching a cumulative gross of $68.2 million. Following in sixth place with $4.7 million was the thriller The Fourth Kind, starring Milla Jovovich, which brought its total haul to $20.5 million.

Staying put in seventh place was Couples Retreat, which reached a total gross of $102.1 million after earnings of $4.2 million. Still doing well at No. 8 was Paranormal Activity, earning $4.2 for a cume of $103.8 million.

James Marsden, Cameron Diaz in The Box

At the bottom of the top 10, Law Abiding Citizen generated $3.9 million for a $76.3 million total, while Richard Kelly’s The Box, with Cameron Diaz and James Marsden (above), took a big dive, ending up with $3.1 million ($13.2 million total gross) at No. 10.

Source: Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com)

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