2012 Smashes Box Office

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.

Pirate Radio, this week’s other wide release, made it only to No. 11, with $2.8 million from ticket sales [...]

Venice 2009: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Francesca Comencini

George Clooney

Ewan McGregor

Francesca Comencini at the photocall for White Space
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