Emmerich's '2012' dominates global box office
Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 5:07PM | By Franck Tabouring 
Roland Emmerich's apocalyptic action epic "2012" blew up the worldwide box office this weekend, scoring a stunning $160 million opening on the international circuit, according to the latest estimates.
"2012," which follows a group of people trying to survive numerous cataclysms as the world is coming to an end, took the No. 1 spot in all 105 markets this weekend. Domestically, the film bagged $65 million.
Far away at No. 2, Disney's 3D motion-capture adventure "A Christmas Carol" generated $16 million from ticket sales in 21 markets. The Robert Zemeckis-directed film reached an overseas total of $33.6 million.
Meanwhile, Michael Jackson's "This Is It" bagged another $11.5 million, enough for third place. The Sony documentary directed by Kenny Ortega lifted its cumulative gross to a superb $155.4 million.
Following at No. 4 this weekend was Pixar's "Up," which took home $4.9 million for a cume of $374.5 million. At No. 5, "Couples Retreat" reached a total haul of $34.1 million after weekend earnings of $3.8 million.
Other results from the overseas box office: "G-Force" collected $2.4 million; "Fantastic Mr. Fox" added $1.2 million; and "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" reached $59.5 million.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Reader Comments (2)
As it was excepted it dominated the box office both domestically and internationally it would fall down next domestically because of New Moon but it won't fall in the international market though I think .Thanks for the figure Frank.
2012 is a mind boggling, stupendous, father-of-all-disaster movies, which dwarfs the wildest bounds of imagination. It deserves 10 out of 10 for sheer brilliance, originality and the staggering scale on which it is done, never before seen on the big screen. A zillion thanks to the creative genius of Emmerich, whose Godzilla, Independence Day and Universal Soldier I thoroughly enjoyed several times over in proper threatres and on TV. I believe 2012 is also God's way of telling us, through Donald Neale Walsch, that time it running out for humankind, unless it restructures its priorities, based on unbridled corporate greed, corruption and moral pollution. I must also compliment Emmerich for devoting the initial footage to India and highlighting the dire warnings of an Indian astrophycist about the impending catastrophe. We Indians simply loved the movie with all our exuberance.