15 November 2009 10:35 AM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online - Movies and Television news »
The world may live to see 2013, after all. The apocalyptic-minded 2012 started off with a $65 million box-office bang, per estimates, beating projections and the weekend competition. Elsewhere, bigger wasn't always better—or bigger. In limited release, the potential Oscar heavyweight Precious continued to loom incredibly large ($6.1 million at only 174 theaters), while Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox enjoyed a fantastic debut ($260,000 at four theaters). Taking a look inside the numbers: • 2012's $65 million weekend isn't even half of what made its debut so huge. Overseas, the disaster epic made like Michael Jackson, and grossed $160 million—the... »
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