Pamela McClontock of Variety:
Sony's Roland Emmerich disaster pic "2012" crushed the worldwide box office, grossing an estimated $160 million at the foreign box office and an estimated $65 million domestically for a total haul of $225 million.
If those numbers hold, "2012" will have scored the 9th best global debut of all time.
Other titles making headlines domestically were Lionsgate's "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," which zoomed to No. 4, even though playing in just 174 locations. Film grossed an estimated $6.1 million in its second frame for a stellar per location average of $35,000.
Twentieth Century Fox's prestige family pic "Fantastic Mr. Fox," from Wes Anderson, successfully raided the chicken coop, grossing an estimated $260,000 from four runs in New York and Los Angeles for a boffo per theater average of $65,000.
Focus Features, however, saw a disappointing start for Brit pic "Pirate Radio." Film grossed just $2.9 million from 882 runs for a per location average of $3,253.
Weekend brought some much-needed solace for the Mouse House as Robert Zemeckis' "Disney's A Christmas Carol" fell just 26% in its second frame to an estimated $22.3 million for a cume of $63.3 million. Film got off to a rough start the weekend before, but Disney insisted it would hold well, being a family title
EW has the complete Weekend top 10 chart and Nicole Sperling's analysis.
Come next weekend: How big will New Moon's box office bite actually be? The CGI animated family toon Planet 51 hopes it will not see The Blind Side of Sandra Bullock's new real-life tale.
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