2012 is sitting on top of the world-even though the movie is all about the end of it.
According to early estimates, Columbia Pictures.apocalyptic thriller-purportedly based on Mayan prophesy-pulled in $65 million at the box office this weekend, good for the number one slot.
The Disney movie 'A Christmas Carol' starring Jim Carrey, finished second with $22.3 million; 'The Men Who Stare At Goats,' an Overture film with George Clooney, finished in third with $6.2 million.
Showing surprising strength was the grim, low-budget, wordily-titled urban drama 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire.' The Lionsgate film finished fourth at the box office, bringing in $6.2 million while playing in limited release. It helped that talk show powerhouse Oprah Winfrey put her name behind the project.
The Michael Jackson's concert film 'This is It,' from Sony Pictures/Columbia, rounded out the top five weekend films, with $5.1 million.
'2012 proves that audiences love a good popcorn movie even in the midst of Oscar season,' Paul Dergarabedian, president of the box-office division of Hollywood.com, said via email. 'Once again the eclecticism of the Fall is highlighted by 'Precious' sharing the Top 5 with mainstream fare like 2012 and 'A Christmas Carol.' Not to mention the little Fox that could with a strong limited release debut of 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' with $260,000 in just 4 theatres and a per-theatre average of $65,000.'
（摘自秦苏珊英语中心）
《2012》正处于世界之颠，即便这部电影讲述的是世界末日。据初步预期，哥伦比亚影片公司(Columbia Pictures)出品的《2012》过去这个周末票房收入6500万美元，登上票房榜首位。这部电影是根据玛雅人预言拍摄的关于世界末日的惊悚片。金?凯瑞(Jim Carrey)主演的迪士尼(Disney)电影《圣诞颂歌》(A Christmas Carol)以2230万美元的票房名列次席；乔治?克鲁尼(George Clooney)领衔的影片《以眼杀人》(The Men Who Stare At Goats)位列第三，票房收入620万美元。狮门影业(Lionsgate)出品的电影《珍爱人生》(Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire)出人意料地排在第四位，这部片名口嗦、反映都市残酷现实的低成本电影在有限上映中获得了620万美元的出色票房。美国脱口秀明星奥普拉?温弗瑞(Oprah Winfrey)担任这部电影的制片，给该片人气带来了提振。索尼影业(Sony Pictures)/哥伦比亚出品的迈克尔?杰克逊(Michael Jackson)的演唱会电影《就是这样》(This is It)以510万美元位列周末票房榜第五位。好莱坞网(Hollywood.com)票房部总裁保罗?德加拉伯迪安(Paul Dergarabedian)在电子邮件中说，《2012》的成功证明，即便是在奥斯卡放映季，观众仍然会喜欢好的商业大片。《珍爱人生》能够与《2012》以及《圣诞颂歌》这样的大众影片共同占据票房榜前五位再次彰显出秋季电影市场的兼容性。更别提仅仅在4个影院有限上映就强势拿下26万美元票房的《超级狐狸先生》(Fantastic Mr. Fox)，该片在每个影院的平均票房达到了6.5万美元。 |
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