CINEMA REWIND

Roland Emmerich's latest end-of-the-world disaster flick dominated this past weekend with a $65.2 million gross. This marks Emmerich's second highest opening weekend, behind 2004's The Day After Tomorrow ($68.7 million). Opening in 882 theaters, Pirate Radio registered a tepid $2.9 million at #11. And Precious, expanding into 174 theaters, came in at #3 this weekend with $5.9 million (making for a very impressive $33,000 per-theater average).

A Christmas Carol stayed fairly strong in its second weekend, dropping only 26% for a $22.3 million second weekend. Everything else in the top ten felt steeply, with the exception of Couple's Retreat - which somehow has managed to cross the $100 million mark. Opening in just 4 theaters, Fantastic Mr. Fox grossed $265,900 this past weekend, with a per-theater average of $66.475!

November 13-15
1. 2012
$65.2M / Total: $65.2M
2. A Christmas Carol
$22.3M / Total: $63.3M
3. Precious
$5.9M / Total: $8.7M
4. The Men Who Stare at Goats
$5.9M / Total: $23.0M
5. Michael Jackson's This Is It
$5.1M / Total: $67.2M
6. The Fourth Kind
$4.6M / Total: $20.4M
7. Couples Retreat
$4.2M / Total: $102.0M
8. Paranormal Activity
$4.0M / Total: $103.7M
9. Law Abiding Citizen
$3.8M / Total: $67.2M
10. The Box
$3.2M / Total: $13.2M