Disney’s A Christmas Carol

Weekend Box Office – It’s a Tidal Wave of Money for 2012: Breaks $200 Million Worldwide

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: November 15th, 2009 at 11:15 am

If the world really does end on December 21, 2012, at least one guy is gonna go out happy. Director Roland Emmerich saw his latest disaster epic rake in an estimated $65 million domestically and over $160 abroad for a grand total of $220 million worldwide. That puts the film in the top ten international launches of all time. I always thought that Sony had made an odd choice by scheduling 2012 for a mid-November release. That’s the time of the year that we usually see more high-brow fare in theatres… and teenaged vampires, of course.  But it looks like the studio knew exactly what they were doing. Not only did 2012 manage to blow away all its early estimates, the tsunami of money the film is surfing this weekend brought a taste of summer blockbuster back to the box office.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	2012	$65,000,000	$65
2	A Christmas Carol	$22,300,000	$63.3
3	The Men Who Stare at Goats	$6,200,000	$23.3
4	Precious	$6,090,000	$8.1
5	This Is It	$5,100,000	$68.2
6	The Fourth Kind	$4,744,000	$20.5
7	Couples Retreat	$4,253,000	$102.1
8	Paranormal Activity	$4,200,000	$103.8
9	Law Abiding Citizen	$3,932,000	$67.3
10	The Box	$3,185,000	$13.2

Friday Box Office – Disaster Rules! 2012 Brings In Over $23 Million on Opening Day

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: November 14th, 2009 at 10:04 am

It looks like Roland Emmerich had at least one more catastrophic hit left in him. 2012, the latest paean to exploding landmarks from the director of Independence Day, brought in a whopping $23.7 million on its opening day on 3,404 screens. That’s the highest opening ever for Emmerich and it puts 2012 on track for a weekend total of over $55 million – a figure that the box office hasn’t seen since mid-July. Second place went to Disney’s A Christmas Carol, down a reasonable 38% with $5.5 million. And though estimates have The Men Who Stare at Goats barely edging out Lee Daniels’s Precious for Friday’s third place, the momentum is all on the side of the indie sensation. The drama doubled its total gross just one day after expanding into 175 theatres. Check back tomorrow for full details on these films plus news on the box office fate of new releases Pirate Radio and Wes Anderson’s The Fantastic Mr. Fox.

	Title	Friday	Total
1	2012	$23,700,000	$23.7
2	A Christmas Carol	$5,500,000	$46.5
3	The Men Who Stare at Goats	$1,950,000	$19.2
4	Precious	$1,940,000	$4.7
5	The Fourth Kind	$1,800,000	$17.6

Weekend Box Office – DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL Takes $31 Million; PRECIOUS Boasts Biggest Limited Release Opening of All Time

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: November 8th, 2009 at 11:21 am

You know it’s the end of the year when there are more new releases per week than any one person could reasonably care about. Or maybe I should just speak for myself.  The first full weekend of November featured four new wide releases all boasting some major star power: “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” with Jim Carrey (times four), “The Box” with Cameron Diaz, “The Fourth Kind” with Milla Jovovich and “The Men Who Stare at Goats” with George Clooney.  And though no one film can be said to be a total washout this weekend, the A-listers fell short compared to the stunningly successful debut of Lee Daniels’ “Precious”. The indie sensation opened in just 18 theatres, taking in an estimated $100,000 per screen to make it the most-lucrative limited release of all-time.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Disney’s A Christmas Carol	$31,000,000	$31
2	This Is It	$14,000,000	$57.8
3	The Men Who Stare at Goats	$13,309,000	$13.3
4	The Fourth Kind	$12,521,000	$12.5
5	Paranormal Activity	$8,600,000	$97.4
6	The Box	$7,855,000	$7.8
7	Couples Retreat	$6,428,000	$95.9
8	Law Abiding Citizen	$6,172,000	$60.8
9	Where the Wild Things Are	$4,225,000	$69.2
10	Astro Boy	$2,588,000	$15

Disney’s A CHRISTMAS CAROL International Trailer

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: July 18th, 2009 at 6:02 pm

The first trailer for Robert Zemeckis’s “A Christmas Carol” has leaked its way onto YouTube and until Disney pulls it, you can watch the trailer after the jump. The only thing to know before watching is, the trailer is in Italian and it was recorded with a video camera inside a movie theater. So…it’s not really the best way to watch the footage for the first time. Saying that, you can still get a good look at what Zemeckis is going for and if you enjoyed “Beowulf” and “The Polar Express”, it looks like he’s doing more of the same. I’d imagine with this trailer leaking, we’ll get the official one any day now. Until then, take a look after the jump:

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