The end-of-the-world disaster movie "2012" came out on top of the weekend box office battle. The movie, starring John Cusack, earned 65-million-dollars in the U.S. and Canada, coming in at the high end of projections from the studio. Worldwide, the film earned 225-million-dollars in tickets to make it the best global opening ever for a movie not based on a best-selling novel, brand or an established movie franchise. Coming in second is the Jim Carrey holiday flick "A Christmas Carol" with 22-point-three million, followed in third by "The Men Who Stare At Goats" with six-point-two million. In fourth this week was "Precious," followed in fifth by the Michael Jackson concert film "This Is It."Here is the list of North American box office receipts for the three-day weekend beginning November 13th:
1. 2012 - 65-million dollars
2. A Christmas Carol - 22-point-three-million dollars
3. The Men Who Stare at Goats - six-point-two-milion dollars
4. Precious - six-point-one-million dollars
5. This Is It - five-point-one-million dollars
6. The Fourth Kind - four-point-seven-million dollars
7. Couples Retreat - four-point-three-million dollars
8. Paranormal Activity - four-point-two-million dollars
9. Law Abiding Citizen - three-point-nine-million dollars
10. The Box - three-point-two million dollars
