John Cusack and Roland Emmerich's mega disaster movie, 2012, easily won the weekend box office taking in $65 million. The film has made a very impressive $225 million worldwide over the past five days. Roland Emmerich likes big projects and this time it really paid off for him - Deadline Hollywood Dailysays Emmerich's deal gives him 25% off the film's gross profits. Jim Carrey's A Christmas Carol had a very strong second week adding another $22 million to its total. This should silence critics who said the film wouldn't make much money. A Christmas Carol should linger in theatres with Christmas still weeks away.
The Men Who Stare at Goats came in third and made $6.2 million. Precious performed incredibly well considering it was in under 200 theaters. The film made over $6 million at an average rate of $35,000 per theatre. The box office strength should only help the film's Oscar buzz. The other major release this weekend, Pirate Radio, did not fare well. It only made $2.8 million despite opening in nearly 900 theatres.
2012 will need to savor its big box office victory while it lasts because New Moon will be next weekend's number one film. The only remaining question is just how big the box office will be.
John Cusack and director Roland Emmerich gave a press conference to discuss their new film 2012, which is based on a Mayan prophecy that a global catastrophe will hit in 2012. A reporter asked them what they would do in their final days if they knew for sure that the end of the world was coming. Take a look:
Trailer for 2012 Starring John Cusack and Thandie Newton
Here's the new trailer for the film 2012 starring John Cusak, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton and Danny Glover.
The film is directed by Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) and looks pretty amazing if you like those end of the world movies. We do, we've seen them all. This one has to do with the Mayan calendar prediction that the world is going to end in 2012. Humanity has to find a way to survive the apocalypse and John Cusack is just the guy to save his adorable family before the world ends. It's about time Cusack starred in a mainstream blockbuster. His career was really taking some wrong turns. Cusack not being snarky + cute kids + Roland Emmerich = yes, we will go see it. Take a look:
You'll never look at Hilary Duff the same way after seeing her do the Scorpion Dance in the new film, War, Inc. The film also stars John Cusack. We're thinking that this is the hot new trend: why not try it out at your next party to impress your friends? What's the worst that could happen? Oh, right. You could die from a scorpion bite. The film opens in New York and Los Angeles on May 23, 2008 and we can't wait to see it. Take a look:
