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The big budget always wins, and in this case 2012 took the title in a landslide.  My dark horse, Pirate Radio, the other new release this weekend, came in at a paltry number eleven!  This, my friends, is why I don’t bet the horses.

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Studio
Weekend Gross
% Change
Theater Count / Change
Average
Total Gross
Budget*
Week #

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2012
Sony
$65,237,614
-
3,404
-
$19,165
$65,237,614
$200
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1
A Christmas [...]

As expected, the top spot over the weekend was taken by the Jim Carrey animated remake of the classic holiday story, Disney’s A Christmas Carol.  The posthumous MJ concert flick This is It slipped to number 2 in its second week in theaters, and the third spot was held by my personal favorite movie of [...]

This it is takes the top spot but not in the overwhelming numbers that we were expecting. Paranormal Activity holds on to the number two slot on the box office.

This weekend the independent film Paranormal Activity becomes the number one movie with not a single movie coming even close as competition.

Where the Wild Things are beats out both Law Abiding Citizen and The Stepfather which also opened this weekend.

Couples Retreat which was widely seen by critics as well “rotten” has taken the box office by storm. Surprisingly it more than doubled the second place movie, Zombieland.

Zombieland takes the top slot this weekend as was expected. This zombie filled comedy has a witty script and great acting. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs takes a distant second but still a great showing considering it is now in its third week.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs tops the box office for the second week in a row beating out Bruce Willis and the beloved musical Fame, a very tough feat for any movie but especially for a children’s movie.

The beloved children’s story has become a beloved children’s movie as Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs more than triples the return of the number 2 movie with $30 million for the weekend.

This weekend Tyler Perry reigns supreme once again as I Can Do Bad All By Myself annihilates the competition for the top box office returns. This low budget movie more than doubled the weekend gross of its closest competitior.