“2012” Breaks All Box Office Records with $225 M Worldwide Opening

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The global-disaster tale "2012" has opened with $65 million domestically and has pulled with $225 million worldwide. "2012" is been produced by Columbia Pictures and the story is of a scramble to save remnants of humanity aboard giant arks as the earth's crust shifts and flood waters pour over most of the planet.

The film cast is led by John Cusack, Danny Glover and Chiwetel Ejiofor. "2012" is directed by doomsday specialist Roland Emmerich of "Independence Day," and 'The Day After Tomorrow"fame.

Reportedly, "2012" has done very good opening business in the overseas. The film did $17.2 million in France, $15.3 million in Russia, $9.9 million in South Korea and $8.1 million in Spain.

Head of Sony Distributor, Rory Bruer says, "Roland is that type of filmmaker that casts his net really wide. The story is something people could really relate to. It's a story of the survival of humanity."

According to a source, "Disney's A Christmas Carol" slipped in No. 2 with $22.3 million, down only 26 percent from its No. 1 opening gross a weekend earlier. And the holiday adventure of Jim Carrey has raised $63.3 Million in gross total of 10 days.
"Michael Jackson's "This Is It" added $5.1 million domestically to raise its total to $67.2 million. The Sony release became the all-time top-grossing music documentary, passing the $65.3 million total of last year's "Hannah Montana&Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert."
" 2012" has proved being a strong prelude as it has given Hollywood a busiest weekend at movie theatres.
Top ten ranking Hollywood Movies which have given their good Box Office collections till now, are given below:

1. "2012," $65 million
2. "Disney's A Christmas Carol," $22.3 million
3. "The Men Who Stare at Goats," $6.2 million
4. "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," $6.1 million
5. "Michael Jackson's This Is It," $5.1 million
6. "The Fourth Kind," $4.7 million
7. "Couples Retreat," $4.3 million
8. "Paranormal Activity," $4.2 million
9. "Law Abiding Citizen," $3.9 million
10. "The Box," $3.2 million.

2012 Movie Review

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Director Roland Emmerich has once again proved his metal with his new movie 2012. The story is written by producer-composer Harald Kloser and director Roland Emmerich himself. 2012 is a thriller story which is based on the Mayan culture prediction of Doomsday. The plot of the story follows the historical incident in which Mayan Long Count Calendar predicts the end of the world will occur at the end of the current cycle on or around December 21, 2012, which also coincides with the Galactic Alignment of December 21, 2012. The story of the film also exhibits the struggle for survival of a divorced man Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) to save his ex-wife Kate Curtis (Amanda Peet) and kids Noha (Lima James) and Lily (Morgan Lily) from the disaster who lives with Kate's boyfriend Gordan (Thomas McCarthy). The cinematography of the movie is over dramatized. The thrilling scenes of struggle for survival are good but some scenes of destructions of great monuments like Eiffel Tower, White House Sistine Chapel and big buildings looks unrealistic. The grand monuments shatter as if they are made up of sand or paper. The back ground score of Harold Kloser and Thomas Wander enhances the trauma and thrills of the scenes. The direction of Roland Emmerich is quite effective and it adds dramatic effects to scenes. The script has nicely inculcated human emotion with the story of destruction. The story leaves effect on the audience mind. The actors have done good work according to their characters. Actor John Cusack has impressed the viewers with his powerful performance. Altogether the 2 hour 40 minute long 2012 is a must watch film. The film has been successful in creating a lot of questions in the minds of the audiences about the future of the world!