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Disaster film 2012 is this weekend's big winner at the box office, taking in $23.7 million on Friday and $25.5 million on Saturday, for a projected $64 million over its opening weekend. It's also earned over $170 million worldwide.

Last week's winner, Disney's A Christmas Carol, held strong at number two with a $23 million weekend.

Finally, Precious is continuing to do well in limited release and critics' favorite The Fantastic Mr. Fox also performed well for only opening in a few theaters across the country.

Disney's A Christmas Carol, starring Jim Carrey,  took the top spot at the box office this past Friday, making $9 million in its debut.

The real story this weekend, however, is Precious, which earned a record $585,000 despite being played in only 18 theaters nationwide. That's the best showing ever for any film debuting in under 100 locations.

The Michael Jackson concert documentary This Is It dominated several horror films at the box office this Halloween weekend.

This Is It grossed $101 million worldwide this weekend, including $21.3 million domestically.

Paranormal Activity took the number two spot, dropping only 22% from last week to $16.5 million, bringing it to a total of $84.8 million since its release.

Things got a little wild in movie theaters across the country this weekend.

Spike Jonze's highly anticipated film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's book Where the Wild Things Are dominated the box office, making over $33 million as of Saturday night.

Mark your calendar Spider-Man fans!

Spider-Man 4 is scheduled to be released on May 5th, 2011.

The first three films grossed over $2.5 billion at the box office worldwide. So of course there will be a fourth installment.

This Labor Day Weekend is becoming a tight race box office.

Last week's winner, The Final Destination, as of Friday, was barely leading All About Steve (why, Sandra Bullock, why?) with $3.58 million to $3.55 million, respectively.

Wow. With those being the top options, we guess we can thank Hollywood for encouraging us to explore the great outdoors this weekend.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince has worked its magic at the box office this past weekend to the tune of millions of dollars.

The sixth installment of the wiz kid franchise grossed $107 million over its first three days after premiering this past Wednesday. That puts it ahead of its predecessors, but behind this summer's biggest opening so far, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which made $127.8 million in its first three days. 

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen took its revenge on the box office this weekend.

The sequel to 2007's hit film Transformers, which stars Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, took in an estimated $201.2 million this weekend, making it the second best five-day opening in history. 

The Dark Knight holds the number one spot, having grossed $203.8 million in its first five days in 2008.

It's usually a bad thing when a hangover lingers longer than expected (not that we would know, or anything...), but for Hollywood it means box office gold.

The Hangover was the top earning movie for the second weekend in a row, taking in $33.4 million for a total of $105.4 million so far.

Disney/Pixar's Up was a close second with $30.5 million. This weekend's big new film, the John Travolta and Denzel Washington vehicle The Taking of Pelham 123 came in third with a disappointing $25 million. 

Turns out all of those people who watched it online decided to fork over the money to see the finished product.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine scored a cool $35 million at the box office on Friday, its opening day.

Just to put that in perspective, last weekend's big winner, Obsessed (really, America?), only made $25.8 million over all three days and the first installment of the X-Men series only made $20.8 million its opening day.