The end of the week resulted in big money for an end-of-the world tale, according to EW.com. The John Cusack disaster film “2012″ took in an estimated $65 million in the U.S. and $160 million elsewhere, bringing in more than its $200 million budget. Despite the high numbers, though, the box office took in more money at this time in 2008 when it was propelled by the action flick “Quantum of Solace.”

Disney’s “A Christmas Carol” held up well in its second weekend in theaters, dropping only 26 percent and taking the second place spot. The CG-animated film’s tally included 14 percent of its gross from IMAX runs, grossing $22.3 million this week overall. “The Men Who Stare At Goats” took third, dropping 51 percent from last weekend and grossing $6.2 million for a $23 million total.

“Precious” earned an unusual per-screen average of $35,000, putting it in fourth. With the addition of 156 theaters to its limited release opening weekend, it earned $6 million. The Michael Jackson film “This Is It” took a steep drop of 61 percent to earn $5.1 million and fifth place. The concert documentary has earned $67 million in three weeks.

Twitter users reviewed the top films:

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   RussiAnya Saw Christmas Carol in 3D this weekend! Jim Carrey was amazing! What a great movie.I’m in such a Christmas spirit, I’m ready to sing carols!
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   Dylan1Kenobi Saw the new Christmas Carol Movie last night. Pretty freaky, but dead on to the book. A few 3D cliches but still a good movie.
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   jaredu On that note I also saw A Christmas Carol last night, and while Jim Carrey is an awesome actor, I much preferred 2012 to A Christmas Carol .
4. 
   nicholaskirk FYI, saw 2012 last night. No amount of special fx and cgi in the world would’ve helped that wreck. It was utterly laughable. Hahaha!! See…
5. 
   tmangham 2012 is a typical Hollywood film. Good storyline but I thought it could have been made more believable!
6. 
   ricks5550 I saw 2012 last night. Typical disaster movie. Far reaching and not very realistic but the popcorn was good.
7. 
   tiger111189 Went to see 2012 yesterday, amzing film! Love John Cusack! CGI was brilliant, it was predictable for me, but I still recommend you go c it!
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   maggielangrick Did the whole city see rush to 2012 this weekend? Fully sold out Sat. when I tried. Saw Christmas Carol instead. Amazing effects, no heart.
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   UnderEveryStone Men Who Stare At Goats – highly anticipated, but fell short… aimed to be playful but came out more absurd than funny.
10. 
    EmiHeb @craigmunro we saw men who stare at goats. I thought it was really good, definitely intriguing. Not great, but certainly solid.

1. 
   toooshii I saw the movie today that was “THIS IS IT”. Yeah~ Michael!!! I’m not his fan, but it was soooo great and amazing. I was impressed.
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   FreshBritton I don’t understand the hype around this Precious movie…the previews don’t even look good, they look disturbing.
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   televisual Still amazed “2012″ made more in one weekend than “This Is It” has so far. Sorry. I’ll get over it.
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   eyllom @davidsingletary Precious was amazing. Rough stuff, cast was beyond anything I’ve seen in a long time. I’ll be voting 4 them for SAG awards.
5. 
   jeremylucido A lot of people have asked- Yes, the movie Precious was really good- go see it.
6. 
   calciecooper Saw “This is it” this weekend it was very inspirational. MJ was a passionate perfectionist. Never to settle for less than your passion.
7. 
   laysia82 Saw the movie “Precious” last night..I could have waited until it came out on DvD. I was disappointed.

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