Roland Emmerich’s disaster flick “2012” starring John Cusack slayed all the other contenders at the box office this weekend.
“A Christmas Carol” came in second, with the sleeper hit “Precious” placing third. Here are the numbers from Box Office Mojo:

2012, $65.23M
A Christmas Carol, $22.30M
Precious, $5.87M
The Men Who Stare at Goats, $5.86M
Michael Jackson’s This Is It, $5.07M
The Fourth Kind, $4.60M
Couples Retreat, $4.16M
Paranormal Activity, $4.04M
Law Abiding Citizen, $3.79M
The Box, $3.15M
Pirate Radio, $2.90M
Where the Wild Things Are, $2.41M

Image: Sony Pictures Releasing

Here’s the Warner Bros. 2009 Film Preview. And woohoo that "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" will finally hit theaters on July 17, 2009. "The Dark Knight" hits theaters — AGAIN! Zac Efron gets a chance to be young again in "17 Again" (uh, haven’t we seen that plotline in about 20 movies?), John Connor comes back in "Terminator: Salvation," Robert Downey, Jr. plays Sherlock Holmes, and Clint Eastwood is nowhere near retiring. He begins AND ends 2009 with new movies. Check out the lineup:
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