Entertainment Overload: Episode 86 - 2012 Joes Forever

Join TV and Film enthusiasts from Fused Film’s Entertainment Overload as they talk about the geekiest and biggest movies in this weekly podcast for fans and geeks alike. Welcome to an insightful and entertaining fanboy perspective on all things awesome. Subscribe via: RSS or  iTunes Episode 86 - 2012 Joes Forever Recorded November 22, 2009. Justin Vactor is [...]

Trivia: 2012

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Why Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is Better Than 2012

To say you liked 2012, but disliked Transformers, is either giving too much credit to one film...

2012 Blows Up Global Box Office

2012 may just be a lot more explosive fluff from Roland Emmerich, but it pushed the effects envelope far enough to receive massive returns at the box office. In short, audiences just can't help but watch their home planet get annihilated with CG.

Box Office Champ: 2012
Claiming the ninth biggest global opening ever, 2012 picked up $225 million during its opening weekend, with $160 million of that coming from the international audiences; the fifth best international opening of all time.

Sony Pictures obviously has reason to celebrate, seeing that 2012 gave the studio their second box office victory in a row after This Is It. With the celebration also comes a sigh of relief, as Sony needed to find a way to make back the $200 million spent on the film plus all the marketing. Though domestic audiences were iffy, the studio knew to count on showings overseas, where disaster pics typically do well.

Monday Morning Box Office Report: 2012 Destroys Everything Everywhere

Roland Emmerich's 2012 had a sufficiently massive opening weekend, bringing in $65 million in North America, and $225 million worldwide proving that the disaster movie is far from dead. This makes it the 7th highest opening weekend in November ever. A Christmas Carol dropped to #2 with another $22 million, while The Men Who Stare At Goats held down the #3 position. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire jumped to #4 continuing to build buzz as it expanded to more theatres, and Michael Jackson's This Is It slipped to #5. Pirate Radio, on the other hand, had a rough opening all the way down at #11, earning just $2.8 million on almost 900 screens. Yikes. 1. 2012 -- $65M 2. A Christmas Carol -- $22.3M 3. The Men Who Stare at Goats -- $6.2M 4. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire -- $6.09M 5. This Is It -- $5.1M 6. The Fourth Kind -- $4.74M 7. Couples Retreat -- $4.25M 8. Paranormal Activity -- $4.2M 9. Law Abiding Citizen -- $3.93M 10. The Box -- $3.19M

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Box Office: 2012 Destroys the Weekend with $ 65 Million

As to be expected people did show for the end of the world. Roland Emmerich’s latest white house detroying cataclysmic film, 2012 churned out $65 million in a box office beat down. The question is will it make its budget of $260 million? That will remain to be seen but we speculate with domestic sales [...]

Weekend Box Office - Its a Tidal Wave of Money for 2012: Breaks $200 Million Worldwide

If the world really does end on December 21, 2012, at least one guy is gonna go out happy. Director Roland Emmerich saw his latest disaster epic rake in an estimated $65 million domestically and over $160 abroad for a grand total of $220 million worldwide. That puts the film in the top ten international [...]

Box-Office Wrap-Up: Nov. 13 Nov. 15, 2009

People were starving for an "event" movie and 2012 was definitely that. Brad didn't love it, and I'm right there with him. It certainly had flaws. But it's been months since the last tentpole release, and timing was far more important than quality in this instance. #1 movie predicted correctly: 3 Week In A Row 1. 2012 And [...]

2012 Gets 9th Biggest Opening Ever

Sony's disaster film "2012," directed by Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) has surpassed predictions by grossing an estimated $160 million at the foreign box office and an estimated $65 million domestically for a total haul of $225 million this weekend.

Friday Box Office - Disaster Rules! 2012 Brings In Over $23 Million on Opening Day

It looks like Roland Emmerich had at least one more catastrophic hit left in him. 2012, the latest paean to exploding landmarks from the director of Independence Day, brought in a whopping $23.7 million on its opening day on 3,404 screens. That’s the highest opening ever for Emmerich and it puts 2012 on track for [...]