Nothing like a good disaster movie to bring in a lot of coin at the box office.

At least that was the case this weekend with Roland Emmerich’s end-of-the world tale “2012,” which took in an estimated $65 million stateside and an additional $160 million overseas.

The John Cusack thriller brought in more than its $200 million budget in its opening weekend, a huge win for Sony Pictures. Add in the spectacular limited release reign of “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire” and the weekend was a solid one even if it couldn’t surpass last year at this time when Sony’s “Quantum of Solace” was top dog on the list.

In second place was Disney’s “A Christmas Carol,” which despite opening softly last weekend, held up well in its second weekend in theaters, dropping only 26 percent. The Robert Zemeckis, CG-animated film grossed $22.3 million, with 14 percent of its tally coming from IMAX’s 182 runs. Its total cumulative now stands at $63 million.
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