Like our 2snaps writer Noel said in his review, “2012, a summer movie plunked down in the middle of November is the prefect antidote to all the Christmas ghosts, Men-goat relations, and Michael Jackson documentaries.”

And he was right, because the newest disaster movie by director Roland Emmerich pulled in summer movie numbers, earning an estimated $65 million at the box office this weekend. Amongst all other “the world is ending” films, 2012 came in second to The Day After Tomorrow, which opened to $68.7 million.

Other genre films like The Fourth Kind faltered their second week with a 61 percent drop off bringing its total to $20.6 million in ten days, and The Box dropped 58 percent from its disappointing start. Meanwhile Paranormal Activity earned an estimated $4.2 million bringing its overall total gross to an impressive $103.8 million.

Weekend Studio Estimates For November 13-15, 2009

1 2012 – $65,000,000
2 A Christmas Carol (2009) $22,325,000 ($63,289,000)
3 The Men Who Stare at Goats $6,200,000 ($23,376,000)
4 Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire $6,090,000 ($8,915,000)
5 Michael Jackson’s This Is It $5,100,000 ($68,211,000)
6 The Fourth Kind $4,744,000 ($20,588,000)
7 Couples Retreat $4,253,000 ($102,133,000)
8 Paranormal Activity $4,200,000 ($103,847,000)
9 Law Abiding Citizen $3,932,000 ($67,326,000)
10 The Box $3,185,000 ($13,206,000)