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As with family-friendly franchises, foreign horror movie remakes, and actor Ryan Reynolds, apocalyptic action flicks exist as pickable, profitable scabs in Hollywood.

As moviegoers across the nation watched the end of the world with the opening of "2012" last week, news of Earth's demise spread quickly across the Web.

Billed as the end of the world, '2012' is an epic example of what could happen if the sun's solar activity one day microwaves the Earth's insides.

The apocalyptic film "2012" swept the weekend box office and ranked as the weekend's top movie, taking in a whopping $225 million in worldwide receipts.

When the apocalypse comes, China will save the world. Or at least that's how Chinese audiences are interpreting "2012," Hollywood's latest blockbuster disaster movie.

But who knew the end of the world would look so good? Directed by Roland Emmerich, 2012 is a visually stunning movie that portrays what some believe to be the end of the world.

Sony's Roland Emmerich disaster pic "2012" crushed the worldwide box office, grossing an estimated $160 million at the foreign box office and an estimated $65 million domestically for a total haul of $225 million.

Weekend box office in review Entertainment News Roland Emmerich's 2012 almost made back its $260 million budget in just three days .

An Oscar-caliber cast and dazzling visual effects can't rescue this formulaic disaster flick from a script flooded with generic dialogue and preposterous plot points.

LOS ANGELES - At the after-party for the premiere of doomsday movie 2012, celebrity gazers toggled between actor John Cusack and the tall guy in the fingerless leather gloves and metal-studded black jacket.

Actress Amanda Peet attends the '2012' Japan Premiere at Roppongi Hills on November 17, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.

The planets will align, the sun will burp fire, the Earth's surface will start to slide all over, and it's all happening faster than expected - unless of course, you use the Mayan calendar, read New Age books, or watch this ridiculous movie.

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.

Doom spelled dollars at the box office as the global-disaster tale 2012 opened at No.

Morgan Lily and John Cusack squint through the ash as they watch their reputations collapse in the distance.

LOS ANGELES: End-of-the-world disaster flick "2012" opened over the weekend with three-day ticket sales of $65 million, according to preliminary studio estimates issued Sunday.

Boffins at NASA have posted a detailed report online dismissing heightened fears the world will end on 21 December, 2012 - brought about by interest in John Cusack's new disaster movie.

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In yet another Sony assault on the box office in Canada and the United States, a potential disaster blockbuster "2012" garnered 65 million U.S. dollars with exquisite rendition of a doomsday scenario, according to North America box office authorities based on ticket sales over the weekend beginning Friday.

Hollywood filmmaker Roland Emmerich's disaster epic '2012', released Friday, has grossed over Rs.19 crore in its opening weekend in India.