£141 million worldwide for 2012

Film fans around the globe are obsessed with the end of the world - John Cusack's new disaster movie 2012 has scored a £141 million box office bonanza in just three days.

The much-hyped blockbuster stormed to the top of the U.S. box office with a £40.6 million opening weekend take, and it has done the same all over the world.

That means the film has taken just three days to claw back the £125 million budget behind the Roland Emmerich movie.

Last week's U.S. number one, Disney's A Christmas Carol, fell to two with a £13.9 million second weekend take and The Men Who Stare At Goats, Precious and Michael Jackson's This Is It! round out the new top five.

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