Roland Emmerich, director of the American blockbuster catastrophic 2012, achieves No. 1 at the box office in the USA. According to the collection data of last Friday, he achieved a collection of 23,7 million dollars, the best figure in the director's career. Taking calculations, it could end the weekend with a figure close to 60 million dollars but, still, it would have to endure a lot among the most viewed to get back the investment of the film that has cost 220 million dollars without counting the millions that will have been spent on the worldwide promotion of the film.
The second highest grossing film of the weekend will be A 3D Christmas Carol that achieves just over 5 million dollars and has already raised 46 million, still far from the 200 million it has cost.
The surprise is given by the independent film Precious that, with less than 200 copies, manages to be placed as the fourth most viewed film on Friday with a gross of 1,9 million dollars.
Tomorrow, the final data from the American box office.