The Milla Jovovich starring film “The Fourth Kind” did not put up any sort of big numbers that was expected from a film along the same vein of “Paranormal Activity” as it accumulates $12.5 Million it’s first weekend. Richard Kelly’s newest directed thriller “The Box” barely got enough audience to make $7.8 Million, not entirely impressive especially with the fierce marketing. What became one of the more surprising box office successes of the weekend is “Precious” which, despite it’s under the radar marketing, managed to take in $1.8 Million over it’s opening weekend. The rest of the top ten from this weekend are listed below from Box Office Mojo.:

Weekend Box Office (November 6-8)

1. A Christmas Carol  ($31 M)
2. Michael Jackson’s This Is It  ($14 M)
3. The Men Who Stare at Goats  ($13.3 M)
4. The Fourth Kind  ($12.5 M)
5. Paranormal Activity  ($8.6 M)
6. The Box  ($7.8 M)
7. Couples Retreat  ($6.4 M)
8. Law Abiding Citizen  ($6.1 M)
9. Where the Wild Things Are  ($4.2 M)
10. Astro Boy  ($2.5 M)

What better way to keep each other in the holiday spirit with pure disaster stemming from Roland Emmerich’s new film “2012“. Also opening this weekend in theaters everywhere is the new Richard Curtis comedy “Pirate Radio” and a limited release of the Sebastian Gutierrez dramedy “Women in Trouble”.

Payne and “Cedar Rapids” producer Jim Taylor are both producing the feature. Clooney is in the middle of promoting several films that he’s starring in this fall including “Up in the Air“, “The Men Who Stare at Goats” and “The Fantastic Mr. Fox“.