The world may live to see 2013, after all.The apocalyptic-minded 2012 started off with a $65 million box-office bang, per estimates, beating projections and the weekend competition.Elsewhere, bigger wasn't always better—or bigger. In limited release, the potential Oscar heavyweight Precious continued to loom incredibly large ($6.1 million at only 174 theaters), while Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox enjoyed a fantastic debut ($260,000 at four theaters).Taking a look inside the numbers:• 2012's $65 million weekend isn't even half of what made its debut so huge. Overseas, the disaster epic made like Michael Jackson, and grossed $160 million—the...
