2012 comfortably led Tuesday’s box office with $4.55 million. Sony’s big-budget disaster film was down 11 percent from Monday. That marked the largest daily percentage decrease of any film in wide release on Tuesday, but was quite understandable given how well the film held up from Saturday through Monday. 2012 has grossed $74.90 million through five days of release and should cross the $80 million mark on Thursday. 2012 is currently running just 1 percent behind the pace of Quantum of Solace, which Sony released in theatres at this time last year. However, 2012 is holding up better than Quantum of Solace did in its initial days and as a result was 12 percent stronger than Quantum of Solace was on its first Tuesday.

Disney’s A Christmas Carol was up a solid 9 percent from Monday to remain in second place. The Robert Zemeckis directed film starring Jim Carrey grossed $1.14 million for the day. That was down 53 percent from last Tuesday, though it should be noted that Tuesday to Tuesday declines were inflated for all holdovers as a result of the eve of Veterans Day falling last Tuesday. A Christmas Carol has held up rather nicely so far, with the film having grossed $65.47 million in 12 days.

The Men Who Stare at Goats was up one spot from the previous day to finish in third with $0.52 million. Overture’s R-rated war comedy was up a healthy 21 percent from Monday and down 57 percent from last Tuesday. The Men Who Stare at Goats has grossed $23.99 million in 12 days, but will likely fade away very quickly over the next two weeks given all of the new wide releases about to enter the marketplace.

Lionsgate’s Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire slid one spot to fourth. The critically acclaimed film directed by Lee Daniels grossed $0.47 million, which was down 3 percent from Monday and up 104 percent from last Tuesday. Precious has grossed an impressive $9.64 million in 12 days and will cross the $10 million mark today, despite currently playing in only 174 locations.

Michael Jackson’s This Is It rounded out the day’s top five with $0.39 million. Sony’s concert documentary was up 11 percent from Monday, but down a steep 71 percent from last Tuesday. This Is It has grossed $67.94 million through three weeks of release and will pass the $70 million mark sometime over the upcoming weekend.

In platform release, Fox's Fantastic Mr. Fox grossed $22,547 on Tuesday, which was down 6 percent from Monday. The Wes Anderson directed stop-motion film has grossed $312,509 in five days from four locations in New York and Los Angeles. Fantastic Mr. Fox will go into wide release on Wednesday, November 25th.