Entertainment / entertainment Christmas Comes Early 'Precious' shatters record for per-location average By Marie Morris, Newser Staff Posted Nov 8, 2009 1:38 PM CST Copied In this film publicity image released by Disney, Ebenezer Scrooge, voiced by Jim Carrey, is shown carrying Tiny Tim, voiced by Gary Oldman, in a scene from "A Christmas Carol." (AP Photo/Disney, ImageMovers Digital LLC) The stop-motion version of A Christmas Carol topped the weekend box office, opening with a $31 million haul. The figure is a slight disappointment, on the low end of the projected range for the family-friendly flick, reports Variety. The Michael Jackson documentary This is It lost 40% off last week's chart-topping opening, raking in $14 million. Buzz machine Precious opened at just 18 locations and broke the record for per-location average with total ticket sales of $1.8 million. The top five: A Christmas Carol, $31 million Michael Jackson's This Is It, $14 million The Men Who Stare at Goats, $13.3 million The Fourth Kind, $12.5 million Paranormal Activity, $8.6 million (More entertainment stories.) Report an error