Love Story beats out Avatar at Box Office
February 8th 2010 16:53
The Love Story Dear John beat out Avatar at the box office. This is the first time Avatar has not been the top film in the U.S in over 7 weeks.
Dear John= Special Forces Army Sergeant John Tyree (Channing Tatum) is home on a two-week leave from Germany. He meets Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried) after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off the pier. John is smitten by Savannah and falls in love at first sight. Savannah is a college student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is on spring break and is helping build a house for Habitat for Humanity. John joins in with Savannah to help build the house. Along the way a budding romance occurs, and Savannah falls deeply in love with John. As she is about to go back to college, she promises to write John overseas during the next 12-months until he returns to her after completing his enlistment. Their love is put to the test when John reenlists after the 9/11 attack.
Dear john took in 32.4 million dollars compared to Avatar's 23.6 million. The other New release did not fair as well as Dear John as From Paris with Love tanked at only 8.1 million.
Top 10 movies:
Dear John 32.4 million
Avatar 23.6 million 630 million total in 8 weeks
From Paris with Love 8.1 million
Edge of Darkness 7.0 million
Tooth Fairy 6.5 million
When in Rome 5.5 million
The Book Of Eli 4.8 million 82.1 million in 4 weeks
Legion 3.4 million
Sherlock Holmes 2.6 million 201.5 million in 7 weeks
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