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'Dear John' Beats 'Avatar' at Box Office

By: Erik Davis on February 8, 2010 at 2:54PM Comments (6)

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but did I or did I not go way out on a limb and predict Dear John to finally beat Avatar at the box office this past weekend? Those Fandango Fanatics who follows our Friday box office posts should already know the answer to that question. Yes, based on the sappy nature of the film and the power of the female audience (plus those who, like, so totally adore The Notebook), I had a really good feeling that Dear John would topple Avatar before Valentine's Day could get its rom-com mitts wrapped around those funky blue aliens.

'Dear John'

And it did! Dear John finished the weekend with $32 million to Avatar's $23 million, ending the latter film's record-breaking run at the top of the box office for seven weeks straight. Perhaps it was because folks were really in the mood for some sappy love story, or maybe seven weeks was just the right amount of time for the film to finally run out of steam. Then again, it still landed in second place and beat out the weekend's other big release, From Paris with Love, so even though Dear John is the victor, Avatar is still causing trouble for the rest of the new releases.
 
Did you see Dear John this weekend? What did you think of it? Was it a movie worthy of taking down Avatar?

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  • Feb 8th 2010 4:26PM

    tosca1230  said...

    I saw it, but I don't think it's worthy enough....Avatar was much better.

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  • Feb 8th 2010 4:33PM

    Crankyfonzy  said...

    Avatars been out for longer. Think about it. If they came out around the same time Avatar would have blown it out the water.

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  • Feb 9th 2010 7:29AM

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    Let's see how Dear John does 7 weeks from now. Will it come out 2nd to the new release?

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  • Feb 9th 2010 1:16PM

    dunield  said...

    Like someone said here, Avatar has been #1 for 7 weeks until Dear John came out. Big deal right, the moment was coming soon. My prediction is Wolfman will take #1 spot this coming weekend...lets see!

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  • Feb 9th 2010 1:16PM

    dunield  said...

    Like someone said here, Avatar has been #1 for 7 weeks until Dear John came out. Big deal right, the moment was coming soon. My prediction is Wolfman will take #1 spot this coming weekend...lets see!

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  • Feb 10th 2010 10:56PM

     said...

    Yes i agree with Dunield wolfman will take number one for at least 3 weeks

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