Editorial: It’s Time to Make Peace with STAR WARS
George Lucas Addresses Changes to STAR WARS; Maintains Greedo Shot First
17 New Images from GAME OF THRONES Season Two [Updated with Hi-Res]
Collider Visits the Set of JOHN CARTER
Set Photos from M. Night Shyamalan’s AFTER EARTH Starring Will SmithFriday Box Office – AVATAR Gets Dumped For DEAR JOHN!
by Nicole Pedersen Posted:February 6th, 2010 at 9:48 am
|
|
 |
|
It looks like Avatar has finally met its match. The death blow came from a most unlikely quarter: the romantic drama Dear John. The latest movie to carry the “from the author of The Notebook” tag, Dear John opened to a stronger-than-expected $13.8 million on Friday and is now on its way to a projected weekend take in the $30 million range. Avatar brought in less than half of John‘s total – though its $6.1 million in week eight still smoked the estimated $3 million collected by From Paris with Love on its debut date. Avatar has lost Fridays in the past only to go on to victory in the weekend race. But on those occasions, the film’s margin of defeat was much smaller and there was no demographically-appealing sporting event looming. Avatar fans, start stealing yourselves for a second place finish… just in case.
| Title | Friday | Total | |
| 1 | Dear John | $13,800,000 | $13.8 |
| 2 | Avatar | $6,100,000 | $612.6 |
| 3 | From Paris w/Love | $3,000,000 | $3 |
| 4 | Edge of Darkness | $2,300,000 | $2.3 |
| 5 | When in Rome | $2,000,000 | $2 |
Please Like Collider on Facebook
|
|
|
|
Related Links
- Weekend Box Office – It’s Over. AVATAR Falls To DEAR JOHN with $32.4 Million
- Weekend Box Office – With Another $30 Million AVATAR Makes It Seven Weeks in a Row
- Friday box Office – Madness! ALICE IN WONDERLAND Has 2010′s Best Opening with $41 Million
- Weekend Box Office – How Original! VALENTINE’S DAY Tops Valentine’s Day Weekend with $52.4 Million
- Friday Box Office – VALENTINE’S DAY Leads New Releases with a $14.6 Million Debut
Wow, how depressing. Avatar couldn't hold its bag for one more week to be beat by a respectable opponent like The Wolfman?
Damn shame isn't it? It loses to a damn romance movie that probably wont last two weeks.
Yeah. I suppose there is a slight hope that it might win (if for example Dear John behaves like Twilight and drops like a box of rocks on saturday and sunday), but somehow… I doubt it. Avatar-goers will be sitting in front of Super Bowl on Sunday while the women go and check out Dear John more than likely. I didn't see this coming, but I should have. Lol.
Was there ever any doubt?
stealing?
Yeah. I suppose there is a slight hope that it might win (if for example Dear John behaves like Twilight and drops like a box of rocks on saturday and sunday), but somehow… I doubt it. Avatar-goers will be sitting in front of Super Bowl on Sunday while the women go and check out Dear John more than likely. I didn't see this coming, but I should have. Lol.
Was there ever any doubt?
stealing?