Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried in Dear John
Avatar recovered the top spot at the domestic box office on Monday, Feb. 8, according to figures provided by Box Office Mojo. On its 53rd day, James Cameron’s 3D sci-fi adventure earned $2.25 million (a 16.7 drop from the previous Monday), edging out weekend victor Dear John, which had earnings of $2.14 million. Directed by Lasse Hallström, the romantic tearjerker starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried has grossed $32.6 million after 4 days in release.
The John Travolta-Jonathan Rhys Meyers vehicle From Paris with Love earned only $823K ($303 per screen), followed by Mel Gibson’s Edge of Darkness with $662K, a 37.8 percent drop from the previous Monday. The $80 million revenge thriller has earned a mere $29.6m after eleven days.
At #5, Denzel Washington’s post-apocalyptic drama The Book of Eli earned 521K, while Dwayne Johnson’s Tooth Fairy was #6 with $410K. The Kristen Bell-Josh Duhamel romantic comedy When in Rome was down to seventh place with $390K, barely edging out Legion with $383K. Jeff Bridges‘ Crazy Heart grossed $342K, for a total of $11.4 million to date.
Rounding out the top twelve were Robert Downey Jr’s Sherlock Holmes ($237K), Sandra Bullock’s The Blind Side ($211K), and George Clooney’s Up in the Air ($189K).
Photos: Dear John (Scott Garfield / Dear John, LLC)
