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With $32M haul, tearjerking chick flick unseats blue beings after 8 weeks

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 7, 2010 1:37 PM CST

(Newser) – For the first time in 2010, a movie other than Avatar ruled the weekend box office, as the Nicholas Sparks chick flick Dear John unseated the sci-fi phenomenon with a $32.4 million debut. James Cameron's latest, which opened Dec. 18, did $23.6 million to finish second and run its domestic total to $630.1 million. It has already passed Cameron's Titanic as the all-time international box office champ.

File-- In this Jan. 28, 2010 film director James Cameron poses for photographers prior to the opening of the movie Avatar in Davos, Switzerland. It was announced on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010, that the science-fiction sensation Avatar and the war-on-terror thriller The Hurt Locker lead the Academy Awards with nine...
File-- In this Jan. 28, 2010 film director James Cameron poses for photographers prior to the opening of the movie Avatar in Davos, Switzerland. It was announced on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010, that the science-fiction...   (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
In this publicity image released by Sony Screen Gems films, Channing Tatum, left, and Amanda Seyfried are shown in a scene from Dear John.
In this publicity image released by Sony Screen Gems films, Channing Tatum, left, and Amanda Seyfried are shown in a scene from "Dear John."   (AP Photo/Sony Screen Gems, Scott Garfield)
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cornelison
Feb 8, 2010 1:21 AM CST
Is it true that that the storyline isn't all that captivating? The other trend in movies that I find annoying is when they use pale greens & yellows for non-animated features like, "War of the Worlds" and the "Transporter" franchise.
Cat-Lover
Feb 7, 2010 10:36 AM CST
I just saw Avatar. It's popularity and income just proves that there are suckers born every minute. I'm just hoping ASCAP and or the SAG can block further attempts to eliminate people from films replaced by computer generated quasi-cartoons. It starts with capturing real people's images and leads to pure computation.

 
entertainment • James Cameron • film • box office • movies • Channing Tatum • Nicholas Sparks • Amanda Seyfried • Avatar (film) • Dear John

 
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