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Avatar Gets A Dear John Letter

Avatar“Dear John” dethroned reigning box office champ “Avatar,” blocking its bid for an eighth straight win. The over-achieving romantic drama’s wily counter-programming play scored an estimated $32.4 million in opening domestic boxoffice during Super Bowl weekend.

The twelve estimated top producing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday February 7, 2010 include:

RankTitleDistributorWeekend GrossCumeLocation
1Dear JohnSony$32,400,000$32,400,0002969
2Avatar20th Century Fox$23,600,000$630,093,3233000
3From Paris With LoveLionsgate$8,120,000$8,120,0002722
4Edge Of DarknessWarner Bros.$7,005,000$29,097,4803066
5Tooth Fairy20th Century Fox$6,500,000$34,332,9733218
6When In RomeDisney$5,504,000$20,899,6052456
7The Book Of EliWarner Bros.$4,835,000$82,162,8052820
8Crazy HeartFox Searchlight$3,650,000$11,187,730819
9LegionSony$3,400,000$34,678,2832339
10Sherlock HolmesWarner Bros.$2,630,000$201,579,2961805
11The Blind SideWarner Bros.$2,600,000$241,626,3691740
12Up In The AirParamount$2,350,000$76,681,1931547

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