Friday Box Office: Very, Very Dear John

The burning question of what film would ever -- if ever -- unseat Avatar from box-office supremacy has finally been answered, and it's not likely the successor anyone would have guessed. The Channing Tatum/Amanda Seyfried romantic weepie Dear John is absolutely killing this weekend, drawing $13.8 million on opening day and eyeing a three-day total of at least $30 million by Sunday night. That's more than double what Avatar earned on Friday and more than $10 million in front of the John Travolta thriller From Paris With Love. Also noteworthy: Crazy Heart fared well in its Oscar-race expansion, while The Blind Side... enh. Not so much; it remains just on the outside of the Top 10 looking in for the third straight week. Read on for the full list.

DEAR JOHN: $13,800,000 (new)

AVATAR: $6,200,000 ($612,693,000)

FROM PARIS WITH LOVE: $3,000,000 (new)

EDGE OF DARKNESS: $2,315,000 ($24,407,000)

WHEN IN ROME: $2,000,000 ($17,396,000)

TOOTH FAIRY: $1,650,000 ($29,483,000)

THE BOOK OF ELI: $1,515,000 ($78,843,000)

CRAZY HEART: $1,075,000 ($8,613,000)

LEGION: $1,060,000 ($32,338,000)

SHERLOCK HOLMES: $785,000 ($199,734,000)