It was a day of nice openings yesterday at the box office, as this week's three new entries took the three top spots with decent-to-great debuts. In the lead was monster romcom mashup Valentine's Day, which made $14.6 million, though The Wolfman and Percy Jackson were nipping at its heels and battling it out for second place. Wolfman will probably sink through the weekend, while Valentine's Day will build its juggernaut-like power going into Sunday's titular holiday. Hollywood will not rest until everyone is either in this movie or buying a ticket to it.
The full figures:
VALENTINE'S DAY: $14,625,000 (new)
THE WOLFMAN: $9,850,000 (new)
PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF: $9,775,000 (new)
AVATAR: $4,550,000 ($642,156,000)
DEAR JOHN: $4,125,000 ($42,003,000)
TOOTH FAIRY: $1,290,000 ($37,219,000)
FROM PARIS WITH LOVE: $1,180,000 ($12,293,000)
EDGE OF DARKNESS: $1,025,000 ($32,509,000)
CRAZY HEART: $870,000 ($13,397,000)
WHEN IN ROME: $815,000 ($23,413,000)