Audiences fall for Valentine’s Day

The Garry Marshall directed romantic comedy Valentine’s Day managed to take full advantage of the four day weekend and are nabbing an estimated $56.4 Million. Since there’s been murmurs of a sequel already in the works prior to this release date, it looks more than likely that the feature warranted enough attention to get the second installment green lit. Of course, we cannot forget the Universal Pictures re-imagining of the classic horror monster tale of The Wolfman, slightly underperforming more than expected despite the heavy marketing in second with $31.7 Million. Mind you, this supernatural movie has a $150 Million dollar price tag slapped on it, so that is not too good for the flick.

Last but not least, the third release of the weekend with Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, taking in $31.4 Million which is a bit impressive given the fact that the property is not as ridiculously known as previous adolescent novel adaptations.

Nine weeks in and Avatar is still luring in the audiences, bringing in about $23.5 Million which rounds out it’s total domestic gross now to $661 Million. It’s just a matter of, due to it’s monstrous box office, that the James Cameron picture will end up wooing over quite a few Oscars under it’s belt. Here’s the rest of the weekend estimates below from Box Office Mojo:

Weekend Box Office (February 12-14)

1. Valentine’s Day  ($56.4 M)
2. The Wolfman  ($31.7 M)
3. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief  ($31.4 M)
4. Avatar  ($23.5 M)
5. Dear John  ($15.3 M)
6. Tooth Fairy  ($6 M)
7. From Paris With Love  ($5.5 M)
8. Edge of Darkness  ($4.8 M)
9. Crazy Heart  ($4.2 M)
10. When in Rome  ($3.7 M)

We are finally out of the sappiest and romantic day of the year, and with that being said, bring on the Scorsese! This weekend the pushed back Shutter Island finally comes out in theaters. Within the realms of limited releases, there is Blood Done Sign My Name, The Ghost Writer and The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2010.