‘Valentine’s Day’ seduces fans with $63.1M debut, sets record for President’s Day weekend

‘Valentine’s Day’ seduces fans with $63.1M debut

LOS ANGELES — Movie fans showed some love for “Valentine’s Day,” an all-star romance that debuted with record revenues of $63.1 million over the long President’s Day weekend.

That beat previous record-holder “Ghost Rider,” which pulled in $52 million over the four-day holiday weekend in 2007.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Monday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Tuesday by Hollywood.com are:

1. “Valentine’s Day,” Warner Bros., $63,135,312, 3,665 locations, $17,227 average, $63,135,312, one week.

2. “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” Fox, $38,661,634, 3,356 locations, $11,520 average, $38,661,634, one week.

3. “The Wolfman,” Universal, $35,555,065, 3,222 locations, $11,035 average, $35,555,065, one week.

4. “Avatar,” Fox, $28,782,849, 2,685 locations, $10,720 average, $666,388,502, nine weeks.

5. “Dear John,” Sony Screen Gems, $18,200,188, 2,975 locations, $6,118 average, $56,077,760, two weeks.

6. “The Tooth Fairy,” Fox, $8,005,767, 2,748 locations, $2,913 average, $43,934,502, four weeks.

7. “From Paris With Love,” Lionsgate, $6,352,780, 2,722 locations, $2,334 average, $17,465,570, two weeks.

8. “Edge of Darkness,” Warner Bros., $5,570,476, 2,615 locations, $2,130 average, $37,054,157, three weeks.

9. “Crazy Heart,” Fox Searchlight, $4,982,062, 1,005 locations, $4,957 average, $17,509,037, nine weeks.

10. “When in Rome,” Disney, $4,277,925, 2,125 locations, $2,013 average, $26,875,654, three weeks.

11. “The Book of Eli,” Warner Bros., $4,211,221, 1,825 locations, $2,308 average, $88,165,452, five weeks.

12. “The Blind Side,” Warner Bros., $2,667,208, 1,175 locations, $2,270 average, $245,133,549, 13 weeks.

13. “My Name Is Khan,” Fox Searchlight, $2,264,983, 120 locations, $18,875 average, $2,264,983, one week.

14. “Legion,” Sony Screen Gems, $2,104,565, 1,424 locations, $1,478 average, $38,206,460, four weeks.

15. “Up in the Air,” Paramount, $2,063,060, 925 locations, $2,230 average, $79,501,829, 11 weeks.

16. “Sherlock Holmes,” Warner Bros., $1,887,387, 950 locations, $1,987 average, $204,350,996, eight weeks.

17. “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,” Fox, $1,696,335, 1,057 locations, $1,605 average, $214,311,806, eight weeks.

18. “It’s Complicated,” Universal, $1,396,925, 787 locations, $1,775 average, $109,741,850, eight weeks.

19. “The Princess and the Frog,” Disney, $811,714, 441 locations, $1,841 average, $101,951,400, 12 weeks.

20. “The Lovely Bones,” Paramount, $804,802, 833 locations, $966 average, $42,962,418, 10 weeks.

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Universal Pictures and Focus Features are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co.; Sony Pictures, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount and Paramount Vantage are divisions of Viacom Inc.; Disney’s parent is The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is a division of The Walt Disney Co.; 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox Atomic are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a consortium of Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Sony Corp., Comcast Corp., DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and Quadrangle Group; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC Films is owned by Rainbow Media Holdings, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corp.; Rogue Pictures is owned by Relativity Media LLC; Overture Films is a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp.