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Dear John knocks Avatar off the top spot -- finally.

Europe Intelligence Wire

| February 08, 2010 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Guardian Unlimited)

The winner Avatar knocked off top spot scandal! After seven weekends of continuous rule, Fox and James Cameron's king of the world was reduced to the role of mere commoner at the US box office. The culprit -- or saviour, depending on your view on these matters -- was a romance called Dear John , which debuted in first place on an estimated $32.4m through Screen Gems.Channing Tatum , whom you may have seen in the fight club drama Fighting and should be destined for greatness, appears opposite Amanda Seyfried from Mamma Mia. The film was adapted from a Nicholas Sparks novel, which possibly explains how it managed to open at number one over Fox's intimate sci-fi drama. It was Sparks, you …

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