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Dear John

2010 PG-13 1h 48m Drama, Romance, War Screen Gems

Love brought them together. Will fate tear them apart?

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$80.0M
Final
Opening Weekend
$30.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.63x
Opening → Total
Budget
$25.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$142M
$62.0M international
2010 Rank
#43
Domestic
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Feb 5-7 1 $30.5M $30.5M 2,969 $10K 1
Feb 12-14 5 $16.1M -47.3% $53.9M 2,975 $5K 2
Feb 19-21 6 $7.1M -55.6% $65.8M 3,062 $2K 3
Feb 26-28 7 $4.8M -32.6% $72.4M 3,006 $2K 4
Mar 5-7 10 $2.8M -42.1% $76.6M 2,496 $1K 5
Mar 12-14 16 $1.0M -63.3% $78.6M 1,249 $817 6
Mar 19-21 26 $236K -76.8% $79.2M 388 $609 7
Mar 26-28 33 $97K -58.9% $79.4M 163 $596 8
Apr 2-4 31 $154K +58.0% $79.6M 266 $577 9
Apr 9-11 32 $125K -18.3% $79.8M 221 $567 10
Apr 16-18 40 $64K -48.8% $79.9M 122 $526 11
Apr 23-25 41 $63K -2.1% $80.0M 103 $610 12

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Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byLasse Hallström
ScreenplayJamie Linden
Produced byMarty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Ryan Kavanaugh
CinematographyTerry Stacey
MusicDeborah Lurie
Prod. DesignKara Lindstrom
StarringAmanda Seyfried, Channing Tatum, Richard Jenkins, Henry Thomas, D.J. Cotrona, Cullen Moss
StudioScreen Gems