Box office chart
| Estimated sales in the U.S. and Canada: | |||||
| Movie (studio) | 3-day gross (millions) | Percentage change from last weekend | Total (millions) | Days in release | |
| 1 | “Shutter Island” (Paramount) | $22.2 | -46% | $75.1 | 10 |
| 2 | “Cop Out” (Warner Bros.) | $18.6 | NA | $18.6 | 3 |
| 3 | “The Crazies” (Overture/Participant /Imagenation) | $16.5 | NA | $16.5 | 3 |
| 4 | “Avatar” (Fox/Dune/Ingenious) | $14 | -14% | $706.9 | 73 |
| 5 | “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” (Fox/Dune/Ingenious) | $9.8 | - 36% | $71.2 | 17 |
| 6 | “Valentine’s Day” (Warner Bros./New Line) | $9.5 | -43% | $100.4 | 17 |
| 7 | “Dear John” (Sony/Relativity) | $5 | -30% | $72.6 | 24 |
| 8 | “The Wolfman” (Universal/Relativity) | $4.1 | -58% | $57.2 | 17 |
| 9 | “Tooth Fairy” (Fox/Walden) | $3.5 | -21% | $53.9 | 38 |
| 10 | “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight) | $2.5 | -14% | $25.1 | 73 |
Industry totals
| 3-day gross | Change | Year-to-date gross | Change |
| (in millions) | from 2009 | (in billions) | from 2009 |
| $120 | 7.8% | $1.81 | 1.5% |
| Sources: Times research and Hollywood.com Box Office |
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