Name: Dear John
Director: Lasse Hallström
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Released: 2010
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Channing Tatum, Richard Jenkins, Henry Thomas, D.J. Cotrona

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Fri Feb 5	#1	$13.76M		—	$13.76M	2,969	$4.6K	1
Sat Feb 6	#1	$12.47M	-9%	—	$26.23M	2,969	$4.2K	2
Sun Feb 7	#2	$4.23M	-66%	—	$30.47M	2,969	$1.4K	3
Mon Feb 8	#2	$2.14M	-49%	—	$32.61M	2,969	$720	4
Tue Feb 9	#2	$1.91M	-11%	—	$34.52M	2,969	$642	5
Wed Feb 10	#2	$1.51M	-21%	—	$36.02M	2,969	$507	6
Thu Feb 11	#2	$1.85M	+23%	—	$37.88M	2,969	$624	7
Fri Feb 12	#5	$4.10M	+121%	-70%	$41.97M	2,975	$1.4K	8
Sat Feb 13	#5	$5.46M	+33%	-56%	$47.43M	2,975	$1.8K	9
Sun Feb 14	#5	$6.51M	+19%	+54%	$53.95M	2,975	$2.2K	10
Mon Feb 15	#5	$2.13M	-67%	-1%	$56.08M	2,975	$715	11
Tue Feb 16	#5	$942K	-56%	-51%	$57.02M	2,975	$316	12
Wed Feb 17	#5	$804K	-15%	-47%	$57.82M	2,975	$270	13
Thu Feb 18	#5	$848K	+5%	-54%	$58.67M	2,975	$285	14
Fri Feb 19	#6	$2.35M	+178%	-43%	$61.03M	3,062	$768	15
Sat Feb 20	#6	$3.15M	+34%	-42%	$64.18M	3,062	$1.0K	16
Sun Feb 21	#6	$1.62M	-49%	-75%	$65.80M	3,062	$530	17
Mon Feb 22	#6	$429K	-74%	-80%	$66.23M	3,062	$139	18
Tue Feb 23	#6	$512K	+19%	-46%	$66.74M	3,062	$167	19
Wed Feb 24	#6	$432K	-16%	-46%	$67.17M	3,062	$141	20
Thu Feb 25	#6	$449K	+4%	-47%	$67.62M	3,062	$146	21
Fri Feb 26	#7	$1.54M	+243%	-35%	$69.16M	3,006	$512	22
Sat Feb 27	#7	$2.20M	+43%	-30%	$71.36M	3,006	$732	23
Sun Feb 28	#8	$1.07M	-52%	-34%	$72.43M	3,006	$355	24
Mon Mar 1	#8	$304K	-72%	-29%	$72.74M	3,006	$101	25
Tue Mar 2	#7	$401K	+32%	-22%	$73.14M	3,006	$133	26
Wed Mar 3	#7	$351K	-13%	-19%	$73.49M	3,006	$116	27
Thu Mar 4	#7	$356K	+1%	-21%	$73.84M	3,006	$118	28
Fri Mar 5	#9	$968K	+172%	-37%	$74.81M	2,496	$387	29
Sat Mar 6	#10	$1.23M	+28%	-44%	$76.05M	2,496	$494	30
Sun Mar 7	#10	$580K	-53%	-46%	$76.63M	2,496	$232	31
Mon Mar 8	#10	$199K	-66%	-35%	$76.83M	2,496	$79	32
Tue Mar 9	#10	$241K	+21%	-40%	$77.07M	2,496	$96	33
Wed Mar 10	#10	$219K	-9%	-38%	$77.29M	2,496	$87	34
Thu Mar 11	#10	$248K	+13%	-30%	$77.53M	2,496	$99	35
Fri Mar 12		$354K	+43%	-63%	$77.89M	1,249	$283	36
Sat Mar 13		$435K	+23%	-65%	$78.32M	1,249	$348	37
Sun Mar 14		$232K	-47%	-60%	$78.55M	1,249	$185	38
Mon Mar 15		$105K	-55%	-47%	$78.66M	1,249	$83	39
Tue Mar 16		$124K	+18%	-49%	$78.78M	1,249	$99	40
Wed Mar 17		$106K	-14%	-51%	$78.89M	1,249	$85	41
Thu Mar 18		$116K	+9%	-53%	$79.01M	1,249	$92	42
Fri Mar 19		$84K	-28%	-76%	$79.09M	388	$215	43
Sat Mar 20		$98K	+17%	-77%	$79.19M	388	$253	44
Sun Mar 21		$54K	-45%	-77%	$79.24M	388	$139	45
Fri Mar 26		$33K		-61%	$79.35M	163	$202	50
Sat Mar 27		$41K	+24%	-58%	$79.39M	163	$250	51
Sun Mar 28		$23K	-43%	-57%	$79.42M	163	$142	52
Fri Apr 2		$59K		+79%	$79.51M	266	$222	57
Sat Apr 3		$61K	+3%	+49%	$79.57M	266	$228	58
Sun Apr 4		$34K	-45%	+44%	$79.60M	266	$126	59
Fri Apr 9		$44K		-25%	$79.75M	221	$200	64
Sat Apr 10		$54K	+21%	-12%	$79.80M	221	$243	65
Sun Apr 11		$27K	-49%	-18%	$79.83M	221	$124	66
Fri Apr 16		$20K		-54%	$79.89M	122	$165	71
Sat Apr 17		$29K	+43%	-46%	$79.92M	122	$236	72
Sun Apr 18		$15K	-47%	-44%	$79.93M	122	$125	73
Fri Apr 23		$23K		+13%	$79.97M	103	$222	78
Sat Apr 24		$28K	+23%	-3%	$80.00M	103	$272	79
Sun Apr 25		$12K	-58%	-22%	$80.01M	103	$115	80

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Feb 5-7	1	$30.47M	—	$30.47M	2,969	$10.3K	1
Feb 12-14	5	$16.07M	-47.3%	$53.95M	2,975	$5.4K	2
Feb 19-21	6	$7.13M	-55.6%	$65.80M	3,062	$2.3K	3
Feb 26-28	7	$4.81M	-32.6%	$72.43M	3,006	$1.6K	4
Mar 5-7	10	$2.78M	-42.1%	$76.63M	2,496	$1.1K	5
Mar 12-14	16	$1.02M	-63.3%	$78.55M	1,249	$817	6
Mar 19-21	26	$236K	-76.8%	$79.24M	388	$609	7
Mar 26-28	33	$97K	-58.9%	$79.42M	163	$596	8
Apr 2-4	31	$154K	+58.0%	$79.60M	266	$577	9
Apr 9-11	32	$125K	-18.3%	$79.83M	221	$567	10
Apr 16-18	40	$64K	-48.8%	$79.93M	122	$526	11
Apr 23-25	41	$63K	-2.1%	$80.01M	103	$610	12

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

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

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