Comments on: Dear John Tops Weekend Box Office

By: Chris Evans

Chris Evans — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:20:23 +0000

“but I think playing the whole ‘girls of Dear John beat the boys of Avatar’ thread does a disservice to both pictures. ”

Um, who’s playing that thread? Because I certainly didn’t get that from Melissa’s post.

It seems to simply be making a point about how the success of Dear John is further proof of the power of women as a film audience.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:51:48 +0000

Glad Dear John made some money. Yup, females are an audience! For anyone who missed it The Onion has a funny article about Avatar being for the ladies too:

http://www.avclub.com/articles/james-cameron-says-this-ones-for-all-the-females,36392/

By: Deaf Indian Muslim Anarchist

Deaf Indian Muslim Anarchist — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:14:19 +0000

I agree with Scott. “Dear John” looks dumb and laughable as hell. I have no interest in seeing this. I knew many women who flocked to see “Avatar” and love sci-fi as much as males do.

By: Scott Mendellson

Scott Mendellson — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:54:39 +0000

I went into this on my own box office wrap piece, but I think playing the whole ‘girls of Dear John beat the boys of Avatar’ thread does a disservice to both pictures. Females, and the female appeal of Avatar were a big part of why the sci-fi spectacle wasn’t just a flash in the pan. Proof of that is the 26% tumble that Avatar took this weekend (small for most films, but Avatar’s biggest drop yet), which would seem to imply that Dear John was the kind of direct-demo competition that macho films like Book of Eli and Edge of Darkness were not. Besides, oddly enough, Avatar actually beat Dear John over Super Bowl Sunday.