Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Safe Haven -- A Valentine Treat

Close behind in third place, Relativity's $28 million Nicholas Sparks adaptation Safe Haven opened with $21.4 million. Including Valentine's Day grosses, the goopy romance, which stars Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel, has earned a solid $30.5 million.

I had no plans to see Safe Haven. I wasn't covering the movie for any particular reason, and it seemed, from the trailer and word of mouth, like one I could safely skip. Then I started hearing vague references to its twist ending. Then Matt Singer at

Bruce Willis' John McClane has destroyed German dictators, faceless cyber-terrorists, and, most recently, trigger-happy Russians. But the action icon has never had to face anyone like Julianne Hough in Safe Haven -- a

In a Valentine's Day weekend where it was thought another Nicholas Sparks film would rule the box office, Bruce Willis' return in a fifth "Die Hard" installment easily pushed ahead of romance "Safe Haven" after Valentine's

In a Valentine's Day weekend where it was thought another Nicholas Sparks film would rule the box office, Bruce Willis' return in a fifth "Die Hard" installment easily pushed ahead of romance "Safe Haven" after Valentine's

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