Box Office Charts: w/c 12 February 2010

In the US: Couples flock to see VALENTINE'S DAY at the weekend, taking a mighty $52.4m to debut at #1... PERCY JACKSON & THE LIGHTNING THIEF comes in with a very decent $31.1m to take #2... and THE WOLFMAN isn't far behind with a healthy £30.6m to make #3...

US TOP 10

1. (-) Valentine's Day - $52,410,000
2. (-) Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief - $31,100,000
3. (-) The Wolfman - $30,627,000
4. (2) Avatar - $22,000,000
5. (1) Dear John - $15,300,000
6. (5) The Tooth Fairy - $5,600,000
7. (3) From Paris With Love - $4,740,000
8. (4) Edge Of Darkness - $4,585,000
9. (8) Crazy Heart - $4,000,000
10. (6) When In Rome - $3,429,000

In the UK: In similar fashion to how rom-com Dear John topples Avatar in the US last week, VALENTINE'S DAY does likewise here in the UK, making £3.7m to take #1... THE WOLFMAN makes a decent impression, in at #3 with £2.3m... there's relatively poor news for PERCY JACKSON & THE LIGHTNING THIEF, which only managed a #5 debut with £1.5m... Bollywood romantic drama MY NAME IS KHAN does amazingly well to premiere at #6 with £936k... and Colin Firth's Oscar-nominated A SINGLE MAN bows in at #8 with £502k...

UK TOP 10

1. (-) Valentine's Day - £3,732,393
2. (1) Avatar - £3,316,855
3. (-) The Wolfman - £2,367,849
4. (2) The Princess And The Frog - £1,504,908
5. (-) Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief - £1,502,663
6. (-) My Name Is Khan - £936,454
7. (4) Invictus - £778,146
8. (-) A Single Man - £502,009
9. (8) Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel - £424,622
10. (3) Astro Boy - £422,382