'Valentine's Day' feels the box-office love Friday

"Valentine's Day" got off to a healthy start on its namesake weekend, leading the box-office take on Friday (Feb. 12).

The star-packed romantic comedy rang up a studio-estimated $14.6 million on Friday, starting off the long weekend -- Monday is Presidents Day -- in first place. That's a little better than forecasters had predicted and puts the movie in line to make $50 million-plus over the four-day weekend. If it does, that would put it past "50 First Dates" as the No. 1 Valentine's weekend rom-com of all time.

The weekend's other big releases, "The Wolfman" and "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief," also did fairly well on Friday. Despite poor reviews (the same could be said for "Valentine's Day"), "The Wolfman" took in an estimated $9.8 million to finish just ahead of "Percy Jackson's" $9.7 million.

"Avatar," which was finally knocked out of the top box-office spot last weekend, raked in $4.5 million on Friday to put it ahead of the movie that dethroned it, "Dear John" ($4.1 million).

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