Below are the top 12 weekend final numbers from the North American box office:

1. Valentine's Day - $56,260,707
2. The Wolfman - $31,479,235
3. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief - $31,236,067
4. Avatar - $23,611,625
5. Dear John - $16,071,526
6. The Tooth Fairy - $6,054,257
7. From Paris With Love - $5,495,113
8. Edge Of Darkness - $4,841,295
9. Crazy Heart - $4,265,989
10. When In Rome - $3,682,881
11. The Book Of Eli - $3,631,838
12. The Blind Side - $2,261,787

Overall, the US Box Office was up 89.7%% on last weekend's gross.

This weekend saw a slew of new releases which shared decent business between them and raised the box office to a strong level.

Opening in top spot on Valentine's Day weekend like the marketing dream it was no doubtedly planned to be is VALENTINE'S DAY, the rom-com starring most of Hollywood which took off out of the gate with an impressive $56.2 million. The film opened above estimates, and managed to recoup its entire production budget of $52 million in those three days, making it a big winner.

Troubled production THE WOLFMAN managed a decent $31.4 million on opening this weekend. The film, which was originally scheduled to open back in 2008, has been plagued with problems and given the lukewarm response to the film, may be in trouble as it cost $150 million to make.

Snapping at THE WOLFMAN's heels is PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF which came in a very close third with $31.2 million over the weekend. The fantasy flick cost $95 million to make so is more of a safe bet to recoup its production budget, but it is hard to predict where it will go from here.

It may have slipped to fourth place, but AVATAR is still pulling out the stops, managed to increase its audience by 3% on last weekend to earn another $23.6 million to break the ninth biggest weekend record. The film has now earned in excess of $660 million, and will only be stopped by the pending new 3D releases due to come out in the next few months.

Despite a big weekend last weekend, DEAR JOHN fell to fifth place with $16 million, losing 47% of its audience on last weekend. VALENTINE'S DAY no doubt took away its audience, but its lukewarm response has not helped either.