The Vow Smashes Box-Office Records

With such a successful weekend at the box office, it's no surprise that The Vow broke yet another record. The romantic drama first led the biggest non-holiday February weekend ever, making over $41.7 million, but then went ahead and followed the weekend with earning $11.6 million on Valentine's day. It has now been dubbed the highest earning mid-week Valentine's day box office movie. According to CNN Entertainment, The Vow has also become the best debut ever for producer Screen Gems.
The success of The Vow may be due to casting the king and queen (Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum) of romantic dramas. That pairing seems a sure fire way to tug the heart strings of audience members.
Reelz had the opportunity to sit down with Krickitt and Kim Carpenter, the couple that inspired this story. Whether it was a romantic outing for lovebirds or an excuse for single girls to stare at Channing Tatum, "The Vow" brought in a whopping $11.6 million on Valentine's Day.
Tuesday's box office numbers have made "The Vow" the best midweek Valentine's Day gross in history; "Hitch," with Will Smith and Kevin James, was the previous record holder, earning $7.5 million in 2005.
"based on a real life couple's experience with memory loss and love" The tale of newlyweds Leo and Paige (played by Tatum and Rachel McAdams) attempting to rebuild their love after an accident leaves Paige with amnesia could have a romantic allure for a number of reasons, one being that the film is based on a true story. Or it could have something to do with the fact that "girls who look like Rachel McAdams, even only slightly and in a certain light, are dangerous," according to Todd, Lindsay's ex-boyfriend. "They'll convince you of all sorts of impossibilities: like that love still exists.