Channing Tatum's "Dear John" topples Avatar

Sony Pictures' "Dear John" is poised to break "Avatar's" seven-week reign atop the US box office based on estimates gathered by the box office tracking site BoxOfficeMojo.

Channing Tatum is now a certified box office star! Hooray to burnt penises! (If you are wondering what it meant, read the cover story of Details featuring Channing's "painful" story on the set of his latest movie... )

Here are the top 5 movies on Friday, February 5th.

1 DEAR JOHN

Sony / Screen Gems

$13,800,000

2 AVATAR

Fox

$6,200,000

3 FROM PARIS WITH LOVE

Lionsgate

$3,000,000

4 EDGE OF DARKNESS

Warner Bros.

$2,315,000

5 WHEN IN ROME

Buena Vista

$2,000,000