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Safe House, The Vow vie for top spot at box office
Jasin Boland / Universal Films Washington as legendary spy Tobin Frost in Safe House. (POSTMEDIA)
Sony Pictures handout Tatum, McAdams star in The Vow. (POSTMEDIA)
LOS ANGELES -- The President's Day weekend box office was too close to call as the action tale Safe House and the love story The Vow competed for the No. 1 spot.
Based on Sunday's studio estimates, Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds' Safe House had a slim lead with $24 million from Friday to Sunday. That put it a fraction ahead of Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum's The Vow with $23.6 million.
The winner won't be known for certain until today, when studios will report final numbers for the long holiday weekend. Final numbers often vary from weekend projections, which include estimates for the size of Sunday's audiences.
-- The Associated Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition February 21, 2012 D2
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