Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams The Vow tops the US box office

Eight years after her rain-soaked smooches with Ryan Gosling in The Notebook caused audiences to swoon, Rachel McAdams has done it again with romantic drama The Vow .

The amnesia-tinged romance landed first place at the US box office this weekend, nabbing itself a not inconsiderable $41m. That’s a figure that should spare Notebook (which had an opening haul of $13m) few blushes.

Coming up right behind The Vow was Denzel Washington’s actioner Safe House , which made an impressive $39m in its first weekend, easily trumping nearest competition Journey 2 , which only managed $27m.

George Lucas should be celebrating, too, as the 3D re-release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace opened in fourth place with a respectable $23m. Not the number one spot Lucas was surely hoping for, but not bad considering most people already own it on DVD.

Closing out the top five was microbudget sci-fi Chronicle , which added $12m to its honey pot, giving it a total of $40m. Given it was made for just $15m, we should probably expect a sequel to get a green light soon.

Check out the rest of the box office takings below…

1 The Vow $41,700,000 $41.7
2 Safe House $39,330,000 $39.3
3 Journey 2 $27,550,000 $27.5
4 Phantom Menace 3D $23,000,000 $23
5 Chronicle $12,300,000 $40.1
6 The Woman in Black $10,300,000 $35.4
7 The Grey $5,080,000 $42.8
8 Big Miracle $3,860,000 $13.1
9 The Descendants $3,500,000 $70.7
10 Underworld Awakening $2,500,000 $58.9