On Oscar weekend, Navy SEALs storm box office, 'Act of Valor' earns $24.7 million

NEW YORK — On Oscar weekend, the active-duty Navy SEALs action flick “Act of Valor” stormed the box office, earning $24.7 million according to studio estimates Sunday. That was a strong opening for the film, which stars real Navy SEALs.

NEW YORK — On Oscar weekend, the active-duty Navy SEALs action flick “Act of Valor” stormed the box office, earning $24.7 million according to studio estimates Sunday. That was a strong opening for the film, which stars real Navy SEALs.

Realistic war movie Act of Valor is looking to be #1 for the weekend, bringing in $9.4 million on Friday and on track for $27 million for the weekend. It made a third more than its nearest competition, Tyler Perry's Good Deeds

The truth is, I have absolutely no idea how authentic the new Navy SEALs-based film Act of Valor is. Like many people, I have never been a SEAL, or a Marine, or even a particularly good Call of Duty player.

That's what co-directors Mike “Mouse” McCoy and Scott Waugh call “Act of Valor,” a soldier's soldiering film that follows a team of Navy SEALs on a series of missions based on actual post-9/11 operations. The film opens