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

Source: Box Office Mojo