<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> US $97,594,140 </Td> </Tr> <P> Safe Haven is a 2013 American romantic drama thriller film starring Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel and Cobie Smulders . It was released theatrically in North America on February 14, 2013 . The film was directed by Lasse Hallström, and is an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' 2010 novel Safe Haven . The film was originally set for a February 8 release, but was moved to February 14, 2013 . </P> <P> A frightened woman (Julianne Hough) flees her house in Boston, holding a bloody knife . After taking shelter with a neighbor, she is shown moments later at the bus station trying to flee town . She buys a bus ticket with her hair now cropped and bleached and stops in the small town of Southport, North Carolina . At the general store, she introduces herself as Katie Feldman . After acquiring a job as a waitress and renting a small house on the edge of town, Katie befriends her neighbor, Jo (Cobie Smulders) and meets Alex Wheatley (Josh Duhamel), a widowed father of two young children, Josh (Noah Lomax) and Lexie (Mimi Kirkland), who operates the local general store and gives Katie a bicycle so she won't have to walk . </P> <P> It's not too long before Katie and Alex start a relationship, and she becomes like a mother to Josh and Lexie . Meanwhile, Kevin Tierney (David Lyons), a Boston police detective, prepares wanted posters for a woman named "Erin" which describe that she is wanted for attempted murder . Alex sees Erin's wanted poster in the police station and notices the picture bears a striking resemblance to Katie . He confronts Katie with the information, causing a huge fight . They break up, and Katie moves out of her house . </P>

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