<P> The United States release was on 14 November 2003 and a week later in the United Kingdom, where it debuted to positive reviews, but received mixed - to - positive reviews in the US . The film was a box - office success, grossing almost $247 million worldwide on a budget of $45 million . </P> <P> The film begins with a voiceover from David (Hugh Grant) commenting that whenever he gets gloomy about the state of the world he thinks about the arrivals terminal at Heathrow Airport, and the pure uncomplicated love felt as friends and families welcome their arriving loved ones . David's voiceover also relates that all the messages left by the people who died on the 9 / 11 planes were messages of love and not hate . The film then tells the' love stories' of many people: </P> <P> With the help of his longtime manager Joe (Gregor Fisher), rock and roll legend Billy Mack (Bill Nighy) records a Christmas variation of The Troggs' classic hit "Love Is All Around". Although he thinks the record is terrible, Mack promotes the release in the hope it will become the Christmas number one single . The song does reach number one; after briefly celebrating his victory at a party hosted by Sir Elton John, Billy discerns that Joe is in need of affection and suggests that he and Joe celebrate Christmas by getting drunk and watching porn . </P> <P> Juliet (Keira Knightley) and Peter (Chiwetel Ejiofor) get married in a ceremony orchestrated and videotaped by Mark (Andrew Lincoln), the best man . Both Juliet and Peter believe that Mark dislikes her; he is in fact in love with her, and behaves coldly to her to avoid revealing how he really feels . One day, Juliet comes to see Mark and says she wants them to be friends . He then shows her the wedding video, which is full of adoring closeups of her . After an uncomfortable silence, Mark blurts out that he snubs her out of "self - preservation". On Christmas Eve, the doorbell rings at Juliet and Peter's house . She runs down and opens the door, only to find Mark, carrying a boombox playing Christmas songs and large cue cards on which he has written, without any expectation of reciprocation, that he loves her . As he walks away, Juliet runs after him to give him a quick, innocent kiss and runs back inside . </P>

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