- $35M Sylvester Stallone and the gang flexed their box office muscle, besting Julia Roberts' female-centric Eat Pray Love by nearly $12M. The $35M opening is the best of the "action trilogy"this year(The Losers and The A-Team), and nearly double the haul of Stallone's last film, Rambo. By the way, exit polling indicates that 60% of the audience had a pair.
2. Eat Pray Love
- $23.7M So Julia Roberts lost the gender war this time around, but she still scored her biggest opening as the lead in nearly a decade. Oh, and 72% of the audience for this were women.
3. The Other Guys
- $18M/$70.5M Falling to 3rd but holding strong, Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell's buddy comedy dropped 49% in it's second week.
4. Inception
- $11.5M/$249M Again, I salute you, America. Inception is now the 5th highest grossing film of the year and still holding strong.
5. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
- $10.5M As predicated, Scott Pilgrim's audience turned out to be a niche one, as it's opening falls far short of other highly touted non-superhero comic book films. Like Kick-Ass, for example, which opened at roughly $20M. Heck, Scott Pilgrim couldn't even whup Nick & Norah.
6. Despicable Me
- $6.77M/$222M Did Gru nail the box office with a freeze ray? Despicable Me continues to have the smallest drop this week at ony 27%.
7. Step Up 3
- $6.63M/$29.6M 8. Salt
- $6.35M/$104M Angelina Jolie's 4th $100M film, cementing her status as an action hero icon. Maybe she'll show up in The Expendables 2?
9. Dinner for Schmucks
- $6.32M/$58.8M 10. Cats & Dogs 2- $4.2M/$35.2M