With a combination of nostalgia and mind-blowing action, “The Expendables” easily topped the weekend boxoffice with an estimated $35 million. The actioner outpaced an impressive $23.7 million bow by Sony’s female-targeted Julia Roberts starrer “Eat Pray Love” in second place, while Universal’s geek-seeking “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” debuted with a dismal $10.5 million in fifth place.
The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, August 15, 2010 are:
Rank | Film Name | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Revenue | Locs | Loc Avg |
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1 | Expendables, The | Lionsgate | 35,030,000 | 35,030,000 | 3,270 | 10,712 |
2 | Eat Pray Love | Sony | 23,700,000 | 23,700,000 | 3,082 | 7,689 |
3 | Other Guys, The | Sony | 18,000,000 | 70,543,321 | 3,651 | 4,930 |
4 | Inception | Warner Bros. | 11,370,000 | 248,554,431 | 3,120 | 3,644 |
5 | Scott Pilgrim vs. The World | Universal | 10,525,230 | 10,525,230 | 2,818 | 3,735 |
6 | Despicable Me | Universal | 6,766,745 | 221,992,780 | 2,923 | 2,315 |
7 | Step Up 3-D | Disney | 6,626,000 | 29,565,221 | 2,439 | 2,716 |
8 | Salt | Sony | 6,350,000 | 103,568,771 | 2,834 | 2,240 |
9 | Dinner For Schmucks | Paramount | 6,316,000 | 58,816,368 | 3,046 | 2,073 |
10 | Cats & Dogs: Revenge Of Kitty Galore | Warner Bros. | 4,075,000 | 35,103,511 | 2,728 | 1,493 |
11 | Toy Story 3 | Disney | 2,165,000 | 400,767,095 | 1,219 | 1,776 |
12 | Charlie St. Cloud | Universal | 2,083,000 | 28,727,530 | 2,083 | 1,000 |