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The action heroes of “The Expendables” muscled their way past five new films to hold on to the top spot at the box office for a second week. The film added $16.5 million to its coffers, beating Jennifer Aniston, piranha, vampires, nannies and lottery tickets, in their debut week.
The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, August 22, 2010, were as follows:
| Rank | Film Name | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Revenue | Locs | Loc Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expendables, The | Lionsgate | 16,500,000 | 64,889,085 | 3,270 | 5,045 |
| 2 | Vampires Suck | 20th Century Fox | 12,200,000 | 18,563,902 | 3,233 | 3,773 |
| 3 | Eat Pray Love | Sony | 12,000,000 | 47,102,916 | 3,082 | 3,893 |
| 4 | Lottery Ticket | Warner Bros. | 11,125,000 | 11,125,000 | 1,973 | 5,638 |
| 5 | Other Guys, The | Sony | 10,100,000 | 88,190,145 | 3,472 | 2,908 |
| 6 | Piranha 3D | The Weinstein Company | 10,035,000 | 10,035,000 | 2,470 | 4,062 |
| 7 | Nanny McPhee Returns | Universal | 8,310,240 | 8,310,240 | 2,784 | 2,985 |
| 8 | Switch, The | Miramax | 8,100,000 | 8,100,000 | 2,012 | 4,025 |
| 9 | Inception | Warner Bros. | 7,655,000 | 261,848,415 | 2,401 | 3,188 |
| 10 | Scott Pilgrim vs. The World | Universal | 5,033,700 | 20,729,985 | 2,820 | 1,785 |
| 11 | Despicable Me | Universal | 4,337,840 | 230,732,765 | 2,236 | 1,940 |
| 12 | Dinner For Schmucks | Paramount | 3,505,000 | 65,785,114 | 2,149 | 1,630 |
