The Top Movies of Thursday, September 2, 2010

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The American	Focus Features	Thriller/Suspense	$1,469,422	-12.24%	2,721	$540	$3,143,785	2
2	(2)	Takers	Sony/Screen Gems	Drama	$1,189,819	-4.59%	2,206	$539	$26,450,825	7
3	(3)	The Last Exorcism	Lionsgate	Horror	$852,729	-9.46%	2,874	$297	$24,772,384	7
4	(4)	Eat Pray Love	Sony Pictures	Drama	$845,206	-2.35%	3,108	$272	$64,104,034	21
5	(5)	The Expendables	Lionsgate	Action	$764,277	-3.82%	3,398	$225	$85,567,770	21
6	(6)	The Other Guys	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$531,329	-3.61%	3,181	$167	$101,466,211	28
7	(7)	Inception	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$481,410	+1.71%	1,923	$250	$272,573,254	49
8	(8)	The Switch	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$443,907	-0.73%	2,017	$220	$18,375,140	14
9	(9)	Nanny McPhee Returns	Universal	Adventure	$419,665	-3.13%	2,798	$150	$18,865,975	14
10	(10)	Piranha 3D	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$400,871	-1.38%	2,491	$161	$20,095,807	14
11	(11)	Avatar	20th Century Fox	Action	$323,618	-7.52%	812	$399	$755,286,039	259
12	(12)	Vampires Suck	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$303,267	-2.78%	3,233	$94	$29,298,657	16
13	(13)	Despicable Me	Universal	Comedy	$253,650	-3.23%	1,691	$150	$237,450,950	56
14	(14)	Scott Pilgrim vs. The World	Universal	Comedy	$241,110	-2.56%	1,269	$190	$27,281,910	21
15	(15)	Lottery Ticket	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$222,613	-8.82%	1,818	$122	$18,357,697	14
16	(17)	Salt	Sony/Columbia	Thriller/Suspense	$154,438	+2.39%	1,168	$132	$113,960,997	42
17	(16)	Dinner for Schmucks	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$148,442	-1.91%	1,501	$99	$69,891,513	35
-	(18)	Step Up 3D	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$128,161	+2.95%	1,592	$81	$40,288,912	28
-	(19)	Toy Story 3	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$115,031	+5.31%	730	$158	$406,155,373	77
-	(20)	Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$62,438	-1.33%	719	$87	$41,566,196	35
-	(21)	The Kids Are All Right	Focus Features	Comedy	$58,124	+2.60%	342	$170	$19,397,222	56
-	(22)	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$52,624	-1.36%	476	$111	$298,253,221	65
-	(23)	Hubble 3D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$41,317	+8.34%	151	$274	$14,723,056	168
-	(24)	The Last Airbender	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$32,136	-3.47%	306	$105	$130,736,931	64
-	(25)	Ramona and Beezus	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$27,844	-0.28%	354	$79	$24,939,401	42
-	(26)	Knight and Day	20th Century Fox	Action	$18,262	+5.36%	229	$80	$76,067,589	72
-	(27)	Shrek Forever After	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$16,322	+1.20%	207	$79	$238,123,685	105
-	(30)	Winter's Bone	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$13,752	+12.02%	119	$116	$5,491,205	84
-	(28)	Charlie St. Cloud	Universal	Drama	$13,505	+0.45%	270	$50	$30,811,790	35
-	(29)	Predators	20th Century Fox	Action	$13,355	-0.62%	187	$71	$51,675,008	56
-	(31)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$10,505	+2.53%	16	$657	$24,026,701	567
-	(32)	The Concert	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$6,373	-13.62%	20	$319	$394,246	42
-	(33)	Flipped	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$6,147	+6.00%	26	$236	$700,141	28
-	(34)	The A-Team	20th Century Fox	Action	$6,110	+6.82%	92	$66	$77,120,419	84
-	(35)	Marmaduke	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$4,152	+3.28%	66	$63	$33,583,282	91
-	(36)	The Tillman Story	Weinstein Co.	Documentary	$3,507	-11.06%	5	$701	$124,080	14
-	(37)	Peepli Live	UTV Communications	Drama	$2,880	-21.14%	45	$64	$718,434	21
-	(38)	Solitary Man	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Drama	$2,242	-16.16%	19	$118	$4,327,146	105
-	(39)	Cyrus	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$1,994	-17.94%	32	$62	$7,363,584	77
-	(40)	La Soga	7-57 Releasing	Thriller/Suspense	$1,338	-20.73%	12	$112	$150,692	21
-	(41)	The Disappearance of Alice Creed	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$1,165	-6.12%	7	$166	$135,532	28
-	(42)	The Two Escobars	All Rise Films	Documentary	$804	-10.27%	1	$804	$10,942	7
-	(44)	The People I've Slept With	People Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$668	+181.86%	1	$668	$12,440	21
-	(43)	Princess Kaiulani	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$208	-35.00%	1	$208	$872,909	112
-	(45)	Tales From Earthsea	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$197	+34.93%	1	$197	$48,658	1,497
-	(46)	City Island	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Comedy	$124	+106.67%	1	$124	$6,671,036	168

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Chart certified: 9/10/2010