The Top Movies, Weekend of August 6, 2010

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Other Guys	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$35,543,162		3,651	$9,735	$35,543,162	3
2	(1)	Inception	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$18,505,470	-32.67%	3,418	$5,414	$227,637,569	24
3	(new)	Step Up 3D	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$15,812,311		2,435	$6,494	$15,812,311	3
4	(3)	Salt	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$10,908,204	-43.98%	3,317	$3,289	$91,788,345	17
5	(2)	Dinner for Schmucks	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$10,375,397	-55.90%	3,004	$3,454	$46,620,949	10
6	(4)	Despicable Me	Universal	Comedy	$9,283,360	-40.20%	3,413	$2,720	$209,287,345	31
7	(6)	Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$6,902,116	-43.79%	3,705	$1,863	$26,428,266	10
8	(5)	Charlie St. Cloud	Universal	Drama	$4,700,490	-62.04%	2,725	$1,725	$23,496,620	10
9	(7)	Toy Story 3	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$3,119,088	-39.11%	1,714	$1,820	$396,387,342	52
10	(12)	The Kids Are All Right	Focus Features	Comedy	$2,597,177	-26.33%	994	$2,613	$14,040,182	31
11	(8)	Grown Ups	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,407,379	-47.07%	1,769	$1,361	$155,670,603	45
12	(9)	The Sorcerer's Apprentice	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$2,361,228	-47.12%	1,766	$1,337	$57,062,845	26
13	(10)	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$2,290,262	-42.96%	1,704	$1,344	$293,101,870	40
14	(11)	Ramona and Beezus	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,617,123	-56.42%	1,478	$1,094	$21,068,783	17
15	(13)	The Last Airbender	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$704,653	-61.18%	639	$1,103	$128,971,020	39
16	(16)	The Karate Kid	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$612,692	+2.97%	442	$1,386	$173,883,702	59
17	(18)	The Girl Who Played with Fire	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$471,459	-13.12%	178	$2,649	$5,951,499	227
18	(14)	Predators	20th Century Fox	Action	$443,645	-59.42%	454	$977	$50,497,643	31
19	(17)	Shrek Forever After	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$434,225	-24.35%	308	$1,410	$236,554,025	80
20	(new)	Middle Men	Paramount Vantage	Comedy	$325,641		252	$1,292	$325,641	3
21	(15)	Knight and Day	20th Century Fox	Action	$310,745	-55.66%	336	$925	$74,855,046	47
22	(19)	Winter's Bone	Roadside Attractions	Drama	$297,034	-4.12%	141	$2,107	$4,479,284	59
23	(20)	Hubble 3D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$285,937	-6.54%	53	$5,395	$12,802,785	143
24	(new)	Flipped	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$224,233		45	$4,983	$224,233	3
25	(34)	Get Low	Sony Pictures Classics		$219,124	+148.49%	26	$8,428	$350,336	10
26	(24)	I am Love	Magnolia Pictures	Drama	$198,874	-4.02%	113	$1,760	$3,935,015	52
27	(21)	Iron Man 2	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$193,515	-35.77%	224	$864	$311,806,181	94
28	(22)	The A-Team	20th Century Fox	Action	$190,099	-27.54%	241	$789	$76,524,168	59
29	(new)	Aisha	Viva Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$163,629		47	$3,481	$163,629	3
30	(new)	Twelve	Hannover House	Thriller/Suspense	$110,238		231	$477	$110,238	3
31	(27)	Killers	Lionsgate	Action	$110,164	-28.20%	172	$640	$46,859,803	66
32	(38)	Restrepo	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$108,878	+44.73%	49	$2,222	$811,706	45
33	(25)	Marmaduke	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$108,398	-32.35%	170	$638	$33,153,652	66
34	(23)	Cyrus	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$100,172	-54.54%	132	$759	$7,138,897	52
35	(49)	Sex and the City 2	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$78,013	+177.27%	200	$390	$95,239,397	74
36	(32)	Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$71,520	-24.35%	66	$1,084	$1,374,869	59
37	(28)	Get Him to the Greek	Universal	Comedy	$71,515	-47.87%	110	$650	$60,923,325	66
38	(new)	The Wildest Dream	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$67,848		12	$5,654	$67,848	3
39	(new)	Cairo Time	IFC Films	Drama	$66,245		5	$13,249	$66,245	3
40	(51)	The Concert	Weinstein Co.	Drama	$66,177	+204.37%	19	$3,483	$102,493	17
41	(40)	Under the Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$63,851	-5.14%	13	$4,912	$23,487,058	542
42	(31)	Letters to Juliet	Summit Entertainment	Drama	$60,959	-46.50%	103	$592	$52,897,303	87
43	(26)	Once Upon a Time in Mumbai	Viva Entertainment	Action	$56,518	-63.66%	31	$1,823	$261,202	10
44	(37)	Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work	IFC Films	Documentary	$52,296	-32.09%	73	$716	$2,770,330	59
45	(36)	Prince of Persia: Sands of Time	Walt Disney Pictures	Action	$49,680	-41.41%	68	$731	$89,836,594	73
46	(43)	The Girl with the Dragon Tatto	Music Box Films	Thriller/Suspense	$48,000	-15.63%	49	$980	$12,469,564	143
47	(44)	Solitary Man	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Drama	$47,201	-16.51%	45	$1,049	$4,211,856	80
48	(54)	The Extra Man	Magnolia Pictures		$46,285	+145.40%	10	$4,629	$77,441	10
49	(re-entry)	Magnificent Desolation	IMAX Films	Documentary	$45,156		1	$45,156	$33,780,103	1,781
50	(41)	Agora	Newmarket Films	Drama	$44,035	-28.68%	13	$3,387	$432,679	73
51	(29)	71: Into the Fire		Drama	$40,640	-64.94%	14	$2,903	$159,335	10
52	(new)	The Disappearance of Alice Creed	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Thriller/Suspense	$40,258		10	$4,026	$40,258	3
53	(48)	Life During Wartime	IFC Films	Black Comedy	$36,894	+20.24%	18	$2,050	$129,421	17
54	(45)	The Secret in Their Eyes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$31,316	-21.54%	28	$1,118	$6,261,681	115
55	(42)	Date Night	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$29,879	-50.42%	46	$650	$98,608,430	122
56	(30)	Countdown to Zero	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$26,078	-77.18%	28	$931	$221,781	17
57	(50)	Please Give	Sony Pictures Classics		$21,845	-3.86%	30	$728	$3,923,519	101
58	(52)	Exit Through the Gift Shop	Producer's Distribution Agency	Documentary	$20,864	+5.58%	12	$1,739	$3,114,884	115
59	(55)	Micmacs	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$20,698	+11.06%	31	$668	$1,126,827	73
60	(new)	Lebanon	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$17,145		2	$8,573	$17,145	3
61	(re-entry)	Deep Sea 3-D	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$16,637		2	$8,319	$43,592,542	1,620
62	(47)	Jonah Hex	Warner Bros.	Action	$16,074	-55.62%	25	$643	$10,539,414	52
63	(57)	Wild Grass	Sony Pictures Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$13,854	+6.26%	8	$1,732	$312,550	45
64	(59)	Winnebago Man	Kino International	Documentary	$13,381	+19.67%	10	$1,338	$90,547	31
65	(77)	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$13,065	+265.86%	40	$327	$63,980,779	143
66	(56)	Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child	Arthouse Films	Documentary	$12,557	-27.10%	3	$4,186	$89,705	19
67	(62)	Kisses	Oscilloscope Pictures		$11,167	+35.03%	11	$1,015	$62,971	24
68	(58)	Avatar	20th Century Fox	Action	$10,511	-19.32%	1	$10,511	$749,766,139	234
69	(53)	Mademoiselle Chambon	Lorber Films		$10,153	-48.55%	7	$1,450	$261,689	66
70	(46)	Grease	Paramount Pictures	Musical	$8,630	-76.61%	21	$411	$181,813,770	11,742
71	(61)	The Killer Inside Me	IFC Films	Drama	$7,849	-9.17%	11	$714	$207,487	52
72	(86)	Mid-August Lunch	Zeitgeist		$7,474	+218.45%	5	$1,495	$640,650	145
73	(re-entry)	Harry Brown	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Thriller/Suspense	$7,260		10	$726	$1,818,681	101
74	(97)	Metropolis	Paramount Pictures	Action	$6,992	+460.26%	5	$1,398	$319,729	30,472
75	(64)	Ondine	Magnolia Pictures		$6,884	-7.82%	12	$574	$508,611	66
76	(new)	La siciliana ribelle	Music Box Films	Drama	$5,922		1	$5,922	$9,054	4
77	(33)	Khatta Meetha	Eros Entertainment	Comedy	$5,423	-93.89%	83	$65	$541,904	17
78	(70)	Mother and Child			$5,401	+5.20%	8	$675	$1,078,155	94
79	(60)	Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel	Phase 4 Films		$5,085	-54.37%	3	$1,695	$21,878	10
80	(65)	Orlando	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$5,059	-31.76%	2	$2,530	$5,357,817	6,795
81	(76)	Let It Rain	IFC Films	Comedy	$5,023	+18.55%	6	$837	$106,093	691
82	(67)	City Island	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Comedy	$4,965	-32.03%	7	$709	$6,655,829	143
83	(re-entry)	Patrik, Age 1.5	Here Films	Comedy	$4,724		2	$2,362	$4,724	360
84	(88)	The Cremaster Cycle	International Film Circuit	Drama	$4,633	+126.89%	2	$2,317	$94,940	122
85	(74)	The Nature of Existence	Walking Shadows	Documentary	$4,250	-1.94%	3	$1,417	$34,027	52
86	(87)	Enemies of the People	International Film Circuit	Documentary	$3,435	+50.86%			$10,768	10
87	(95)	Stonewall Uprising	First Run Features	Documentary	$3,231	+93.24%	3	$1,077	$114,856	54
88	(99)	The City of Your Final Destination	Hyde Park Films	Drama	$3,132	+426.39%	4	$783	$488,935	115
89	(re-entry)	Spring Fever	Strand	Drama	$2,689		2	$1,345	$7,075	66
90	(80)	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	National Geographic Entertainment	Documentary	$2,575	-13.74%	3	$858	$23,272,754	1,039
91	(re-entry)	Lbs.	Truly Indie	Comedy	$2,565		1	$2,565	$29,866	136
92	(73)	Best Worst Movie	Area23a		$2,531	-45.57%	1	$2,531	$92,027	108
93	(new)	Broderskab	Olive Films	Drama	$2,431		1	$2,431	$4,415	3
94	(72)	To the Sea	Film Movement	Drama	$2,399	-50.44%	3	$800	$27,763	26
95	(83)	Kings of the Evening	Indican Pictures		$1,976	-26.49%	1	$1,976	$96,068	220
96	(81)	[Rec] 2	Magnolia Pictures		$1,922	-34.29%	2	$961	$27,024	31
97	(78)	U2 3D	National Geographic Entertainment	Concert/Performance	$1,879	-47.16%	1	$1,879	$10,353,690	929
98	(75)	Spoken Word	Variance Films	Drama	$1,853	-56.63%	1	$1,853	$10,460	17
99	(82)	Rosencrantz and Guildenstein are Undead	Indican Pictures		$1,302	-55.47%	1	$1,302	$64,782	66
100	(re-entry)	Cropsey		Documentary	$1,260		3	$420	$42,392	66
101	(re-entry)	The Oxford Murders	Magnolia Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,191		1	$1,191	$1,191	934
102	(re-entry)	2012: Time for Change	Mangusta Productions	Drama	$1,100		1	$1,100	$33,830	122
103	(re-entry)	Here and There		Comedy	$1,019		2	$510	$24,460	87
104	(re-entry)	Ajami	Kino International	Drama	$1,018		1	$1,018	$616,992	187
105	(79)	La Mission			$624	-80.15%	2	$312	$1,062,941	122
106	(re-entry)	Behind the Burly Q	First Run Features	Documentary	$507		1	$507	$20,108	108
107	(re-entry)	The Trotsky	Alliance		$233		2	$117	$440,008	87
108	(re-entry)	Crude	First Run Features	Documentary	$115		2	$58	$169,796	332

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