Week Domestic Box Office September 3, 2010
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (20) | The American | $19,293,333 | +1,213% | 2,823 | $6,834 | $22,437,118 | 9 | |
| 2 | (new) | Machete | $16,622,589 | 2,670 | $6,226 | $16,622,589 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (1) | Takers | $15,554,347 | -41% | 2,206 | $7,051 | $42,005,172 | 14 | |
| 4 | (new) | Going the Distance | $10,164,100 | 3,030 | $3,354 | $10,164,100 | 7 | ||
| 5 | (2) | The Last Exorcism | $9,967,085 | -60% | 2,874 | $3,468 | $34,739,469 | 14 | |
| 6 | (3) | The Expendables | $9,674,843 | -26% | 3,398 | $2,847 | $95,242,613 | 28 | |
| 7 | (4) | Eat Pray Love | $7,628,674 | -27% | 2,663 | $2,865 | $71,732,708 | 28 | |
| 8 | (5) | The Other Guys | $7,628,202 | -13% | 2,607 | $2,926 | $109,094,413 | 35 | |
| 9 | (7) | Inception | $6,836,334 | -1% | 1,704 | $4,012 | $279,409,588 | 56 | |
| 10 | (9) | Nanny McPhee Returns | $5,334,755 | -19% | 2,708 | $1,970 | $24,200,730 | 21 | |
| 11 | (6) | The Switch | $4,629,729 | -43% | 1,885 | $2,456 | $23,004,729 | 21 | |
| 12 | (13) | Despicable Me | $4,423,920 | +10% | 1,600 | $2,765 | $241,874,870 | 63 | |
| 13 | (8) | Vampires Suck | $4,303,287 | -36% | 2,434 | $1,768 | $33,601,944 | 23 | |
| 14 | (11) | Avatar Special Edition: An IMAX 3D Experience | $3,545,561 | -36% | 812 | $4,366 | $758,831,600 | 266 | |
| 15 | (10) | Piranha 3D | $3,540,611 | -42% | 1,789 | $1,979 | $23,636,418 | 21 | |
| 16 | (19) | Toy Story 3 | $3,058,668 | +103% | 1,520 | $2,012 | $409,214,041 | 84 | |
| 17 | (12) | Lottery Ticket | $3,049,929 | -38% | 1,310 | $2,328 | $21,407,626 | 21 | |
| 18 | (14) | Scott Pilgrim vs. The World | $2,336,265 | -35% | 807 | $2,895 | $29,618,175 | 28 | |
| 19 | (15) | Salt | $1,860,565 | -28% | 705 | $2,639 | $115,821,562 | 49 | |
| 20 | (17) | Get Low | $1,849,171 | -16% | 560 | $3,302 | $6,048,103 | 42 | |
| 21 | (16) | Dinner for Schmucks | $1,461,023 | -41% | 804 | $1,817 | $71,352,536 | 42 | |
| 22 | (18) | Step Up 3D | $1,160,525 | -36% | 434 | $2,674 | $41,449,437 | 35 | |
| 23 | (27) | Grown Ups | $853,293 | +151% | 383 | $2,228 | $160,298,103 | 77 | |
| 24 | (29) | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | $730,052 | +130% | 357 | $2,045 | $61,858,781 | 58 | |
| 25 | (21) | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | $701,998 | -27% | 455 | $1,543 | $42,268,194 | 42 | |
| 26 | (22) | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $637,178 | -14% | 396 | $1,609 | $298,890,399 | 72 | |
| 27 | (50) | The Kids Are All Right | $583,669 | +904% | 239 | $2,442 | $19,980,891 | 63 | |
| 28 | (24) | Mao's Last Dancer | $545,106 | +23% | 95 | $5,738 | $1,883,116 | 21 | |
| 29 | (26) | Hubble 3D | $481,619 | +13% | 123 | $3,916 | $15,204,675 | 175 | |
| 30 | (23) | The Last Airbender | $477,855 | -15% | 257 | $1,859 | $131,214,786 | 71 | |
| 31 | (25) | Ramona and Beezus | $400,553 | -9% | 305 | $1,313 | $25,339,954 | 49 | |
| 32 | (30) | The Girl Who Played with Fire | $386,998 | +31% | 165 | $2,345 | $8,014,865 | 259 | |
| 33 | (new) | We Are Family | $366,354 | 78 | $4,697 | $366,354 | 7 | ||
| 34 | (35) | Mesrine: Killer Instinct | $364,730 | +69% | 34 | $10,727 | $148,653 | 14 | |
| 35 | (28) | The Karate Kid | $347,143 | +5% | 227 | $1,529 | $176,339,176 | 91 | |
| 36 | (33) | Shrek Forever After | $272,305 | +4% | 179 | $1,521 | $238,395,990 | 112 | |
| 37 | (34) | Cairo Time | $267,032 | +2% | 55 | $4,855 | $950,533 | 35 | |
| 38 | (31) | Charlie St. Cloud | $218,795 | -20% | 220 | $995 | $31,030,585 | 42 | |
| 39 | (52) | The Tillman Story | $214,225 | +349% | 24 | $8,926 | $338,305 | 21 | |
| 40 | (32) | Knight and Day | $185,638 | -30% | 142 | $1,307 | $76,253,227 | 79 | |
| 41 | (38) | Animal Kingdom | $183,781 | +4% | 56 | $3,282 | $608,702 | 28 | |
| 42 | (37) | Winter's Bone | $181,761 | -12% | 93 | $1,954 | $5,672,966 | 91 | |
| 43 | (41) | What If... | $171,756 | +46% | 71 | $2,419 | $354,440 | 21 | |
| 44 | (36) | Predators | $129,299 | -38% | 111 | $1,165 | $51,804,307 | 63 | |
| 45 | (new) | Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 | $127,451 | 31 | $4,111 | $127,451 | 7 | ||
| 46 | (40) | I am Love | $104,644 | -24% | 49 | $2,136 | $4,714,162 | 84 | |
| 47 | (44) | Under the Sea 3D | $103,416 | +22% | 16 | $6,464 | $24,130,117 | 574 | |
| 48 | (42) | Flipped | $82,936 | -17% | 28 | $2,962 | $783,077 | 35 | |
| 49 | (39) | Prince of Persia: Sands of Time | $81,837 | -46% | 93 | $880 | $90,713,434 | 105 | |
| 50 | (43) | The A-Team | $75,897 | -17% | 54 | $1,406 | $77,196,316 | 91 | |
| 51 | (46) | The Concert | $69,951 | -8% | 20 | $3,498 | $464,197 | 49 | |
| 52 | (57) | Soul Kitchen | $66,767 | +87% | 15 | $4,451 | $134,715 | 21 | |
| 53 | (45) | The Wildest Dream | $58,947 | -24% | 18 | $3,275 | $434,489 | 35 | |
| 54 | (51) | Marmaduke | $50,315 | -12% | 45 | $1,118 | $33,633,597 | 98 | |
| 55 | (53) | Lebanon | $48,954 | +7% | 17 | $2,880 | $209,755 | 35 | |
| 56 | (49) | Restrepo | $48,299 | -19% | 33 | $1,464 | $1,191,359 | 77 | |
| 57 | (48) | Centurion | $48,239 | -22% | 19 | $2,539 | $110,269 | 14 | |
| 58 | (new) | A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop | $42,076 | 5 | $8,415 | $42,076 | 7 | ||
| 59 | (56) | The Extra Man | $39,213 | +5% | 28 | $1,400 | $384,970 | 42 | |
| 60 | (new) | Last Train Home | $30,067 | 1 | $30,067 | $30,067 | 7 | ||
| 61 | (55) | The Girl with the Dragon Tatto | $27,658 | -28% | 25 | $1,106 | $12,678,870 | 175 | |
| 62 | (60) | Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky | $27,397 | +10% | 24 | $1,142 | $1,631,487 | 91 | |
| 63 | (-) | Magnificent Desolation | $24,421 | 1 | $24,421 | $34,013,537 | 1,813 | ||
| 64 | (58) | A Film Unfinished | $23,292 | -32% | 5 | $4,658 | $128,769 | 23 | |
| 65 | (69) | Micmacs | $23,200 | +56% | 22 | $1,055 | $1,217,142 | 105 | |
| 66 | (74) | Agora | $21,744 | +77% | 6 | $3,624 | $583,504 | 105 | |
| 67 | (65) | Deep Sea 3-D | $20,832 | +23% | 2 | $10,416 | $43,670,020 | 1,652 | |
| 68 | (59) | Cyrus | $20,592 | -23% | 26 | $792 | $7,384,176 | 84 | |
| 69 | (67) | Exit Through the Gift Shop | $20,533 | +25% | 5 | $4,107 | $3,224,642 | 147 | |
| 70 | (-) | My Dog Tulip | $19,966 | 1 | $19,966 | $24,838 | 9 | ||
| 71 | (71) | Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child | $17,642 | +28% | 7 | $2,520 | $198,996 | 51 | |
| 72 | (61) | Solitary Man | $16,250 | -35% | 24 | $677 | $4,343,396 | 112 | |
| 73 | (62) | Change of Plans | $16,068 | -33% | 2 | $8,034 | $40,127 | 14 | |
| 74 | (63) | La Soga | $14,733 | -37% | 5 | $2,947 | $165,425 | 28 | |
| 75 | (new) | Prince of Broadway | $14,254 | 1 | $14,254 | $14,254 | 7 | ||
| 76 | (66) | The Disappearance of Alice Creed | $14,042 | -17% | 6 | $2,340 | $149,574 | 35 | |
| 77 | (68) | The Secret in Their Eyes | $13,574 | -16% | 12 | $1,131 | $6,352,600 | 147 | |
| 78 | (72) | Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work | $13,204 | -3% | 16 | $825 | $2,924,224 | 91 | |
| 79 | (64) | Life During Wartime | $10,278 | -52% | 8 | $1,285 | $260,014 | 49 | |
| 80 | (78) | Ondine | $9,250 | +18% | 3 | $3,083 | $543,316 | 98 | |
| 81 | (new) | White Wedding | $8,659 | 4 | $2,165 | $8,659 | 7 | ||
| 82 | (75) | Wild Grass | $7,637 | -32% | 9 | $849 | $364,236 | 77 | |
| 83 | (77) | Winnebago Man | $7,423 | -18% | 7 | $1,060 | $140,686 | 63 | |
| 84 | (99) | The Cremaster Cycle | $7,373 | +333% | 1 | $7,373 | $104,932 | 154 | |
| 85 | (70) | Date Night | $7,159 | -49% | 11 | $651 | $98,711,404 | 154 | |
| 86 | (98) | Dogtooth | $6,962 | +258% | 2 | $3,481 | $54,758 | 77 | |
| 87 | (83) | The People I've Slept With | $6,697 | +41% | 2 | $3,349 | $19,137 | 28 | |
| 88 | (80) | L'armée du crime | $5,811 | -9% | 2 | $2,906 | $26,828 | 21 | |
| 89 | (95) | Princess Kaiulani | $5,432 | +161% | 3 | $1,811 | $878,341 | 119 | |
| 90 | (104) | Metropolis | $4,691 | +290% | 3 | $1,564 | $352,094 | 30,504 | |
| 91 | (73) | Mademoiselle Chambon | $4,562 | -64% | 5 | $912 | $315,578 | 105 | |
| 92 | (90) | The Milk of Sorrow | $4,268 | +52% | 2 | $2,134 | $7,080 | 14 | |
| 93 | (105) | Ran | $3,988 | +241% | 1 | $3,988 | $2,574,032 | 9,030 | |
| 94 | (54) | Please Give | $3,684 | -90% | 13 | $283 | $4,022,485 | 133 | |
| 95 | (109) | Spoken Word | $3,660 | +333% | 2 | $1,830 | $27,737 | 49 | |
| 96 | (79) | The Nature of Existence | $3,605 | -44% | 2 | $1,803 | $48,053 | 84 | |
| 97 | (new) | 16 to Life | $3,413 | 2 | $1,707 | $3,413 | 7 | ||
| 98 | (-) | To the Sea | $2,910 | 2 | $1,455 | $36,234 | 58 | ||
| 99 | (82) | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $2,557 | -47% | 1 | $2,557 | $23,295,143 | 1,071 | |
| 100 | (88) | Mid-August Lunch | $2,552 | -26% | 1 | $2,552 | $673,859 | 177 | |
| 101 | (100) | Countdown to Zero | $2,223 | +34% | 5 | $445 | $254,602 | 49 | |
| 102 | (-) | Two in the Wave | $2,223 | 1 | $2,223 | $28,758 | 114 | ||
| 103 | (91) | The Little Traitor | $1,875 | -32% | 1 | $1,875 | $374,823 | 329 | |
| 104 | (107) | Stonewall Uprising | $1,823 | +65% | 1 | $1,823 | $121,602 | 86 | |
| 105 | (-) | Le combat dans l'île | $1,719 | 1 | $1,719 | $44,711 | 455 | ||
| 106 | (-) | John Rabe | $1,687 | 1 | $1,687 | $57,294 | 112 | ||
| 107 | (81) | Circle | $1,685 | -69% | 1 | $1,685 | $7,409 | 14 | |
| 108 | (-) | Mugabe and the White African | $1,585 | 1 | $1,585 | $7,070 | 49 | ||
| 109 | (94) | The Sicilian Girl | $1,427 | -38% | 2 | $714 | $24,312 | 36 | |
| 110 | (92) | Mother and Child | $1,336 | -48% | 2 | $668 | $1,100,623 | 126 | |
| 111 | (-) | Kimjongilia | $1,167 | 1 | $1,167 | $3,987 | 175 | ||
| 112 | (113) | Rosencrantz and Guildenstein are Undead | $737 | +31% | 1 | $737 | $68,152 | 98 | |
| 113 | (112) | Everyone Else | $585 | -1% | 1 | $585 | $93,872 | 154 | |
| 114 | (-) | Nobody's Perfect | $521 | 1 | $521 | $2,122 | 147 | ||
| 115 | (110) | Kings of the Evening | $344 | -50% | 1 | $344 | $98,926 | 252 | |
| 116 | (-) | Mississippi Mermaid | $306 | 1 | $306 | $24,148 | 4,256 | ||
| 117 | (-) | Promised Lands | $196 | 1 | $196 | $3,983 | 13,037 | ||
| 118 | (-) | Neshoba: The Price of Freedom | $88 | 1 | $88 | $12,510 | 28 | ||
| Reporting movies: 118 | $154,197,165 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The American | $19,293,333 | 2,823 | $22,437,118 |
| 2 | Machete | $16,622,589 | 2,670 | $16,622,589 |
| 3 | Takers | $15,554,347 | 2,206 | $42,005,172 |
| 4 | Going the Distance | $10,164,100 | 3,030 | $10,164,100 |
| 5 | The Last Exorcism | $9,967,085 | 2,874 | $34,739,469 |
| 6 | The Expendables | $9,674,843 | 3,398 | $95,242,613 |
| 7 | Eat Pray Love | $7,628,674 | 2,663 | $71,732,708 |
| 8 | The Other Guys | $7,628,202 | 2,607 | $109,094,413 |
| 9 | Inception | $6,836,334 | 1,704 | $279,409,588 |
| 10 | Nanny McPhee Returns | $5,334,755 | 2,708 | $24,200,730 |
| 11 | The Switch | $4,629,729 | 1,885 | $23,004,729 |
| 12 | Despicable Me | $4,423,920 | 1,600 | $241,874,870 |
| 13 | Vampires Suck | $4,303,287 | 2,434 | $33,601,944 |
| 14 | Avatar Special Edition: An IMAX 3D Experience | $3,545,561 | 812 | $758,831,600 |
| 15 | Piranha 3D | $3,540,611 | 1,789 | $23,636,418 |
| 16 | Toy Story 3 | $3,058,668 | 1,520 | $409,214,041 |
| 17 | Lottery Ticket | $3,049,929 | 1,310 | $21,407,626 |
| 18 | Scott Pilgrim vs. The World | $2,336,265 | 807 | $29,618,175 |
| 19 | Salt | $1,860,565 | 705 | $115,821,562 |
| 20 | Get Low | $1,849,171 | 560 | $6,048,103 |
| 21 | Dinner for Schmucks | $1,461,023 | 804 | $71,352,536 |
| 22 | Step Up 3D | $1,160,525 | 434 | $41,449,437 |
| 23 | Grown Ups | $853,293 | 383 | $160,298,103 |
| 24 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | $730,052 | 357 | $61,858,781 |
| 25 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | $701,998 | 455 | $42,268,194 |
| 26 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $637,178 | 396 | $298,890,399 |
| 27 | The Kids Are All Right | $583,669 | 239 | $19,980,891 |
| 28 | Mao's Last Dancer | $545,106 | 95 | $1,883,116 |
| 29 | Hubble 3D | $481,619 | 123 | $15,204,675 |
| 30 | The Last Airbender | $477,855 | 257 | $131,214,786 |
| 31 | Ramona and Beezus | $400,553 | 305 | $25,339,954 |
| 32 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | $386,998 | 165 | $8,014,865 |
| 33 | We Are Family | $366,354 | 78 | $366,354 |
| 34 | Mesrine: Killer Instinct | $364,730 | 34 | $148,653 |
| 35 | The Karate Kid | $347,143 | 227 | $176,339,176 |
| 36 | Shrek Forever After | $272,305 | 179 | $238,395,990 |
| 37 | Cairo Time | $267,032 | 55 | $950,533 |
| 38 | Charlie St. Cloud | $218,795 | 220 | $31,030,585 |
| 39 | The Tillman Story | $214,225 | 24 | $338,305 |
| 40 | Knight and Day | $185,638 | 142 | $76,253,227 |
| 41 | Animal Kingdom | $183,781 | 56 | $608,702 |
| 42 | Winter's Bone | $181,761 | 93 | $5,672,966 |
| 43 | What If... | $171,756 | 71 | $354,440 |
| 44 | Predators | $129,299 | 111 | $51,804,307 |
| 45 | Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 | $127,451 | 31 | $127,451 |
| 46 | I am Love | $104,644 | 49 | $4,714,162 |
| 47 | Under the Sea 3D | $103,416 | 16 | $24,130,117 |
| 48 | Flipped | $82,936 | 28 | $783,077 |
| 49 | Prince of Persia: Sands of Time | $81,837 | 93 | $90,713,434 |
| 50 | The A-Team | $75,897 | 54 | $77,196,316 |
| 51 | The Concert | $69,951 | 20 | $464,197 |
| 52 | Soul Kitchen | $66,767 | 15 | $134,715 |
| 53 | The Wildest Dream | $58,947 | 18 | $434,489 |
| 54 | Marmaduke | $50,315 | 45 | $33,633,597 |
| 55 | Lebanon | $48,954 | 17 | $209,755 |
| 56 | Restrepo | $48,299 | 33 | $1,191,359 |
| 57 | Centurion | $48,239 | 19 | $110,269 |
| 58 | A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop | $42,076 | 5 | $42,076 |
| 59 | The Extra Man | $39,213 | 28 | $384,970 |
| 60 | Last Train Home | $30,067 | 1 | $30,067 |
| 61 | The Girl with the Dragon Tatto | $27,658 | 25 | $12,678,870 |
| 62 | Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky | $27,397 | 24 | $1,631,487 |
| 63 | Magnificent Desolation | $24,421 | 1 | $34,013,537 |
| 64 | A Film Unfinished | $23,292 | 5 | $128,769 |
| 65 | Micmacs | $23,200 | 22 | $1,217,142 |
| 66 | Agora | $21,744 | 6 | $583,504 |
| 67 | Deep Sea 3-D | $20,832 | 2 | $43,670,020 |
| 68 | Cyrus | $20,592 | 26 | $7,384,176 |
| 69 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | $20,533 | 5 | $3,224,642 |
| 70 | My Dog Tulip | $19,966 | 1 | $24,838 |
| 71 | Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child | $17,642 | 7 | $198,996 |
| 72 | Solitary Man | $16,250 | 24 | $4,343,396 |
| 73 | Change of Plans | $16,068 | 2 | $40,127 |
| 74 | La Soga | $14,733 | 5 | $165,425 |
| 75 | Prince of Broadway | $14,254 | 1 | $14,254 |
| 76 | The Disappearance of Alice Creed | $14,042 | 6 | $149,574 |
| 77 | The Secret in Their Eyes | $13,574 | 12 | $6,352,600 |
| 78 | Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work | $13,204 | 16 | $2,924,224 |
| 79 | Life During Wartime | $10,278 | 8 | $260,014 |
| 80 | Ondine | $9,250 | 3 | $543,316 |
| 81 | White Wedding | $8,659 | 4 | $8,659 |
| 82 | Wild Grass | $7,637 | 9 | $364,236 |
| 83 | Winnebago Man | $7,423 | 7 | $140,686 |
| 84 | The Cremaster Cycle | $7,373 | 1 | $104,932 |
| 85 | Date Night | $7,159 | 11 | $98,711,404 |
| 86 | Dogtooth | $6,962 | 2 | $54,758 |
| 87 | The People I've Slept With | $6,697 | 2 | $19,137 |
| 88 | L'armée du crime | $5,811 | 2 | $26,828 |
| 89 | Princess Kaiulani | $5,432 | 3 | $878,341 |
| 90 | Metropolis | $4,691 | 3 | $352,094 |
| 91 | Mademoiselle Chambon | $4,562 | 5 | $315,578 |
| 92 | The Milk of Sorrow | $4,268 | 2 | $7,080 |
| 93 | Ran | $3,988 | 1 | $2,574,032 |
| 94 | Please Give | $3,684 | 13 | $4,022,485 |
| 95 | Spoken Word | $3,660 | 2 | $27,737 |
| 96 | The Nature of Existence | $3,605 | 2 | $48,053 |
| 97 | 16 to Life | $3,413 | 2 | $3,413 |
| 98 | To the Sea | $2,910 | 2 | $36,234 |
| 99 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $2,557 | 1 | $23,295,143 |
| 100 | Mid-August Lunch | $2,552 | 1 | $673,859 |
| 101 | Countdown to Zero | $2,223 | 5 | $254,602 |
| 102 | Two in the Wave | $2,223 | 1 | $28,758 |
| 103 | The Little Traitor | $1,875 | 1 | $374,823 |
| 104 | Stonewall Uprising | $1,823 | 1 | $121,602 |
| 105 | Le combat dans l'île | $1,719 | 1 | $44,711 |
| 106 | John Rabe | $1,687 | 1 | $57,294 |
| 107 | Circle | $1,685 | 1 | $7,409 |
| 108 | Mugabe and the White African | $1,585 | 1 | $7,070 |
| 109 | The Sicilian Girl | $1,427 | 2 | $24,312 |
| 110 | Mother and Child | $1,336 | 2 | $1,100,623 |
| 111 | Kimjongilia | $1,167 | 1 | $3,987 |
| 112 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstein are Undead | $737 | 1 | $68,152 |
| 113 | Everyone Else | $585 | 1 | $93,872 |
| 114 | Nobody's Perfect | $521 | 1 | $2,122 |
| 115 | Kings of the Evening | $344 | 1 | $98,926 |
| 116 | Mississippi Mermaid | $306 | 1 | $24,148 |
| 117 | Promised Lands | $196 | 1 | $3,983 |
| 118 | Neshoba: The Price of Freedom | $88 | 1 | $12,510 |
| Reporting: 118 | $154,197,165 | total | ||