Domestic 2010 Weekend 36
September 3-5, 2010
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The American | $13,177,790 | - | 2,823 | - | $4,668 | $16,321,575 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 2 | - | Machete | $11,416,164 | - | 2,670 | - | $4,275 | $11,416,164 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 1 | Takers | $10,876,732 | -47% | 2,206 | - | $4,930 | $37,327,557 | 2 | Screen Gems |
| 4 | 2 | The Last Exorcism | $7,341,976 | -64% | 2,874 | - | $2,554 | $32,114,360 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 5 | - | Going the Distance | $6,884,964 | - | 3,030 | - | $2,272 | $6,884,964 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | 3 | The Expendables | $6,620,133 | -30.5% | 3,398 | - | $1,948 | $92,187,903 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | 5 | The Other Guys | $5,287,889 | -15.9% | 2,607 | -574 | $2,028 | $106,754,100 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 4 | Eat Pray Love | $4,800,758 | -29.6% | 2,663 | -445 | $1,802 | $68,904,792 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | 7 | Inception | $4,572,249 | -6.2% | 1,704 | -366 | $2,683 | $277,145,503 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 8 | Nanny McPhee Returns | $3,533,925 | -25% | 2,708 | -90 | $1,304 | $22,399,900 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 6 | Vampires Suck | $3,196,167 | -38.8% | 2,434 | -799 | $1,313 | $32,494,824 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | 9 | The Switch | $3,119,557 | -31.9% | 1,885 | -132 | $1,654 | $21,494,697 | 3 | Miramax |
| 13 | 13 | Despicable Me | $2,984,015 | +4.3% | 1,600 | -233 | $1,865 | $240,434,965 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | 10 | Piranha 3D | $2,432,258 | -43.5% | 1,789 | -702 | $1,359 | $22,528,065 | 3 | - |
| 15 | 11 | Avatar 2010 Special Edition | $2,257,595 | -43.7% | 812 | - | $2,780 | $7,777,495 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | 12 | Lottery Ticket | $2,151,388 | -44.2% | 1,310 | -664 | $1,642 | $20,509,085 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | 19 | Toy Story 3 | $1,944,801 | +92.4% | 1,520 | +920 | $1,279 | $408,100,174 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | 14 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | $1,553,475 | -38% | 807 | -759 | $1,925 | $28,835,385 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 19 | 15 | Salt | $1,257,471 | -33.3% | 705 | -463 | $1,783 | $115,218,468 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | 17 | Get Low | $1,204,465 | -26.6% | 560 | -10 | $2,150 | $5,403,397 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 21 | 16 | Dinner for Schmucks | $1,031,661 | -42% | 804 | -697 | $1,283 | $70,923,174 | 6 | DreamWorks |
| 22 | 18 | Step Up 3D | $794,628 | -35.3% | 434 | -467 | $1,830 | $41,083,540 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 23 | 27 | Grown Ups | $602,662 | +125.4% | 383 | +120 | $1,573 | $160,047,472 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | 20 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | $466,048 | -31% | 455 | -368 | $1,024 | $42,032,244 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 28 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | $447,516 | +69.3% | 357 | +45 | $1,253 | $61,623,527 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 26 | 22 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $434,120 | -15.6% | 396 | -80 | $1,096 | $298,687,341 | 10 | Summit Entertainment |
| 27 | 21 | The Kids Are All Right | $393,425 | -24.7% | 239 | -103 | $1,646 | $19,790,647 | 9 | Focus Features |
| 28 | 25 | Mao's Last Dancer | $338,179 | +12.8% | 95 | +20 | $3,559 | $1,676,189 | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 29 | 23 | The Last Airbender | $321,488 | -23.2% | 248 | -58 | $1,296 | $131,058,419 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 30 | - | We Are Family | $296,907 | - | 78 | - | $3,806 | $296,907 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 31 | 29 | Hubble | $278,119 | +5.5% | 123 | -28 | $2,261 | $15,001,175 | 25 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 24 | Ramona and Beezus | $265,647 | -17% | 305 | -49 | $870 | $25,205,048 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 33 | 30 | The Karate Kid | $246,132 | -1% | 227 | -28 | $1,084 | $176,238,165 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 34 | 26 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | $236,420 | -20.3% | 157 | -19 | $1,505 | $6,577,819 | 9 | Music Box Films |
| 35 | 32 | Shrek Forever After | $195,358 | +1.4% | 145 | -62 | $1,347 | $238,319,043 | 16 | DreamWorks |
| 36 | 34 | Cairo Time | $173,596 | -4.8% | 55 | +6 | $3,156 | $857,097 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 37 | 31 | Charlie St. Cloud | $155,110 | -27.2% | 220 | -113 | $705 | $30,966,900 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 38 | 52 | The Tillman Story | $136,399 | +330.7% | 24 | +19 | $5,683 | $260,479 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 39 | 35 | Knight and Day 2010 Re-release | $136,333 | -25.2% | 142 | -87 | $960 | $76,203,922 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 40 | 38 | Winter's Bone | $117,398 | -20.1% | 90 | -29 | $1,304 | $5,608,603 | 13 | Roadside Attractions |
| 41 | 39 | Animal Kingdom | $111,583 | -9.7% | 56 | +17 | $1,992 | $536,505 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 42 | 41 | What If... | $106,395 | +8.7% | 72 | +17 | $1,477 | $293,089 | 3 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 43 | 36 | Predators | $100,312 | -34.5% | 111 | -76 | $903 | $51,775,320 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 44 | 37 | Mesrine: Killer Instinct 2010 Re-release | $91,376 | -40.2% | 34 | +6 | $2,687 | $307,453 | 2 | Music Box Films |
| 45 | - | Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 2010 Re-release | $74,449 | - | 31 | - | $2,401 | $74,449 | 1 | Music Box Films |
| 46 | 46 | Under the Sea 3D | $63,694 | +17.7% | 16 | - | $3,980 | $24,090,395 | 82 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | 44 | I Am Love | $63,555 | -1.9% | 49 | -3 | $1,297 | $4,673,073 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 48 | 43 | The A-Team | $58,938 | -12% | 54 | -38 | $1,091 | $77,179,357 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 49 | 40 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | $53,379 | -50.1% | 93 | -64 | $573 | $90,684,976 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 50 | 42 | Flipped | $50,905 | -27.7% | 28 | +2 | $1,818 | $751,046 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | 47 | The Concert | $45,000 | -13.8% | 20 | - | $2,250 | $439,247 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 52 | 67 | Soul Kitchen | $43,422 | +255.2% | 15 | +6 | $2,894 | $111,370 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 53 | 48 | The Wildest Dream | $38,059 | -25.5% | 18 | -3 | $2,114 | $413,601 | 5 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 54 | 51 | Marmaduke | $37,459 | -7% | 45 | -21 | $832 | $33,620,741 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 55 | 54 | Lebanon | $31,321 | +11.8% | 17 | +3 | $1,842 | $192,122 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 56 | 50 | Restrepo | $29,801 | -27% | 33 | -4 | $903 | $1,172,861 | 11 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 57 | 45 | Peepli Live | $29,695 | -50.7% | 26 | -19 | $1,142 | $748,129 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 58 | 49 | Centurion | $28,730 | -32.9% | 19 | +7 | $1,512 | $90,760 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 59 | - | A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop | $27,330 | - | 5 | - | $5,466 | $27,330 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 60 | 55 | The Extra Man | $23,705 | -9.2% | 28 | +4 | $846 | $369,462 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 61 | - | Last Train Home | $20,418 | - | 1 | - | $20,418 | $20,418 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 62 | 56 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $18,006 | -20.3% | 23 | -6 | $782 | $10,014,650 | 25 | Music Box Films |
| 63 | 62 | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | $15,579 | +1.6% | 24 | -4 | $649 | $1,514,913 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 64 | 60 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $14,976 | -5.8% | 1 | -1 | $14,976 | $34,001,023 | 259 | IMAX |
| 65 | 59 | Cyrus | $14,874 | -8.5% | 26 | -6 | $572 | $7,378,458 | 12 | - |
| 66 | 57 | A Film Unfinished | $14,203 | -30% | 5 | - | $2,840 | $119,680 | 3 | Oscilloscope |
| 67 | 70 | Deep Sea | $13,727 | +35.5% | 2 | - | $6,863 | $43,662,915 | 236 | Warner Bros. |
| 68 | 76 | Agora | $13,109 | +106% | 6 | -3 | $2,184 | $573,869 | 15 | Newmarket Films |
| 69 | 72 | Micmacs | $11,806 | +35.7% | 22 | +9 | $536 | $1,205,748 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 70 | - | My Dog Tulip | $11,550 | - | 1 | - | $11,550 | $16,422 | 1 | New Yorker Films |
| 71 | 66 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | $11,423 | -10.5% | 5 | -4 | $2,284 | $3,215,532 | 21 | - |
| 72 | 63 | Solitary Man | $10,752 | -27.5% | 24 | +5 | $448 | $4,337,898 | 16 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 73 | 61 | Le code a changé | $9,278 | -39.7% | 2 | - | $4,639 | $33,337 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 74 | 68 | The Disappearance of Alice Creed | $8,888 | -15.4% | 6 | -1 | $1,481 | $144,420 | 5 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 75 | 58 | La soga | $8,700 | -48.8% | 5 | -7 | $1,740 | $159,392 | 4 | 7-57 Releasing |
| 76 | 73 | Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work | $7,635 | -5.8% | 16 | -1 | $477 | $2,918,655 | 13 | IFC Films |
| 77 | 74 | The Secret in Their Eyes | $6,980 | -6.9% | 17 | +4 | $410 | $6,346,006 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 78 | 82 | Ondine | $6,690 | +56.8% | 3 | -1 | $2,230 | $540,756 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 79 | 64 | Life During Wartime | $6,363 | -55.7% | 8 | -6 | $795 | $256,099 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 80 | 69 | Date Night | $6,045 | -40.8% | 11 | -2 | $549 | $98,710,290 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 81 | - | White Wedding 2010 Re-release | $5,860 | - | 4 | - | $1,465 | $5,859 | 1 | Dada Films |
| 82 | 90 | The Cremaster Cycle 2010 Re-release | $5,646 | +231.7% | 1 | - | $5,646 | $103,204 | 22 | International Film Circuit |
| 83 | 77 | Wild Grass | $5,101 | -19.2% | 9 | -1 | $566 | $361,700 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 84 | 75 | Winnebago Man | $4,674 | -37.2% | 7 | - | $667 | $138,821 | 9 | Kino International |
| 85 | 86 | The People I've Slept With | $4,183 | +21.7% | 2 | +1 | $2,091 | $16,382 | 4 | - |
| 86 | 111 | Metropolis 2010 Re-release | $3,256 | +1,202.4% | 3 | +1 | $1,085 | $364,493 | 18 | Kino International |
| 87 | 80 | Army of Crime | $3,143 | -28% | 2 | - | $1,571 | $24,160 | 3 | Lorber Films |
| 88 | 92 | Dogtooth | $2,858 | +96.7% | 2 | +1 | $1,429 | $50,654 | 11 | Kino International |
| 89 | 108 | Spoken Word | $2,546 | +393.4% | 2 | - | $1,273 | $26,622 | 7 | Variance Films |
| 90 | 71 | Mademoiselle Chambon | $2,508 | -72% | 5 | -6 | $501 | $313,524 | 15 | Lorber Films |
| 91 | 89 | The Milk of Sorrow | $2,440 | +27.5% | 2 | +1 | $1,220 | $5,834 | 2 | Olive Films |
| 92 | 79 | The Nature of Existence | $2,297 | -49.3% | 2 | - | $1,148 | $46,745 | 12 | Walking Shadows |
| 93 | 53 | Please Give | $2,105 | -92.9% | 13 | -32 | $161 | $4,020,906 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 94 | 97 | Ran 2010 Re-release | $1,944 | +66.3% | 1 | - | $1,944 | $113,076 | 31 | Rialto Pictures |
| 95 | 100 | Princess Kaiulani | $1,889 | +80.8% | 3 | +2 | $629 | $874,798 | 17 | Roadside Attractions |
| 96 | 87 | House | $1,725 | -31.2% | 1 | -1 | $1,725 | $174,845 | 34 | Janus Films |
| 97 | 103 | Feed the Fish | $1,426 | +72% | 1 | - | $1,426 | $50,849 | 20 | Strand Releasing |
| 98 | - | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $1,425 | - | 1 | - | $1,425 | $23,294,011 | 153 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 99 | - | Two in the Wave | $1,289 | - | 1 | - | $1,289 | $27,824 | 16 | Lorber Films |
| 100 | 88 | Mid-August Lunch | $1,053 | -46.5% | 1 | -1 | $1,053 | $672,360 | 25 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 101 | 101 | Countdown to Zero | $1,011 | - | 5 | +1 | $202 | $253,390 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 102 | 91 | Mother and Child | $975 | -41.4% | 2 | -2 | $487 | $1,100,262 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 103 | - | Mugabe and the White African | $964 | - | 1 | - | $964 | $6,449 | 7 | First Run |
| 104 | 84 | Circle | $793 | -79.8% | 1 | -1 | $793 | $6,333 | 2 | Indican Pictures |
| 105 | 94 | The Sicilian Girl 2010 Re-release | $789 | -42.7% | 2 | -1 | $394 | $23,674 | 5 | Music Box Films |
| 106 | - | John Rabe | $578 | - | 1 | - | $578 | $56,185 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 107 | - | NoBody's Perfect 2010 Re-release | $521 | - | 1 | - | $521 | $2,122 | 21 | Lorber Films |
| 108 | 107 | Space Station 3D | $380 | -26.6% | 1 | - | $380 | $81,970,878 | 438 | IMAX |
| 109 | 112 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead | $350 | +40% | 1 | - | $350 | $67,665 | 14 | Indican Pictures |
| 110 | 113 | Everyone Else | $313 | +95.6% | 1 | - | $313 | $93,600 | 22 | The Cinema Guild |
| 111 | - | Promised Lands | $196 | - | 1 | - | $196 | $3,983 | 31 | The Film Desk |
| 112 | - | Neshoba | $88 | - | 1 | - | $88 | $12,510 | 4 | First Run |
| 113 | 102 | Here and There | $84 | -91.5% | 1 | -1 | $84 | $27,114 | 17 | Cinema Purgatorio |
