Domestic 2010 Weekend 40
October 1-3, 2010
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Social Network | $22,445,653 | - | 2,771 | - | $8,100 | $22,445,653 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | 2 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | $10,887,429 | -32.4% | 3,575 | - | $3,045 | $30,079,298 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 1 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | $10,002,578 | -47.4% | 3,597 | +32 | $2,780 | $35,778,429 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | 3 | The Town | $9,749,332 | -37.5% | 2,935 | +50 | $3,321 | $64,056,752 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 4 | Easy A | $6,748,777 | -36.3% | 2,974 | +118 | $2,269 | $42,176,967 | 3 | Screen Gems |
| 6 | 5 | You Again | $5,722,566 | -31.9% | 2,548 | - | $2,245 | $16,607,633 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | - | Case 39 | $5,350,570 | - | 2,211 | - | $2,419 | $5,350,570 | 1 | Paramount Vantage |
| 8 | - | Let Me In | $5,147,479 | - | 2,020 | - | $2,548 | $5,147,479 | 1 | Overture Films |
| 9 | 6 | Devil | $3,564,055 | -46% | 2,392 | -419 | $1,489 | $27,291,460 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | 8 | Alpha and Omega | $2,924,868 | -38.2% | 2,303 | -322 | $1,270 | $18,949,437 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 11 | 7 | Resident Evil: Afterlife | $2,784,775 | -43.8% | 1,907 | -735 | $1,460 | $56,615,100 | 4 | Screen Gems |
| 12 | 10 | Inception | $904,208 | -27.5% | 625 | -282 | $1,446 | $288,405,376 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | 9 | Takers | $784,529 | -51.6% | 773 | -640 | $1,014 | $56,161,347 | 6 | Screen Gems |
| 14 | 17 | Catfish | $590,177 | +30.4% | 136 | +79 | $4,339 | $1,621,349 | 3 | Rogue Pictures |
| 15 | - | Anjaana Anjaani | $517,608 | - | 91 | - | $5,688 | $517,608 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 16 | 15 | Despicable Me | $439,850 | -24.5% | 463 | -147 | $950 | $246,091,770 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 11 | The Other Guys | $439,411 | -55.7% | 566 | -481 | $776 | $117,697,120 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 18 | 37 | Waiting for Superman | $408,873 | +194.1% | 34 | +30 | $12,025 | $601,607 | 2 | Paramount Vantage |
| 19 | 13 | Eat Pray Love | $319,970 | -54.6% | 398 | -457 | $803 | $79,710,083 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | 36 | Salt | $288,116 | +100.5% | 288 | +102 | $1,000 | $117,562,733 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 25 | Mao's Last Dancer | $263,534 | -3.5% | 137 | +15 | $1,923 | $3,420,367 | 7 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 22 | 22 | Lottery Ticket | $241,265 | -21.2% | 302 | -68 | $798 | $24,245,405 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | 16 | The Expendables | $231,662 | -58.9% | 410 | -442 | $565 | $102,516,720 | 8 | Lionsgate |
| 24 | 21 | Toy Story 3 | $229,502 | -26.9% | 235 | -67 | $976 | $411,412,427 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | 18 | Nanny McPhee Returns | $218,855 | -44.5% | 481 | -284 | $455 | $28,520,960 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 26 | 33 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | $215,131 | +34.4% | 29 | +23 | $7,418 | $501,616 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 27 | 14 | Machete | $213,721 | -66.8% | 314 | -368 | $680 | $26,205,140 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 28 | 12 | The American | $210,428 | -76.5% | 374 | -941 | $562 | $35,202,471 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 29 | 28 | Never Let Me Go | $186,554 | -22.9% | 43 | +17 | $4,338 | $723,873 | 3 | - |
| 30 | 20 | Get Low | $180,798 | -43% | 271 | -83 | $667 | $8,630,586 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 31 | 26 | Dinner for Schmucks | $165,760 | -36.3% | 261 | -62 | $635 | $72,810,234 | 10 | DreamWorks |
| 32 | 29 | Grown Ups | $162,326 | -30.8% | 230 | -35 | $705 | $161,645,861 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 33 | 30 | Vampires Suck | $146,818 | -31.4% | 261 | -154 | $562 | $36,365,361 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 34 | - | Chain Letter | $138,788 | - | 406 | - | $341 | $138,788 | 1 | New Films Cinema |
| 35 | 34 | Hubble | $124,087 | -21.8% | 58 | -3 | $2,139 | $16,160,404 | 29 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 19 | The Last Exorcism | $124,000 | -64% | 307 | -400 | $403 | $40,990,055 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 37 | 31 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | $120,278 | -39.5% | 188 | -79 | $639 | $43,432,945 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 32 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | $116,727 | -35.7% | 170 | -57 | $686 | $62,910,319 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 39 | 43 | Jack Goes Boating | $99,620 | +13.5% | 78 | +39 | $1,277 | $271,201 | 3 | Overture Films |
| 40 | 24 | The Switch | $98,190 | -66.5% | 242 | -269 | $405 | $27,422,357 | 7 | Miramax |
| 41 | 41 | Buried | $97,364 | -2.9% | 33 | +22 | $2,950 | $236,447 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 42 | 40 | Ramona and Beezus | $81,331 | -27.4% | 161 | -30 | $505 | $25,972,329 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 43 | 47 | Like Dandelion Dust | $77,325 | -0.8% | 53 | +28 | $1,458 | $171,807 | 2 | Blue Collar Releasing |
| 44 | 39 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $69,272 | -44.3% | 141 | -83 | $491 | $300,412,216 | 14 | Summit Entertainment |
| 45 | 35 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | $69,015 | -56.4% | 120 | -113 | $575 | $31,494,270 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 46 | 55 | Piranha 3D | $65,845 | +86.6% | 95 | +29 | $693 | $24,899,775 | 7 | - |
| 47 | 42 | Heartbreaker | $54,919 | -40.9% | 43 | +2 | $1,277 | $325,710 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 48 | 44 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | $54,559 | -36% | 78 | -33 | $699 | $7,408,469 | 13 | Music Box Films |
| 49 | 51 | Howl | $53,534 | +4.6% | 17 | +11 | $3,149 | $125,281 | 2 | Oscilloscope |
| 50 | - | Hatchet II | $52,604 | - | 68 | - | $773 | $52,604 | 1 | Vitagraph Films |
| 51 | 23 | The Virginity Hit | $48,623 | -83.9% | 434 | -266 | $112 | $535,249 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 52 | 50 | Winter's Bone | $44,851 | -20.7% | 72 | -10 | $622 | $6,122,291 | 17 | Roadside Attractions |
| 53 | 46 | Cairo Time | $44,507 | -43.5% | 71 | -5 | $626 | $1,492,808 | 9 | IFC Films |
| 54 | 45 | The Kids Are All Right | $43,714 | -48% | 64 | -43 | $683 | $20,731,802 | 13 | Focus Features |
| 55 | 27 | Going the Distance | $39,284 | -84.2% | 121 | -354 | $324 | $17,666,423 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | - | The Man from Nowhere | $35,751 | - | 1 | - | $35,751 | $35,751 | 1 | CJ Entertainment |
| 57 | - | Freakonomics | $31,893 | - | 20 | - | $1,594 | $31,893 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 58 | 54 | Under the Sea 3D | $29,152 | -20.4% | 18 | - | $1,619 | $24,335,257 | 86 | Warner Bros. |
| 59 | 52 | Enter the Void | $25,144 | -42.4% | 6 | +3 | $4,190 | $96,580 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 60 | 58 | What If... | $24,854 | -19.4% | 26 | -9 | $955 | $596,228 | 7 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 61 | 53 | The Tillman Story | $24,338 | -40.2% | 27 | - | $901 | $633,377 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 62 | 56 | Avatar 2010 Special Edition | $22,738 | -32.8% | 19 | -10 | $1,196 | $10,511,526 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 63 | 60 | A Film Unfinished | $21,777 | -22.8% | 16 | - | $1,361 | $212,704 | 7 | Oscilloscope |
| 64 | 49 | Step Up 3D | $21,382 | -68% | 26 | -34 | $822 | $42,218,091 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 65 | 65 | Predators | $20,998 | -8.4% | 46 | +10 | $456 | $51,982,038 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 66 | 64 | The Concert | $20,522 | -12.8% | 21 | +3 | $977 | $612,365 | 10 | The Weinstein Company |
| 67 | 62 | I Am Love | $17,808 | -32% | 18 | -7 | $989 | $4,918,238 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 68 | 68 | Mademoiselle Chambon | $16,749 | -19.1% | 15 | +3 | $1,116 | $451,147 | 19 | Lorber Films |
| 69 | 69 | Last Train Home | $16,379 | -18.6% | 9 | - | $1,819 | $126,518 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 70 | 73 | Fool for Love | $16,368 | -9.9% | 8 | +1 | $2,046 | $134,401 | 4 | Variance Films |
| 71 | 48 | Flipped | $15,517 | -79.4% | 35 | -71 | $443 | $1,739,140 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 72 | 71 | Kings of Pastry | $14,790 | -24.7% | 5 | +1 | $2,958 | $75,332 | 3 | First Run |
| 73 | 61 | Animal Kingdom | $14,117 | -49.9% | 41 | -4 | $344 | $899,455 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 74 | 80 | Soul Kitchen | $13,818 | +31% | 23 | +9 | $600 | $237,236 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 75 | 72 | Space Station 3D | $13,345 | -31.9% | 3 | - | $4,448 | $82,036,430 | 442 | IMAX |
| 76 | - | Partir | $12,697 | - | 2 | - | $6,348 | $12,697 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 77 | 66 | Lovely, Still | $12,219 | -42.1% | 11 | -6 | $1,110 | $89,127 | 4 | Monterey Media |
| 78 | 76 | The Wildest Dream | $11,534 | -15.9% | 13 | -5 | $887 | $527,597 | 9 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 79 | 57 | I'm Still Here | $11,508 | -64% | 19 | -20 | $605 | $386,575 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 80 | 70 | Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould | $11,407 | -42.9% | 8 | - | $1,425 | $91,247 | 4 | Lorber Films |
| 81 | 63 | Knight and Day 2010 Re-release | $10,287 | -60.3% | 17 | -28 | $605 | $76,418,654 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 82 | 74 | A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop | $9,160 | -41.4% | 19 | +1 | $482 | $150,184 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 83 | 77 | Lebanon | $8,915 | -34.5% | 21 | +5 | $424 | $330,342 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 84 | 89 | Metropolis 2010 Re-release | $7,916 | +33.9% | 7 | +3 | $1,130 | $431,127 | 22 | Kino International |
| 85 | 75 | Leaves of Grass | $7,750 | -48.4% | 6 | - | $1,291 | $56,756 | 3 | First Look International |
| 86 | 79 | Deep Sea | $7,609 | -28.4% | 3 | - | $2,536 | $43,718,272 | 240 | Warner Bros. |
| 87 | 78 | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | $6,842 | -47.4% | 14 | - | $488 | $1,609,372 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 88 | 87 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | $6,841 | +2% | 2 | -2 | $3,420 | $3,270,175 | 25 | - |
| 89 | 81 | Restrepo | $6,017 | -38.9% | 13 | -11 | $462 | $1,295,369 | 15 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 90 | 82 | The Extra Man | $5,388 | -44.3% | 9 | -5 | $598 | $440,427 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 91 | 59 | Bran Nue Dae | $5,255 | -82.3% | 13 | -42 | $404 | $110,029 | 4 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 92 | 115 | Feed the Fish | $5,159 | +251.9% | 4 | +3 | $1,289 | $59,912 | 24 | Strand Releasing |
| 93 | 84 | Mesrine: Killer Instinct 2010 Re-release | $4,440 | -41.3% | 7 | -3 | $634 | $489,593 | 6 | Music Box Films |
| 94 | 105 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $4,321 | +38.7% | 2 | - | $2,160 | $23,311,750 | 157 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 95 | 90 | The Sicilian Girl 2010 Re-release | $3,659 | -35.2% | 2 | -4 | $1,829 | $63,117 | 9 | Music Box Films |
| 96 | 86 | My Dog Tulip | $3,570 | -51.7% | 2 | -1 | $1,785 | $67,282 | 5 | New Yorker Films |
| 97 | 91 | GasLand | $3,231 | -41.6% | 1 | -1 | $3,231 | $26,508 | 3 | - |
| 98 | 92 | Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 2010 Re-release | $3,206 | -41.6% | 7 | - | $458 | $230,079 | 5 | Music Box Films |
| 99 | - | The Freebie | $3,015 | - | 1 | - | $3,015 | $8,296 | 3 | Phase 4 Films |
| 100 | 83 | Cyrus | $2,989 | -63.5% | 6 | -8 | $498 | $7,445,630 | 16 | - |
| 101 | - | Douchebag | $2,966 | - | 1 | - | $2,966 | $2,966 | 1 | Paladin |
| 102 | 120 | Agora | $2,951 | +197.8% | 2 | - | $1,475 | $611,747 | 19 | Newmarket Films |
| 103 | - | Nine Nation Animation | $2,834 | - | 1 | - | $2,834 | $3,666 | 1 | The World According to Shorts |
| 104 | 118 | The Disappearance of Alice Creed | $2,643 | +101.4% | 3 | +1 | $881 | $161,459 | 9 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 105 | - | The Nature of Existence | $2,542 | - | 1 | - | $2,542 | $52,799 | 16 | Walking Shadows |
| 106 | 101 | Undertow | $2,510 | -35.2% | 1 | - | $2,510 | $17,155 | 3 | The Film Collaborative |
| 107 | 96 | The Secret in Their Eyes | $2,497 | -41.4% | 6 | -3 | $416 | $6,387,372 | 25 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 108 | - | Zenith | $2,347 | - | 1 | - | $2,347 | $2,347 | 1 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 109 | 99 | Micmacs | $2,306 | -43.2% | 9 | -4 | $256 | $1,248,462 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 110 | 114 | Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) | $2,264 | +48.5% | 3 | +2 | $754 | $28,200 | 4 | Lorber Films |
| 111 | - | Alamar | $1,896 | - | 1 | - | $1,896 | $41,060 | 12 | Film Movement |
| 112 | 95 | Wild Grass | $1,722 | -60.6% | 5 | -6 | $344 | $388,882 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 113 | 113 | Countdown to Zero | $1,695 | +5.8% | 6 | -2 | $282 | $271,323 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 114 | 93 | Winnebago Man | $1,334 | -75% | 5 | -2 | $266 | $171,860 | 13 | Kino International |
| 115 | 103 | Breathless 2010 Re-release | $1,298 | -63.9% | 1 | -4 | $1,298 | $319,029 | 19 | Rialto Pictures |
| 116 | 104 | The Cremaster Cycle 2010 Re-release | $1,295 | -62.7% | 1 | -1 | $1,295 | $120,308 | 26 | International Film Circuit |
| 117 | 102 | Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber | $1,113 | -69.9% | 3 | - | $371 | $33,024 | 4 | Vitagraph Films |
| 118 | 133 | Please Give | $958 | +295.9% | 8 | +5 | $119 | $4,030,504 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 119 | 110 | John Rabe | $807 | -56.7% | 1 | - | $807 | $66,387 | 20 | Strand Releasing |
| 120 | - | Metal Messiah | $699 | - | 1 | - | $699 | $1,807 | 3 | - |
| 121 | 108 | Solitary Man | $611 | -71.9% | 1 | -5 | $611 | $4,360,548 | 20 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 122 | 106 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $544 | -81.8% | 4 | -6 | $136 | $10,068,269 | 29 | Music Box Films |
| 123 | 131 | Neshoba | $536 | +54.5% | 1 | - | $536 | $18,727 | 8 | First Run |
| 124 | - | Army of Crime | $532 | - | 1 | - | $532 | $28,792 | 7 | Lorber Films |
| 125 | 135 | Altiplano | $515 | +171.1% | 1 | - | $515 | $2,754 | 7 | First Run |
| 126 | - | The Girl 2010 Re-release | $486 | - | 1 | - | $486 | $1,684 | 3 | Olive Films |
| 127 | 100 | Enemies of the People | $432 | -89.2% | 1 | -4 | $432 | $19,275 | 10 | International Film Circuit |
| 128 | - | The Temptation of St. Tony | $421 | - | 1 | - | $421 | $1,727 | 3 | Olive Films |
| 129 | 125 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $409 | -11.1% | 1 | - | $409 | $34,047,315 | 263 | IMAX |
| 130 | 121 | Stonewall Uprising | $383 | -57.3% | 1 | -1 | $383 | $123,151 | 16 | First Run |
| 131 | 130 | Cropsey | $357 | +0.3% | 2 | +1 | $178 | $47,900 | 18 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 132 | 119 | Mother and Child | $337 | -66.3% | 1 | -1 | $337 | $1,108,938 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 133 | 109 | Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | $333 | -83.2% | 1 | - | $333 | $19,476 | 12 | Flicker Alley |
| 134 | 126 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead | $264 | -42.5% | 1 | - | $264 | $69,012 | 18 | Indican Pictures |
| 135 | 124 | Hideaway | $238 | -63.7% | 1 | -1 | $238 | $24,592 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 136 | 138 | Orlando 2010 Re-release | $165 | +98.8% | 2 | +1 | $82 | $57,305 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 137 | 134 | Dogtooth | $110 | -52.4% | 1 | - | $110 | $56,761 | 15 | Kino International |
| 138 | 132 | House | $92 | -70.7% | 1 | - | $92 | $176,514 | 38 | Janus Films |
| 139 | 122 | A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism 2010 Re-release | $84 | -89.8% | 1 | -1 | $84 | $1,490 | 2 | First Run |
| 140 | - | Two in the Wave | $50 | - | 1 | - | $50 | $28,808 | 20 | Lorber Films |
