Domestic 2010 Week 40
October 1-7, 2010
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Social Network | $30,569,170 | - | 2,771 | - | $11,031 | $30,569,170 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | 1 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | $13,265,727 | -48.5% | 3,597 | +32 | $3,687 | $39,041,578 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 3 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | $13,194,096 | -31.3% | 3,575 | - | $3,690 | $32,385,965 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 2 | The Town | $13,129,099 | -38.1% | 2,935 | +50 | $4,473 | $67,436,519 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 4 | Easy A | $8,510,593 | -36.1% | 2,974 | +118 | $2,861 | $43,938,783 | 3 | Screen Gems |
| 6 | 5 | You Again | $7,372,146 | -32.3% | 2,548 | - | $2,893 | $18,257,213 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | - | Case 39 | $6,969,700 | - | 2,211 | - | $3,152 | $6,969,700 | 1 | Paramount Vantage |
| 8 | - | Let Me In | $6,723,801 | - | 2,020 | - | $3,328 | $6,723,801 | 1 | Overture Films |
| 9 | 6 | Devil | $4,509,430 | -46.8% | 2,392 | -419 | $1,885 | $28,236,835 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | 7 | Resident Evil: Afterlife | $3,781,401 | -43.7% | 1,907 | -735 | $1,982 | $57,611,726 | 4 | Screen Gems |
| 11 | 8 | Alpha and Omega | $3,493,105 | -37.6% | 2,303 | -322 | $1,516 | $19,517,674 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 12 | 10 | Inception | $1,190,128 | -29.8% | 625 | -282 | $1,904 | $288,691,296 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | 9 | Takers | $1,007,963 | -52.3% | 773 | -640 | $1,303 | $56,384,781 | 6 | Screen Gems |
| 14 | 17 | Catfish | $912,579 | +35.7% | 136 | +79 | $6,710 | $1,842,751 | 3 | Rogue Pictures |
| 15 | - | Anjaana Anjaani | $608,538 | - | 91 | - | $6,687 | $608,538 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 16 | 37 | Waiting for Superman | $582,217 | +202.1% | 34 | +30 | $17,124 | $774,951 | 2 | Paramount Vantage |
| 17 | 11 | The Other Guys | $568,080 | -55.7% | 566 | -481 | $1,003 | $117,825,789 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 18 | 16 | Despicable Me | $557,830 | -22.5% | 463 | -147 | $1,204 | $246,209,750 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 19 | 13 | Eat Pray Love | $476,833 | -54.8% | 398 | -457 | $1,198 | $79,866,946 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | 36 | Salt | $412,209 | +111.1% | 288 | +102 | $1,431 | $117,686,826 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 22 | Mao's Last Dancer | $397,285 | -4.7% | 137 | +15 | $2,899 | $3,554,118 | 7 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 22 | 15 | The Expendables | $325,543 | -58.2% | 410 | -442 | $794 | $102,610,601 | 8 | Lionsgate |
| 23 | 33 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | $304,188 | +29.4% | 29 | +23 | $10,489 | $590,673 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 24 | 25 | Lottery Ticket | $303,748 | -17.5% | 302 | -68 | $1,005 | $24,307,888 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 12 | The American | $298,053 | -76.7% | 374 | -941 | $796 | $35,290,096 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 26 | 14 | Machete | $297,571 | -67% | 314 | -368 | $947 | $26,288,990 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 27 | 23 | Toy Story 3 | $293,712 | -28.5% | 235 | -67 | $1,249 | $411,476,637 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 28 | 18 | Nanny McPhee Returns | $273,930 | -41.7% | 481 | -284 | $569 | $28,576,035 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 29 | 27 | Never Let Me Go | $266,644 | -21.7% | 43 | +17 | $6,201 | $803,963 | 4 | - |
| 30 | 20 | Get Low | $265,109 | -41% | 271 | -83 | $978 | $8,714,897 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 31 | 30 | Hubble | $245,613 | -11.8% | 60 | -1 | $4,093 | $16,281,930 | 29 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 26 | Dinner for Schmucks | $235,152 | -35.7% | 261 | -62 | $900 | $72,879,626 | 10 | DreamWorks |
| 33 | 29 | Grown Ups | $210,823 | -29.8% | 230 | - | $916 | $161,694,358 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 34 | 31 | Vampires Suck | $193,007 | -26.2% | 261 | -154 | $739 | $36,411,550 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 35 | 21 | The Last Exorcism | $168,295 | -61.5% | 307 | -400 | $548 | $41,034,350 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 36 | 34 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | $155,275 | -32.7% | 170 | -57 | $913 | $62,948,867 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 37 | 32 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | $154,279 | -34.8% | 188 | -79 | $820 | $43,461,632 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 40 | Buried | $150,261 | +8% | 33 | +22 | $4,553 | $289,344 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 39 | 24 | The Switch | $145,080 | -64.6% | 242 | -269 | $599 | $27,469,247 | 7 | Miramax |
| 40 | 44 | Jack Goes Boating | $144,509 | +11.2% | 78 | +39 | $1,852 | $316,090 | 3 | Overture Films |
| 41 | - | Chain Letter | $138,788 | - | 406 | - | $341 | $138,788 | 1 | New Films Cinema |
| 42 | 47 | Like Dandelion Dust | $100,275 | +6.1% | 53 | +28 | $1,891 | $194,755 | 2 | Blue Collar Releasing |
| 43 | 43 | Ramona and Beezus | $99,378 | -24.7% | 161 | -30 | $617 | $25,990,376 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 44 | 35 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | $99,020 | -56.4% | 120 | -113 | $825 | $31,524,275 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 45 | 38 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $95,822 | -43.2% | 83 | -141 | $1,154 | $300,438,766 | 15 | Summit Entertainment |
| 46 | 51 | Howl | $87,384 | +21.8% | 17 | +11 | $5,140 | $159,131 | 2 | Oscilloscope |
| 47 | 57 | Piranha 3D | $87,077 | +77.9% | 95 | +29 | $916 | $24,921,006 | 7 | - |
| 48 | 41 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | $83,038 | -38.5% | 83 | -36 | $1,000 | $7,436,948 | 13 | Music Box Films |
| 49 | 42 | Heartbreaker | $77,522 | -42.4% | 43 | +2 | $1,802 | $348,313 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 50 | 19 | The Virginity Hit | $77,080 | -83.1% | 434 | -266 | $177 | $563,706 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 51 | 50 | Winter's Bone | $67,454 | -19.8% | 78 | -4 | $864 | $6,144,894 | 17 | Roadside Attractions |
| 52 | 46 | The Kids Are All Right | $67,433 | -42.9% | 64 | -43 | $1,053 | $20,755,521 | 13 | Focus Features |
| 53 | 45 | Cairo Time | $64,523 | -46.3% | 71 | -5 | $908 | $1,512,824 | 9 | IFC Films |
| 54 | 28 | Going the Distance | $55,410 | -83.5% | 121 | -354 | $457 | $17,682,549 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | 53 | Under the Sea 3D | $53,334 | -16.1% | 18 | - | $2,963 | $24,359,439 | 86 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | - | Hatchet II | $52,604 | - | 68 | - | $773 | $52,604 | 1 | Vitagraph Films |
| 57 | - | The Man from Nowhere | $51,074 | - | 1 | - | $51,074 | $51,074 | 1 | CJ Entertainment |
| 58 | - | Freakonomics | $46,552 | - | 20 | - | $2,327 | $46,552 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 59 | 52 | Enter the Void | $44,348 | -37.9% | 6 | +3 | $7,391 | $115,781 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 60 | 54 | The Tillman Story | $40,275 | -35.2% | 27 | - | $1,491 | $649,314 | 7 | The Weinstein Company |
| 61 | 60 | A Film Unfinished | $37,906 | -7.8% | 16 | - | $2,369 | $228,833 | 8 | Oscilloscope |
| 62 | 56 | Avatar 2010 Special Edition | $35,363 | -31% | 19 | -10 | $1,861 | $10,524,151 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 63 | 63 | The Concert | $31,805 | -15.7% | 21 | +3 | $1,514 | $623,648 | 10 | The Weinstein Company |
| 64 | 62 | What If... | $31,626 | -20% | 26 | -9 | $1,216 | $603,120 | 7 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 65 | 66 | Space Station 3D | $31,126 | -7.6% | 3 | - | $10,375 | $82,054,211 | 442 | IMAX |
| 66 | 49 | Step Up 3D | $28,800 | -68% | 26 | -34 | $1,107 | $42,225,509 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 67 | 71 | Kings of Pastry | $27,956 | -2.9% | 5 | - | $5,591 | $88,498 | 4 | First Run |
| 68 | 65 | Predators | $26,797 | -24.9% | 46 | +10 | $582 | $51,987,837 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 69 | 61 | I Am Love | $26,209 | -33.9% | 18 | -7 | $1,456 | $4,926,639 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 70 | 70 | Last Train Home | $24,464 | -15.2% | 9 | +1 | $2,718 | $134,603 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 71 | 64 | Mademoiselle Chambon | $24,204 | -34.8% | 15 | -1 | $1,613 | $458,602 | 19 | Lorber Films |
| 72 | 59 | Animal Kingdom | $23,006 | -46.3% | 41 | -4 | $561 | $908,344 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 73 | 48 | Flipped | $21,651 | -77% | 35 | -71 | $618 | $1,745,274 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 74 | 74 | Fool for Love | $21,306 | -11% | 8 | +1 | $2,663 | $139,339 | 4 | Variance Films |
| 75 | 81 | Soul Kitchen | $20,628 | +26.5% | 23 | +9 | $896 | $244,046 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 76 | - | Partir | $20,624 | - | 2 | - | $10,312 | $20,624 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 77 | 77 | Metropolis 2010 Re-release | $19,850 | -2.5% | 8 | +3 | $2,481 | $443,061 | 22 | Kino International |
| 78 | 67 | Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould | $19,703 | -41.3% | 9 | +1 | $2,189 | $99,543 | 4 | Lorber Films |
| 79 | 55 | I'm Still Here | $19,308 | -62.4% | 19 | -20 | $1,016 | $394,375 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 80 | 78 | The Wildest Dream | $17,573 | -11% | 14 | -1 | $1,255 | $533,636 | 9 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 81 | 69 | Lovely, Still | $15,741 | -47% | 11 | -6 | $1,431 | $92,649 | 4 | Monterey Media |
| 82 | 76 | Leaves of Grass | $15,202 | -32.4% | 6 | - | $2,533 | $64,208 | 3 | First Look International |
| 83 | 73 | A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop | $14,695 | -38.7% | 19 | +1 | $773 | $155,719 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 84 | 68 | Knight and Day 2010 Re-release | $14,668 | -54.6% | 17 | -28 | $862 | $76,423,035 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 85 | 89 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | $13,709 | +46.2% | 2 | -2 | $6,854 | $3,277,043 | 25 | - |
| 86 | 75 | Lebanon | $13,201 | -43.6% | 21 | +5 | $628 | $334,628 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 87 | 79 | Restrepo | $12,716 | -33.9% | 16 | -7 | $794 | $1,302,068 | 15 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 88 | 80 | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | $12,452 | -28.5% | 14 | - | $889 | $1,614,982 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 89 | 83 | Deep Sea | $11,403 | -25.3% | 3 | - | $3,801 | $43,722,066 | 240 | Warner Bros. |
| 90 | 58 | Bran Nue Dae | $8,794 | -80.7% | 13 | -42 | $676 | $113,568 | 4 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 91 | 85 | Cyrus | $8,575 | -37.9% | 6 | -8 | $1,429 | $7,451,216 | 16 | - |
| 92 | 94 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $8,315 | +2.8% | 2 | - | $4,157 | $23,315,744 | 157 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 93 | 87 | Mesrine: Killer Instinct 2010 Re-release | $7,243 | -39.9% | 7 | -3 | $1,034 | $492,396 | 6 | Music Box Films |
| 94 | 121 | Feed the Fish | $7,080 | +272.2% | 4 | +3 | $1,770 | $61,833 | 24 | Strand Releasing |
| 95 | 86 | The Extra Man | $6,099 | -51.7% | 9 | -5 | $677 | $441,138 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 96 | 120 | See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary | $6,076 | +203.8% | 3 | +2 | $2,025 | $93,035 | 29 | Worldplay |
| 97 | 101 | Micmacs | $5,903 | +0.6% | 9 | -4 | $655 | $1,252,059 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 98 | 93 | Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 2010 Re-release | $5,582 | -33.8% | 7 | - | $797 | $232,455 | 5 | Music Box Films |
| 99 | 91 | The Sicilian Girl 2010 Re-release | $5,577 | -36.8% | 2 | -4 | $2,788 | $65,035 | 10 | Music Box Films |
| 100 | 109 | Agora | $5,546 | +23.4% | 2 | - | $2,773 | $614,342 | 19 | Newmarket Films |
| 101 | 88 | My Dog Tulip | $5,070 | -54.1% | 2 | -1 | $2,535 | $68,782 | 6 | New Yorker Films |
| 102 | - | Nine Nation Animation | $4,971 | - | 1 | - | $4,971 | $4,971 | 2 | The World According to Shorts |
| 103 | - | The Nature of Existence | $4,388 | - | 1 | - | $4,388 | $54,645 | 16 | Walking Shadows |
| 104 | 95 | GasLand | $4,269 | -44% | 1 | -1 | $4,269 | $27,554 | 4 | - |
| 105 | 119 | The Disappearance of Alice Creed | $3,957 | +97.7% | 3 | +1 | $1,319 | $162,773 | 9 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 106 | - | Douchebag | $3,595 | - | 1 | - | $3,595 | $3,595 | 1 | Paladin |
| 107 | - | Alamar | $3,577 | - | 1 | - | $3,577 | $42,741 | 13 | Film Movement |
| 108 | 144 | The Freebie | $3,552 | +88,700% | 1 | - | $3,552 | $8,833 | 3 | Phase 4 Films |
| 109 | 102 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $3,470 | -38.9% | 7 | -9 | $495 | $10,071,195 | 29 | Music Box Films |
| 110 | 103 | Undertow | $3,461 | -32.2% | 1 | - | $3,461 | $18,106 | 3 | The Film Collaborative |
| 111 | 97 | The Secret in Their Eyes | $3,426 | -52.3% | 6 | -3 | $571 | $6,388,301 | 25 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 112 | 96 | Wild Grass | $3,420 | -54.6% | 5 | -5 | $684 | $390,580 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 113 | 112 | Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) | $3,166 | -10.4% | 3 | +1 | $1,055 | $29,102 | 4 | Lorber Films |
| 114 | 99 | Breathless 2010 Re-release | $3,027 | -53.7% | 4 | -1 | $756 | $320,758 | 19 | Rialto Pictures |
| 115 | 92 | Winnebago Man | $2,792 | -67.1% | 6 | -1 | $465 | $173,318 | 13 | Kino International |
| 116 | 111 | Countdown to Zero | $2,412 | -33.6% | 6 | -2 | $402 | $272,040 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 117 | - | Zenith | $2,347 | - | 1 | - | $2,347 | $2,347 | 1 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 118 | - | The Fall of Night | $2,066 | - | 1 | - | $2,066 | $3,095 | 4 | - |
| 119 | 82 | The Salvation Poem | $2,062 | -86.5% | 1 | -6 | $2,062 | $203,877 | 6 | CanZion Films |
| 120 | - | Fresh | $1,369 | - | 1 | - | $1,369 | $24,765 | 26 | - |
| 121 | 130 | Please Give | $1,361 | +175.5% | 8 | +5 | $170 | $4,030,907 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 122 | 125 | Metal Messiah | $1,347 | +21.6% | 1 | - | $1,347 | $2,455 | 4 | - |
| 123 | 98 | The Cremaster Cycle 2010 Re-release | $1,295 | -81.4% | 1 | -1 | $1,295 | $120,308 | 26 | International Film Circuit |
| 124 | 128 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $1,275 | +86.4% | 1 | - | $1,275 | $34,048,181 | 263 | IMAX |
| 125 | 116 | John Rabe | $1,273 | -56.1% | 1 | - | $1,273 | $66,853 | 20 | Strand Releasing |
| 126 | - | The Girl 2010 Re-release | $1,003 | - | 1 | - | $1,003 | $2,201 | 3 | Olive Films |
| 127 | 124 | Stonewall Uprising | $800 | -31.4% | 1 | -1 | $800 | $123,568 | 17 | First Run |
| 128 | - | Army of Crime | $767 | - | 1 | - | $767 | $29,027 | 7 | Lorber Films |
| 129 | 140 | Altiplano | $722 | +280% | 1 | - | $722 | $2,961 | 7 | First Run |
| 130 | 122 | Mother and Child | $685 | -59.5% | 1 | -1 | $685 | $1,109,286 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 131 | - | The Temptation of St. Tony | $657 | - | 1 | - | $657 | $1,963 | 3 | Olive Films |
| 132 | 108 | Enemies of the People | $614 | -86.4% | 1 | -4 | $614 | $19,457 | 10 | International Film Circuit |
| 133 | 106 | Solitary Man | $611 | -86.6% | 1 | -5 | $611 | $4,360,548 | 20 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 134 | 137 | Neshoba | $536 | +51.4% | 1 | - | $536 | $18,727 | 8 | First Run |
| 135 | - | Ran 2010 Re-release | $459 | - | 1 | - | $459 | $117,474 | 35 | Rialto Pictures |
| 136 | 136 | Cropsey | $440 | +23.6% | 2 | +1 | $220 | $47,983 | 18 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 137 | 129 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead | $422 | -29.2% | 1 | - | $422 | $69,170 | 18 | Indican Pictures |
| 138 | 126 | Hideaway | $412 | -57.6% | 1 | -1 | $412 | $24,766 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 139 | 113 | Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | $333 | -90.2% | 1 | - | $333 | $19,476 | 12 | Flicker Alley |
| 140 | 135 | Dogtooth | $287 | -30.2% | 1 | - | $287 | $56,938 | 15 | Kino International |
| 141 | 132 | Orlando 2010 Re-release | $248 | -47.6% | 2 | +1 | $124 | $57,388 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 142 | 143 | Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo | $217 | +80.8% | 1 | - | $217 | $3,474 | 3 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 143 | 123 | A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism 2010 Re-release | $198 | -85.9% | 1 | -1 | $198 | $1,604 | 2 | First Run |
| 144 | 127 | Le Amiche | $179 | -77.3% | 1 | - | $179 | $50,184 | 16 | The Film Desk |
| 145 | - | Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers | $170 | - | 1 | - | $170 | $5,581 | 39 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 146 | 138 | House | $92 | -70.7% | 1 | - | $92 | $176,514 | 38 | Janus Films |
| 147 | - | American Grindhouse | $85 | - | 1 | - | $85 | $2,873 | 16 | Lorber Films |
| 148 | - | Two in the Wave | $50 | - | 1 | - | $50 | $28,808 | 21 | Lorber Films |
