New Zealand 2010 Weekend 38
September 23-26, 2010
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Last Airbender | $393,362 | - | 77 | - | $5,108 | $415,095 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International |
| 2 | 1 | Despicable Me | $319,405 | -27.6% | 86 | +4 | $3,714 | $1,054,376 | 2 | United International Pictures |
| 3 | - | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | $178,662 | - | 59 | - | $3,028 | $178,662 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 4 | 3 | Grown Ups | $107,526 | -43.9% | 48 | -2 | $2,240 | $359,082 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 2 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | $103,193 | -52% | 58 | -3 | $1,779 | $384,883 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 6 | - | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | $82,890 | - | 81 | - | $1,023 | $82,890 | 1 | Roadshow Films |
| 7 | 4 | Tomorrow, When the War Began | $60,615 | -53.1% | 48 | -3 | $1,262 | $852,885 | 4 | Paramount Pictures International |
| 8 | - | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | $33,800 | - | 51 | - | $662 | $33,800 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 9 | - | Charlie St. Cloud | $32,072 | - | 25 | - | $1,282 | $32,072 | 1 | United International Pictures |
| 10 | 6 | Inception | $31,901 | -52% | 51 | -12 | $625 | $4,252,987 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | 7 | I Am Love | $31,706 | -13.8% | 22 | - | $1,441 | $205,700 | 3 | Rialto Distribution |
| 12 | 8 | Mother and Child | $27,875 | -15.1% | 25 | - | $1,115 | $80,846 | 2 | Hopscotch Films |
| 13 | 5 | The Expendables | $27,719 | -69.1% | 39 | -10 | $710 | $738,101 | 4 | Roadshow Films |
| 14 | 13 | The Concert | $19,757 | -7.3% | 19 | -2 | $1,039 | $252,337 | 6 | Hopscotch Films |
| 15 | 11 | Animal Kingdom | $17,760 | -28.4% | 13 | +1 | $1,366 | $76,775 | 2 | Madman Entertainment |
| 16 | 12 | Harry Brown | $16,068 | -32% | 29 | -6 | $554 | $311,922 | 6 | Hoyts Distribution |
| 17 | - | Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen | $10,878 | - | 1 | - | $10,878 | $10,878 | 1 | N/A |
| 18 | 15 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | $10,690 | -22.8% | 7 | +2 | $1,527 | $130,175 | 3 | Madman Entertainment |
| 19 | 17 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | $9,670 | -14.3% | 15 | -4 | $644 | $746,814 | 9 | Rialto Distribution |
| 20 | 9 | Salt | $7,834 | -73.9% | 12 | -22 | $652 | $1,260,982 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 10 | Going the Distance | $7,579 | -74.4% | 12 | -38 | $631 | $280,482 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | 14 | The Runaways | $6,340 | -67.4% | 16 | -9 | $396 | $90,215 | 3 | Hoyts Distribution |
| 23 | 16 | Dabangg | $6,297 | -53.7% | 4 | - | $1,574 | $59,317 | 3 | - |
| 24 | 20 | A Prophet | $4,586 | -31.6% | 2 | - | $2,293 | $47,939 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 25 | - | Beauty and the Beast 2010 3D Release | $3,710 | - | 1 | - | $3,710 | $45,150 | 7 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 26 | 26 | Skin | $2,461 | -1.1% | 8 | -2 | $307 | $110,469 | 8 | - |
| 27 | - | South Solitary | $2,082 | - | 7 | - | $297 | $2,082 | 1 | Hoyts Distribution |
| 28 | 25 | I'm Still Here | $1,969 | -33.7% | 1 | - | $1,969 | $6,200 | 2 | Roadshow Films |
| 29 | 21 | Toy Story 3 | $1,222 | -77.6% | 7 | -3 | $174 | $3,985,970 | 13 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 30 | 18 | Centurion | $897 | -90% | 4 | -7 | $224 | $38,285 | 3 | Rialto Distribution |
| 31 | 27 | Marmaduke | $855 | -63.9% | 7 | -6 | $122 | $540,045 | 13 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 32 | - | Peaceful Times | $760 | - | 2 | - | $380 | $4,258 | - | - |
| 33 | - | Hair | $558 | - | 1 | - | $558 | $558 | 1 | - |
| 34 | 29 | Cemetery Junction | $399 | -73.6% | 2 | -3 | $199 | $298,099 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 35 | 45 | Enter the Dragon 2010 Re-release | $396 | +178.9% | 4 | +3 | $99 | $40,718 | 6 | - |
| 36 | 37 | I, Don Giovanni | $364 | -7.8% | 2 | - | $182 | $28,658 | 7 | - |
| 37 | 47 | Home by Christmas | $242 | +124.1% | 4 | +3 | $60 | $845,199 | 23 | - |
| 38 | 31 | Killers | $220 | -79.9% | 6 | -12 | $36 | $499,343 | 9 | Roadshow Films |
| 39 | - | The Gay Divorcee 2010 Re-release | $182 | - | 1 | - | $182 | $2,686 | 6 | - |
| 40 | 51 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $177 | +302.3% | 2 | +1 | $88 | $3,939,264 | 13 | Hoyts Distribution |
| 41 | 50 | Children of Paradise | $169 | +267.4% | 1 | - | $169 | $1,457 | 4 | - |
| 42 | - | With or Without You | $162 | - | 2 | - | $81 | $75,675 | 32 | - |
| 43 | 44 | Badlands 2010 Re-release | $154 | -39.4% | 1 | - | $154 | $1,190 | 3 | - |
| 44 | 36 | The Wages of Fear 2010 Re-release | $57 | -90.3% | 1 | - | $57 | $757 | 2 | - |
| 45 | 42 | Letters to Juliet | $26 | -91.7% | 1 | - | $26 | $365,440 | 20 | Hoyts Distribution |
