| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Inception | - | - | - | $18,069,617 | 628 | $43,437,833 | Jul 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Toy Story 3 | - | - | - | $12,724,519 | 758 | $40,499,578 | Jul 14 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | - | - | - | $11,074,380 | 546 | $12,930,320 | Aug 11 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Expendables | - | - | - | $10,029,369 | 458 | $13,547,449 | Aug 18 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false |
| 5 | Knight and Day 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $9,790,891 | 612 | $14,335,598 | Jul 28 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 6 | A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | - | - | - | $9,668,366 | 637 | $10,767,225 | Aug 11 | StudioCanal | false |
| 7 | The Karate Kid | - | - | - | $7,492,003 | 530 | $10,926,086 | Aug 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 8 | The Last Airbender | - | - | - | $6,738,939 | 515 | $11,546,248 | Jul 28 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 9 | Step Up 3D | - | - | - | $6,215,029 | 297 | $8,701,891 | Aug 18 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 10 | Salt | - | - | - | $5,630,227 | 543 | $12,324,585 | Aug 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 11 | Shrek Forever After | - | - | - | $5,236,955 | 842 | $46,616,337 | Jun 30 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 12 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | - | - | - | $3,075,758 | 765 | $32,987,421 | Jul 7 | - | false |
| 13 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | - | - | - | $2,773,879 | 468 | $2,773,879 | Aug 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | The Italian | - | - | - | $2,534,432 | 446 | $8,895,760 | Jul 14 | - | false |
| 15 | Love Crime | - | - | - | $2,381,917 | 260 | $2,815,919 | Aug 18 | UGC Distribution | false |
| 16 | The Clink of Ice | - | - | - | $2,379,611 | 363 | $5,545,341 | Aug 25 | Wild Bunch Distribution | false |
| 17 | With Love... from the Age of Reason | - | - | - | $2,350,008 | 376 | $3,684,670 | Jul 28 | - | false |
| 18 | The Tree | - | - | - | $1,479,589 | 260 | $1,479,589 | Aug 11 | - | false |
| 19 | Beyond Suspicion | - | - | - | $927,016 | 196 | $927,016 | Aug 4 | StudioCanal | false |
| 20 | In Gold We Trust | - | - | - | $867,163 | 295 | $1,086,632 | Aug 25 | - | false |
| 21 | The Switch | - | - | - | $821,595 | 148 | $1,120,493 | Aug 25 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false |
| 22 | The Fourth Kind | - | - | - | $533,376 | 132 | $1,120,102 | Jul 28 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false |
| 23 | Tamara Drewe | - | - | - | $531,674 | 210 | $3,252,352 | Jul 14 | Diaphana Distribution | false |
| 24 | Marmaduke | - | - | - | $470,199 | 281 | $470,199 | Aug 18 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 25 | The Killer Inside Me | - | - | - | $425,234 | 66 | $425,234 | Aug 11 | - | false |
| 26 | Crossing Over | - | - | - | $406,464 | 132 | $406,464 | Aug 4 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false |
| 27 | Poetry | - | - | - | $348,556 | 67 | $348,556 | Aug 25 | Diaphana Distribution | false |
| 28 | Cell 211 | - | - | - | $167,044 | 42 | $167,044 | Aug 4 | La Fabrique de Films | false |
| 29 | Come Undone | - | - | - | $132,093 | 48 | $132,093 | Aug 11 | Pyramide Distribution | false |
| 30 | Living on Love Alone | - | - | - | $125,232 | 55 | $125,232 | Aug 18 | Bac Films | false |
| 31 | Chatroom | - | - | - | $93,288 | 64 | $93,288 | Aug 11 | Diaphana Distribution | false |
| 32 | Joseph et la fille | - | - | - | $78,108 | 61 | $78,108 | Aug 18 | - | false |
| 33 | Stranded | - | - | - | $62,620 | 27 | $62,620 | Aug 11 | - | false |
| 34 | Ondine | - | - | - | $59,862 | 27 | $59,862 | Aug 25 | - | false |
| 35 | Leap Year | - | - | - | $55,698 | 40 | $55,698 | Aug 11 | - | false |
| 36 | Gentlemen Broncos | - | - | - | $1,696 | 10 | $1,696 | Aug 25 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
