Domestic Box Office For August 2010
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Other Guys | $119,219,978 | 3,651 | $35,543,162 | 29.8% | 3,651 | Aug 6 | Nov 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | The Expendables | $103,068,524 | 3,398 | $34,825,135 | 33.8% | 3,270 | Aug 13 | Oct 21 | Lionsgate |
| 3 | Eat Pray Love | $80,574,010 | 3,108 | $23,104,523 | 28.7% | 3,082 | Aug 13 | Nov 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | Takers | $57,744,720 | 2,206 | $20,512,304 | 35.5% | 2,206 | Aug 27 | Nov 18 | Screen Gems |
| 5 | Step Up 3D | $42,400,223 | 2,439 | $15,812,311 | 37.3% | 2,435 | Aug 6 | Nov 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | The Last Exorcism | $41,034,350 | 2,874 | $20,366,613 | 49.6% | 2,874 | Aug 27 | Oct 7 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | Vampires Suck | $36,661,504 | 3,233 | $12,202,831 | 33.3% | 3,233 | Aug 18 | Nov 11 | 20th Century Fox |
| 8 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | $31,657,980 | 2,820 | $10,609,795 | 33.5% | 2,818 | Aug 13 | Oct 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | $29,011,215 | 2,798 | $8,407,685 | 29% | 2,784 | Aug 20 | Oct 28 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | The Switch | $27,779,426 | 2,017 | $8,436,713 | 30.4% | 2,012 | Aug 20 | Nov 18 | Miramax |
| 11 | Piranha 3D | $25,003,155 | 2,491 | $10,106,872 | 40.4% | 2,470 | Aug 20 | Nov 18 | Dimension Films |
| 12 | Lottery Ticket | $24,719,879 | 1,974 | $10,652,297 | 43.1% | 1,973 | Aug 20 | Nov 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | Avatar 2010 Special Edition | $10,741,486 | 812 | $4,007,750 | 37.3% | 812 | Aug 27 | Nov 18 | 20th Century Fox |
| 14 | Mao's Last Dancer | $4,817,770 | 137 | $199,657 | 4.1% | 33 | Aug 20 | Dec 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 15 | Flipped | $1,755,212 | 442 | $224,233 | 12.8% | 45 | Aug 6 | Oct 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | Cairo Time | $1,603,616 | 76 | $66,245 | 4.1% | 5 | Aug 6 | Nov 11 | IFC Films |
| 17 | Animal Kingdom | $1,044,039 | 61 | $61,968 | 5.9% | 7 | Aug 13 | Mar 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 18 | The Salvation Poem | $914,818 | 30 | - | - | - | Aug 27 | Sep 1 | CanZion Films |
| 19 | The Wildest Dream | $898,137 | 21 | $67,848 | 7.6% | 12 | Aug 6 | Jul 7 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 20 | What If... | $814,906 | 82 | $49,770 | 6.1% | 23 | Aug 20 | Feb 24 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 21 | The Tillman Story | $802,535 | 28 | $52,185 | 6.5% | 4 | Aug 20 | Dec 9 | The Weinstein Company |
| 22 | Peepli Live | $757,951 | 70 | $350,054 | 46.2% | 64 | Aug 13 | Sep 9 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 23 | Middle Men | $754,301 | 252 | $325,641 | 43.2% | 252 | Aug 6 | Aug 26 | Paramount Vantage |
| 24 | Mesrine: Killer Instinct 2010 Re-release | $551,697 | 34 | $152,873 | 27.7% | 28 | Aug 27 | Mar 3 | Music Box Films |
| 25 | Lebanon | $368,088 | 23 | $17,145 | 4.7% | 2 | Aug 6 | Dec 23 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 26 | A Film Unfinished | $320,486 | 16 | $34,060 | 10.6% | 4 | Aug 18 | Nov 18 | Oscilloscope |
| 27 | Soul Kitchen | $276,901 | 23 | $20,916 | 7.6% | 2 | Aug 20 | Nov 11 | IFC Films |
| 28 | La soga | $210,625 | 20 | $52,554 | 25% | 11 | Aug 13 | Sep 30 | 7-57 Releasing |
| 29 | Nick Saban: Gamechanger | $189,000 | 26 | $188,786 | 99.9% | 26 | Aug 27 | Sep 2 | Flashlight Media Group |
| 30 | Twelve | $183,920 | 231 | $110,238 | 59.9% | 231 | Aug 6 | Aug 19 | Hannover House |
| 31 | The Disappearance of Alice Creed | $166,980 | 12 | $40,258 | 24.1% | 10 | Aug 6 | Nov 11 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 32 | Centurion | $123,570 | 19 | $42,826 | 34.7% | 12 | Aug 27 | Sep 30 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 33 | The Sicilian Girl 2010 Re-release | $71,239 | 6 | $5,922 | 8.3% | 1 | Aug 4 | Nov 25 | Music Box Films |
| 34 | Tales from Earthsea 2010 Re-release | $48,658 | 5 | $20,614 | 42.4% | 5 | Aug 13 | Sep 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 35 | Le code a changé | $46,714 | 2 | $15,378 | 32.9% | 2 | Aug 27 | Sep 16 | IFC Films |
| 36 | Army of Crime | $37,031 | 3 | $8,102 | 21.9% | 3 | Aug 20 | Dec 16 | Lorber Films |
| 37 | Neshoba | $19,245 | 2 | $4,645 | 24.1% | 1 | Aug 13 | Oct 21 | First Run |
| 38 | The People I've Slept With | $19,137 | 2 | $3,716 | 19.4% | 1 | Aug 13 | Sep 9 | - |
| 39 | The Two Escobars | $14,457 | 1 | - | - | - | Aug 27 | Nov 4 | All Rise Films |
| 40 | Salt of This Sea 2010 Re-release | $11,662 | 2 | $4,973 | 42.6% | 1 | Aug 13 | Oct 21 | Lorber Films |
| 41 | The Milk of Sorrow | $10,462 | 2 | $1,914 | 18.3% | 1 | Aug 27 | - | Olive Films |
| 42 | Circle | $10,024 | 2 | $3,926 | 39.2% | 2 | Aug 27 | Sep 23 | Indican Pictures |
| 43 | Brotherhood | $8,979 | 1 | $2,341 | 26.1% | 1 | Aug 6 | Aug 26 | Olive Films |
| 44 | The Oxford Murders | $4,803 | 2 | $1,191 | 24.8% | 1 | Aug 6 | - | Magnolia Pictures |
| 45 | Altiplano | $2,961 | 1 | $1,269 | 42.9% | 1 | Aug 20 | Oct 7 | First Run |
| 46 | Daniel and Ana | $2,372 | 1 | $1,400 | 59% | 1 | Aug 27 | - | Strand Releasing |
