Domestic Box Office For August 2010

RankRelease GrossTheatersTotal GrossRelease DateDistributor
1The Other Guys$100,383,6453,651$119,219,978Aug 6Sony Pictures Releasing
2Inception$86,884,0803,792$292,576,195Jul 16Warner Bros.
3The Expendables$84,008,8663,398$103,068,524Aug 13Lionsgate
4Eat Pray Love$62,393,2423,108$80,574,010Aug 13Sony Pictures Releasing
5Dinner for Schmucks$52,853,4603,046$73,026,337Jul 30DreamWorks
6Despicable Me$51,340,7553,602$251,639,815Jul 9Universal Pictures
7Salt$48,531,3933,612$118,311,368Jul 23Sony Pictures Releasing
8Step Up 3D$40,036,2582,439$42,400,223Aug 6Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
9Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore$32,598,0803,705$43,585,753Jul 30Warner Bros.
10Vampires Suck$28,683,4663,233$36,661,504Aug 18Twentieth Century Fox
11Scott Pilgrim vs. the World$26,793,3452,820$31,524,275Aug 13Universal Pictures
12Takers$24,013,9982,206$57,744,720Aug 27Screen Gems
13The Last Exorcism$22,977,8582,874$41,034,350Aug 27Lionsgate
14Charlie St. Cloud$21,325,2802,725$31,162,545Jul 30Universal Pictures
15Piranha 3D$19,288,4512,491$25,003,155Aug 20-
16Nanny McPhee Returns$18,013,0852,798$29,011,215Aug 20Universal Pictures
17Lottery Ticket$17,890,9281,974$24,719,879Aug 20Warner Bros.
18Toy Story 3$17,835,9274,028$415,004,880Jun 18Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
19The Switch$17,484,0542,017$27,779,426Aug 20Miramax
20The Twilight Saga: Eclipse$11,144,1174,468$300,531,751Jun 30Summit Entertainment
21The Kids Are All Right$10,729,285994$20,811,365Jul 9Focus Features
22The Sorcerer's Apprentice$10,164,3153,504$63,150,991Jul 14Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
23Grown Ups$9,917,5443,534$162,001,186Jun 25Sony Pictures Releasing
24Ramona and Beezus$9,578,9332,719$26,167,002Jul 23Twentieth Century Fox
25Avatar
2010 Special Edition
$4,846,335812$10,741,486Aug 27Twentieth Century Fox
26The Last Airbender$3,969,7183,203$131,772,187Jul 1Paramount Pictures
27Get Low$3,531,248570$9,176,933Jul 30Sony Pictures Classics
28The Karate Kid$3,184,9913,740$176,591,618Jun 11Sony Pictures Releasing
29The Girl Who Played with Fire$2,737,060185$7,638,241Jul 9Music Box Films
30Shrek Forever After$2,618,7954,386$238,736,787May 21DreamWorks
31Hubble$2,577,648151$52,522,904Mar 19Warner Bros.
32Predators$2,486,3232,669$52,000,688Jul 9Twentieth Century Fox
33The American$2,245,5602,833$35,606,376Sep 1Focus Features
34Knight and Day
2010 Re-release
$2,022,4023,104$76,423,035Jun 23Twentieth Century Fox
35Winter's Bone$1,541,198141$6,531,503Jun 11Roadside Attractions
36Mao's Last Dancer$1,211,182137$4,817,770Aug 20The Samuel Goldwyn Company
37Iron Man 2$1,103,7684,390$312,433,331May 7Paramount Pictures
38I Am Love$1,076,329166$5,005,465Jun 18Magnolia Pictures
39The A-Team$1,022,2303,544$77,222,099Jun 11Twentieth Century Fox
40Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time$904,9433,646$90,759,676May 28Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
41Middle Men$754,301252$754,301Aug 6Paramount Vantage
42Under the Sea 3D$718,412108$36,262,926Feb 13Warner Bros.
43Peepli Live$711,90270$757,951Aug 13UTV Motion Pictures
44Marmaduke$706,2753,213$33,644,788Jun 4Twentieth Century Fox
45Flipped$688,195442$1,755,212Aug 6Warner Bros.
46Cairo Time$608,87976$1,603,616Aug 6IFC Films
47Cyrus$522,987454$7,468,936Jun 18-
48Restrepo$513,78352$1,330,894Jun 25National Geographic Entertainment
49Killers$451,8902,859$47,059,963Jun 4Lionsgate
50Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky$399,28574$1,621,226Jun 11Sony Pictures Classics
51Animal Kingdom$374,63261$1,044,039Aug 13Sony Pictures Classics
52The Concert$367,12421$657,986Jul 30The Weinstein Company
53The Wildest Dream$346,60021$898,137Aug 6National Geographic Entertainment
54The Extra Man$326,22133$453,377Jul 30Magnolia Pictures
55Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon$323,40282$34,137,524Sep 23IMAX
56Letters to Juliet$311,6862,975$53,032,453May 14Summit Entertainment
57The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo$281,501202$10,095,170Mar 19Music Box Films
58Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work$275,324115$2,930,687Jun 11IFC Films
59Get Him to the Greek$272,9602,702$60,974,475Jun 4Universal Pictures
60The Little Traitor$271,6795$402,088Oct 23-
61Agora$233,88017$619,423May 28Newmarket Films
62Sex and the City 2$220,1213,445$95,347,692May 27Warner Bros.
63Solitary Man$207,070177$4,360,548May 21Anchor Bay Films
64Life During Wartime$186,29620$281,447Jul 23IFC Films
65Twelve$183,920231$183,920Aug 6Hannover House
66Date Night$168,6793,380$98,711,404Apr 9Twentieth Century Fox
67Countdown to Zero$157,82928$272,040Jul 23Magnolia Pictures
68Mesrine: Killer Instinct
2010 Re-release
$154,34034$551,697Aug 27Music Box Films
69What If...$151,88082$814,906Aug 20Five & Two Pictures
70The Secret in Their Eyes$149,114166$6,391,436Apr 16Sony Pictures Classics
71Lebanon$147,74923$368,088Aug 6Sony Pictures Classics
72La soga$147,66620$210,625Aug 137-57 Releasing
73Nick Saban: Gamechanger$135,00026$189,000Aug 27-
74Exit Through the Gift Shop$133,49046$3,291,250Apr 16-
75The Disappearance of Alice Creed$133,12612$166,980Aug 6Anchor Bay Films
76Please Give$130,786272$4,033,574Apr 30Sony Pictures Classics
7771: Into the Fire$126,20620$176,638Jul 30-
78Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child$122,5757$256,242Jul 21Arthouse Films
79The Tillman Story$116,63028$802,535Aug 20The Weinstein Company
80Micmacs$106,65452$1,262,079May 28Sony Pictures Classics
81Deep Sea$104,05847$46,412,757Mar 3Warner Bros.
82Khatta Meetha$101,84383$541,904Jul 23Eros Worldwide
83A Film Unfinished$95,68216$320,486Aug 18Oscilloscope
84Robin Hood$78,7453,505$105,269,730May 14Universal Pictures
85Mademoiselle Chambon$76,87916$531,685May 28Lorber Films
86Grease
2010 Sing-a-long
$76,67633$365,802Jul 8Paramount Pictures
87Jonah Hex$68,5862,825$10,547,117Jun 18Warner Bros.
88Wild Grass$68,53123$403,952Jun 25Sony Pictures Classics
89Winnebago Man$66,78712$181,039Jul 9Kino International
90Soul Kitchen$57,72423$276,901Aug 20IFC Films
91Tales from Earthsea
2010 Re-release
$48,3155$48,658Aug 13Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
92Patrik, Age 1.5$46,3079$57,468Aug 14Regent Releasing
93Metropolis
2010 Re-release
$46,2939$529,603May 7Kino International
94Centurion$44,30519$123,570Aug 27Magnolia Pictures
95Diary of a Wimpy Kid$43,9363,083$64,003,625Mar 19Twentieth Century Fox
96Ondine$39,58739$550,472Jun 4Magnolia Pictures
97Mid-August Lunch$39,57823$675,299Mar 17Zeitgeist Films
98Kisses
2010 Re-release
$38,68711$81,680Jul 16Oscilloscope
99Breathless
2010 Re-release
$37,93812$363,031May 28Rialto Pictures
100The Salvation Poem$36,35030$914,818Aug 27CanZion Films
101Orlando
2010 Re-release
$32,0605$58,198Jul 23Sony Pictures Classics
102Mother and Child$30,192119$1,110,509May 7Sony Pictures Classics
103City Island$27,602269$6,671,036Mar 19Anchor Bay Films
104The Killer Inside Me$27,29917$217,277Jun 18IFC Films
105Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure$25,387252$23,746,066Oct 5National Geographic Entertainment
106Just Wright$22,9461,831$21,540,363May 14-
107Avatar$21,9573,461$749,766,139Dec 18Twentieth Century Fox
108The Sicilian Girl
2010 Re-release
$21,0636$71,239Aug 4Music Box Films
109Feed the Fish$20,9714$101,170Apr 23Strand Releasing
110Army of Crime$19,1993$37,031Aug 20Lorber Films
111Spoken Word$19,1634$32,961Jul 23Variance Films
112South of the Border$18,37212$198,600Jun 25Cinema Libre Studio
113The Nature of Existence$17,2394$54,645Jun 18Walking Shadows
114Le code a changé$17,1852$46,714Aug 27IFC Films
115Let it Rain$16,3696$111,844Jun 18IFC Films
116Best Worst Movie$16,1762$109,895Apr 23Abramorama
117U2 3D$15,675686$10,363,341Jan 23National Geographic Entertainment
118The City of Your Final Destination$15,20826$493,296Apr 16Screen Media Films
119Splice
2010 Re-release
$14,3832,450$17,010,170Jun 4Warner Bros.
120House$14,0407$209,765Jan 15Janus Films
121Alamar$13,8113$61,613Jul 14Film Movement
122Princess Kaiulani$13,13147$883,887May 14Roadside Attractions
123Le Amiche$12,6151$68,167Jun 18The Film Desk
124Neshoba$12,4222$19,245Aug 13First Run
125The People I've Slept With$11,5342$19,137Aug 13-
126Ran
2010 Re-release
$11,3234$124,673Feb 5Rialto Pictures
127Harry Brown$10,66067$1,818,681Apr 30The Samuel Goldwyn Company
128Salt of This Sea
2010 Re-release
$10,2972$11,662Aug 13Lorber Films
129The Cremaster Cycle
2010 Re-release
$9,9692$151,239Apr 9International Film Circuit
130Stonewall Uprising$9,96510$128,203Jun 16First Run
131Enemies of the People$9,6836$73,171Jul 30International Film Circuit
132Brotherhood$8,9791$8,979Aug 6Olive Films
133Spring Fever$8,8192$10,824Jun 4Strand Releasing
134Everyone Else$8,1585$102,042Apr 9The Cinema Guild
135The Two Escobars$7,8151$14,457Aug 27All Rise Films
136Cropsey$7,8024$52,476Jun 4Cinema Purgatorio
137Kings of the Evening$7,6205$99,270Jun 11Indican Pictures
138Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel$7,1404$10,000Jul 30Phase 4 Films
139Around a Small Mountain$6,6953$33,216Jul 9The Cinema Guild
140The Dry Land$6,5565$11,777Jul 30Freestyle Releasing
141The Harimaya Bridge$6,5543$54,473Mar 12Eleven Arts
142Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead$6,2864$71,007Jun 4Indican Pictures
143See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary$6,24021$118,206Mar 19Worldplay
144Ajami$5,88523$622,403Feb 3Kino International
145Space Station 3D$5,67964$93,383,953Apr 19IMAX
146Valhalla Rising$5,6002$30,638Jul 16IFC Films
147[Rec]²$4,9647$27,766Jul 9Magnolia Pictures
148The Oxford Murders$4,8032$4,803Aug 6Magnolia Pictures
149Dogtooth$4,6675$110,248Jun 25Kino International
150La Mission$4,45447$1,062,941Apr 9Screen Media Films
151The Law$4,0981$17,351Jun 23Oscilloscope
152Circle$3,9552$10,024Aug 27Indican Pictures
153My Dog Tulip$3,4805$246,574Sep 1New Yorker Films
154Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno$3,1003$25,489Jul 16Flicker Alley
155Behind the Burly Q$2,9462$23,889Apr 23First Run
156Here and There$2,9455$27,156May 14Cinema Purgatorio
157Smash His Camera$2,6001$3,644Jul 30Magnolia Pictures
158Lbs.$2,5651$29,866Mar 26Truly Indie
159The Milk of Sorrow$2,4202$10,462Aug 27Olive Films
160Only When I Dance$2,2761$8,738Jul 2Film Movement
161Fresh$2,2393$25,115Apr 9-
162Mugabe and the White African$2,2321$7,924Jul 23First Run
163Sweetgrass$2,1599$207,473Jan 6The Cinema Guild
164Holy Rollers$2,05120$303,064May 21First Independent Pictures
165Altiplano$2,0491$2,961Aug 20First Run
166The Beaches of Agnès$1,7837$239,711Jul 2The Cinema Guild
167Daniel and Ana$1,6901$2,372Aug 27Strand Releasing
168Great Directors$1,3204$17,921Jul 2Paladin
169OSS 117: Lost in Rio$1,1107$89,375May 7Music Box Films
1702012: Time for Change$1,1002$68,339Apr 9Mangusta Productions
171Small Change$9272$38,296Nov 24The Film Desk
172I Hate Luv Storys$80885$847,993Jun 30UTV Motion Pictures
173Four Seasons Lodge$7903$58,334Nov 11First Run
174Crude$6157$170,295Sep 9First Run
175Videocracy$5161$23,720Feb 12Kino International
176Udaan$4642$7,461Jul 16UTV Motion Pictures
177Double Take$4351$20,218Jun 2Kino International
178The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers$23512$453,993Jan 29First Run