Domestic Box Office For October 2010
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conviction 2010 Re-release | $6,783,129 | 672 | $102,351 | 1.5% | 11 | Oct 15 | Dec 26 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 2 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | $5,190,196 | 208 | $881,737 | 17% | 154 | Oct 29 | Mar 3 | Music Box Films |
| 3 | Inside Job | $4,312,735 | 250 | $39,649 | 0.9% | 2 | Oct 8 | May 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 4 | N-Secure | $2,595,644 | 486 | $1,166,406 | 44.9% | 486 | Oct 15 | Nov 18 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 5 | Stone | $1,810,078 | 125 | $75,766 | 4.2% | 6 | Oct 8 | Dec 30 | Overture Films |
| 6 | Nowhere Boy | $1,457,248 | 215 | $52,749 | 3.6% | 4 | Oct 8 | Dec 9 | The Weinstein Company |
| 7 | Anjaana Anjaani | $854,757 | 91 | $517,608 | 60.6% | 91 | Oct 1 | Oct 28 | Eros Worldwide |
| 8 | Tamara Drewe | $560,391 | 59 | $18,604 | 3.3% | 4 | Oct 8 | Mar 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 9 | The Man from Nowhere | $528,175 | 19 | $35,751 | 6.8% | 1 | Oct 1 | Nov 18 | CJ Entertainment |
| 10 | Vision | $435,274 | 17 | $11,406 | 2.6% | 1 | Oct 13 | Mar 24 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 11 | I Want Your Money | $433,588 | 537 | $249,428 | 57.5% | 537 | Oct 15 | Nov 4 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 12 | Monsters | $237,301 | 25 | $20,508 | 8.6% | 3 | Oct 29 | Dec 26 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 13 | Waste Land | $187,716 | 8 | $9,806 | 5.2% | 1 | Oct 29 | Mar 24 | Arthouse Films |
| 14 | Leaving | $176,113 | 13 | $12,697 | 7.2% | 2 | Oct 1 | Dec 23 | IFC Films |
| 15 | Welcome to the Rileys | $158,898 | 11 | $42,145 | 26.5% | 10 | Oct 29 | Dec 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 16 | Carlos | $145,526 | 7 | $20,006 | 13.7% | 2 | Oct 15 | Jan 20 | IFC Films |
| 17 | Chain Letter | $138,788 | 406 | $138,788 | 100% | 406 | Oct 1 | Oct 7 | New Films Cinema |
| 18 | Marwencol | $112,036 | 6 | $3,276 | 2.9% | 1 | Oct 8 | May 22 | The Cinema Guild |
| 19 | Wild Target | $108,589 | 13 | $23,174 | 21.3% | 4 | Oct 29 | Dec 16 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 20 | Inspector Bellamy | $107,612 | 4 | $20,635 | 19.2% | 2 | Oct 29 | Dec 23 | IFC Films |
| 21 | Freakonomics | $101,270 | 20 | $31,893 | 31.5% | 20 | Oct 1 | Dec 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 22 | I Spit on Your Grave | $93,051 | 12 | $32,440 | 34.9% | 12 | Oct 8 | Nov 25 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 23 | Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields | $68,719 | 5 | $4,620 | 6.7% | 1 | Oct 27 | Apr 7 | Variance Films |
| 24 | Budrus | $68,353 | 4 | $7,819 | 11.4% | 1 | Oct 8 | Jan 6 | Balcony Releasing |
| 25 | Aftershock | $62,962 | 25 | $19,329 | 30.7% | 25 | Oct 29 | May 19 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 26 | Hatchet II | $52,604 | 68 | $52,604 | 100% | 68 | Oct 1 | Oct 7 | Vitagraph Films |
| 27 | Terkel in Trouble 2010 Re-release | $40,385 | 4 | $3,972 | 9.8% | 2 | Oct 15 | - | Indican Pictures |
| 28 | Boxing Gym | $32,476 | 7 | - | - | - | Oct 22 | Dec 2 | Zipporah Films |
| 29 | Douchebag | $20,615 | 6 | $2,966 | 14.4% | 1 | Oct 1 | - | Paladin |
| 30 | Ghetto Physics | $14,034 | 9 | $10,087 | 71.9% | 9 | Oct 8 | Oct 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 31 | Jim | $13,000 | 1 | $7,809 | 60.1% | 1 | Oct 8 | Oct 21 | Area 23a |
| 32 | The Kids Grow Up | $12,095 | 1 | $4,497 | 37.2% | 1 | Oct 29 | Dec 16 | Shadow Distribution |
| 33 | The Taqwacores | $11,445 | 2 | $3,532 | 30.9% | 1 | Oct 22 | Mar 10 | Strand Releasing |
| 34 | Cherry | $11,362 | 3 | $2,416 | 21.3% | 1 | Oct 8 | Nov 4 | Abramorama |
| 35 | Down Terrace | $9,812 | 2 | $3,088 | 31.5% | 2 | Oct 15 | Nov 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 36 | Zenith | $7,862 | 4 | $2,347 | 29.9% | 1 | Oct 1 | Feb 10 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 37 | BearCity | $6,000 | 1 | $5,980 | 99.7% | 1 | Oct 22 | Oct 28 | TLA Releasing |
| 38 | Inhale | $4,115 | 2 | $3,030 | 73.6% | 2 | Oct 22 | Oct 28 | IFC Films |
| 39 | Eichmann | $2,706 | 1 | $573 | 21.2% | 1 | Oct 29 | Nov 18 | Regent Releasing |
| 40 | As Good as Dead | $1,981 | 1 | $1,494 | 75.4% | 1 | Oct 8 | Oct 14 | First Look International |
| 41 | Carmo, Hit the Road 2010 Re-release | $1,512 | 1 | $835 | 55.2% | 1 | Oct 15 | Oct 21 | First Run |
| 42 | Shake Hands with the Devil | $594 | 1 | $86 | 14.5% | 1 | Oct 29 | Nov 18 | Regent Releasing |
| 43 | The Magician 2010 Re-release | $406 | 1 | $117 | 28.8% | 1 | Oct 29 | Nov 18 | Regent Releasing |
