Domestic Box Office For September 2010
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Town | $92,186,262 | 2,935 | $23,808,032 | 25.8% | 2,861 | Sep 17 | Jan 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Resident Evil: Afterlife | $60,128,566 | 3,209 | $26,650,264 | 44.3% | 3,203 | Sep 10 | Nov 4 | Screen Gems |
| 3 | Easy A | $58,401,464 | 2,974 | $17,734,040 | 30.4% | 2,856 | Sep 17 | Dec 23 | Screen Gems |
| 4 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | $55,675,313 | 3,575 | $16,112,211 | 28.9% | 3,575 | Sep 24 | Jan 20 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | $52,474,616 | 3,597 | $19,011,188 | 36.2% | 3,565 | Sep 24 | Dec 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | The American | $35,606,376 | 2,833 | $13,177,790 | 37% | 2,823 | Sep 1 | Nov 4 | Focus Features |
| 7 | Devil | $33,601,190 | 2,811 | $12,289,375 | 36.6% | 2,809 | Sep 17 | Nov 18 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | Machete | $26,593,646 | 2,678 | $11,416,164 | 42.9% | 2,670 | Sep 3 | Nov 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 9 | You Again | $25,702,053 | 2,548 | $8,407,513 | 32.7% | 2,548 | Sep 24 | Dec 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | Alpha and Omega | $25,107,267 | 2,625 | $9,106,906 | 36.3% | 2,625 | Sep 17 | Dec 2 | Lionsgate |
| 11 | Going the Distance | $17,804,299 | 3,030 | $6,884,964 | 38.7% | 3,030 | Sep 3 | Oct 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Waiting for Superman | $6,417,135 | 330 | $139,033 | 2.2% | 4 | Sep 24 | Dec 23 | Paramount Vantage |
| 13 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | $3,248,246 | 402 | $160,103 | 4.9% | 6 | Sep 22 | Feb 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 14 | Catfish | $3,237,343 | 143 | $257,285 | 7.9% | 12 | Sep 17 | Dec 2 | Rogue Pictures |
| 15 | Never Let Me Go | $2,434,652 | 232 | $111,734 | 4.6% | 4 | Sep 15 | Dec 16 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 16 | Dabangg | $1,288,549 | 68 | $628,137 | 48.7% | 62 | Sep 10 | Sep 30 | Eros Worldwide |
| 17 | Buried | $1,044,143 | 107 | $100,268 | 9.6% | 11 | Sep 24 | Nov 11 | Lionsgate |
| 18 | We Are Family | $638,144 | 78 | $296,907 | 46.5% | 78 | Sep 3 | Sep 30 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 19 | The Virginity Hit | $636,706 | 700 | $301,885 | 47.4% | 700 | Sep 24 | Oct 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | Howl | $617,334 | 29 | $51,185 | 8.3% | 6 | Sep 24 | Feb 10 | Oscilloscope |
| 21 | Jack Goes Boating | $541,992 | 90 | $28,916 | 5.3% | 4 | Sep 17 | Dec 16 | Overture Films |
| 22 | Heartbreaker | $504,030 | 43 | $52,628 | 10.4% | 3 | Sep 10 | Dec 16 | IFC Films |
| 23 | I'm Still Here | $408,983 | 120 | $96,658 | 23.6% | 19 | Sep 10 | Nov 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 24 | Like Dandelion Dust | $352,810 | 60 | $77,960 | 22.1% | 25 | Sep 24 | Oct 31 | Blue Collar Releasing |
| 25 | Enter the Void | $336,467 | 13 | $43,651 | 13% | 3 | Sep 24 | Dec 26 | IFC Films |
| 26 | Kings of Pastry | $336,386 | 10 | $15,162 | 4.5% | 2 | Sep 15 | Jul 21 | First Run |
| 27 | Last Train Home | $288,328 | 14 | $20,418 | 7.1% | 1 | Sep 3 | Dec 23 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 28 | Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 2010 Re-release | $275,387 | 31 | $74,449 | 27% | 31 | Sep 3 | Feb 17 | Music Box Films |
| 29 | My Dog Tulip | $246,574 | 5 | $11,550 | 4.7% | 1 | Sep 1 | Aug 18 | New Yorker Films |
| 30 | The Exorcist Extended Director's Cut | $235,134 | - | - | - | - | Sep 30 | Dec 31 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | Legendary | $200,393 | 177 | $126,964 | 63.4% | 177 | Sep 10 | Sep 23 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 32 | A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop | $190,946 | 23 | $27,330 | 14.3% | 5 | Sep 3 | Dec 23 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 33 | Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould | $167,508 | 9 | $17,034 | 10.2% | 3 | Sep 10 | Feb 3 | Lorber Films |
| 34 | Fool for Love | $165,987 | 8 | $49,313 | 29.7% | 8 | Sep 10 | Nov 11 | Variance Films |
| 35 | Lovely, Still | $127,564 | 17 | $4,584 | 3.6% | 2 | Sep 10 | Nov 4 | Monterey Media |
| 36 | Bran Nue Dae | $113,568 | 55 | $23,527 | 20.7% | 16 | Sep 10 | Oct 7 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 37 | Undertow | $108,620 | 3 | $6,749 | 6.2% | 1 | Sep 17 | Apr 14 | The Film Collaborative |
| 38 | The Romantics | $106,524 | 14 | $45,527 | 42.7% | 2 | Sep 10 | Sep 30 | Four of a Kind Productions |
| 39 | Leaves of Grass | $70,066 | 6 | $20,987 | 30% | 3 | Sep 17 | Oct 14 | First Look International |
| 40 | On the Bowery | $41,802 | 1 | $13,236 | 31.7% | 1 | Sep 17 | Sep 28 | Milestone |
| 41 | Nine Nation Animation | $38,382 | 2 | $2,834 | 7.4% | 1 | Sep 29 | Sep 15 | The World According to Shorts |
| 42 | Hideaway | $34,525 | 5 | $11,124 | 32.2% | 4 | Sep 10 | Dec 23 | Strand Releasing |
| 43 | Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber | $33,024 | 3 | $12,790 | 38.7% | 1 | Sep 10 | Oct 3 | Vitagraph Films |
| 44 | Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) | $30,975 | 3 | $6,078 | 19.6% | 1 | Sep 10 | Oct 14 | Lorber Films |
| 45 | GasLand | $30,846 | 2 | $2,641 | 8.6% | 1 | Sep 15 | Oct 21 | International WOW Company |
| 46 | The Other City | $22,539 | 2 | $10,396 | 46.1% | 2 | Sep 17 | Sep 30 | Cabin Films |
| 47 | The Trial | $19,753 | 2 | $8,957 | 45.3% | 1 | Sep 10 | Sep 30 | Mountain Top Releasing |
| 48 | The Freebie | $16,613 | 4 | $4,309 | 25.9% | 1 | Sep 17 | Nov 18 | Phase 4 Films |
| 49 | Picture Me | $12,008 | 1 | $6,718 | 55.9% | 1 | Sep 17 | - | Strand Releasing |
| 50 | White Wedding 2010 Re-release | $11,710 | 4 | $5,860 | 50% | 4 | Sep 3 | Sep 16 | Dada Films |
| 51 | Logan | $7,137 | 1 | $7,137 | 100% | 1 | Sep 10 | Sep 16 | Real Bean Entertainment |
| 52 | Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo | $5,922 | 2 | $2,198 | 37.1% | 2 | Sep 17 | Dec 23 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 53 | The Fall of Night | $5,673 | 7 | $1,029 | 18.1% | 1 | Sep 10 | Nov 4 | Winter Star Productions |
| 54 | Metal Messiah | $3,476 | 1 | - | - | - | Sep 16 | Mar 14 | Wind Pixie Pictures |
| 55 | El Superstar: The Unlikely Rise of Juan Frances | $3,271 | 1 | $2,330 | 71.2% | 1 | Sep 17 | Sep 23 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 56 | The Afterlight | $3,059 | 1 | $1,466 | 47.9% | 1 | Sep 10 | Jun 2 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 57 | The Girl 2010 Re-release | $2,201 | 1 | $712 | 32.3% | 1 | Sep 17 | Oct 7 | Olive Films |
| 58 | The Temptation of St. Tony | $1,963 | 1 | $747 | 38.1% | 1 | Sep 17 | Oct 7 | Olive Films |
| 59 | A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism 2010 Re-release | $1,916 | 2 | $822 | 42.9% | 2 | Sep 24 | Nov 11 | First Run |
