Domestic 2010 Week 36
September 3-9, 2010
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | The American | $19,293,333 | +513.7% | 2,833 | +112 | $6,810 | $22,437,118 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 2 | - | Machete | $16,622,589 | - | 2,670 | - | $6,225 | $16,622,589 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 1 | Takers | $15,554,347 | -41.2% | 2,206 | - | $7,050 | $42,005,172 | 2 | Screen Gems |
| 4 | - | Going the Distance | $10,164,100 | - | 3,030 | - | $3,354 | $10,164,100 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 2 | The Last Exorcism | $9,967,085 | -59.8% | 2,874 | - | $3,468 | $34,739,469 | 2 | Lionsgate Films |
| 6 | 3 | The Expendables | $9,674,843 | -25.9% | 3,398 | - | $2,847 | $95,242,613 | 4 | Lionsgate Films |
| 7 | 4 | Eat Pray Love | $7,628,674 | -26.6% | 2,663 | -360 | $2,864 | $71,732,708 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | 5 | The Other Guys | $7,628,202 | -12.7% | 2,607 | -397 | $2,926 | $109,094,413 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | 6 | Inception | $6,836,334 | -1.3% | 1,704 | -219 | $4,011 | $279,409,588 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 8 | Nanny McPhee Returns | $5,334,755 | -19% | 2,708 | -90 | $1,969 | $24,200,730 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 9 | The Switch | $4,629,589 | -29.3% | 1,885 | -132 | $2,456 | $23,004,729 | 3 | Miramax |
| 12 | 13 | Despicable Me | $4,423,920 | +9.7% | 1,600 | -233 | $2,764 | $241,874,870 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | 7 | Vampires Suck | $4,303,287 | -35.6% | 2,434 | -799 | $1,767 | $33,601,944 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 14 | 11 | Avatar 2010 Special Edition | $3,545,561 | -35.8% | 812 | - | $4,366 | $9,065,461 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 15 | 10 | Piranha 3D | $3,540,611 | -42.3% | 1,789 | -702 | $1,979 | $23,636,418 | 3 | - |
| 16 | 20 | Toy Story 3 | $3,058,668 | +103% | 1,520 | +920 | $2,012 | $409,214,041 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | 12 | Lottery Ticket | $3,049,929 | -38.1% | 1,310 | -508 | $2,328 | $21,407,626 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | 14 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | $2,336,265 | -35.5% | 807 | -462 | $2,895 | $29,618,175 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 19 | 16 | Salt | $1,860,565 | -28% | 705 | -307 | $2,639 | $115,821,562 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | 18 | Get Low | $1,849,171 | -16.2% | 560 | -10 | $3,302 | $6,048,103 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 21 | 17 | Dinner for Schmucks | $1,461,023 | -40.8% | 804 | -697 | $1,817 | $71,352,536 | 6 | DreamWorks |
| 22 | 19 | Step Up 3D | $1,160,525 | -35.6% | 434 | -323 | $2,674 | $41,449,437 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 23 | 30 | Grown Ups | $853,293 | +150.9% | 339 | +76 | $2,517 | $160,298,103 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | 21 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | $701,998 | -27% | 455 | -264 | $1,542 | $42,268,194 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 29 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | $682,770 | +87% | 357 | +45 | $1,912 | $61,858,781 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 26 | 23 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $637,178 | -13.9% | 396 | -80 | $1,609 | $298,890,399 | 11 | Summit Entertainment |
| 27 | 22 | The Kids Are All Right | $583,669 | -24.2% | 239 | -103 | $2,442 | $19,980,891 | 9 | Focus Features |
| 28 | 26 | Mao's Last Dancer | $545,106 | +22.8% | 95 | +20 | $5,737 | $1,883,116 | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 29 | 28 | Hubble | $481,619 | +12.6% | 123 | -28 | $3,915 | $15,204,675 | 25 | Warner Bros. |
| 30 | 24 | The Last Airbender | $477,855 | -15.5% | 248 | -58 | $1,926 | $131,214,786 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | - | We Are Family | $410,876 | - | 78 | - | $5,267 | $410,876 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 32 | 27 | Ramona and Beezus | $400,553 | -9.4% | 305 | -49 | $1,313 | $25,339,954 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 33 | 25 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | $386,998 | -14.7% | 165 | -20 | $2,345 | $6,728,397 | 9 | Music Box Films |
| 34 | 31 | The Karate Kid | $347,143 | +4.6% | 227 | -28 | $1,529 | $176,339,176 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 35 | 34 | Shrek Forever After | $272,305 | +3.7% | 145 | -62 | $1,877 | $238,395,990 | 16 | DreamWorks |
| 36 | 35 | Cairo Time | $267,032 | +2.2% | 55 | +7 | $4,855 | $950,533 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 37 | 32 | Charlie St. Cloud | $218,795 | -20.4% | 220 | -50 | $994 | $31,030,585 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 38 | 54 | The Tillman Story | $214,225 | +349.4% | 24 | +19 | $8,926 | $338,305 | 3 | The Weinstein Company |
| 39 | 33 | Knight and Day 2010 Re-release | $185,638 | -29.6% | 142 | -87 | $1,307 | $76,253,227 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 40 | 40 | Animal Kingdom | $183,780 | +4.4% | 56 | +17 | $3,281 | $608,702 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 41 | 38 | Winter's Bone | $181,761 | -11.8% | 90 | -29 | $2,019 | $5,672,966 | 13 | Roadside Attractions |
| 42 | 43 | What If... | $167,746 | +37.7% | 71 | +16 | $2,362 | $354,440 | 3 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 43 | 36 | Mesrine: Killer Instinct 2010 Re-release | $148,653 | -31.2% | 34 | +6 | $4,372 | $364,730 | 2 | Music Box Films |
| 44 | 37 | Predators | $129,299 | -38.1% | 111 | -76 | $1,164 | $51,804,307 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 45 | - | Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 2010 Re-release | $127,451 | - | 31 | - | $4,111 | $127,451 | 1 | Music Box Films |
| 46 | 42 | I Am Love | $104,644 | -24.4% | 49 | -3 | $2,135 | $4,714,162 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 47 | 45 | Under the Sea 3D | $103,416 | +6.7% | 16 | - | $6,463 | $24,130,117 | 82 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | 44 | Flipped | $82,936 | -16.6% | 28 | +2 | $2,962 | $783,077 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | 41 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | $81,837 | -46.1% | 93 | -64 | $879 | $90,713,434 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 50 | 46 | The A-Team | $75,897 | -16.6% | 54 | -38 | $1,405 | $77,196,316 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 51 | 48 | The Concert | $69,950 | -8.2% | 20 | - | $3,497 | $464,197 | 6 | The Weinstein Company |
| 52 | 59 | Soul Kitchen | $66,767 | +86.6% | 15 | +6 | $4,451 | $134,715 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 53 | 53 | The Salvation Poem | $60,178 | +18.2% | 11 | -1 | $5,470 | $111,073 | 2 | CanZion Films |
| 54 | 47 | The Wildest Dream | $58,948 | -23.7% | 18 | -3 | $3,274 | $434,489 | 5 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 55 | 52 | Marmaduke | $50,315 | -12.3% | 45 | -21 | $1,118 | $33,633,597 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 56 | 55 | Lebanon | $48,954 | +7.2% | 17 | +3 | $2,879 | $209,755 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 57 | 51 | Restrepo | $48,299 | -19.6% | 33 | -3 | $1,463 | $1,191,359 | 11 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 58 | 50 | Centurion | $48,239 | -22.2% | 19 | +7 | $2,538 | $110,269 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 59 | - | A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop | $42,076 | - | 5 | - | $8,415 | $42,706 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 60 | 49 | Peepli Live | $39,517 | -46.5% | 26 | -19 | $1,519 | $757,951 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 61 | 58 | The Extra Man | $39,213 | +5.4% | 28 | +4 | $1,400 | $384,970 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 62 | - | Last Train Home | $30,067 | - | 1 | - | $30,067 | $30,067 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 63 | 57 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $27,658 | -27.7% | 25 | -11 | $1,106 | $10,024,302 | 25 | Music Box Films |
| 64 | 63 | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | $27,397 | +10% | 24 | -4 | $1,141 | $1,526,731 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 65 | 61 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $24,421 | -21.1% | 1 | -1 | $24,421 | $34,010,468 | 259 | IMAX |
| 66 | 60 | A Film Unfinished | $23,292 | -32% | 5 | - | $4,658 | $128,769 | 4 | Oscilloscope |
| 67 | 73 | Micmacs | $23,200 | +55.8% | 22 | +9 | $1,054 | $1,217,142 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 68 | 78 | Agora | $22,744 | +101.8% | 6 | -3 | $3,790 | $583,504 | 15 | Newmarket Films |
| 69 | 69 | Deep Sea | $20,832 | +22.6% | 2 | - | $10,416 | $43,670,020 | 236 | Warner Bros. |
| 70 | 62 | Cyrus | $20,592 | -23% | 26 | -6 | $792 | $7,384,176 | 12 | - |
| 71 | 71 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | $20,533 | +24.7% | 5 | -4 | $4,106 | $3,224,650 | 21 | - |
| 72 | 89 | My Dog Tulip | $19,966 | +309.8% | 1 | - | $19,966 | $24,838 | 2 | New Yorker Films |
| 73 | 67 | Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child | $17,642 | -19.2% | 7 | +2 | $2,520 | $198,996 | 8 | Arthouse Films |
| 74 | 64 | Solitary Man | $16,250 | -33.5% | 24 | +5 | $677 | $4,343,396 | 16 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 75 | 65 | Le code a changé | $16,068 | -33.2% | 2 | - | $8,034 | $40,127 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 76 | 66 | La soga | $14,733 | -36.6% | 5 | -7 | $2,946 | $165,425 | 4 | 7-57 Releasing |
| 77 | 70 | The Disappearance of Alice Creed | $14,042 | -16.6% | 6 | -1 | $2,340 | $149,574 | 5 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 78 | 72 | The Secret in Their Eyes | $13,574 | -15.8% | 17 | +4 | $798 | $6,352,600 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 79 | - | Lovely, Still | $13,464 | - | - | - | - | $13,464 | - | Monterey Media |
| 80 | 75 | Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work | $13,204 | -3.2% | 16 | +4 | $825 | $2,924,224 | 13 | IFC Films |
| 81 | 68 | Life During Wartime | $10,278 | -52.2% | 8 | -6 | $1,284 | $260,014 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 82 | 83 | Ondine | $9,250 | +17.8% | 3 | -1 | $3,083 | $543,316 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 83 | - | White Wedding 2010 Re-release | $8,658 | - | 4 | - | $2,164 | $8,658 | 1 | Dada Films |
| 84 | 104 | The Cremaster Cycle 2010 Re-release | $8,173 | +380.2% | 1 | - | $8,173 | $105,731 | 22 | International Film Circuit |
| 85 | 81 | Winnebago Man | $8,020 | -18.9% | 9 | - | $891 | $142,167 | 9 | Kino International |
| 86 | 79 | Wild Grass | $7,637 | -31.7% | 9 | -1 | $848 | $364,236 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 87 | 74 | Date Night | $7,159 | -48.7% | 11 | -2 | $650 | $98,711,404 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 88 | 102 | Dogtooth | $6,962 | +257.9% | 3 | +2 | $2,320 | $54,758 | 11 | Kino International |
| 89 | 92 | The People I've Slept With | $6,938 | +54.2% | 2 | +1 | $3,469 | $19,137 | 4 | - |
| 90 | 86 | Army of Crime | $5,811 | -8.7% | 2 | - | $2,905 | $26,828 | 3 | Lorber Films |
| 91 | 101 | Princess Kaiulani | $5,432 | +160.5% | 3 | +2 | $1,810 | $878,341 | 17 | Roadside Attractions |
| 92 | 76 | Metropolis 2010 Re-release | $4,691 | -64.5% | 3 | +1 | $1,563 | $365,928 | 18 | Kino International |
| 93 | 77 | Mademoiselle Chambon | $4,562 | -63.7% | 6 | -5 | $760 | $315,578 | 15 | Lorber Films |
| 94 | 111 | Ran 2010 Re-release | $3,988 | +241.1% | 1 | - | $3,988 | $115,120 | 31 | Rialto Pictures |
| 95 | 95 | The Milk of Sorrow | $3,686 | +8.6% | 2 | +1 | $1,843 | $7,080 | 2 | Olive Films |
| 96 | 56 | Please Give | $3,684 | -90.4% | 13 | -32 | $283 | $4,022,485 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 97 | 116 | Spoken Word | $3,660 | +332.6% | 2 | - | $1,830 | $27,736 | 7 | Variance Films |
| 98 | 85 | The Nature of Existence | $3,605 | -44.2% | 2 | - | $1,802 | $48,053 | 12 | Walking Shadows |
| 99 | - | See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary | $3,410 | - | 1 | - | $3,410 | $78,253 | 25 | Worldplay |
| 100 | 122 | Alamar | $2,910 | +1,400% | 2 | +1 | $1,455 | $36,234 | 9 | Film Movement |
| 101 | 90 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $2,557 | -47.1% | 1 | -1 | $2,557 | $23,295,143 | 153 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 102 | 94 | Mid-August Lunch | $2,552 | -26.3% | 1 | -1 | $2,552 | $673,859 | 26 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 103 | 106 | Countdown to Zero | $2,223 | +33.8% | 5 | +1 | $444 | $254,602 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 104 | - | Two in the Wave | $2,223 | - | 1 | - | $2,223 | $28,758 | 17 | Lorber Films |
| 105 | 107 | Feed the Fish | $2,192 | +43% | 1 | - | $2,192 | $51,615 | 20 | Strand Releasing |
| 106 | 88 | Circle | $1,869 | -66.3% | 1 | -1 | $1,869 | $7,409 | 2 | Indican Pictures |
| 107 | 113 | Stonewall Uprising | $1,823 | +65.1% | 1 | - | $1,823 | $121,602 | 13 | First Run |
| 108 | 96 | House | $1,725 | -48.7% | 1 | -1 | $1,725 | $174,845 | 34 | Janus Films |
| 109 | - | John Rabe | $1,687 | - | 1 | - | $1,687 | $57,294 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 110 | - | Mugabe and the White African | $1,585 | - | 1 | - | $1,585 | $7,070 | 7 | First Run |
| 111 | 97 | The Sicilian Girl 2010 Re-release | $1,427 | -55.8% | 2 | -1 | $713 | $24,312 | 6 | Music Box Films |
| 112 | 99 | Mother and Child | $1,336 | -47.7% | 2 | -2 | $668 | $1,100,623 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 113 | - | Mississippi Mermaid | $1,311 | - | 1 | - | $1,311 | $24,148 | 61 | The Film Desk |
| 114 | - | Le combat dans l'île | $1,249 | - | 1 | - | $1,249 | $48,711 | 65 | The Film Desk |
| 115 | - | The Flower of Kim Jong II | $1,167 | - | 1 | - | $1,167 | $4,362 | 25 | Lorber Films |
| 116 | 117 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead | $837 | +26.1% | 1 | - | $837 | $68,152 | 14 | Indican Pictures |
| 117 | 114 | Space Station 3D | $544 | -46.1% | 1 | - | $544 | $81,971,042 | 438 | IMAX |
| 118 | 120 | Everyone Else | $540 | -8.2% | 1 | - | $540 | $93,872 | 22 | The Cinema Guild |
| 119 | 119 | Kings of the Evening | $344 | -42.1% | 1 | - | $344 | $99,270 | 13 | Indican Pictures |
| 120 | - | Promised Lands | $196 | - | 1 | - | $196 | $3,983 | 31 | The Film Desk |
| 121 | - | Neshoba | $88 | - | 1 | - | $88 | $12,510 | 4 | First Run |
| 122 | 112 | Here and There | $84 | -92.6% | 1 | -1 | $84 | $27,114 | 17 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 123 | 91 | Around a Small Mountain | $1 | -100% | - | - | - | $25,510 | 9 | The Cinema Guild |
