Monday Daily Box Office Rally
First Place – This Monday Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg‘s The Other Guys continued to be the pic to beat, taking down almost $5 million more for a cumulative $40.5 million gross since the film’s Friday opening. The Adam McKay comedy was Ferrell’s second biggest opening of his career.
Second Place – Director Christopher Nolan‘s once-unstoppable Inception finally fell to second place with $2.5 million at the Monday box office, ending a stunning 3 week run as America’s top-grossing film for $230.2 million cumulatively.
Third Place – Dance flick Step Up 3D stayed strong this Monday with another $2 million take at the box office after opening this past weekend with a solid $15.8 million – a number bolstered by the obvious draw of 3D and its higher ticket prices.
Daily Box Office Top 12 Movies for Monday, August 9, 2010:
| Movie Title | Monday Gross | Theatres | Per-Theatre Average | Domestic Total |
| 1. The Other Guys | $4.98M | 3,651 | $1,364 | $40.52M |
| 2. Inception | $2.53M | 3,418 | $741 | $230.17M |
| 3. Step Up 3D | $2.02M | 2,435 | $828 | $17.79M |
| 4. Dinner for Schmucks | $1.59M | 3,004 | $528 | $48.21M |
| 5. Despicable Me | $1.47M | 3,413 | $430 | $210.75M |
| 6. Salt | $1.37M | 3,317 | $413 | $93.16M |
| 7. Cats & Dogs: Revenge of | $1.06M | 3,705 | $285 | $27.48M |
| 8. Charlie St. Cloud | $831k | 2,725 | $305 | $24.33M |
| 9. Toy Story 3 | $537k | 1,714 | $313 | $396.92M |
| 10. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $389k | 1,704 | $228 | $293.49M |
| 11. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice | $329k | 1,766 | $186 | $57.39M |
| 12. Ramona and Beezus | $328k | 1,478 | $222 | $21.40M |
*Monday daily box office numbers provided by Hollywood.com Box Office.
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