Tuesday Daily Box Office Rally
First Place - Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables remained the film to beat, with a strong $2 million take yesterday at the domestic box office, for a $69 million cumulative gross since the actioner opened two weeks ago.
Second Place - Julia Roberts' romance-drama Eat Pray Love held steady in the #2 spot yesterday, adding another $1.88 million to its over $50 million gross at the box office.
Third Place - The Other Guys fought back into third place Tuesday with $1.3 million at the box office, pushing the Friedberg & Seltzer flick Vampires Suck into 4th place. The Adam McKay comedy with Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg has grossed over $90 million total since it opened 3 weeks ago.
Daily Box Office Top 12 Movies for Tuesday, August 24, 2010:
| Movie Title | Tuesday Gross | Theatres | Per-Theatre Average | Domestic Total |
1. The Expendables
| $2.08M | 3,270 | $635 | $69.39M |
2. Eat Pray Love
| $1.88M | 3,082 | $610 | $50.62M |
3. The Other Guys
| $1.29M | 3,472 | $373 | $90.79M |
4. Vampires Suck
| $1.22M | 3,233 | $379 | $21.03M |
| 5. Nanny McPhee Returns | $1.21M | 2,784
| $435 | $10.70M |
6. Piranha 3D
| $1.18M | 2,470
| $479 | $12.38M |
| 7. The Switch | $1.03M | 2,012 | $511 | $10.35M |
| 8. Inception | $985k | 2,401 | $410 | $263.9M |
9. The Lottery Ticket
| $819k | 1,973 | $415 | $12.29M |
10. Scott Pilgrim vs. The
World
| $789k | 2,820 | $280 | $22.44M |
| 11. Despicable Me | $681k | 2,236 | $305 | $232.4M |
12. Step Up 3D
| $502k | 1,592 | $315 | $37.79M |
*Tuesday daily box office numbers provided by Hollywood.com Box Office.
Check back Thursday for the Wednesday Daily Box Office Rally results!