Monday Box Office Derby
Win – ‘Inception‘ adds $10.2 million at the box office on Monday bringing its four-day domestic total to $73 million. The high Monday gross for ‘Inception’ is a direct result of the positive word-of-mouth generated by social networking platforms and other traditional channels that it received throughout its opening weekend.
Place – ‘Despicable Me’ continues to dominate the family marketplace as the second best performer on Monday with $4.9 million taking the box office total to $123.3 million.
Show – ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ scored another $2.1 million bringing its six-day domestic gross to $26.9 million and at number four, ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ scared up an additional $2 million to $266.8 million.
Daily Box Office Top 12 Movies for Monday, July 19, 2010:
| Movie Title | Monday Gross | Theatres | Per-Theatre Average | Domestic Total |
| 1. Inception | $10.19M | 3,792 | $2,686 | $72.97M |
| 2. Despicable Me | $4.88M | 3,501 | $1,395 | $123.32M |
| 3. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice | $2.14M | 3,504 | $612 | $26.85M |
| 4. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $2.04M | 4,001 | $509 | $266.83M |
| 5. Toy Story 3 | $1.89M | 3,177 | $595 | $364.86M |
| 6. Grown Ups | $1.42M | 3,074 | $462 | $130.59M |
| 7. The Last Airbender | $1.05M | 2,805 | $373 | $116.19M |
| 8. Predators | $919k | 2,669 | $345 | $41.22M |
| 9. Knight and Day | $445k | 1,925 | $231 | $69.56M |
| 10.The Karate Kid | $325k | 1,532 | $212 | $169.62M |
| 11.Cyrus | $127k | 446 | $285 | $5.21M |
| 12.The Kids Are All Right | $118k | 38 | $3,099 | $1.93M |
*Monday daily box office numbers provided by Hollywood.com Box Office.
