Thursday Daily Box Office Rally
First Place – ‘Inception‘ adds $8.6 million at the box office on Thursday bringing its seven-day domestic total to $100.2 million. The film will be heading into the weekend on a high note.
Second Place – ‘Despicable Me’ continues to dominate the family marketplace as the second best performer on Thursday with $4.6 million taking the box office total to $137.6 million.
Third Place – ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ scored another $1.9 million bringing its nine-day domestic gross to $33 million.
Notably, “Toy Story 3” became the 14th highest grossing film of all-time this week having earned a domestic box office total of $370.5 million through Thursday and adds fuel to the anger of Mel Gibson as it knocks “The Passion of the Christ” ($370.3 million) out of the 14th spot. Through Thursday “TS3” has earned $370.5 million and is thus far the highest grossing film of the summer and the year!
Daily Box Office Top 12 Movies for Thursday, July 22, 2010:
| Movie Title | Monday Gross | Theatres | Per-Theatre Average | Domestic Total |
| 1. Inception | $8.56M | 3,792 | $2,258 | $100.16M |
| 2. Despicable Me | $4.58M | 3,501 | $1,310 | $137.60M |
| 3. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice | $1.89M | 3,504 | $540 | $32.96M |
| 4. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $1.89M | 4,001 | $472 | $272.64M |
| 5. Toy Story 3 | $1.82M | 3,177 | $572 | $370.50M |
| 6. Grown Ups | $1.37M | 3,074 | $445 | $134.81M |
| 7. The Last Airbender | $900k | 2,805 | $321 | $119.09M |
| 8. Predators | $774k | 2,669 | $290 | $43.72M |
| 9. Knight and Day | $455k | 1,925 | $237 | $70.98M |
| 10.The Karate Kid | $324k | 1,532 | $211 | $170.62M |
| 11.Cyrus | $126k | 446 | $282 | $5.62M |
| 12.The Kids Are All Right | $123k | 38 | $3,224 | $2.32M |
*Thursday daily box office numbers provided by Hollywood.com Box Office.
Check back Sunday for the Weekend Box Office Rally Estimate results!
