Monday Daily Box Office Rally
‘Inception’ is living the dream of continued box office success as it prepares to cross the $150 million mark while ‘Salt’ and ‘Despicable Me’ show continued strength. Three original films in the top tier indicates that audiences dig originality, even in the summer.
First Place – ‘Inception‘ adds $6.1 million at the box office on Monday bringing its 11 day domestic total to $149.0 million.
Second Place – ‘Salt‘ is a newcomer to the Daily Rally and finished on Monday with a solid gross of $4.1 million bringing its four-day domestic gross to $40.1 million.
Third Place – ‘Despicable Me’ impressively continues to dominate the family marketplace as the third best performer on Monday with $3.1 million taking the 18 day box office total to $164.4 million.
Daily Box Office Top 12 Movies for Monday, July 26, 2010:
| Movie Title | Monday Gross | Theatres | Per-Theatre Average | Domestic Total |
| 1. Inception | $6.07M | 3,792 | $1,600 | $148.95M |
| 2. Salt | $4.12M | 3,612 | $1,141 | $40.13M |
| 3. Despicable Me | $3.13M | 3,600 | $870 | $164.42M |
| 4. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice | $1.18M | 3,504 | $337 | $43.79M |
| 5. Toy Story 3 | $1.17M | 2,766 | $424 | $380.58M |
| 6. Ramona and Beezus | $1.13M | 2,719 | $414 | $8.94M |
| 7. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $1.08M | 3,121 | $347 | $280.91M |
| 8. Grown Ups | $939k | 2,859 | $328 | $143.18M |
| 9. The Last Airbender | $535k | 2,127 | $252 | $123.84M |
| 10. Predators | $421k | 1,846 | $228 | $47.26M |
| 11. The Kids Are All Right | $271k | 201 | $1,347 | $5.18M |
| 12. Knight and Day | $200k | 1,265 | $158 | $72.88M |
*Monday daily box office numbers provided by Hollywood.com Box Office.
Check back Wednesday for the Tuesday Daily Box Office Rally results!
