Weekend Box Office: Inception is #1 for 3 weeks

Weekend Box Office

July 30 - August 1, 2010

(Weekend Gross / Total Gross)

1. Inception

($27,520,000 / $193,348,000)

2. Dinner for Schmucks

($23,300,000 / debut)

3. Salt

($19,250,000 / $70,800,000)

4. Despicable Me

($15,543,000 / $190,349,000)

5. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

($12,525,000 / debut)

6. Charlie St. Cloud

($12,136,000 / debut)

7. Toy Story 3

($5,035,000 / $389,674,000)

8. Grown Ups

($4,500,000 / $150,713,000)

9. The Sorcerer's Apprentice

($4,320,000 / $51,881,000)

10. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

($3,965,000 / $288,200,000)

Few notes about this week's milestones:

• Inception was the fourth movie of the year to spend three weekends at No. 1, following Avatar, Alice In Wonderland and Shrek Forever After. 
• Inception surpassed Despicable Me to become the seventh highest-grossing movie from 2010.