Weekend Box Office – THE OTHER GUYS Tops INCEPTION with $35.6 Million

Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and The Other Guys were expected to take number one this weekend and they did – earning an estimated $35.6 million from 3,651 locations – knocking Inception down to number two for the first time in four weeks.




The reigning champion as regards avoiding a big second week drop (and a big third and fourth week drop, for that matter) is our number two film, Inception. Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster has so far brought in an estimated $227 million – adding another $18.6 million in the past three days alone. That’s a fourth weekend figure that most big films could only hope to realize after two… a film like The Other Guys, for example.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	The Other Guys	$35,600,000	$35.6
2	Inception	$18,600,000	$227.7
3	Step Up 3D	$15.500,000	$15.5
4	Salt	$11,100,000	$91.9
5	Dinner for Schmucks	$10,500,000	$46.7
6	Despicable Me	$9,400,000	$209.4
7	Cats & Dogs 2	$6,900,000	$26.4
8	Charlie St. Cloud	$4.700,000	$23.5
9	Toy Story 3	$3,050,000	$306.3
10	The Kids are Alright	$2,606,000	$14