Weekend Box Office 8/8 - OTHER GUYS #1

[AndyDursin]

No surprise with a solid opening for the Will Ferrell-Marky Mark comedy which had its moments (but fizzled out for me in the final 30 minutes).

Also looks like the 3-D fad is starting to wane with another bomb taking shape in STEP UP 3-D, a week after the fantastic CATS AND DOGS 3-D was released to theaters.

1 N The Other Guys Sony $35,600,000 - 3,651 - $9,751 $35,600,000 $100 1
2 1 Inception WB $18,600,000 -32.3% 3,418 -127 $5,442 $227,732,000 $160 4
3 N Step Up 3-D BV $15,500,000 - 2,435 - $6,366 $15,500,000 $30 1
4 3 Salt Sony $11,100,000 -43.0% 3,317 -295 $3,346 $91,980,000 $110 3
5 2 Dinner for Schmucks P/DW $10,500,000 -55.4% 3,004 +93 $3,495 $46,746,000 $69 2
6 4 Despicable Me Uni. $9,400,000 -39.4% 3,413 -189 $2,754 $209,400,000 $69 5

7 6 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore WB $6,910,000 -43.7% 3,705 - $1,865 $26,436,000 $85 2
8 5 Charlie St. Cloud Uni. $4,700,000 -62.0% 2,725 +7 $1,725 $23,500,000 $44 2
9 7 Toy Story 3 BV $3,048,000 -40.5% 1,714 -391 $1,778 $396,317,000 $200 8
10 12 The Kids Are All Right Focus $2,606,000 -26.1% 994 +147 $2,622 $14,011,000 $4 5
11 8 Grown Ups Sony $2,450,000 -46.1% 1,769 -500 $1,385 $155,713,000 $80 7
12 9 The Sorcerer's Apprentice BV $2,352,000 -47.3% 1,766 -758 $1,332 $57,053,000 $150 4

[Monterey Jack]

And Inception just keeps going and going, with extremely modest 30% drop-offs from week-to-week. It's bracing to see such a complex, densely-plotted film that requires so much keen attention (and that isn't a remake or sequel) being embraced by audiences. Hear that, Hollywood...?

[mkaroly]

The Sorcerer's Apprentice made back only a third of its cost domestically...LOL!!....sorry...I laughed when I saw that.