Variety reports the top movies, in terms of box office take, for the week of 3-9 September 2010. Genre fans are waiting for next week’s new horror release, so the charts are topped by The American, Machete, last week’s Takers, and Going the Distance. The Last Exorcism slipped from #2 to #5, grossing $10.0 million, for a two-week total of $34.7 million. Inception slipped back down from #6 to #9, earning $6.8 million (nearly as much as last week), for an eight-week total of $279.4 million. Nanny McPhee Returns slipped from #8 to #10, cleaning up $5.3 million, for a three-week total of $24.2 million.
Despicable Me climbed from #13 to #12, grossing $4.4 million (10% more than last week), for a nine-week total of $241.9 million. Vampires Suck fell from #7 to #13, sucking up $4.3 million, for a three-week total of $33.6 million. Avatar slipped from #11 to #14, earning $3.5 million, for a combined thirty-eight week total of $758.8 million. Piranha 3D fell from #10 to #15, gobbling up $3.5 million, for a three-week total of $23.6 million. Toy Story 3 climbed from #20 to #16, taking in $3.1 million (twice as much as last week, but it’s showing on two-and-a-half times as many screens), for a twelve-week total of $409.2 million. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World fell from #14 to #18, battling up $2.3 million, for a four-week total of $29.6 million. Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore slipped from #21 to #24, woofing up $700 thousand, for a six-week total of $42.3 million. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, which last week fell out of the top 25, this week climbed back to #25, conjuring up $675 thousand, for an eight-week total of $61.9 million.
Falling out of the top 25 this week were:
Twilight: Eclipse (last week’s #23) after ten weeks in the theatres (box office total: $298.9 million)
The Last Airbender (last week’s #24), after ten weeks in release ($131.2 million)