Variety reports the top movies, in terms of box office take, for the week of 17-23 September 2010. After last week’s dearth of new releases, this week saw a fair number. Crime film The Town opened at #1, followed by comedy Easy A. Horror flick Devil opened at #3, scaring up $15.3 million. Resident Evil: Afterlife slipped from #1 to #4, raising $13.2 million, for a two-week total of $47.1 million. Alpha and Omega opened at #5, wolfing down $10.4 million. Inception climbed from #10 to #9, earning $2.6 million, for a ten-week total of $285.8 million.
The Last Exorcism fell from #9 to #14, grossing $1.9 million, for a four-week total of $40.4 million. Nanny McPhee Returns slipped from #12 to #16, cleaning up $1.2 million, for a five-week total of $27.8 million. Despicable Me slipped from #13 to #17, grossing $1.1 million, for an eleven-week total of $244.9 million. Vampires Suck fell from #14 to #20, sucking up $650 thousand, for a five-week total of $36.0 million. Toy Story 3 slipped from #20 to #21, taking in $600 thousand, for a fourteen-week total of $410.8 million. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World fell from #17 to #22, battling up $475 thousand, for a six-week total of $31.2 million. Avatar fell from #18 to #24, earning $350 thousand, for a combined forty week total of $760.2 million.
Falling out of the top 25 this week were:
Twilight: Eclipse (last week’s #19) after twelve weeks in the theatres (box office total: $300.2 million)
Piranha 3D (last week’s #21) after five weeks in the theatres ($24.8 million)