Top Box Office Grossers: Third Week in October 2010

Variety reports the top movies, in terms of box office take, for the week of 15-21 October 2010. Gross comedy film Jackass 3D and action film Red opened in the two spots, pushing The Social Network, Secretariat, and Life as We Know It down to numbers 3-5. Legend of the Guardians: Owls of Ga’Hoole fell from #4 to #7, swooping up $5.2 million, for a four-week total of $47.0 million. My Soul to Takeslipped from #6 to #8, taking in $4.2 million, for a two-week total of $12.9 million.
Case 39 fell from #9 to #13, earning $1.6 million, for a three-week total of $12.3 million. Devil slipped from #13 to #15, scaring up $1.2 million, for a five-week total of $31.8 million. Let Me In fell from #10 to #17, grossing $1.1 million, for a three-week total of $11.4 million. Alpha and Omega fell from #14 to #18, wolfing down $1.0 million, for a five-week total of $22.8 million. Toy Story 3 slipped from #17 to #19, playing up $700 thousand, for an eighteen-week total of $413.0 million. Resident Evil: Afterlife fell from #15 to #22, raising $500 thousand, for a six-week total of $59.9 million. Inception fell from #18 to #23, earning $500 thousand, for a fourteen-week total of $289.9 million. Despicable Me slipped from #22 to #24, grossing $450 thousand, for a fifteen-week total of $247.1 million.