Inception on the top of box office this weekend

by brindils on July 19, 2010

Leonardo DiCaprio dropped another amazing film during the week with Christopher Nolan, entitled “Inception” and as expected which led the weekend box office with $ 60,400,000.

The Warner Bros. film about the action of a team that sneaks into people’s dreams, and has become the biggest opening weekend DiCaprio so far, surpassing his previous mark of $ 41,100,000 for last winter’s “Shutter Island,” according to the Associated Press.

Nolan, however, scored big with “The Dark Knight” in 2008, opening with a record of $ 158,400,000 during its opening weekend.

Film leader last week, “Despicable Me”, starring Steve Carell, dropped to # 2 this weekend with $ 32,700,000. In 10 days, has earned $ 118,400,000.

At # 3 was an adventure of Disney family, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” which took in only $ 17,400,000 during the weekend and $ 24.5 since opening on Wednesday.

“It is disappointing to say the least,” said Chuck Viane, head of distribution for Disney, told the AP. I have no answer because I honestly do not know what went wrong. ”

The film stars Nicolas Cage, who teams up with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Jon Turteltaub, a story about a former assistant training an apprentice clumsy (Jay Baruchel) to overthrow an evil witch in modern Manhattan.

“Twilight Saga: Eclipse” slipped from # 2 to # 4 this weekend with another $ 13,500,000 to his credit, bringing the domestic total of $ 264,900,000.

And completing the top five is “Toy Story 3″ with $ 11,700,000 in its fifth weekend.

That wraps things this weekend. Next weekend, look out for the release of the family of the movie “Ramona and Beezus,” starring Selena Gomez and action thriller Angelina Jolie “Salt.”

This weekend’s top 10 is as follows:

1 – “Inception,” $60.4 million.

2 – “Despicable Me,” $32.7 million.

3 – “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” $17.4 million.

4 – “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” $13.5 million.

5 – “Toy Story 3,” $11.7 million.

6 – “Grown Ups,” $10 million.

7 – “The Last Airbender,” $7.5 million.

8 – “Predators,” $6.8 million.

9 – “Knight and Day,” $3.7 million.

10 – “The Karate Kid,” $2.2 million.

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