The challenging marketing battle for “Inception” ultimately proved successful, as the film grossed a weekend best $60.4 million according to early estimates.<\/p>\n
Though not on the level of Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight,” the total was easily enough to give “Inception” a dominant first place finish–its nearest box office competitor was holdover “Despicable Me,” which dropped to a still-respectable $32.7 million.<\/p>\n
In third place was the less successful “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” which followed up on its lackluster Wednesday and Thursday performances with a disappointing weekend take of $17.4 million. “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” ($13.5 million) and “Toy Story 3” ($11.7 million) completed the top five.<\/p>\n
Weekend Top Ten:<\/b>
\n1) Inception – $60.4M
\n2) Despicable Me – $32.7M ($118.4M)
\n3) The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – $17.4M ($24.5M)
\n4) Eclipse – $13.5M ($264.9M)
\n5) Toy Story 3 – $11.7M ($362.7M)
\n6) Grown Ups – $10M ($129.3M)
\n7) The Last Airbender – $7.5M ($114.8M)
\n8) Predators – $6.8M ($40.1M)
\n9) Knight & Day – $3.7M ($69.2M)
\n10) The Karate Kid – $2.2M ($169.2M)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n