Wow! Who saw this coming? Sylvester Stallone has literally knocked out the box-office in the US with the massive $35 million + opening of his directorial and starring effort The Expendables this weekend. The action movie, which also stars Jason Statham, Jet Li and Steve Austin, easily bagged the number one spot from fellow new release Eat Pray Love, which entered the chart at number two, with just over $23 million in takings over the three days.
The Adam McKay directed The Other Guys, last week’s numero uno, beat other release this week to position itself at number three, while Inception managed to add another $11.3 million to its total haul, easily taking the fourth position on the chart. That mean’s Edgar Wright‘s Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, the film that is getting as good word of mouth as Inception three weeks ago, only managed to secure position number five with $10.5 million in green. That has to disappoint.
Take a look at the top ten for Aug 13-15 in full below….
1 Expendables, The – Lionsgate 35,030,000 35,030,000 3,270 10,712
2 Eat Pray Love – Sony 23,700,000 23,700,000 3,082 7,689
3 Other Guys, The – Sony 18,000,000 70,543,321 3,651 4,930
4 Inception – Warner Bros. 11,370,000 248,554,431 3,120 3,644
5 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Universal 10,525,230 10,525,230 2,818 3,735
6 Despicable Me – Universal 6,766,745 221,992,780 2,923 2,315
7 Step Up 3-D – Disney 6,626,000 29,565,221 2,439 2,716
8 Salt – Sony 6,350,000 103,568,771 2,834 2,240
9 Dinner For Schmucks – Paramount 6,316,000 58,816,368 3,046 2,073
10 Cats & Dogs: Revenge Of Kitty Galore – Warner Bros. 4,075,000 35,103,511 2,728 1,493
