In Dom Cobb's wildest dream did he ever imagine being overshadowed by the post-Land of the Lost Will Ferrell?
No matter, because he did.
After a three-weekend run at No. 1, Inception (estimated $18.6 million Friday-Sunday) got beat good at the box office by Ferrell's and Mark Wahlberg's The Other Guys ($35.6 million).
More results:
• Actually, Ferrell is no longer the post-Land of the Lost Will Ferrell. With his best debut since 2006's Talledega Nights, he's back to being the pre-Land of the Lost Will Ferrell.
• The cop-spoofing The Other Guys is the steady Wahlberg's best debut since 2001's Planet of the Apes.
• Make no mistake, life remains a dream for Inception. The Christopher Nolan-Leonardo DiCaprio mind-bender has grossed more than $227 million domestically, and moved up to sixth place on the 2010 chart.
• Are reports of 3D's demise premature? Well, since Step Up 3D ($15.5 million) opened smaller than both of its two 2D predecessors, we're going to say not necessarily. And yet…
• Descpicable Me ($9.4 million), which, yes, did make some of its money from 3D, is the eighth film of the year to break $200 million—it's at about $210 million overall domestically.
• Toy Story 3 ($3 million), another credit to 3D, is now the biggest-grossing Disney animated film of all-time, the studio said, with a whopping $895 million worldwide take.
• As expected, Eclipse ($2.3 million; $293.1 million) dropped from the Top 10. It lasted there five weekends, the same number as both Twilight and New Moon.
• The $150 million The Sorcerer's Apprentice ($2.4 million; $111.3 million overall worldwide) is done after three weekends in the Top 10; Zac Efron's free-falling Charlie St. Cloud ($4.7 million; $23.5 million overall domestically) is still in the Top 10, but it's done, too.
Here's a complete look at the weekend's top-grossing films, per Friday-Sunday estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations:
1. The Other Guys, $35.6 million
2. Inception, $18.6 million
3. Step Up 3D, $15.5 million
4. Salt, $11.1 million
5. Dinner for Schmucks, $10.5 million
6. Despicable Me, $9.4 million
7. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, $6.9 million
8. Charlie St. Cloud, $4.7 million
9. Toy Story 3, $3 million
10. The Kids Are All Right, $2.6 million
