Washington
(ANI):
While
Angelina
Jolie"s
'Salt" got
a
big
welcome
at
the
box
office,
it
was
"Inception"
that
racked
up
the
most
moolah
from
the
ticket
window.
The
Christopher
Nolan-Leonardo
DiCaprio
dreamscape
stayed
atop
the
weekend
box
office
with
an
estimated
43.5
million
dollars.
'Salt" settled
for
second,
with
a
gross
36.5
million
dollars,
reports
E!
Online.
The
action
flick's
debut
was
bigger
than
recent
star
movies
from
Tom
Cruise
('Knight
and
Day")
and
Matt
Damon
('The
Green
Zone"),
and
about
even
with
Russell
Crowe''s
'Robin
Hood".
At
the
third
place
was
'Despicable
Me"—the
3D
Steve
Carell
toon
stayed
strong
with
24.1
million
dollar.
Rounding
up
at
the
fourth
and
fifth
place
are
'The
Sorcerer's
Apprentice"
and
'Toy
Story
3"
with
9.7
million
dollars
and
9
million
dollars
respectively.
Here's
a
complete
look
at
the
weekend's
top-grossing
films,
per
Friday-Sunday
estimates
compiled
by
Exhibitor
Relations:
1.
Inception,
dollars43.5
million
2.
Salt,
36.5
million
dollars
3.
Despicable
Me,
24.1
million
dollars
4.
The
Sorcerer's
Apprentice,
9.7
million
dollars
5.
Toy
Story
3,
9
million
dollars
6.
Ramona
and
Beezus,
8
million
dollars
7.
Grown
Ups,
7.6
million
dollars
8.
The
Twilight
Saga:
Eclipse,
7
million
dollars
9.
The
Last
Airbender,
4.2
million
dollars
10.
Predators,
2.9
million
dollars