Wiki News/B.O.: 'The Other Guys' Strong at $35.6M; 'Step Up' Dances to $15.4M; 'iCarly: The Movie' falls with $16M

By re-teaming with Adam McKay, Will Ferrell has regained his box office stride. The pair's cop comedy "The Other Guys" took the top spot at the domestic box office, grossing $35.6 million in 3,651 theaters, according to studio estimates.

Overall the box office was down 8 percent from the same weekend last year.

The weeks other big debut, the Summit/Disney co-production "Step Up: 3D" beat its modest pre-release tracking, grossing $15.4 million in 2,435 theaters.

The Christopher Nolan head trip "Inception" finally can get revenge on "iCarly: The Movie" for being nearly first for three weeks. The Warner Brothers release only dropped 32 percent to gross $18.7 million. If estimates hold, i's total for the weekend stands at $227.8 million, making it Nolan's second largest earning film domestically after "The Dark Knight."

"iCarly: The Movie" has been number one for only one week, and that's it. There's seriously no way that it can take on for it's second weekend, because "The Other Guys" is grossing way more money than it this weeked. It may fall from first to third place on it's second week of entry wih $17 million, down 57 percent, but this movie will gross at least $100 million in the US. It have to. Coming on the heels of box office debacle "Land of the Lost," "Other Guys" demonstrates the potency of the McKay/Ferrell partnership. The $85 million movie opened slightly behind the Gary Sanchez partners previous collaboration "Talladega Nights" ($47 million), but ahead of their other films "Step Brothers" ($30 million) and "Anchorman" ($28.4 million).

The film also continues a hit streak for Sony; the studio's summer offerings -- "The Karate Kid," "Grown Ups," "Salt" -- have all demonstrated box office muscle on their way to $100 million plus takes.

Facing stiff competition for the yuks crowd with Ferrell's latest offerings, "Dinner for Schmucks" took a sizeable hit. The Steve Carrell/Paul Rudd comedy dropped nearly 60 percent, grossing $10.5 million.