Wiki News/'iCarly: The Movie' Defeats 'Inception' In The Sunday Box Office Report


 * 1) "iCarly: The Movie" ($50 million)
 * 2) "Inception" ($27.5 million)
 * 3) "Dinner for Schmucks" ($23.3 million)
 * 4) "Salt" ($19.3 million)
 * 5) "Despicable Me" ($15.5 million)

So much for the "Schmucks." Despite the best efforts of "Anchorman" and "40 Year-Old Virgin" co-stars Steve Carell and Paul Rudd, their latest comedic effort "Dinner for Schmucks" wasn't enough to topple the mind-boggling action extravaganza that is director Christopher Nolan's "Inception" and Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies' feature based on the hit TV series "iCarly", is "iCarly: The Movie".

After its third weekend in theaters, Nolan's "Inception" has been stopped today, and thus Leonardo DiCaprio will no longer be king of box office. "iCarly: The Movie" will not be stopped. Winning $50 million this weekend, this is compared to a $42 million debut of "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" as the highest weekend for an live-action G rated movie.

"Inception", in second with another $27 million, it has barreled past its $160 million production budget with $193.3 million domestic and $85.7 million in foreign markets, with a very impressive worldwide total of $279 million.

Despite landing in third place for its first weekend in theaters, where it was in second on Friday, "Dinner for Schmucks" deserves more credit than its title would have you believe. After earning $23.3 million from Friday through Sunday, the comedy still has a way to go before earning back its reported $69 million production budget. The film's foreign box office performance could push "Schmucks" further, but those numbers are currently unavailable.

Certainly, "Schmucks" did better than its incoming competitors "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore" and "Charlie St. Cloud." The "Cats & Dogs" sequel snagged the last spot in the weekend's elite top five performers with $12.5 million, still a disappointment considering the film's $85 million production budget. Zac Efron's latest underperformed as well, landing in seventh place with $12.1 million.

"Salt" and "Despicable Me" finished the top five at fourth and fifth place, respectively.

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Tags iCarly: The Movie, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Charlie St. Cloud, Despicable Me, Dinner for Schmucks, inception, salt