Wiki News/'iCarly: The Movie' Tops Box Office, 'Inception' in Second, 'Dinner for Schmucks' in Third; 'Cats & Dogs 2' and 'Charlie St. Cloud' Did Not Make It

“iCarly: The Movie” topped the weekend box office, beating “Inception” for the third straight week, and “Dinner for Schmucks” debuted in third place.

Paramount Pictures amd Nickelodeon Movies' “iCarly: The Movie” took in an impressive $50 million to take the top spot according to preliminary numbers from Hollywood.com. This is now the best opening for a G rated movie, and Miranda Cosgrove is now the happiest girl in the world.

Too bad that “The Last Airbender” didn't top the box office as it make only $40 million behind “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” which made $64 million five weeks ago. It made just disappointing reviews, where this week's movie has positive, and makes more money than ever. Final numbers are due out on Monday.

Sorry “Inception,” you days are over. The sci-fi film directed by Christopher Nolan, took in $27.5 million to take the No 2. spot The Warner Bros. film has grossed $193.3 million at the domestic box office so far.

“Dinner for Schmucks,” a comedy starring Steve Carell and Paul Rudd placed second. The Paramount movie took in $23.3 million.

“Salt” (Sony/Columbia), an action-thriller with Angelina Jolie, placed fourth with $19.3 million.

The animated movie “Despicable Me” (Universal) was fourth with $15.5 million and the family film “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore” was fifth with $12.5 million. “Cats & Dogs” has been panned by most critics and its poor box office showing is sure to be a disappointment to Warner Bros. The original “Cat & Dogs” debuted in 2001 with a $21.7 million opening.