Angelina Jolie's 'Salt' Doesn't Shake 'Inception' at the Box Office
Jul. 26 2010, Published 2:00 p.m. ET
Leonardo DiCaprio's Inception stole the movie top slot from Angelina Jolie's spy thriller, Salt, this weekend, remaining number one for the second week in a row.
Leo's mind-boggling movie made studio dreams come true by taking $43.5 million at the box office, raising its total take to $143.7 million, reports the Washington Post.
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Salt, which features Angie as a rogue CIA agent who's on the run from Russian and American spy bosses, debuted at second place and took $36.5 million.
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In third place, Steve Carell kept the box office light with his comedy Despicable Me, which took $24.1 million, marking a rare week in which the top three movies are all original stories.