Explosive 'Expendables' Take First Place, 'Pilgrim' Underwhelms
Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 8:00PM 
Sylvester Stallone's latest action flick, The Expendables, rocketed to a great start for a mid-budget action movie, bringing in $35 million in its opening weekend. The film, starring, written and directed by Stallone also features a long list of action heroes in various roles, including Dolph Lundgren, Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Jet Li, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin and even a cameo by Arnold Schwarzneggar.
Second place went to Julia Roberts' newest film, Eat Pray Love, based on the best-selling memoir of the same name. It opened with a very respectable $23.7 million in box office grosses.
Last weekend's #1 opener, The Other Guys, fell 49% in its second weekend to claim the number three spot with $18 million. The Will Ferrel/Mark Wahlberg buddy-cop comedy has grossed just over $70 million in its first 10 days of release.