Despite high expectations and excellent reviews, “Salt” took second place at the box office, unable to unseat Leonardo DiCaprio and “Inception” from the top spot. “Inception” had a minor drop off from its opener, powering its way to a box office repeat with $43.5 million for the weekend.
The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, July 11, 2010 are:
| Rank | Film Name | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Revenue | Locs | Loc Avg |
| 1 | Inception | Warner Bros. | 43,505,000 | 143,663,412 | 3,792 | 11,472 |
| 2 | Salt | Sony | 36,500,000 | 36,500,000 | 3,612 | 10,105 |
| 3 | Despicable Me | Universal | 24,120,000 | 161,720,845 | 3,600 | 6,700 |
| 4 | Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The | Disney | 9,685,000 | 42,642,525 | 3,504 | 2,763 |
| 5 | Toy Story 3 | Disney | 9,030,000 | 379,529,039 | 2,766 | 3,264 |
| 6 | Grown Ups | Sony | 7,600,000 | 142,412,086 | 2,859 | 2,658 |
| 7 | Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The | Summit Entertainment | 7,033,000 | 279,674,092 | 3,121 | 2,253 |
| 8 | Last Airbender, The | Paramount | 4,173,000 | 123,264,769 | 2,127 | 1,961 |
| 9 | Ramona And Beezus | 20th Century Fox | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 2,719 | 1,103 |
| 10 | Predators | 20th Century Fox | 2,850,000 | 46,568,425 | 1,846 | 1,543 |
| 11 | Kids Are All Right, The | Focus Features | 2,647,863 | 4,963,054 | 201 | 13,173 |
| 12 | Knight And Day | 20th Century Fox | 1,700,000 | 72,681,721 | 1,265 | 1,343 |
