Inception

Inception (fanpop.com)

You will wish to have your dream stolen.

Why, you might ask? Well, the answer is: to have a dreamy taste being at the top spot of box office. or at least, to have adjoining dream with Leonardo DiCaprio. *drool*

DiCaprio’s latest movie, and another masterpiece from Christopher Nolan, “Inception” had ruled the weekend box office with a giant opening of $60.4 million. Although those figures catapulted the thriller as the weekend’s box office, but still cannot defeated Nolan’s 2008 movie’s record, “The Dark Knight,” which opened with a record $158.4 million.

“Inception” holds record as the summer’s biggest debut for a non-franchise, a non-reboot, or a sequel flick. And furthermore, the movie is DiCaprio’s biggest opening weekend, topping his previous best of $41.1 million for last winter’s “Shutter Island.”

Last weekend’s champ, the 3-D animated film “Despicable Me,” got bumped down to second place with $32.7 million. Voiced by Steve Carrell, Jason Segel and other stars, the movie has made a total of $118.4 million in its two weeks of release. Another new entry this weekend, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” reached the third place on the box office chart with $17.4 million. The Nicolas Cage-starring movie making a total of $24.5 million since premiering Wednesday.

A previous top earner, vampire romance “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” meanwhile fell to fourth place, with $13.5 million, and at $264.9 million domestically. “Toy Story 3,” which took fifth with 11.7 million dollars in receipts, has racked up 362.7 million dollars over its five weeks in theaters.

Here’s a complete last weekend’s top-grossing films, per Friday-Sunday estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations:
1. “Inception,” $60.4 million.
2. “Despicable Me,” $32.7 million.
3. “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” $17.4 million.
4. “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” $13.5 million.
5. “Toy Story 3,” $11.7 million.
6. “Grown Ups,” $10 million.
7. “The Last Airbender,” $7.5 million.
8. “Predators,” $6.8 million.
9. “Knight and Day,” $3.7 million.
10. “The Karate Kid,” $2.2 million.

Congrats, Inception! Well-deserved!