The Other Guys knocked Inception off its perch at #1 this weekend, taking in $35.6 million, the second-biggest opening for director Adam McKay after Talladega Nights, which opened around the same time in 2006. Inception fell a trivial 32.3%, grabbing $18.6 million at #2. The movie’s total has stepped up to $227.7 million, passing Batman Begins as the highest-grossing flick of writer-director Christopher Nolan’s career after The Dark Knight.

Step Up 3D performed decently, or however decent it could on a $30 million budget. It raked in $15.5 million in third place, per-screen average of about $6,000. Lowest opening, however, of any Step Up…ahem, film. Step Up opened to $20.7 million in 2006, Step Up 2 The Streets $18.9 million in 2008. At least we can take comfort in knowing another sequel probably won’t be on its way.

At #4 Angelina Jolie’s Salt dropped 43% to an $11.1 million weekend, $92 million gross so far. Dinner for Schmucks rounds out the top five with $10.5 million.

Out of the top five-

• At 247 extra sites this weekend, The Kids Are All Right found a spot at #10 with $2.6 million.
• George Gallo’s Middle Men, starring Luke Wilson as an industrialist of e-commerce in the online porn business, sort of under-performed with $305,000 at 252 sites. I hate to say Charlie St. Cloud had a better per-screen average.
• Rob Reiner’s Flipped, his first flick since 2007’s The Bucket List, swung out the gate with $234,000 at 45 sites.
• Sundance disaster Twelve, based on the controversial narcotic-centric novel written by a teenager, opened with $107,000 at 231 sites.
• Documentary Lebanon, chronicling a drama around 1982’s Lebanon War, debuted with $16,700 at two sites.

Here are the box office results according to studio estimates Sunday-

1. 1. The Other Guys…$35.6 million
2. 2. Inception…$18.6 million
3. 3. Step Up 3D…$15.5 million
4. 4. Salt…$11.1 million
5. 5. Dinner for Schmucks…$10.5 million
6. 6. Despicable Me…$9.4 million
7. 7. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore…$6.9 million
8. 8. Charlie St. Cloud…$4.7 million
9. 9. Toy Story 3…$3 million
10. 10. The Kids Are All Right…$2.6 million