 Sony predicted an opening weekend take in the low- $ 30-million range, while commentators thought it would come in closer to $ 40 million and beat Inception for the number one spot at the box office. Salt opened in 3,612 theaters, with an opening day gross of US $ 12,532,333 – $ 3,470 per theater – and on its opening weekend, $ 36,011,243 – $ 9,970 per theater – behind only Inception, which made $ 42,725,012 in its second weekend. Salt also grossed $ 15 million from 19 minor international markets. On its second weekend, it declined in ticket sales by 45.9 % making $ 19,471,355 – $ 5,391 per theater and placed number three behind Dinner for Schmucks, but by opening in 29 countries that same weekend, it grossed $ 25.4 million internationally. Salt ended up grossing $ 118,311,368 in the United States and Canada and $ 175,191,986 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $ 293,503,354.
