The Other Guys looks to upset Inception

Inception won’t make it to a month of box office dominance, as the Will Ferrell-Mark Wahlburg buddy comedy, The Other Guys, which is on its way to a weekend in the neighborhood of $40 million or just shy of that. All the hand dryers in the world won’t help Inception beat that, since the movie only took in $5.5 million on Friday on the way to a weekend that likely won’t reach $20 million.

Yet it’s Step-Up 3D that looks to take second place behind The Other Guys and in front of Inception; it took in $6.6 million, en route to a weekend expected to fall short of $20 million and will below expectations for the 3D dance flick. The jury’s officially out until Monday, but for the moment that’s how things are playing out.