in its first day of release, "the other guys" grossed $13,124,233, placing first for friday. it had a large opening weekend take of $35,543,162, placing it at #1 for the weekend of august 6–8, 2010, unseating "inception". the film ended up grossing $119,219,978 in north america and $51,212,949 in other territories, making for a worldwide total of $170,432,927.