 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 . 
