US Movie Market Summary for 2010
Total Box Office Gross: $10,473,756,535
Tickets sold: 1,327,472,323
Average ticket price:$7.89
Top Grossing Movies of 2010
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Distributor | Genre | MPAA | 2010 Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation-
Adjusted
Gross |
|---|
| 1 |
Toy Story 3
|
6/18/2010
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
Adventure
|
G
|
$415,004,880 |
52,598,844 |
$415,004,879 |
| 2 |
Avatar
|
12/18/2009
|
20th Century Fox
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$408,392,727 |
51,760,802 |
$408,392,728 |
| 3 |
Alice in Wonderland
|
3/5/2010
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$334,191,110 |
42,356,288 |
$334,191,112 |
| 4 |
Iron Man 2
|
5/7/2010
|
Paramount Pictures
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$312,433,331 |
39,598,648 |
$312,433,333 |
| 5 |
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
|
6/30/2010
|
Summit Entertainment
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$300,531,751 |
38,090,209 |
$300,531,749 |
| 6 |
Inception
|
7/16/2010
|
Warner Bros.
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$292,568,851 |
37,080,970 |
$292,568,853 |
| 7 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
|
11/19/2010
|
Warner Bros.
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$283,533,215 |
35,935,769 |
$283,533,217 |
| 8 |
Despicable Me
|
7/9/2010
|
Universal
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$251,203,225 |
31,838,178 |
$251,203,224 |
| 9 |
Shrek Forever After
|
5/21/2010
|
Paramount Pictures
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$238,736,787 |
30,258,148 |
$238,736,788 |
| 10 |
How to Train Your Dragon
|
3/26/2010
|
Paramount Pictures
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$217,581,231 |
27,576,835 |
$217,581,228 |
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Market Share for Each Distributor in 2010
| Rank | Distributor | Movies | 2010 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Warner Bros.
|
32 |
$1,875,866,387 |
237,752,395 |
17.92% |
| 2 |
Paramount Pictures
|
18 |
$1,727,156,249 |
218,904,466 |
16.50% |
| 3 |
Walt Disney Pictures
|
17 |
$1,465,729,693 |
185,770,557 |
14.00% |
| 4 |
20th Century Fox
|
19 |
$1,392,779,577 |
176,524,661 |
13.30% |
| 5 |
Sony Pictures
|
24 |
$1,277,755,699 |
161,946,223 |
12.20% |
| 6 |
Universal
|
19 |
$886,590,971 |
112,368,947 |
8.47% |
| 7 |
Summit Entertainment
|
11 |
$519,928,031 |
65,897,088 |
4.97% |
| 8 |
Lionsgate
|
16 |
$513,854,686 |
65,127,337 |
4.91% |
| 9 |
Fox Searchlight
|
10 |
$159,610,478 |
20,229,464 |
1.52% |
| 10 |
Overture Films
|
7 |
$81,612,865 |
10,343,837 |
.78% |
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Market Share for Each Genre in 2010
| Rank | Genre | Movies | 2010 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Adventure
|
30 |
$2,852,700,591 |
361,559,010 |
27.33% |
| 2 |
Comedy
|
89 |
$2,205,995,583 |
279,593,869 |
21.13% |
| 3 |
Drama
|
193 |
$1,692,007,087 |
214,449,564 |
16.21% |
| 4 |
Action
|
31 |
$1,539,903,798 |
195,171,585 |
14.75% |
| 5 |
Thriller/Suspense
|
49 |
$946,250,434 |
119,930,349 |
9.07% |
| 6 |
Romantic Comedy
|
30 |
$517,406,269 |
65,577,472 |
4.96% |
| 7 |
Horror
|
20 |
$489,836,658 |
62,083,230 |
4.69% |
| 8 |
Western
|
2 |
$92,239,683 |
11,690,707 |
.88% |
| 9 |
Documentary
|
104 |
$90,449,736 |
11,463,849 |
.87% |
| 10 |
Musical
|
6 |
$6,627,155 |
839,945 |
.06% |
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Market Share for Each MPAARating in 2010
| Rank | MPAARating | Movies | 2010 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
PG-13
|
115 |
$4,596,255,057 |
582,541,831 |
44.21% |
| 2 |
PG
|
67 |
$2,852,660,997 |
361,553,994 |
27.44% |
| 3 |
R
|
193 |
$2,434,719,793 |
308,582,996 |
23.42% |
| 4 |
G
|
9 |
$509,249,849 |
64,543,708 |
4.90% |
| 5 |
Not Rated
|
7 |
$3,238,204 |
410,419 |
.03% |
| 6 |
NC-17
|
1 |
$291,607 |
36,959 |
.00% |
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Market Share for Each Source in 2010
| Rank | Source | Movies | 2010 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Original Screenplay
|
225 |
$4,611,540,288 |
584,479,128 |
44.32% |
| 2 |
Based on Book/Short Story
|
69 |
$2,591,267,050 |
328,424,214 |
24.90% |
| 3 |
Remake
|
19 |
$708,944,376 |
89,853,535 |
6.81% |
| 4 |
Based on TV
|
8 |
$602,743,898 |
76,393,396 |
5.79% |
| 5 |
Based on Comic/Graphic Novel
|
10 |
$550,221,846 |
69,736,610 |
5.29% |
| 6 |
Based on Real Life Events
|
138 |
$433,527,221 |
54,946,419 |
4.17% |
| 7 |
Traditional/Legend/Fairytale
|
2 |
$273,309,134 |
34,639,941 |
2.63% |
| 8 |
Based on Magazine Article
|
9 |
$185,914,703 |
23,563,333 |
1.79% |
| 9 |
Based on Game
|
2 |
$143,943,016 |
18,243,729 |
1.38% |
| 10 |
Based on Play
|
6 |
$105,838,576 |
13,414,269 |
1.02% |
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Market Share for Each ProductionMethod in 2010
| Rank | ProductionMethod | Movies | 2010 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Live Action
|
474 |
$7,187,643,306 |
910,981,417 |
69.24% |
| 2 |
Animation/Live Action
|
15 |
$1,650,313,759 |
209,165,244 |
15.90% |
| 3 |
Digital Animation
|
15 |
$1,519,639,748 |
192,603,263 |
14.64% |
| 4 |
Hand Animation
|
5 |
$19,522,207 |
2,474,298 |
.19% |
| 5 |
Stop-Motion Animation
|
3 |
$2,028,241 |
257,065 |
.02% |
| 6 |
Multiple Production Methods
|
2 |
$1,033,820 |
131,030 |
.01% |
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Market Share for Each CreativeType in 2010
| Rank | CreativeType | Movies | 2010 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Contemporary Fiction
|
232 |
$3,922,145,549 |
497,103,370 |
37.74% |
| 2 |
Fantasy
|
35 |
$2,270,937,151 |
287,824,735 |
21.85% |
| 3 |
Kids Fiction
|
23 |
$1,623,728,747 |
205,795,787 |
15.62% |
| 4 |
Science Fiction
|
20 |
$1,151,289,328 |
145,917,533 |
11.08% |
| 5 |
Historical Fiction
|
39 |
$469,246,246 |
59,473,544 |
4.51% |
| 6 |
Dramatization
|
42 |
$432,994,492 |
54,878,894 |
4.17% |
| 7 |
Super Hero
|
3 |
$312,724,064 |
39,635,497 |
3.01% |
| 8 |
Factual
|
106 |
$209,734,190 |
26,582,284 |
2.02% |
| 9 |
Multiple Creative Types
|
1 |
$1,018,169 |
129,046 |
.01% |
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Monday, February 13, 2012
