Box Office Performance for Action Movies in 2010
Rank Movie Genre MPAA 2010 Gross Tickets Sold Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1
Avatar
Action
PG-13
$408,392,727
51,760,802
$408,392,728
2
Clash of the Titans
Action
PG-13
$163,214,888
20,686,298
$163,214,891
3
Robin Hood
Action
PG-13
$105,487,148
13,369,727
$105,487,146
4
The Expendables
Action
R
$103,068,524
13,063,184
$103,068,522
5
The Book of Eli
Action
R
$94,835,059
12,019,653
$94,835,062
6
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Action
PG-13
$90,759,676
11,503,128
$90,759,680
7
Red
Action
PG-13
$89,505,187
11,344,130
$89,505,186
8
Unstoppable
Action
PG-13
$79,468,486
10,072,051
$79,468,482
9
The A-Team
Action
PG-13
$77,222,099
9,787,338
$77,222,097
10
Knight and Day
Action
PG-13
$76,423,035
9,686,063
$76,423,037
11
Predators
Action
R
$52,000,688
6,590,708
$52,000,686
12
Kick-Ass
Action
R
$48,071,303
6,092,687
$48,071,300
13
Killers
Action
PG-13
$47,059,963
5,964,507
$47,059,960
14
Machete
Action
R
$26,593,646
3,370,551
$26,593,647
15
The Losers
Action
PG-13
$23,591,432
2,990,042
$23,591,431
16
Faster (2009)
Action
R
$22,856,870
2,896,942
$22,856,872
17
Repo Men
Action
R
$13,942,007
1,767,048
$13,942,009
18
Jonah Hex
Action
PG-13
$10,547,117
1,336,770
$10,547,115
19
2012
Action
PG-13
$2,670,038
338,408
$2,670,039
20
Robot
Action
$2,276,427
288,521
$2,276,431
21
Ninja Assassin
Action
R
$630,109
79,862
$630,111
22
The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day
Action
R
$315,233
39,953
$315,229
23
Once Upon a Time in Mumbai
Action
$302,862
38,386
$302,866
24
Iron Man
Action
PG-13
$192,025
24,338
$192,027
25
Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom
Action
R
$128,486
16,285
$128,489
26
Centurion
Action
R
$123,570
15,662
$123,573
27
Red Cliff
Action
R
$100,206
12,700
$100,203
28
God of Vampires
Action
$56,705
7,187
$56,705
29
Valhalla Rising
Action
$30,638
3,883
$30,637
30
The Korean
Action
$20,279
2,570
$20,277
31
Bitch Slap
Action
R
$17,365
2,201
$17,366
Total Gross of All Movies $1,539,903,798
Total Tickets Sold 195,171,585
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices $1,539,903,806
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2010.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2010.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2009 will most likely earn money in 2009 and 2010.
Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.
Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year.
The next year starts the following day (Monday).
For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to
rounding errors.