Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2010
Rank Movie Genre MPAA 2010 Gross Tickets Sold Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1
Toy Story 3
Adventure
G
$415,004,880
52,598,844
$415,004,879
2
Alice in Wonderland
Adventure
PG
$334,191,110
42,356,288
$334,191,112
3
Iron Man 2
Adventure
PG-13
$312,433,331
39,598,648
$312,433,333
4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Adventure
PG-13
$283,533,215
35,935,769
$283,533,217
5
Shrek Forever After
Adventure
PG
$238,736,787
30,258,148
$238,736,788
6
The Karate Kid
Adventure
PG
$176,591,618
22,381,701
$176,591,621
7
Tangled
Adventure
PG
$167,821,986
21,270,214
$167,821,988
8
Megamind
Adventure
PG
$144,192,018
18,275,287
$144,192,014
9
The Last Airbender
Adventure
PG
$131,772,187
16,701,164
$131,772,184
10
Tron: Legacy
Adventure
PG
$131,304,844
16,641,932
$131,304,843
11
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Adventure
PG
$88,768,303
11,250,735
$88,768,299
12
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Adventure
PG
$86,926,397
11,017,287
$86,926,394
13
Sherlock Holmes
Adventure
PG-13
$70,313,242
8,911,691
$70,313,242
14
Yogi Bear 3D
Adventure
PG
$65,755,336
8,334,010
$65,755,339
15
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Adventure
PG
$63,150,991
8,003,928
$63,150,992
16
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 3D
Adventure
PG
$55,549,823
7,040,535
$55,549,821
17
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Adventure
PG
$29,197,642
3,700,588
$29,197,639
18
Alpha and Omega 3D
Adventure
PG
$25,107,267
3,182,163
$25,107,266
19
The Princess and the Frog
Adventure
G
$18,541,560
2,350,008
$18,541,563
20
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Adventure
PG-13
$6,659,786
844,079
$6,659,783
21
Planet 51
Adventure
PG
$2,623,491
332,508
$2,623,488
22
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Adventure
PG
$1,879,730
238,242
$1,879,729
23
The Secret of Kells
Adventure
$690,290
87,489
$690,288
24
The Polar Express
Adventure
G
$672,796
85,272
$672,796
25
Where the Wild Things Are
Adventure
PG
$666,976
84,534
$666,973
26
Arthur and the War of Two Worlds
Adventure
PG
$347,136
43,997
$347,136
27
L'illusionniste
Adventure
PG
$123,476
15,650
$123,479
28
Astro Boy
Adventure
PG
$98,708
12,511
$98,712
29
The Trouble with Terkel
Adventure
$30,042
3,808
$30,045
30
Sama Wozu
Adventure
PG-13
$15,623
1,980
$15,622
Total Gross of All Movies $2,852,700,591
Total Tickets Sold 361,559,010
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices $2,852,700,589
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.