Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 2010

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2010 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Alice in Wonderland	Adventure	PG	$334,191,110	42,356,288	$334,191,112
2	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Drama	PG-13	$300,531,751	38,090,209	$300,531,749
3	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I	Adventure	PG-13	$283,533,215	35,935,769	$283,533,217
4	Shrek Forever After	Adventure	PG	$238,736,787	30,258,148	$238,736,788
5	How to Train Your Dragon	Comedy	PG	$217,581,231	27,576,835	$217,581,228
6	Shutter Island	Thriller/Suspense	R	$128,012,934	16,224,706	$128,012,930
7	The Town	Drama	R	$92,173,235	11,682,286	$92,173,237
8	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	Adventure	PG	$88,768,303	11,250,735	$88,768,299
9	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	Adventure	PG	$86,926,397	11,017,287	$86,926,394
10	True Grit	Western	PG-13	$86,670,382	10,984,839	$86,670,380
11	Dear John	Drama	PG-13	$80,014,842	10,141,298	$80,014,841
12	Sherlock Holmes	Adventure	PG-13	$70,313,242	8,911,691	$70,313,242
13	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	Comedy	PG	$65,003,625	8,238,736	$65,003,627
14	The Last Song	Drama	PG	$62,950,384	7,978,502	$62,950,381
15	Easy A	Comedy	PG-13	$58,401,464	7,401,960	$58,401,464
16	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 3D	Adventure	PG	$55,549,823	7,040,535	$55,549,821
17	The Lovely Bones	Drama	PG-13	$43,731,131	5,542,602	$43,731,130
18	Up in the Air	Drama	R	$39,448,116	4,999,761	$39,448,114
19	Charlie St. Cloud	Drama	PG-13	$31,206,263	3,955,166	$31,206,260
20	Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang	Adventure	PG	$29,197,642	3,700,588	$29,197,639
21	Gulliver's Travels	Comedy	PG	$27,454,506	3,479,659	$27,454,510
22	Ramona and Beezus	Comedy	G	$26,167,002	3,316,477	$26,167,004
23	The Princess and the Frog	Adventure	G	$18,541,560	2,350,008	$18,541,563
24	The Ghost Writer	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,541,549	1,969,778	$15,541,548
25	Youth in Revolt	Comedy	R	$15,285,588	1,937,337	$15,285,589
26	Repo Men	Action	R	$13,942,007	1,767,048	$13,942,009
27	M�n som hatar kvinnor	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,561,224	1,338,558	$10,561,223
28	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Drama	PG-13	$8,668,979	1,098,730	$8,668,980
29	Barney's Version	Drama	R	$7,502,560	950,895	$7,502,562
30	A Single Man	Drama	R	$7,444,351	943,517	$7,444,349
31	The Last Station	Drama	R	$6,617,867	838,766	$6,617,864
32	It's Kind of a Funny Story	Comedy	PG-13	$6,363,628	806,543	$6,363,624
33	Winter's Bone	Drama	R	$6,245,508	791,573	$6,245,511
34	Luftslottet som spr�ngdes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,273,085	668,325	$5,273,084
35	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Drama	R	$3,806,401	482,434	$3,806,404
36	Never Let Me Go	Drama	R	$2,434,652	308,574	$2,434,649
37	The Twilight Saga: Twilight/New Moon Combo			$2,385,237	302,311	$2,385,234
38	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	Adventure	PG	$1,879,730	238,242	$1,879,729
39	3 Idiots	Comedy	PG-13	$1,776,771	225,193	$1,776,773
40	Flipped	Romantic Comedy	PG	$1,755,212	222,460	$1,755,209
41	Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky	Drama	R	$1,725,982	218,756	$1,725,985
42	The Road	Drama	R	$1,255,957	159,183	$1,255,954
43	The Polar Express	Adventure	G	$672,796	85,272	$672,796
44	Where the Wild Things Are	Adventure	PG	$666,976	84,534	$666,973
45	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Comedy	PG	$605,368	76,726	$605,368
46	The City of Your Final Destination	Drama	PG-13	$493,296	62,522	$493,299
47	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Black Comedy	R	$409,764	51,935	$409,767
48	Les herbes folles	Thriller/Suspense	PG	$403,952	51,198	$403,952
49	Arthur and the War of Two Worlds	Adventure	PG	$347,136	43,997	$347,136
50	Enter the Void	Drama		$337,997	42,839	$338,000
51	Aisha	Romantic Comedy		$298,431	37,824	$298,431
52	The Little Traitor	Drama		$297,351	37,687	$297,350
53	Me and Orson Welles	Drama	PG-13	$247,727	31,398	$247,730
54	Twelve	Thriller/Suspense	R	$183,920	23,311	$183,924
55	The Red Riding Trilogy: 1983	Drama		$151,644	19,220	$151,646
56	My Dog Tulip	Drama		$151,258	19,171	$151,259
57	The Red Riding Trilogy	Drama		$148,826	18,863	$148,829
58	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Drama	R	$76,158	9,652	$76,154
59	Le h�risson	Drama		$73,133	9,269	$73,132
60	Amelia	Drama	PG	$55,434	7,026	$55,435
61	Hemingways Garden of Eden	Drama	R	$22,083	2,799	$22,084
62	The Trial	Drama	PG-13	$19,753	2,504	$19,757
63	Frankie and Alice	Drama	R	$10,671	1,352	$10,667
64	The Taqwacores	Drama		$9,347	1,185	$9,350
65	The Box	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$6,301	799	$6,304
66	Mutluluk	Drama		$2,856	362	$2,856
67	Boogie Woogie	Black Comedy	R	$2,618	332	$2,619
68	$9.99	Comedy	R	$544	69	$544
69	Breakfast with Scot	Drama	PG-13	$477	60	$473
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,591,267,050
Total Tickets Sold					328,424,214
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,591,267,048

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.