Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2010

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2010 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Karate Kid	Adventure	PG	$176,591,618	22,381,701	$176,591,621
2	Grown Ups	Comedy	PG-13	$162,001,186	20,532,470	$162,001,188
3	The Other Guys	Comedy	PG-13	$119,219,978	15,110,263	$119,219,975
4	Salt	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$118,311,368	14,995,104	$118,311,371
5	Valentine's Day	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$110,485,654	14,003,251	$110,485,650
6	The Expendables	Action	R	$103,068,524	13,063,184	$103,068,522
7	Little Fockers	Comedy	PG-13	$102,576,190	13,000,785	$102,576,194
8	Due Date	Comedy	R	$99,231,922	12,576,923	$99,231,922
9	Date Night	Comedy	PG-13	$98,711,404	12,510,951	$98,711,403
10	Sex and the City 2	Comedy	R	$95,347,692	12,084,625	$95,347,691
11	The Town	Drama	R	$92,173,235	11,682,286	$92,173,237
12	Red	Action	PG-13	$89,505,187	11,344,130	$89,505,186
13	Eat Pray Love	Drama	R	$80,574,010	10,212,169	$80,574,013
14	Dear John	Drama	PG-13	$80,014,842	10,141,298	$80,014,841
15	The A-Team	Action	PG-13	$77,222,099	9,787,338	$77,222,097
16	Knight and Day	Action	PG-13	$76,423,035	9,686,063	$76,423,037
17	Dinner for Schmucks	Comedy	PG-13	$73,026,337	9,255,556	$73,026,337
18	The Bounty Hunter	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$67,061,228	8,499,522	$67,061,229
19	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	Comedy	PG	$65,003,625	8,238,736	$65,003,627
20	The Last Song	Drama	PG	$62,950,384	7,978,502	$62,950,381
21	Get Him to the Greek	Comedy	R	$61,153,526	7,750,764	$61,153,528
22	Why Did I Get Married Too?	Drama	PG-13	$60,095,852	7,616,711	$60,095,850
23	Easy A	Comedy	PG-13	$58,401,464	7,401,960	$58,401,464
24	Takers	Drama	PG-13	$57,744,720	7,318,722	$57,744,717
25	The Tourist	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$54,633,191	6,924,359	$54,633,193
26	It's Complicated	Romantic Comedy	R	$53,556,535	6,787,901	$53,556,539
27	Letters to Juliet	Drama	PG	$53,032,453	6,721,477	$53,032,454
28	Life as We Know It	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$52,886,508	6,702,979	$52,886,504
29	Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps	Drama	PG-13	$52,474,616	6,650,775	$52,474,615
30	Kick-Ass	Action	R	$48,071,303	6,092,687	$48,071,300
31	Black Swan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$47,807,791	6,059,289	$47,807,790
32	Killers	Action	PG-13	$47,059,963	5,964,507	$47,059,960
33	Saw 3D	Horror	R	$45,710,178	5,793,432	$45,710,178
34	Cop Out	Comedy	R	$44,875,481	5,687,640	$44,875,480
35	Edge of Darkness	Drama	R	$43,313,890	5,489,720	$43,313,891
36	Death at a Funeral	Comedy	R	$42,739,347	5,416,901	$42,739,349
37	Step Up 3D	Drama	PG-13	$42,400,223	5,373,919	$42,400,221
38	The Last Exorcism	Horror	PG-13	$41,034,350	5,200,805	$41,034,351
39	Up in the Air	Drama	R	$39,448,116	4,999,761	$39,448,114
40	The Crazies	Horror	R	$39,123,589	4,958,630	$39,123,591
41	Crazy Heart	Drama	R	$38,769,554	4,913,758	$38,769,551
42	Burlesque	Drama	PG-13	$37,733,561	4,782,454	$37,733,562
43	For Colored Girls	Drama	R	$37,676,774	4,775,257	$37,676,778
44	The Back-up Plan	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$37,490,007	4,751,585	$37,490,006
45	Vampires Suck	Comedy	PG-13	$36,661,504	4,646,578	$36,661,500
46	The American	Thriller/Suspense	R	$35,606,376	4,512,849	$35,606,379
47	Hereafter	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$32,712,586	4,146,082	$32,712,587
48	When in Rome	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$32,680,633	4,142,032	$32,680,632
49	She's Out of My League	Romantic Comedy	R	$32,010,860	4,057,143	$32,010,858
50	Scott Pilgrim vs. The World	Comedy	PG-13	$31,611,316	4,006,504	$31,611,317
51	Love and Other Drugs	Drama	R	$31,267,088	3,962,876	$31,267,092
52	Charlie St. Cloud	Drama	PG-13	$31,206,263	3,955,166	$31,206,260
53	Morning Glory	Comedy	PG-13	$30,759,976	3,898,603	$30,759,978
54	The Switch	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,758,465	3,518,183	$27,758,464
55	Brooklyn's Finest	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,163,593	3,442,787	$27,163,589
56	Machete	Action	R	$26,593,646	3,370,551	$26,593,647
57	Leap Year	Romantic Comedy	PG	$25,918,920	3,285,034	$25,918,918
58	You Again	Comedy	PG	$25,702,053	3,257,548	$25,702,054
59	How Do You Know?	Romantic Comedy	R	$25,040,894	3,173,751	$25,040,895
60	Lottery Ticket	Comedy	PG-13	$24,719,879	3,133,065	$24,719,883
61	From Paris With Love	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,077,427	3,051,638	$24,077,424
62	The Losers	Action	PG-13	$23,591,432	2,990,042	$23,591,431
63	Faster (2009)	Action	R	$22,856,870	2,896,942	$22,856,872
64	Just Wright	Romantic Comedy	PG	$21,540,363	2,730,084	$21,540,363
65	The Next Three Days	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$21,129,348	2,677,991	$21,129,349
66	The Kids Are All Right	Comedy	R	$20,811,365	2,637,689	$20,811,366
67	Our Family Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$20,255,281	2,567,209	$20,255,279
68	Remember Me	Drama	PG-13	$19,068,240	2,416,760	$19,068,236
69	Going the Distance	Romantic Comedy	R	$17,804,299	2,256,565	$17,804,298
70	The Ghost Writer	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$15,541,549	1,969,778	$15,541,548
71	Youth in Revolt	Comedy	R	$15,285,588	1,937,337	$15,285,589
72	My Soul to Take	Horror	R	$14,744,435	1,868,750	$14,744,438
73	M�n som hatar kvinnor	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,561,224	1,338,558	$10,561,223
74	Incendies	Drama	R	$6,857,096	869,087	$6,857,096
75	It's Kind of a Funny Story	Comedy	PG-13	$6,363,628	806,543	$6,363,624
76	Winter's Bone	Drama	R	$6,245,508	791,573	$6,245,511
77	Nine	Musical	PG-13	$5,930,989	751,710	$5,930,992
78	Luftslottet som spr�ngdes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,273,085	668,325	$5,273,084
79	Solitary Man	Drama	R	$4,360,548	552,668	$4,360,551
80	The Hurt Locker	Drama	R	$4,346,706	550,913	$4,346,704
81	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$4,267,703	540,900	$4,267,701
82	Greenberg	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,234,170	536,650	$4,234,169
83	My Name is Khan	Drama	PG-13	$4,046,336	512,844	$4,046,339
84	To Save a Life	Drama	PG-13	$3,777,210	478,734	$3,777,211
85	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger	Drama	R	$3,229,586	409,326	$3,229,582
86	Chloe	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,075,255	389,766	$3,075,254
87	Los abrazos rotos	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,991,650	379,170	$2,991,651
88	Letters to God	Drama	PG	$2,848,587	361,038	$2,848,590
89	N-Secure	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,595,644	328,979	$2,595,644
90	Old Dogs	Comedy	PG	$2,252,485	285,486	$2,252,485
91	Un Proph�te	Drama	R	$2,087,720	264,603	$2,087,718
92	Stone	Drama	R	$1,810,078	229,414	$1,810,076
93	3 Idiots	Comedy	PG-13	$1,776,771	225,193	$1,776,773
94	Kites	Thriller/Suspense		$1,685,269	213,596	$1,685,272
95	Cairo Time	Drama	PG	$1,603,616	203,247	$1,603,619
96	Dabangg	Drama		$1,288,549	163,314	$1,288,547
97	Micmacs	Comedy	R	$1,259,693	159,657	$1,259,694
98	Housefull	Romantic Comedy		$1,183,658	150,020	$1,183,658
99	Golmaal 3	Comedy		$1,132,192	143,497	$1,132,191
100	I Love You, Phillip Morris	Comedy	R	$1,126,302	142,751	$1,126,305
101	Buried	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,044,143	132,338	$1,044,147
102	Tees Maar Khan	Comedy		$1,030,502	130,609	$1,030,505
103	Guzaarish	Drama		$1,026,589	130,113	$1,026,592
104	Animal Kingdom	Drama	R	$1,016,417	128,823	$1,016,413
105	I Hate Luv Storys	Romantic Comedy		$847,993	107,477	$847,994
106	Peepli Live	Drama		$754,836	95,670	$754,836
107	Couples Retreat	Comedy	PG-13	$693,900	87,947	$693,902
108	We Are Family	Drama		$638,144	80,880	$638,143
109	The Virginity Hit	Comedy	R	$636,706	80,698	$636,707
110	Ninja Assassin	Action	R	$630,109	79,862	$630,111
111	Jack Goes Boating	Comedy	R	$541,992	68,694	$541,996
112	Tamara Drewe	Comedy	R	$526,639	66,748	$526,642
113	L'arnacouer	Comedy		$504,030	63,882	$504,029
114	The City of Your Final Destination	Drama	PG-13	$493,296	62,522	$493,299
115	The Messenger	Drama	R	$455,286	57,704	$455,285
116	Rabbit Hole	Drama	PG-13	$435,229	55,162	$435,228
117	Somewhere	Drama	R	$432,836	54,859	$432,838
118	Law Abiding Citizen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$428,914	54,362	$428,916
119	Break Ke Baad	Drama		$427,628	54,199	$427,630
120	Les amours imaginaires	Drama		$413,432	52,399	$413,428
121	Action Replayy	Drama		$410,262	51,998	$410,264
122	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Black Comedy	R	$409,764	51,935	$409,767
123	The Square	Thriller/Suspense	R	$406,216	51,485	$406,217
124	Les herbes folles	Thriller/Suspense	PG	$403,952	51,198	$403,952
125	All Good Things	Drama	R	$323,651	41,020	$323,648
126	Today's Special	Comedy	R	$317,831	40,283	$317,833
127	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Action	R	$315,233	39,953	$315,229
128	Aisha	Romantic Comedy		$298,431	37,824	$298,431
129	Blue Valentine	Drama	NC-17	$291,607	36,959	$291,607
130	Tiny Furniture	Comedy		$286,707	36,338	$286,707
131	No Problem	Comedy		$285,468	36,181	$285,468
132	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	Drama	R	$269,021	34,096	$269,017
133	Le baiser du barbu	Comedy		$249,519	31,625	$249,521
134	White Material	Drama		$246,328	31,220	$246,326
135	Four Lions	Black Comedy	R	$242,136	30,689	$242,136
136	La Soga	Thriller/Suspense	R	$210,625	26,695	$210,624
137	Chain Letter	Horror	R	$205,842	26,089	$205,842
138	Legendary	Drama	PG-13	$200,393	25,398	$200,390
139	San qiang pai an jing qi	Drama	R	$190,946	24,201	$190,946
140	Twelve	Thriller/Suspense	R	$183,920	23,311	$183,924
141	Fei Cheng Wu Rao 2	Romantic Comedy		$182,517	23,133	$182,519
142	The Human Centipede	Horror	R	$181,467	23,000	$181,470
143	Partir	Drama		$176,113	22,321	$176,113
144	Armored	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$173,574	21,999	$173,572
145	The Disappearance of Alice Creed	Thriller/Suspense	R	$166,980	21,163	$166,976
146	De Mai Tinh	Romantic Comedy		$165,987	21,038	$165,990
147	Another Year	Drama	PG-13	$164,654	20,869	$164,656
148	Welcome to the Rileys	Drama	R	$152,857	19,374	$152,861
149	My Dog Tulip	Drama		$151,258	19,171	$151,259
150	Le p�re de mes enfants	Drama		$144,022	18,254	$144,024
151	The Weathered Underground	Multiple Genres		$140,091	17,756	$140,095
152	Pure Country 2: The Gift	Drama	PG	$133,771	16,954	$133,767
153	Lovely, Still	Drama	PG	$127,564	16,168	$127,566
154	Country Strong	Drama	PG-13	$119,742	15,176	$119,739
155	Queen of the Lot	Drama	R	$116,400	14,753	$116,401
156	Bran Nue Dae	Musical	PG-13	$113,568	14,394	$113,569
157	Wild Target	Comedy	PG-13	$109,338	13,858	$109,340
158	Bellamy	Thriller/Suspense		$107,612	13,639	$107,612
159	The Romantics	Comedy	PG-13	$106,524	13,501	$106,523
160	The Good Guy	Romantic Comedy	R	$100,688	12,761	$100,684
161	I Spit on Your Grave	Horror	R	$93,051	11,794	$93,055
162	Crazy on the Outside	Comedy	PG-13	$88,335	11,196	$88,336
163	Feed the Fish	Romantic Comedy		$84,085	10,657	$84,084
164	Kasi az Gorbehaye Irani Khabar Nadareh	Drama		$81,768	10,363	$81,764
165	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Drama	R	$76,158	9,652	$76,154
166	Dogtooth	Drama		$73,849	9,360	$73,850
167	Le h�risson	Drama		$73,133	9,269	$73,132
168	Leaves of Grass	Black Comedy	R	$70,066	8,880	$70,063
169	Biutiful	Drama	R	$64,672	8,197	$64,674
170	Contracorriente	Drama		$64,159	8,132	$64,161
171	Patrik, Age 1.5	Comedy	Not Rated	$57,060	7,232	$57,060
172	Hatchet II	Horror	R	$52,604	6,667	$52,603
173	Ca$h	Thriller/Suspense		$46,488	5,892	$46,488
174	Le Refuge	Drama		$34,525	4,376	$34,527
175	Spoken Word	Drama		$32,961	4,178	$32,964
176	Dead Awake	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,600	3,878	$30,597
177	Expecting Mary	Comedy	PG	$28,700	3,638	$28,704
178	The Exploding Girl	Drama		$25,572	3,241	$25,571
179	Handsome Harry	Drama	R	$22,878	2,900	$22,881
180	The Good Heart	Drama		$20,930	2,653	$20,932
181	Douchebag	Comedy		$20,615	2,613	$20,617
182	Prince of Broadway	Drama		$20,450	2,592	$20,451
183	The Korean	Action		$20,279	2,570	$20,277
184	The Trial	Drama	PG-13	$19,753	2,504	$19,757
185	Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench	Musical		$19,557	2,479	$19,559
186	The People I've Slept With	Romantic Comedy		$19,137	2,425	$19,133
187	Red Hill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,224	2,310	$18,226
188	Bitch Slap	Action	R	$17,365	2,201	$17,366
189	Paper Man	Comedy	R	$15,389	1,950	$15,386
190	Le combat dans l'�le	Thriller/Suspense		$13,632	1,728	$13,634
191	Violet Tendencies	Comedy		$11,863	1,503	$11,859
192	White Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$11,711	1,484	$11,709
193	Milh Hadha al-Bahr	Drama		$11,662	1,478	$11,661
194	16 to Life	Romantic Comedy		$11,574	1,467	$11,575
195	Cherry	Drama	R	$11,362	1,440	$11,362
196	Frankie and Alice	Drama	R	$10,671	1,352	$10,667
197	Down Terrace	Black Comedy	R	$9,812	1,244	$9,815
198	The Taqwacores	Drama		$9,347	1,185	$9,350
199	Wonderful World	Drama	R	$9,309	1,180	$9,310
200	Broderskab	Drama		$8,979	1,138	$8,979
201	Shanghai Red	Thriller/Suspense		$8,734	1,107	$8,734
202	The Freebie	Romantic Comedy	R	$8,300	1,052	$8,300
203	Logan	Drama		$7,137	905	$7,140
204	Misconceptions	Comedy		$6,892	874	$6,896
205	Watercolors	Drama		$6,305	799	$6,304
206	BearCity	Romantic Comedy		$5,980	758	$5,981
207	Okuribito	Drama	PG-13	$5,800	735	$5,799
208	The Winning Season	Comedy	PG-13	$5,000	634	$5,002
209	Cosa Voglio Di Piu	Drama		$4,998	633	$4,994
210	Hadewijch	Drama		$4,603	583	$4,600
211	Inhale	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,115	522	$4,119
212	Big Fan	Comedy	R	$3,666	465	$3,669
213	Speed-Dating	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,394	430	$3,393
214	My Year Without Sex	Comedy		$3,119	395	$3,117
215	Altiplano	Drama		$3,063	388	$3,061
216	Mutluluk	Drama		$2,856	362	$2,856
217	Helena From the Wedding	Drama		$2,692	341	$2,690
218	Boogie Woogie	Black Comedy	R	$2,618	332	$2,619
219	The Slammin' Salmon	Comedy	R	$2,510	318	$2,509
220	Daniel y Ana	Drama		$2,372	301	$2,375
221	El S�perstar: The Unlikely Rise of Juan Franc�s	Comedy		$2,330	295	$2,328
222	You Won't Miss Me	Drama		$2,240	284	$2,241
223	White On Rice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,985	252	$1,988
224	As Good as Dead	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,981	251	$1,980
225	Carmo	Drama		$1,512	192	$1,515
226	Trucker	Drama	R	$1,237	157	$1,239
227	Daddy's Home	Thriller/Suspense		$796	101	$797
228	$9.99	Comedy	R	$544	69	$544
229	Breakfast with Scot	Drama	PG-13	$477	60	$473
230	The Magician	Black Comedy		$406	51	$402
231	Tru Loved	Romantic Comedy	R	$275	35	$276
232	To Die is Hard	Comedy		$112	14	$110
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,922,145,550
Total Tickets Sold					497,103,370
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,922,145,589

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.