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Box Office History for Drama

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Genre Summary for 2010

Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2010

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2010 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Drama	PG-13	$300,531,751	38,090,209	$300,531,749
2	The Social Network	Drama	PG-13	$93,222,026	11,815,212	$93,222,023
3	The Town	Drama	R	$92,173,235	11,682,286	$92,173,237
4	Eat Pray Love	Drama	R	$80,574,010	10,212,169	$80,574,013
5	Dear John	Drama	PG-13	$80,014,842	10,141,298	$80,014,841
6	The Last Song	Drama	PG	$62,950,384	7,978,502	$62,950,381
7	Why Did I Get Married Too?	Drama	PG-13	$60,095,852	7,616,711	$60,095,850
8	Secretariat	Drama	PG	$59,053,682	7,484,624	$59,053,683
9	Takers	Drama	PG-13	$57,744,720	7,318,722	$57,744,717
10	Letters to Juliet	Drama	PG	$53,032,453	6,721,477	$53,032,454
11	Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps	Drama	PG-13	$52,474,616	6,650,775	$52,474,615
12	The Blind Side	Drama	PG-13	$47,483,408	6,018,176	$47,483,409
13	The Fighter	Drama	R	$46,388,853	5,879,449	$46,388,853
14	The Lovely Bones	Drama	PG-13	$43,731,131	5,542,602	$43,731,130
15	Edge of Darkness	Drama	R	$43,313,890	5,489,720	$43,313,891
16	Step Up 3D	Drama	PG-13	$42,400,223	5,373,919	$42,400,221
17	Up in the Air	Drama	R	$39,448,116	4,999,761	$39,448,114
18	Crazy Heart	Drama	R	$38,769,554	4,913,758	$38,769,551
19	Burlesque	Drama	PG-13	$37,733,561	4,782,454	$37,733,562
20	For Colored Girls	Drama	R	$37,676,774	4,775,257	$37,676,778
21	Green Zone	Drama	R	$35,497,337	4,499,029	$35,497,339
22	Love and Other Drugs	Drama	R	$31,267,088	3,962,876	$31,267,092
23	Charlie St. Cloud	Drama	PG-13	$31,206,263	3,955,166	$31,206,260
24	The King's Speech	Drama	R	$22,932,401	2,906,515	$22,932,403
25	Remember Me	Drama	PG-13	$19,068,240	2,416,760	$19,068,236
26	Extraordinary Measures	Drama	PG	$12,482,741	1,582,096	$12,482,737
27	127 Hours	Drama	R	$10,434,435	1,322,489	$10,434,438
28	Fair*Game	Drama	PG-13	$9,118,756	1,155,736	$9,118,757
29	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Drama	PG-13	$8,668,979	1,098,730	$8,668,980
30	The Young Victoria	Drama	PG	$8,544,935	1,083,008	$8,544,933
31	Barney's Version	Drama	R	$7,502,560	950,895	$7,502,562
32	A Single Man	Drama	R	$7,444,351	943,517	$7,444,349
33	Incendies	Drama	R	$6,857,096	869,087	$6,857,096
34	Conviction	Drama		$6,797,696	861,558	$6,797,693
35	The Last Station	Drama	R	$6,617,867	838,766	$6,617,864
36	The Secret in Their Eyes	Drama	R	$6,391,436	810,068	$6,391,437
37	Winter's Bone	Drama	R	$6,245,508	791,573	$6,245,511
38	I am Love	Drama		$5,005,465	634,406	$5,005,463
39	Mao's Last Dancer	Drama	PG	$4,806,750	609,221	$4,806,754
40	An Education	Drama	PG-13	$4,691,390	594,599	$4,691,386
41	Solitary Man	Drama	R	$4,360,548	552,668	$4,360,551
42	The Hurt Locker	Drama	R	$4,346,706	550,913	$4,346,704
43	My Name is Khan	Drama	PG-13	$4,046,336	512,844	$4,046,339
44	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Drama	R	$3,806,401	482,434	$3,806,404
45	To Save a Life	Drama	PG-13	$3,777,210	478,734	$3,777,211
46	The Runaways	Drama	R	$3,573,673	452,937	$3,573,673
47	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger	Drama	R	$3,229,586	409,326	$3,229,582
48	Letters to God	Drama	PG	$2,848,587	361,038	$2,848,590
49	Never Let Me Go	Drama	R	$2,434,652	308,574	$2,434,649
50	Weisse Band: Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte, Das	Drama	R	$2,137,172	270,871	$2,137,172
51	Un Prophète	Drama	R	$2,087,720	264,603	$2,087,718
52	Stone	Drama	R	$1,810,078	229,414	$1,810,076
53	Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky	Drama	R	$1,725,982	218,756	$1,725,985
54	Cairo Time	Drama	PG	$1,603,616	203,247	$1,603,619
55	Nowhere Boy	Drama	R	$1,445,366	183,190	$1,445,369
56	Dabangg	Drama		$1,288,549	163,314	$1,288,547
57	The Road	Drama	R	$1,255,957	159,183	$1,255,954
58	Brothers	Drama	R	$1,129,244	143,123	$1,129,240
59	The Perfect Game	Drama	PG	$1,089,445	138,079	$1,089,443
60	Guzaarish	Drama		$1,026,589	130,113	$1,026,592
61	Animal Kingdom	Drama	R	$1,016,417	128,823	$1,016,413
62	Princess Kaiulani	Drama	PG	$883,887	112,026	$883,885
63	L'enfant prodige	Drama		$773,615	98,050	$773,615
64	Peepli Live	Drama		$754,836	95,670	$754,836
65	The Concert	Drama	PG-13	$657,986	83,395	$657,987
66	We Are Family	Drama		$638,144	80,880	$638,143
67	Ajami	Drama		$621,859	78,816	$621,858
68	Agora	Drama	R	$619,423	78,507	$619,420
69	Vincere	Drama		$619,162	78,474	$619,160
70	Howl	Drama	R	$591,812	75,008	$591,813
71	Mother	Drama	R	$551,509	69,900	$551,511
72	L'instinct de mort	Drama	R	$533,479	67,615	$533,482
73	Preacher's Kid	Drama	PG-13	$514,522	65,212	$514,523
74	The City of Your Final Destination	Drama	PG-13	$493,296	62,522	$493,299
75	Made in Dagenham	Drama	R	$492,379	62,405	$492,375
76	The Messenger	Drama	R	$455,286	57,704	$455,285
77	Rabbit Hole	Drama	PG-13	$435,229	55,162	$435,228
78	Somewhere	Drama	R	$432,836	54,859	$432,838
79	Break Ke Baad	Drama		$427,628	54,199	$427,630
80	Les amours imaginaires	Drama		$413,432	52,399	$413,428
81	Disney's A Christmas Carol	Drama	PG	$411,946	52,211	$411,945
82	Action Replayy	Drama		$410,262	51,998	$410,264
83	Lebanon	Drama	R	$368,088	46,652	$368,084
84	Creation	Drama	PG-13	$341,323	43,260	$341,321
85	Enter the Void	Drama		$337,997	42,839	$338,000
86	All Good Things	Drama	R	$323,651	41,020	$323,648
87	Vision	Drama		$319,683	40,517	$319,679
88	The Yellow Handkerchief	Drama	PG-13	$318,623	40,383	$318,622
89	Holy Rollers	Drama	R	$303,064	38,411	$303,063
90	The Little Traitor	Drama		$297,351	37,687	$297,350
91	Blue Valentine	Drama	NC-17	$291,607	36,959	$291,607
92	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	Drama	R	$269,021	34,096	$269,017
93	L'ennemi public n°1	Drama	R	$262,253	33,239	$262,256
94	Me and Orson Welles	Drama	PG-13	$247,727	31,398	$247,730
95	White Material	Drama		$246,328	31,220	$246,326
96	Monsters	Drama	R	$237,301	30,076	$237,300
97	The Tempest	Drama	PG-13	$231,633	29,358	$231,635
98	The Killer Inside Me	Drama	R	$217,277	27,538	$217,275
99	Legendary	Drama	PG-13	$200,393	25,398	$200,390
100	San qiang pai an jing qi	Drama	R	$190,946	24,201	$190,946
101	The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry	Drama	PG	$187,456	23,759	$187,459
102	Partir	Drama		$176,113	22,321	$176,113
103	Rann	Drama		$165,873	21,023	$165,871
104	Another Year	Drama	PG-13	$164,654	20,869	$164,656
105	71: Into the Fire	Drama		$159,335	20,195	$159,339
106	Welcome to the Rileys	Drama	R	$152,857	19,374	$152,861
107	The Red Riding Trilogy: 1983	Drama		$151,644	19,220	$151,646
108	My Dog Tulip	Drama		$151,258	19,171	$151,259
109	The Red Riding Trilogy	Drama		$148,826	18,863	$148,829
110	Le père de mes enfants	Drama		$144,022	18,254	$144,024
111	The Cremaster Cycle	Drama		$140,666	17,828	$140,663
112	Love Ranch	Drama	R	$137,885	17,476	$137,886
113	Carlos	Drama		$135,526	17,177	$135,527
114	Pure Country 2: The Gift	Drama	PG	$133,771	16,954	$133,767
115	Lovely, Still	Drama	PG	$127,564	16,168	$127,566
116	Country Strong	Drama	PG-13	$119,742	15,176	$119,739
117	Valley of the Hearts Delight	Drama		$118,666	15,040	$118,666
118	Queen of the Lot	Drama	R	$116,400	14,753	$116,401
119	Coco avant Chanel	Drama	PG-13	$116,152	14,721	$116,149
120	The Greatest	Drama	R	$115,862	14,685	$115,865
121	Touching Home	Drama		$110,594	14,017	$110,594
122	Blood Done Sign My Name	Drama	PG-13	$109,383	13,863	$109,379
123	Alle Anderen	Drama		$102,042	12,933	$102,041
124	Kings of the Evening	Drama	PG	$98,124	12,437	$98,128
125	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Drama		$90,040	11,412	$90,041
126	The Maid	Drama		$83,834	10,625	$83,831
127	Kasi az Gorbehaye Irani Khabar Nadareh	Drama		$81,768	10,363	$81,764
128	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Drama	R	$76,158	9,652	$76,154
129	Dogtooth	Drama		$73,849	9,360	$73,850
130	Le hérisson	Drama		$73,133	9,269	$73,132
131	La siciliana ribelle	Drama		$71,239	9,029	$71,239
132	2012: Time for Change	Drama		$68,339	8,661	$68,335
133	Biutiful	Drama	R	$64,672	8,197	$64,674
134	Contracorriente	Drama		$64,159	8,132	$64,161
135	Alamar	Drama		$55,709	7,061	$55,711
136	Amelia	Drama	PG	$55,434	7,026	$55,435
137	Night Catches Us	Drama	R	$54,914	6,960	$54,914
138	35 Rhums	Drama		$44,756	5,672	$44,752
139	Defendor	Drama	R	$44,462	5,635	$44,460
140	The Red Baron	Drama	PG-13	$40,789	5,170	$40,791
141	Le Refuge	Drama		$34,525	4,376	$34,527
142	Spoken Word	Drama		$32,961	4,178	$32,964
143	Solnstse	Drama		$31,738	4,023	$31,741
144	The Exploding Girl	Drama		$25,572	3,241	$25,571
145	Handsome Harry	Drama	R	$22,878	2,900	$22,881
146	Happy Tears	Drama	R	$22,464	2,847	$22,463
147	Hemingways Garden of Eden	Drama	R	$22,083	2,799	$22,084
148	The Good Heart	Drama		$20,930	2,653	$20,932
149	Prince of Broadway	Drama		$20,450	2,592	$20,451
150	The Trial	Drama	PG-13	$19,753	2,504	$19,757
151	Revanche	Drama		$13,918	1,764	$13,918
152	Jim	Drama		$13,015	1,650	$13,019
153	The Dry Land	Drama	R	$11,777	1,493	$11,780
154	Milh Hadha al-Bahr	Drama		$11,662	1,478	$11,661
155	Cherry	Drama	R	$11,362	1,440	$11,362
156	The Damned United	Drama	R	$11,029	1,398	$11,030
157	Frankie and Alice	Drama	R	$10,671	1,352	$10,667
158	Chun Feng Chen Zui De Ye Wan	Drama		$10,478	1,328	$10,478
159	La Teta Asustada	Drama		$10,462	1,326	$10,462
160	O Estranho Caso de Angélica	Drama		$10,433	1,322	$10,431
161	Lourdes	Drama		$9,408	1,192	$9,405
162	The Taqwacores	Drama		$9,347	1,185	$9,350
163	Wonderful World	Drama	R	$9,309	1,180	$9,310
164	Broderskab	Drama		$8,979	1,138	$8,979
165	Happiness Runs	Drama		$7,199	912	$7,196
166	Logan	Drama		$7,137	905	$7,140
167	Mercy	Drama	R	$6,780	859	$6,778
168	The Last New Yorker	Drama		$6,607	837	$6,604
169	Watercolors	Drama		$6,305	799	$6,304
170	Storm	Drama		$6,152	780	$6,154
171	Okuribito	Drama	PG-13	$5,800	735	$5,799
172	Sof Shavua B'Tel Aviv	Drama		$5,729	726	$5,728
173	Home	Drama		$5,517	699	$5,515
174	Cosa Voglio Di Piu	Drama		$4,998	633	$4,994
175	Hadewijch	Drama		$4,603	583	$4,600
176	La mujer sin cabeza	Drama		$4,502	571	$4,505
177	Murder in Fashion	Drama		$3,346	424	$3,345
178	Altiplano	Drama		$3,063	388	$3,061
179	Mutluluk	Drama		$2,856	362	$2,856
180	Eichmann	Drama		$2,706	343	$2,706
181	Helena From the Wedding	Drama		$2,692	341	$2,690
182	Daniel y Ana	Drama		$2,372	301	$2,375
183	You Won't Miss Me	Drama		$2,240	284	$2,241
184	Flickan	Drama		$2,201	279	$2,201
185	Falling Awake	Drama	R	$1,978	251	$1,980
186	The Temptation of St. Tony	Drama		$1,963	249	$1,965
187	Carmo	Drama		$1,512	192	$1,515
188	Endgame	Drama	PG-13	$1,407	178	$1,404
189	Trucker	Drama	R	$1,237	157	$1,239
190	Harimaya Bridge, The	Drama		$1,226	155	$1,223
191	Shake Hands with the Devil	Drama		$594	75	$592
192	Breakfast with Scot	Drama	PG-13	$477	60	$473
193	From Mexico with Love	Drama	PG-13	$12	2	$16
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,692,007,088
Total Tickets Sold					214,449,564
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,692,007,060

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.

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