Box Office Performance for Fantasy 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
How to Train Your Dragon
Comedy
PG
$217,581,231
27,576,835
$217,581,228
5
Clash of the Titans
Action
PG-13
$163,214,888
20,686,298
$163,214,891
6
The Last Airbender
Adventure
PG
$131,772,187
16,701,164
$131,772,184
7
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Action
PG-13
$90,759,676
11,503,128
$90,759,680
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
Paranormal Activity 2
Horror
R
$84,660,648
10,730,120
$84,660,647
11
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Adventure
PG
$63,150,991
8,003,928
$63,150,992
12
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Horror
R
$63,075,011
7,994,298
$63,075,011
13
The Wolf Man
Horror
R
$62,189,884
7,882,115
$62,189,887
14
The Tooth Fairy
Comedy
PG
$60,022,256
7,607,384
$60,022,260
15
Hot Tub Time Machine
Comedy
R
$50,269,859
6,371,338
$50,269,857
16
The Lovely Bones
Drama
PG-13
$43,731,131
5,542,602
$43,731,130
17
Legion
Thriller/Suspense
R
$40,168,080
5,091,011
$40,168,077
18
Devil
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$33,679,655
4,268,651
$33,679,656
19
Gulliver's Travels
Comedy
PG
$27,454,506
3,479,659
$27,454,510
20
Case 39
Horror
$13,261,851
1,680,843
$13,261,851
21
Let Me In
Thriller/Suspense
R
$12,134,935
1,538,015
$12,134,938
22
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Drama
PG-13
$8,668,979
1,098,730
$8,668,980
23
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Adventure
PG-13
$6,659,786
844,079
$6,659,783
24
The Twilight Saga: Twilight/New Moon Combo
$2,385,237
302,311
$2,385,234
25
Where the Wild Things Are
Adventure
PG
$666,976
84,534
$666,973
26
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Drama
PG
$411,946
52,211
$411,945
27
Arthur and the War of Two Worlds
Adventure
PG
$347,136
43,997
$347,136
28
Enter the Void
Drama
$337,997
42,839
$338,000
29
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Comedy
R
$215,430
27,304
$215,429
30
Rosencrantz and Guildenstein are Undead
Comedy
$70,563
8,943
$70,560
31
Paranormal Activity
Horror
R
$64,214
8,139
$64,217
32
Nine Nation Animation
Multiple Genres
$15,651
1,984
$15,654
33
The Box
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$6,301
799
$6,304
34
Midnight Reckoning
Thriller/Suspense
$5,673
719
$5,673
35
Heartless
Horror
$3,697
469
$3,700
Total Gross of All Movies $2,270,937,151
Total Tickets Sold 287,824,735
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices $2,270,937,159
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.