Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2010

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2010 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Shutter Island	Thriller/Suspense	R	$128,012,934	16,224,706	$128,012,930
2	Robin Hood	Action	PG-13	$105,487,148	13,369,727	$105,487,146
3	True Grit	Western	PG-13	$86,670,382	10,984,839	$86,670,380
4	Sherlock Holmes	Adventure	PG-13	$70,313,242	8,911,691	$70,313,242
5	Green Zone	Drama	R	$35,497,337	4,499,029	$35,497,339
6	Jonah Hex	Action	PG-13	$10,547,117	1,336,770	$10,547,115
7	A Single Man	Drama	R	$7,444,351	943,517	$7,444,349
8	The Warrior's Way	Western	R	$5,569,301	705,868	$5,569,299
9	I am Love	Drama		$5,005,465	634,406	$5,005,463
10	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Drama	R	$3,806,401	482,434	$3,806,404
11	Weisse Band: Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte, Das	Drama	R	$2,137,172	270,871	$2,137,172
12	Flipped	Romantic Comedy	PG	$1,755,212	222,460	$1,755,209
13	Brothers	Drama	R	$1,129,244	143,123	$1,129,240
14	Middle Men	Comedy	R	$754,301	95,602	$754,300
15	The Fourth Kind	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$753,690	95,525	$753,692
16	The Secret of Kells	Adventure		$690,290	87,489	$690,288
17	Agora	Drama	R	$619,423	78,507	$619,420
18	Grease	Musical	PG	$365,802	46,363	$365,804
19	Vision	Drama		$319,683	40,517	$319,679
20	The Little Traitor	Drama		$297,351	37,687	$297,350
21	Me and Orson Welles	Drama	PG-13	$247,727	31,398	$247,730
22	Casino Jack	Thriller/Suspense	R	$234,094	29,670	$234,096
23	The Tempest	Drama	PG-13	$231,633	29,358	$231,635
24	The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry	Drama	PG	$187,456	23,759	$187,459
25	The Red Riding Trilogy: 1983	Drama		$151,644	19,220	$151,646
26	The Red Riding Trilogy	Drama		$148,826	18,863	$148,829
27	Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom	Action	R	$128,486	16,285	$128,489
28	Centurion	Action	R	$123,570	15,662	$123,573
29	L'illusionniste	Adventure	PG	$123,476	15,650	$123,479
30	Valley of the Hearts Delight	Drama		$118,666	15,040	$118,666
31	Kings of the Evening	Drama	PG	$98,124	12,437	$98,128
32	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Drama		$90,040	11,412	$90,041
33	Night Catches Us	Drama	R	$54,914	6,960	$54,914
34	A Serious Man	Comedy	R	$38,263	4,850	$38,267
35	Valhalla Rising	Action		$30,638	3,883	$30,637
36	The Boat That Rocked	Comedy	R	$23,352	2,960	$23,354
37	Hemingways Garden of Eden	Drama	R	$22,083	2,799	$22,084
38	BoyBand	Comedy		$15,628	1,981	$15,630
39	Clear Blue Tuesday	Musical		$1,780	226	$1,783
Total Gross of All Movies				$469,246,246
Total Tickets Sold					59,473,544
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$469,246,262

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.