Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2010

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2010 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Paranormal Activity 2	Horror	R	$84,660,648	10,730,120	$84,660,647
2	A Nightmare on Elm Street	Horror	R	$63,075,011	7,994,298	$63,075,011
3	The Wolf Man	Horror	R	$62,189,884	7,882,115	$62,189,887
4	Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D	Horror	R	$53,183,340	6,740,601	$53,183,342
5	Saw 3D	Horror	R	$45,710,178	5,793,432	$45,710,178
6	The Last Exorcism	Horror	PG-13	$41,034,350	5,200,805	$41,034,351
7	The Crazies	Horror	R	$39,123,589	4,958,630	$39,123,591
8	Daybreakers	Horror	R	$30,101,577	3,815,156	$30,101,581
9	Piranha 3D	Horror	R	$25,003,155	3,168,968	$25,003,158
10	Splice	Horror	R	$17,010,170	2,155,915	$17,010,169
11	My Soul to Take	Horror	R	$14,744,435	1,868,750	$14,744,438
12	Case 39	Horror		$13,261,851	1,680,843	$13,261,851
13	Chain Letter	Horror	R	$205,842	26,089	$205,842
14	The Human Centipede	Horror	R	$181,467	23,000	$181,470
15	George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead	Horror	R	$101,740	12,895	$101,742
16	I Spit on Your Grave	Horror	R	$93,051	11,794	$93,055
17	Paranormal Activity	Horror	R	$64,214	8,139	$64,217
18	Hatchet II	Horror	R	$52,604	6,667	$52,603
19	Deadfall Trail	Horror		$35,855	4,544	$35,852
20	Heartless	Horror		$3,697	469	$3,700
Total Gross of All Movies				$489,836,658
Total Tickets Sold					62,083,230
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$489,836,685

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.