Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 2010

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2010 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Toy Story 3	Adventure	G	$415,004,880	52,598,844	$415,004,879
2	Avatar	Action	PG-13	$408,392,727	51,760,802	$408,392,728
3	Inception	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$292,568,851	37,080,970	$292,568,853
4	Despicable Me	Comedy	PG	$251,203,225	31,838,178	$251,203,224
5	Grown Ups	Comedy	PG-13	$162,001,186	20,532,470	$162,001,188
6	Megamind	Adventure	PG	$144,192,018	18,275,287	$144,192,014
7	Tron: Legacy	Adventure	PG	$131,304,844	16,641,932	$131,304,843
8	The Other Guys	Comedy	PG-13	$119,219,978	15,110,263	$119,219,975
9	Salt	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$118,311,368	14,995,104	$118,311,371
10	Valentine's Day	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$110,485,654	14,003,251	$110,485,650
11	The Expendables	Action	R	$103,068,524	13,063,184	$103,068,522
12	Little Fockers	Comedy	PG-13	$102,576,190	13,000,785	$102,576,194
13	Due Date	Comedy	R	$99,231,922	12,576,923	$99,231,922
14	Date Night	Comedy	PG-13	$98,711,404	12,510,951	$98,711,403
15	The Book of Eli	Action	R	$94,835,059	12,019,653	$94,835,062
16	Paranormal Activity 2	Horror	R	$84,660,648	10,730,120	$84,660,647
17	Knight and Day	Action	PG-13	$76,423,035	9,686,063	$76,423,037
18	The Bounty Hunter	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$67,061,228	8,499,522	$67,061,229
19	The Tooth Fairy	Comedy	PG	$60,022,256	7,607,384	$60,022,260
20	Takers	Drama	PG-13	$57,744,720	7,318,722	$57,744,717
21	The Tourist	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$54,633,191	6,924,359	$54,633,193
22	It's Complicated	Romantic Comedy	R	$53,556,535	6,787,901	$53,556,539
23	Life as We Know It	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$52,886,508	6,702,979	$52,886,504
24	Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps	Drama	PG-13	$52,474,616	6,650,775	$52,474,615
25	Predators	Action	R	$52,000,688	6,590,708	$52,000,686
26	Hot Tub Time Machine	Comedy	R	$50,269,859	6,371,338	$50,269,857
27	Black Swan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$47,807,791	6,059,289	$47,807,790
28	Killers	Action	PG-13	$47,059,963	5,964,507	$47,059,960
29	Saw 3D	Horror	R	$45,710,178	5,793,432	$45,710,178
30	Saw 3D	Horror	R	$45,710,178	5,793,432	$45,710,178
31	Cop Out	Comedy	R	$44,875,481	5,687,640	$44,875,480
32	Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore	Comedy	PG	$43,585,753	5,524,177	$43,585,757
33	Step Up 3D	Drama	PG-13	$42,400,223	5,373,919	$42,400,221
34	The Last Exorcism	Horror	PG-13	$41,034,350	5,200,805	$41,034,351
35	Legion	Thriller/Suspense	R	$40,168,080	5,091,011	$40,168,077
36	Crazy Heart	Drama	R	$38,769,554	4,913,758	$38,769,551
37	Burlesque	Drama	PG-13	$37,733,561	4,782,454	$37,733,562
38	The Back-up Plan	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$37,490,007	4,751,585	$37,490,006
39	Vampires Suck	Comedy	PG-13	$36,661,504	4,646,578	$36,661,500
40	The American	Thriller/Suspense	R	$35,606,376	4,512,849	$35,606,379
41	Devil	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$33,679,655	4,268,651	$33,679,656
42	Hereafter	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$32,712,586	4,146,082	$32,712,587
43	When in Rome	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$32,680,633	4,142,032	$32,680,632
44	She's Out of My League	Romantic Comedy	R	$32,010,860	4,057,143	$32,010,858
45	Morning Glory	Comedy	PG-13	$30,759,976	3,898,603	$30,759,978
46	Daybreakers	Horror	R	$30,101,577	3,815,156	$30,101,581
47	The Switch	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,758,465	3,518,183	$27,758,464
48	Machete	Action	R	$26,593,646	3,370,551	$26,593,647
49	Leap Year	Romantic Comedy	PG	$25,918,920	3,285,034	$25,918,918
50	You Again	Comedy	PG	$25,702,053	3,257,548	$25,702,054
51	Alpha and Omega 3D	Adventure	PG	$25,107,267	3,182,163	$25,107,266
52	How Do You Know?	Romantic Comedy	R	$25,040,894	3,173,751	$25,040,895
53	Lottery Ticket	Comedy	PG-13	$24,719,879	3,133,065	$24,719,883
54	The Spy Next Door	Comedy	PG	$24,307,106	3,080,749	$24,307,110
55	From Paris With Love	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,077,427	3,051,638	$24,077,424
56	The King's Speech	Drama	R	$22,932,401	2,906,515	$22,932,403
57	Faster (2009)	Action	R	$22,856,870	2,896,942	$22,856,872
58	Just Wright	Romantic Comedy	PG	$21,540,363	2,730,084	$21,540,363
59	Skyline	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$21,416,355	2,714,367	$21,416,356
60	The Kids Are All Right	Comedy	R	$20,811,365	2,637,689	$20,811,366
61	Our Family Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$20,255,281	2,567,209	$20,255,279
62	Remember Me	Drama	PG-13	$19,068,240	2,416,760	$19,068,236
63	Going the Distance	Romantic Comedy	R	$17,804,299	2,256,565	$17,804,298
64	Furry Vengeance	Comedy	PG	$17,630,465	2,234,533	$17,630,465
65	Splice	Horror	R	$17,010,170	2,155,915	$17,010,169
66	My Soul to Take	Horror	R	$14,744,435	1,868,750	$14,744,438
67	Case 39	Horror		$13,261,851	1,680,843	$13,261,851
68	Cyrus	Comedy	R	$7,468,936	946,633	$7,468,934
69	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Adventure	PG-13	$6,659,786	844,079	$6,659,783
70	The Warrior's Way	Western	R	$5,569,301	705,868	$5,569,299
71	I am Love	Drama		$5,005,465	634,406	$5,005,463
72	Solitary Man	Drama	R	$4,360,548	552,668	$4,360,551
73	The Hurt Locker	Drama	R	$4,346,706	550,913	$4,346,704
74	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$4,267,703	540,900	$4,267,701
75	Greenberg	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,234,170	536,650	$4,234,169
76	My Name is Khan	Drama	PG-13	$4,046,336	512,844	$4,046,339
77	To Save a Life	Drama	PG-13	$3,777,210	478,734	$3,777,211
78	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger	Drama	R	$3,229,586	409,326	$3,229,582
79	Chloe	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,075,255	389,766	$3,075,254
80	Los abrazos rotos	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,991,650	379,170	$2,991,651
81	Letters to God	Drama	PG	$2,848,587	361,038	$2,848,590
82	2012	Action	PG-13	$2,670,038	338,408	$2,670,039
83	Planet 51	Adventure	PG	$2,623,491	332,508	$2,623,488
84	N-Secure	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,595,644	328,979	$2,595,644
85	Robot	Action		$2,276,427	288,521	$2,276,431
86	Old Dogs	Comedy	PG	$2,252,485	285,486	$2,252,485
87	Weisse Band: Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte, Das	Drama	R	$2,137,172	270,871	$2,137,172
88	Un Proph�te	Drama	R	$2,087,720	264,603	$2,087,718
89	Stone	Drama	R	$1,810,078	229,414	$1,810,076
90	Kites	Thriller/Suspense		$1,685,269	213,596	$1,685,272
91	Cairo Time	Drama	PG	$1,603,616	203,247	$1,603,619
92	Dabangg	Drama		$1,288,549	163,314	$1,288,547
93	Housefull	Romantic Comedy		$1,183,658	150,020	$1,183,658
94	Golmaal 3	Comedy		$1,132,192	143,497	$1,132,191
95	Buried	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,044,143	132,338	$1,044,147
96	Guzaarish	Drama		$1,026,589	130,113	$1,026,592
97	Animal Kingdom	Drama	R	$1,016,417	128,823	$1,016,413
98	I Hate Luv Storys	Romantic Comedy		$847,993	107,477	$847,994
99	L'enfant prodige	Drama		$773,615	98,050	$773,615
100	Peepli Live	Drama		$754,836	95,670	$754,836
101	Middle Men	Comedy	R	$754,301	95,602	$754,300
102	The Fourth Kind	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$753,690	95,525	$753,692
103	Couples Retreat	Comedy	PG-13	$693,900	87,947	$693,902
104	We Are Family	Drama		$638,144	80,880	$638,143
105	The Virginity Hit	Comedy	R	$636,706	80,698	$636,707
106	Ninja Assassin	Action	R	$630,109	79,862	$630,111
107	Agora	Drama	R	$619,423	78,507	$619,420
108	L'arnacouer	Comedy		$504,030	63,882	$504,029
109	The Messenger	Drama	R	$455,286	57,704	$455,285
110	Somewhere	Drama	R	$432,836	54,859	$432,838
111	Law Abiding Citizen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$428,914	54,362	$428,916
112	Break Ke Baad	Drama		$427,628	54,199	$427,630
113	Les amours imaginaires	Drama		$413,432	52,399	$413,428
114	Action Replayy	Drama		$410,262	51,998	$410,264
115	The Square	Thriller/Suspense	R	$406,216	51,485	$406,217
116	All Good Things	Drama	R	$323,651	41,020	$323,648
117	Today's Special	Comedy	R	$317,831	40,283	$317,833
118	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Action	R	$315,233	39,953	$315,229
119	Blue Valentine	Drama	NC-17	$291,607	36,959	$291,607
120	Tiny Furniture	Comedy		$286,707	36,338	$286,707
121	No Problem	Comedy		$285,468	36,181	$285,468
122	Le baiser du barbu	Comedy		$249,519	31,625	$249,521
123	White Material	Drama		$246,328	31,220	$246,326
124	Four Lions	Black Comedy	R	$242,136	30,689	$242,136
125	Monsters	Drama	R	$237,301	30,076	$237,300
126	Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale	Comedy	R	$215,430	27,304	$215,429
127	La Soga	Thriller/Suspense	R	$210,625	26,695	$210,624
128	Chain Letter	Horror	R	$205,842	26,089	$205,842
129	Legendary	Drama	PG-13	$200,393	25,398	$200,390
130	The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry	Drama	PG	$187,456	23,759	$187,459
131	Fei Cheng Wu Rao 2	Romantic Comedy		$182,517	23,133	$182,519
132	Partir	Drama		$176,113	22,321	$176,113
133	Armored	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$173,574	21,999	$173,572
134	The Disappearance of Alice Creed	Thriller/Suspense	R	$166,980	21,163	$166,976
135	De Mai Tinh	Romantic Comedy		$165,987	21,038	$165,990
136	Another Year	Drama	PG-13	$164,654	20,869	$164,656
137	Welcome to the Rileys	Drama	R	$152,857	19,374	$152,861
138	Le p�re de mes enfants	Drama		$144,022	18,254	$144,024
139	The Cremaster Cycle	Drama		$140,666	17,828	$140,663
140	The Weathered Underground	Multiple Genres		$140,091	17,756	$140,095
141	Pure Country 2: The Gift	Drama	PG	$133,771	16,954	$133,767
142	Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom	Action	R	$128,486	16,285	$128,489
143	Lovely, Still	Drama	PG	$127,564	16,168	$127,566
144	Centurion	Action	R	$123,570	15,662	$123,573
145	L'illusionniste	Adventure	PG	$123,476	15,650	$123,479
146	Country Strong	Drama	PG-13	$119,742	15,176	$119,739
147	Queen of the Lot	Drama	R	$116,400	14,753	$116,401
148	Bellamy	Thriller/Suspense		$107,612	13,639	$107,612
149	The Romantics	Comedy	PG-13	$106,524	13,501	$106,523
150	The Good Guy	Romantic Comedy	R	$100,688	12,761	$100,684
151	Kings of the Evening	Drama	PG	$98,124	12,437	$98,128
152	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Drama		$90,040	11,412	$90,041
153	Crazy on the Outside	Comedy	PG-13	$88,335	11,196	$88,336
154	Feed the Fish	Romantic Comedy		$84,085	10,657	$84,084
155	Kasi az Gorbehaye Irani Khabar Nadareh	Drama		$81,768	10,363	$81,764
156	Dogtooth	Drama		$73,849	9,360	$73,850
157	Rosencrantz and Guildenstein are Undead	Comedy		$70,563	8,943	$70,560
158	Leaves of Grass	Black Comedy	R	$70,066	8,880	$70,063
159	Biutiful	Drama	R	$64,672	8,197	$64,674
160	Paranormal Activity	Horror	R	$64,214	8,139	$64,217
161	Contracorriente	Drama		$64,159	8,132	$64,161
162	Patrik, Age 1.5	Comedy	Not Rated	$57,060	7,232	$57,060
163	God of Vampires	Action		$56,705	7,187	$56,705
164	Night Catches Us	Drama	R	$54,914	6,960	$54,914
165	Hatchet II	Horror	R	$52,604	6,667	$52,603
166	Ca$h	Thriller/Suspense		$46,488	5,892	$46,488
167	A Serious Man	Comedy	R	$38,263	4,850	$38,267
168	Le Refuge	Drama		$34,525	4,376	$34,527
169	Valhalla Rising	Action		$30,638	3,883	$30,637
170	Dead Awake	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,600	3,878	$30,597
171	The Trouble with Terkel	Adventure		$30,042	3,808	$30,045
172	Expecting Mary	Comedy	PG	$28,700	3,638	$28,704
173	The Exploding Girl	Drama		$25,572	3,241	$25,571
174	The Boat That Rocked	Comedy	R	$23,352	2,960	$23,354
175	Handsome Harry	Drama	R	$22,878	2,900	$22,881
176	The Good Heart	Drama		$20,930	2,653	$20,932
177	Douchebag	Comedy		$20,615	2,613	$20,617
178	Prince of Broadway	Drama		$20,450	2,592	$20,451
179	The Korean	Action		$20,279	2,570	$20,277
180	Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench	Musical		$19,557	2,479	$19,559
181	The People I've Slept With	Romantic Comedy		$19,137	2,425	$19,133
182	Red Hill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,224	2,310	$18,226
183	Bitch Slap	Action	R	$17,365	2,201	$17,366
184	BoyBand	Comedy		$15,628	1,981	$15,630
185	Paper Man	Comedy	R	$15,389	1,950	$15,386
186	Le combat dans l'�le	Thriller/Suspense		$13,632	1,728	$13,634
187	Jim	Drama		$13,015	1,650	$13,019
188	Violet Tendencies	Comedy		$11,863	1,503	$11,859
189	White Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$11,711	1,484	$11,709
190	Milh Hadha al-Bahr	Drama		$11,662	1,478	$11,661
191	16 to Life	Romantic Comedy		$11,574	1,467	$11,575
192	Cherry	Drama	R	$11,362	1,440	$11,362
193	Down Terrace	Black Comedy	R	$9,812	1,244	$9,815
194	Wonderful World	Drama	R	$9,309	1,180	$9,310
195	Broderskab	Drama		$8,979	1,138	$8,979
196	Shanghai Red	Thriller/Suspense		$8,734	1,107	$8,734
197	The Freebie	Romantic Comedy	R	$8,300	1,052	$8,300
198	Logan	Drama		$7,137	905	$7,140
199	BearCity	Romantic Comedy		$5,980	758	$5,981
200	Okuribito	Drama	PG-13	$5,800	735	$5,799
201	Midnight Reckoning	Thriller/Suspense		$5,673	719	$5,673
202	The Winning Season	Comedy	PG-13	$5,000	634	$5,002
203	Cosa Voglio Di Piu	Drama		$4,998	633	$4,994
204	Hadewijch	Drama		$4,603	583	$4,600
205	Inhale	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,115	522	$4,119
206	Zenith	Thriller/Suspense		$4,051	513	$4,048
207	Heartless	Horror		$3,697	469	$3,700
208	Big Fan	Comedy	R	$3,666	465	$3,669
209	Speed-Dating	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,394	430	$3,393
210	My Year Without Sex	Comedy		$3,119	395	$3,117
211	Altiplano	Drama		$3,063	388	$3,061
212	Helena From the Wedding	Drama		$2,692	341	$2,690
213	The Slammin' Salmon	Comedy	R	$2,510	318	$2,509
214	Daniel y Ana	Drama		$2,372	301	$2,375
215	El S�perstar: The Unlikely Rise of Juan Franc�s	Comedy		$2,330	295	$2,328
216	You Won't Miss Me	Drama		$2,240	284	$2,241
217	White On Rice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,985	252	$1,988
218	As Good as Dead	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,981	251	$1,980
219	Clear Blue Tuesday	Musical		$1,780	226	$1,783
220	Carmo	Drama		$1,512	192	$1,515
221	Trucker	Drama	R	$1,237	157	$1,239
222	Daddy's Home	Thriller/Suspense		$796	101	$797
223	The Magician	Black Comedy		$406	51	$402
224	Tru Loved	Romantic Comedy	R	$275	35	$276
225	Bolt	Comedy	PG	$180	23	$181
226	To Die is Hard	Comedy		$112	14	$110
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,657,250,467
Total Tickets Sold					590,272,560
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,657,250,498

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.