Box Office Performance for PG 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
Despicable Me
Comedy
PG
$251,203,225
31,838,178
$251,203,224
3
Shrek Forever After
Adventure
PG
$238,736,787
30,258,148
$238,736,788
4
How to Train Your Dragon
Comedy
PG
$217,581,231
27,576,835
$217,581,228
5
The Karate Kid
Adventure
PG
$176,591,618
22,381,701
$176,591,621
6
Tangled
Adventure
PG
$167,821,986
21,270,214
$167,821,988
7
Megamind
Adventure
PG
$144,192,018
18,275,287
$144,192,014
8
The Last Airbender
Adventure
PG
$131,772,187
16,701,164
$131,772,184
9
Tron: Legacy
Adventure
PG
$131,304,844
16,641,932
$131,304,843
10
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Adventure
PG
$88,768,303
11,250,735
$88,768,299
11
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Adventure
PG
$86,926,397
11,017,287
$86,926,394
12
Yogi Bear 3D
Adventure
PG
$65,755,336
8,334,010
$65,755,339
13
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Comedy
PG
$65,003,625
8,238,736
$65,003,627
14
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Comedy
PG
$63,697,677
8,073,216
$63,697,674
15
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Adventure
PG
$63,150,991
8,003,928
$63,150,992
16
The Last Song
Drama
PG
$62,950,384
7,978,502
$62,950,381
17
The Tooth Fairy
Comedy
PG
$60,022,256
7,607,384
$60,022,260
18
Secretariat
Drama
PG
$59,053,682
7,484,624
$59,053,683
19
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 3D
Adventure
PG
$55,549,823
7,040,535
$55,549,821
20
Letters to Juliet
Drama
PG
$53,032,453
6,721,477
$53,032,454
21
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Comedy
PG
$43,585,753
5,524,177
$43,585,757
22
Marmaduke
Comedy
PG
$33,644,788
4,264,232
$33,644,790
23
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Adventure
PG
$29,197,642
3,700,588
$29,197,639
24
Gulliver's Travels
Comedy
PG
$27,454,506
3,479,659
$27,454,510
25
Leap Year
Romantic Comedy
PG
$25,918,920
3,285,034
$25,918,918
26
You Again
Comedy
PG
$25,702,053
3,257,548
$25,702,054
27
Alpha and Omega 3D
Adventure
PG
$25,107,267
3,182,163
$25,107,266
28
The Spy Next Door
Comedy
PG
$24,307,106
3,080,749
$24,307,110
29
Just Wright
Romantic Comedy
PG
$21,540,363
2,730,084
$21,540,363
30
Furry Vengeance
Comedy
PG
$17,630,465
2,234,533
$17,630,465
31
Extraordinary Measures
Drama
PG
$12,482,741
1,582,096
$12,482,737
32
The Young Victoria
Drama
PG
$8,544,935
1,083,008
$8,544,933
33
Babies
Documentary
PG
$7,320,323
927,798
$7,320,326
34
Waiting for Superman
Documentary
PG
$6,417,135
813,325
$6,417,134
35
Mao's Last Dancer
Drama
PG
$4,806,750
609,221
$4,806,754
36
Letters to God
Drama
PG
$2,848,587
361,038
$2,848,590
37
Planet 51
Adventure
PG
$2,623,491
332,508
$2,623,488
38
Old Dogs
Comedy
PG
$2,252,485
285,486
$2,252,485
39
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Adventure
PG
$1,879,730
238,242
$1,879,729
40
Flipped
Romantic Comedy
PG
$1,755,212
222,460
$1,755,209
41
Cairo Time
Drama
PG
$1,603,616
203,247
$1,603,619
42
The Perfect Game
Drama
PG
$1,089,445
138,079
$1,089,443
43
Princess Kaiulani
Drama
PG
$883,887
112,026
$883,885
44
What If...
PG
$767,544
97,281
$767,547
45
The Wildest Dream
Documentary
PG
$694,298
87,997
$694,296
46
Where the Wild Things Are
Adventure
PG
$666,976
84,534
$666,973
47
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Comedy
PG
$605,368
76,726
$605,368
48
Standing Ovation
PG
$531,806
67,403
$531,810
49
I Want Your Money
Documentary
PG
$433,588
54,954
$433,587
50
Disney's A Christmas Carol
Drama
PG
$411,946
52,211
$411,945
51
Les herbes folles
Thriller/Suspense
PG
$403,952
51,198
$403,952
52
Grease
Musical
PG
$365,802
46,363
$365,804
53
Arthur and the War of Two Worlds
Adventure
PG
$347,136
43,997
$347,136
54
Countdown to Zero
Documentary
PG
$272,040
34,479
$272,039
55
The Nutcracker in 3D
Musical
PG
$195,459
24,773
$195,459
56
The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry
Drama
PG
$187,456
23,759
$187,459
57
Pure Country 2: The Gift
Drama
PG
$133,771
16,954
$133,767
58
Lovely, Still
Drama
PG
$127,564
16,168
$127,566
59
L'illusionniste
Adventure
PG
$123,476
15,650
$123,479
60
Astro Boy
Adventure
PG
$98,708
12,511
$98,712
61
Kings of the Evening
Drama
PG
$98,124
12,437
$98,128
62
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Documentary
PG
$80,741
10,233
$80,738
63
Racing Dreams
Documentary
PG
$65,082
8,249
$65,085
64
Cool It
Documentary
PG
$62,713
7,948
$62,710
65
Amelia
Drama
PG
$55,434
7,026
$55,435
66
Expecting Mary
Comedy
PG
$28,700
3,638
$28,704
67
Bolt
Comedy
PG
$180
23
$181
Total Gross of All Movies $2,852,660,997
Total Tickets Sold 361,553,994
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices $2,852,661,013
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.