Box Office Performance for R 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	Jackass 3D	Comedy	R	$117,109,417	14,842,765	$117,109,416
3	The Expendables	Action	R	$103,068,524	13,063,184	$103,068,522
4	Due Date	Comedy	R	$99,231,922	12,576,923	$99,231,922
5	Sex and the City 2	Comedy	R	$95,347,692	12,084,625	$95,347,691
6	The Book of Eli	Action	R	$94,835,059	12,019,653	$94,835,062
7	The Town	Drama	R	$92,173,235	11,682,286	$92,173,237
8	Paranormal Activity 2	Horror	R	$84,660,648	10,730,120	$84,660,647
9	Eat Pray Love	Drama	R	$80,574,010	10,212,169	$80,574,013
10	A Nightmare on Elm Street	Horror	R	$63,075,011	7,994,298	$63,075,011
11	The Wolf Man	Horror	R	$62,189,884	7,882,115	$62,189,887
12	Get Him to the Greek	Comedy	R	$61,153,526	7,750,764	$61,153,528
13	It's Complicated	Romantic Comedy	R	$53,556,535	6,787,901	$53,556,539
14	Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D	Horror	R	$53,183,340	6,740,601	$53,183,342
15	Predators	Action	R	$52,000,688	6,590,708	$52,000,686
16	Hot Tub Time Machine	Comedy	R	$50,269,859	6,371,338	$50,269,857
17	Kick-Ass	Action	R	$48,071,303	6,092,687	$48,071,300
18	Black Swan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$47,807,791	6,059,289	$47,807,790
19	The Fighter	Drama	R	$46,388,853	5,879,449	$46,388,853
20	Saw 3D	Horror	R	$45,710,178	5,793,432	$45,710,178
21	Cop Out	Comedy	R	$44,875,481	5,687,640	$44,875,480
22	Edge of Darkness	Drama	R	$43,313,890	5,489,720	$43,313,891
23	Death at a Funeral	Comedy	R	$42,739,347	5,416,901	$42,739,349
24	Legion	Thriller/Suspense	R	$40,168,080	5,091,011	$40,168,077
25	Up in the Air	Drama	R	$39,448,116	4,999,761	$39,448,114
26	The Crazies	Horror	R	$39,123,589	4,958,630	$39,123,591
27	Crazy Heart	Drama	R	$38,769,554	4,913,758	$38,769,551
28	For Colored Girls	Drama	R	$37,676,774	4,775,257	$37,676,778
29	The American	Thriller/Suspense	R	$35,606,376	4,512,849	$35,606,379
30	Green Zone	Drama	R	$35,497,337	4,499,029	$35,497,339
31	She's Out of My League	Romantic Comedy	R	$32,010,860	4,057,143	$32,010,858
32	Love and Other Drugs	Drama	R	$31,267,088	3,962,876	$31,267,092
33	Daybreakers	Horror	R	$30,101,577	3,815,156	$30,101,581
34	Brooklyn's Finest	Thriller/Suspense	R	$27,163,593	3,442,787	$27,163,589
35	Machete	Action	R	$26,593,646	3,370,551	$26,593,647
36	How Do You Know?	Romantic Comedy	R	$25,040,894	3,173,751	$25,040,895
37	Piranha 3D	Horror	R	$25,003,155	3,168,968	$25,003,158
38	From Paris With Love	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,077,427	3,051,638	$24,077,424
39	The King's Speech	Drama	R	$22,932,401	2,906,515	$22,932,403
40	Faster (2009)	Action	R	$22,856,870	2,896,942	$22,856,872
41	The Kids Are All Right	Comedy	R	$20,811,365	2,637,689	$20,811,366
42	Going the Distance	Romantic Comedy	R	$17,804,299	2,256,565	$17,804,298
43	Splice	Horror	R	$17,010,170	2,155,915	$17,010,169
44	Youth in Revolt	Comedy	R	$15,285,588	1,937,337	$15,285,589
45	My Soul to Take	Horror	R	$14,744,435	1,868,750	$14,744,438
46	Repo Men	Action	R	$13,942,007	1,767,048	$13,942,009
47	Let Me In	Thriller/Suspense	R	$12,134,935	1,538,015	$12,134,938
48	M�n som hatar kvinnor	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,561,224	1,338,558	$10,561,223
49	127 Hours	Drama	R	$10,434,435	1,322,489	$10,434,438
50	MacGruber	Comedy	R	$8,525,600	1,080,558	$8,525,603
51	Flickan som lekte med elden	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,480,758	1,074,874	$8,480,756
52	Barney's Version	Drama	R	$7,502,560	950,895	$7,502,562
53	Cyrus	Comedy	R	$7,468,936	946,633	$7,468,934
54	A Single Man	Drama	R	$7,444,351	943,517	$7,444,349
55	Incendies	Drama	R	$6,857,096	869,087	$6,857,096
56	The Last Station	Drama	R	$6,617,867	838,766	$6,617,864
57	The Secret in Their Eyes	Drama	R	$6,391,436	810,068	$6,391,437
58	Winter's Bone	Drama	R	$6,245,508	791,573	$6,245,511
59	The Warrior's Way	Western	R	$5,569,301	705,868	$5,569,299
60	Luftslottet som spr�ngdes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,273,085	668,325	$5,273,084
61	Solitary Man	Drama	R	$4,360,548	552,668	$4,360,551
62	The Hurt Locker	Drama	R	$4,346,706	550,913	$4,346,704
63	Greenberg	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,234,170	536,650	$4,234,169
64	Please Give		R	$4,033,574	511,226	$4,033,573
65	Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)	Drama	R	$3,806,401	482,434	$3,806,404
66	The Runaways	Drama	R	$3,573,673	452,937	$3,573,673
67	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger	Drama	R	$3,229,586	409,326	$3,229,582
68	Chloe	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,075,255	389,766	$3,075,254
69	Los abrazos rotos	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,991,650	379,170	$2,991,651
70	Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work	Documentary	R	$2,930,687	371,443	$2,930,685
71	N-Secure	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,595,644	328,979	$2,595,644
72	Never Let Me Go	Drama	R	$2,434,652	308,574	$2,434,649
73	Weisse Band: Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte, Das	Drama	R	$2,137,172	270,871	$2,137,172
74	Un Proph�te	Drama	R	$2,087,720	264,603	$2,087,718
75	Harry Brown	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,818,681	230,505	$1,818,684
76	Stone	Drama	R	$1,810,078	229,414	$1,810,076
77	Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky	Drama	R	$1,725,982	218,756	$1,725,985
78	The Joneses		R	$1,475,746	187,040	$1,475,746
79	Nowhere Boy	Drama	R	$1,445,366	183,190	$1,445,369
80	Restrepo	Documentary	R	$1,330,894	168,681	$1,330,893
81	Micmacs	Comedy	R	$1,259,693	159,657	$1,259,694
82	The Road	Drama	R	$1,255,957	159,183	$1,255,954
83	Brothers	Drama	R	$1,129,244	143,123	$1,129,240
84	I Love You, Phillip Morris	Comedy	R	$1,126,302	142,751	$1,126,305
85	Mother and Child		R	$1,110,509	140,749	$1,110,510
86	La Mission		R	$1,062,941	134,720	$1,062,941
87	Buried	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,044,143	132,338	$1,044,147
88	Animal Kingdom	Drama	R	$1,016,417	128,823	$1,016,413
89	The Tillman Story	Documentary	R	$798,940	101,260	$798,941
90	Middle Men	Comedy	R	$754,301	95,602	$754,300
91	The Virginity Hit	Comedy	R	$636,706	80,698	$636,707
92	Ninja Assassin	Action	R	$630,109	79,862	$630,111
93	Agora	Drama	R	$619,423	78,507	$619,420
94	Howl	Drama	R	$591,812	75,008	$591,813
95	Mother	Drama	R	$551,509	69,900	$551,511
96	Jack Goes Boating	Comedy	R	$541,992	68,694	$541,996
97	L'instinct de mort	Drama	R	$533,479	67,615	$533,482
98	Tamara Drewe	Comedy	R	$526,639	66,748	$526,642
99	Made in Dagenham	Drama	R	$492,379	62,405	$492,375
100	The Messenger	Drama	R	$455,286	57,704	$455,285
101	The Extra Man		R	$453,377	57,462	$453,375
102	Somewhere	Drama	R	$432,836	54,859	$432,838
103	Law Abiding Citizen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$428,914	54,362	$428,916
104	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Black Comedy	R	$409,764	51,935	$409,767
105	I'm Still Here	Documentary	R	$408,983	51,836	$408,986
106	The Square	Thriller/Suspense	R	$406,216	51,485	$406,217
107	Lebanon	Drama	R	$368,088	46,652	$368,084
108	All Good Things	Drama	R	$323,651	41,020	$323,648
109	A Film Unfinished		R	$320,486	40,619	$320,484
110	Today's Special	Comedy	R	$317,831	40,283	$317,833
111	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	Action	R	$315,233	39,953	$315,229
112	Holy Rollers	Drama	R	$303,064	38,411	$303,063
113	Life During Wartime	Black Comedy	R	$281,447	35,671	$281,444
114	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	Drama	R	$269,021	34,096	$269,017
115	L'ennemi public n�1	Drama	R	$262,253	33,239	$262,256
116	Frozen		R	$246,177	31,201	$246,176
117	When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors	Documentary	R	$246,078	31,189	$246,081
118	Four Lions	Black Comedy	R	$242,136	30,689	$242,136
119	Monsters	Drama	R	$237,301	30,076	$237,300
120	Casino Jack	Thriller/Suspense	R	$234,094	29,670	$234,096
121	Formosa Betrayed		R	$225,341	28,560	$225,338
122	The Killer Inside Me	Drama	R	$217,277	27,538	$217,275
123	Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale	Comedy	R	$215,430	27,304	$215,429
124	La Soga	Thriller/Suspense	R	$210,625	26,695	$210,624
125	Chain Letter	Horror	R	$205,842	26,089	$205,842
126	San qiang pai an jing qi	Drama	R	$190,946	24,201	$190,946
127	Twelve	Thriller/Suspense	R	$183,920	23,311	$183,924
128	The Human Centipede	Horror	R	$181,467	23,000	$181,470
129	Casino Jack and the United States of Money	Documentary	R	$176,865	22,416	$176,862
130	Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer	Documentary	R	$170,829	21,651	$170,826
131	The Disappearance of Alice Creed	Thriller/Suspense	R	$166,980	21,163	$166,976
132	Welcome to the Rileys	Drama	R	$152,857	19,374	$152,861
133	Love Ranch	Drama	R	$137,885	17,476	$137,886
134	The Eclipse		R	$133,411	16,909	$133,412
135	The Warlords		R	$129,078	16,360	$129,080
136	Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom	Action	R	$128,486	16,285	$128,489
137	Centurion	Action	R	$123,570	15,662	$123,573
138	Queen of the Lot	Drama	R	$116,400	14,753	$116,401
139	The Greatest	Drama	R	$115,862	14,685	$115,865
140	After.Life		R	$108,596	13,764	$108,598
141	Saint John of Las Vegas		R	$102,645	13,010	$102,649
142	George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead	Horror	R	$101,740	12,895	$101,742
143	The Good Guy	Romantic Comedy	R	$100,688	12,761	$100,684
144	8: The Mormon Proposition	Documentary	R	$100,280	12,710	$100,282
145	Red Cliff	Action	R	$100,206	12,700	$100,203
146	I Spit on Your Grave	Horror	R	$93,051	11,794	$93,055
147	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Drama	R	$76,158	9,652	$76,154
148	Leaves of Grass	Black Comedy	R	$70,066	8,880	$70,063
149	Biutiful	Drama	R	$64,672	8,197	$64,674
150	Paranormal Activity	Horror	R	$64,214	8,139	$64,217
151	Night Catches Us	Drama	R	$54,914	6,960	$54,914
152	Hatchet II	Horror	R	$52,604	6,667	$52,603
153	Defendor	Drama	R	$44,462	5,635	$44,460
154	A Serious Man	Comedy	R	$38,263	4,850	$38,267
155	Banlieue 13 Ultimatum		R	$36,136	4,580	$36,136
156	Mystery Team	Comedy	R	$35,701	4,525	$35,702
157	Dead Awake	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,600	3,878	$30,597
158	Multiple Sarcasms		R	$29,731	3,768	$29,730
159	[Rec] 2		R	$27,766	3,519	$27,765
160	The Boat That Rocked	Comedy	R	$23,352	2,960	$23,354
161	Handsome Harry	Drama	R	$22,878	2,900	$22,881
162	Happy Tears	Drama	R	$22,464	2,847	$22,463
163	Hemingways Garden of Eden	Drama	R	$22,083	2,799	$22,084
164	Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel		R	$21,878	2,773	$21,879
165	Red Hill	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,224	2,310	$18,226
166	Bitch Slap	Action	R	$17,365	2,201	$17,366
167	Paper Man	Comedy	R	$15,389	1,950	$15,386
168	Dreamkiller		R	$15,318	1,941	$15,314
169	Don McKay		R	$13,722	1,739	$13,721
170	The Dry Land	Drama	R	$11,777	1,493	$11,780
171	Cherry	Drama	R	$11,362	1,440	$11,362
172	The Damned United	Drama	R	$11,029	1,398	$11,030
173	Frankie and Alice	Drama	R	$10,671	1,352	$10,667
174	GhettoPhysics: Will the Real Pimps and Ho's Please Stand Up?	Documentary	R	$10,087	1,278	$10,083
175	Down Terrace	Black Comedy	R	$9,812	1,244	$9,815
176	Wonderful World	Drama	R	$9,309	1,180	$9,310
177	The Freebie	Romantic Comedy	R	$8,300	1,052	$8,300
178	Stolen		R	$7,943	1,007	$7,945
179	Finding Bliss		R	$6,783	860	$6,785
180	Mercy	Drama	R	$6,780	859	$6,778
181	Inhale	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,115	522	$4,119
182	Big Fan	Comedy	R	$3,666	465	$3,669
183	Speed-Dating	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,394	430	$3,393
184	Order of Chaos		R	$3,054	387	$3,053
185	Boogie Woogie	Black Comedy	R	$2,618	332	$2,619
186	The Slammin' Salmon	Comedy	R	$2,510	318	$2,509
187	As Good as Dead	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,981	251	$1,980
188	Falling Awake	Drama	R	$1,978	251	$1,980
189	Trucker	Drama	R	$1,237	157	$1,239
190	Suck		R	$1,167	148	$1,168
191	Perrier's Bounty		R	$828	105	$828
192	$9.99	Comedy	R	$544	69	$544
193	Tru Loved	Romantic Comedy	R	$275	35	$276
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,434,719,793
Total Tickets Sold					308,582,996
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,434,719,838

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.