Box Office Performance for Thriller/Suspense Movies in 2010
Rank Movie Genre MPAA 2010 Gross Tickets Sold Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1
Inception
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$292,568,851
37,080,970
$292,568,853
2
Shutter Island
Thriller/Suspense
R
$128,012,934
16,224,706
$128,012,930
3
Salt
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$118,311,368
14,995,104
$118,311,371
4
The Tourist
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$54,633,191
6,924,359
$54,633,193
5
Black Swan
Thriller/Suspense
R
$47,807,791
6,059,289
$47,807,790
6
Legion
Thriller/Suspense
R
$40,168,080
5,091,011
$40,168,077
7
The American
Thriller/Suspense
R
$35,606,376
4,512,849
$35,606,379
8
Devil
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$33,679,655
4,268,651
$33,679,656
9
Hereafter
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$32,712,586
4,146,082
$32,712,587
10
Brooklyn's Finest
Thriller/Suspense
R
$27,163,593
3,442,787
$27,163,589
11
From Paris With Love
Thriller/Suspense
R
$24,077,427
3,051,638
$24,077,424
12
Skyline
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$21,416,355
2,714,367
$21,416,356
13
The Next Three Days
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$21,129,348
2,677,991
$21,129,349
14
The Ghost Writer
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$15,541,549
1,969,778
$15,541,548
15
Let Me In
Thriller/Suspense
R
$12,134,935
1,538,015
$12,134,938
16
Män som hatar kvinnor
Thriller/Suspense
R
$10,561,224
1,338,558
$10,561,223
17
Flickan som lekte med elden
Thriller/Suspense
R
$8,480,758
1,074,874
$8,480,756
18
Luftslottet som sprängdes
Thriller/Suspense
R
$5,273,085
668,325
$5,273,084
19
Chloe
Thriller/Suspense
R
$3,075,255
389,766
$3,075,254
20
Los abrazos rotos
Thriller/Suspense
R
$2,991,650
379,170
$2,991,651
21
N-Secure
Thriller/Suspense
R
$2,595,644
328,979
$2,595,644
22
Harry Brown
Thriller/Suspense
R
$1,818,681
230,505
$1,818,684
23
Kites
Thriller/Suspense
$1,685,269
213,596
$1,685,272
24
Buried
Thriller/Suspense
R
$1,044,143
132,338
$1,044,147
25
The Fourth Kind
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$753,690
95,525
$753,692
26
Law Abiding Citizen
Thriller/Suspense
R
$428,914
54,362
$428,916
27
The Square
Thriller/Suspense
R
$406,216
51,485
$406,217
28
Les herbes folles
Thriller/Suspense
PG
$403,952
51,198
$403,952
29
L'affaire Farewell
Thriller/Suspense
$390,157
49,450
$390,161
30
Casino Jack
Thriller/Suspense
R
$234,094
29,670
$234,096
31
La Soga
Thriller/Suspense
R
$210,625
26,695
$210,624
32
Twelve
Thriller/Suspense
R
$183,920
23,311
$183,924
33
Armored
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$173,574
21,999
$173,572
34
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Thriller/Suspense
R
$166,980
21,163
$166,976
35
Bellamy
Thriller/Suspense
$107,612
13,639
$107,612
36
Ishqiya
Thriller/Suspense
$91,468
11,593
$91,469
37
Ca$h
Thriller/Suspense
$46,488
5,892
$46,488
38
L'armée du crime
Thriller/Suspense
$37,031
4,693
$37,028
39
In My Sleep
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$31,858
4,038
$31,860
40
Dead Awake
Thriller/Suspense
R
$30,600
3,878
$30,597
41
Red Hill
Thriller/Suspense
R
$18,224
2,310
$18,226
42
Le combat dans l'île
Thriller/Suspense
$13,632
1,728
$13,634
43
Shanghai Red
Thriller/Suspense
$8,734
1,107
$8,734
44
The Box
Thriller/Suspense
PG-13
$6,301
799
$6,304
45
Midnight Reckoning
Thriller/Suspense
$5,673
719
$5,673
46
Inhale
Thriller/Suspense
R
$4,115
522
$4,119
47
Zenith
Thriller/Suspense
$4,051
513
$4,048
48
As Good as Dead
Thriller/Suspense
R
$1,981
251
$1,980
49
Daddy's Home
Thriller/Suspense
$796
101
$797
Total Gross of All Movies $946,250,434
Total Tickets Sold 119,930,349
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices $946,250,454
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.