Box Office Performance for Action Movies in 2010

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	2010 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	Avatar	12/18/2009	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$408,392,727	51,760,802
2	Clash of the Titans	4/1/2010	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$163,214,888	20,686,298
3	Robin Hood	5/14/2010	Universal	PG-13	$105,487,148	13,369,727
4	The Expendables	8/13/2010	Lionsgate	R	$103,068,524	13,063,184
5	The Book of Eli	1/15/2010	Warner Bros.	R	$94,835,059	12,019,653
6	Prince of Persia: Sands of Time	5/28/2010	Walt Disney	PG-13	$90,759,676	11,503,128
7	Red	10/15/2010	Summit Entertainment	PG-13	$89,505,187	11,344,130
8	Unstoppable	11/12/2010	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$79,468,486	10,072,051
9	The A-Team	6/11/2010	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$77,222,099	9,787,338
10	Knight and Day	6/23/2010	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$76,423,035	9,686,063
11	Predators	7/9/2010	20th Century Fox	R	$52,000,688	6,590,708
12	Killers	6/4/2010	Lionsgate	PG-13	$47,059,963	5,964,507
13	Machete	9/3/2010	20th Century Fox	R	$26,593,646	3,370,551
14	The Losers	4/23/2010	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$23,591,432	2,990,042
15	Faster	11/24/2010	CBS Films	R	$22,856,870	2,896,942
16	Repo Men	3/19/2010	Universal	R	$13,942,007	1,767,048
17	Jonah Hex	6/18/2010	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$10,547,117	1,336,770
18	2012	11/13/2009	Sony Pictures	PG-13	$2,670,038	338,408
19	Ninja Assassin	11/25/2009	Warner Bros.	R	$630,109	79,862
20	The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day	10/30/2009	Apparition	R	$315,233	39,953
21	Iron Man	5/2/2008	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$192,025	24,338
22	Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom	4/23/2010		R	$128,486	16,285
23	Centurion	8/27/2010	Magnolia Pictures	R	$123,570	15,662
24	Red Cliff	11/20/2009	Magnolia Pictures	R	$100,206	12,700
25	Bitch Slap	1/8/2010	Freestyle Releasing	R	$17,365	2,201
Total Gross of All Movies					$1,489,145,584
Total Tickets Sold						188,738,351

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 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. 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.