Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2010

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	2010 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	Toy Story 3	6/18/2010	Walt Disney	G	$415,004,880	52,598,844
2	Alice in Wonderland	3/5/2010	Walt Disney	PG	$334,191,110	42,356,288
3	Iron Man 2	5/7/2010	Paramount Pictures	PG-13	$312,433,331	39,598,648
4	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I	11/19/2010	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$283,533,215	35,935,769
5	Shrek Forever After	5/21/2010	Paramount Pictures	PG	$238,736,787	30,258,148
6	The Karate Kid	6/11/2010	Sony Pictures	PG	$176,591,618	22,381,701
7	Tangled	2/2/2011	Walt Disney	PG	$167,821,986	21,270,214
8	Megamind	11/5/2010	Paramount Pictures	PG	$144,192,018	18,275,287
9	The Last Airbender	7/1/2010	Paramount Pictures	PG	$131,772,187	16,701,164
10	Tron: Legacy	12/17/2010	Walt Disney	PG	$131,304,844	16,641,932
11	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	2/12/2010	20th Century Fox	PG	$88,768,303	11,250,735
12	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	12/10/2010	20th Century Fox	PG	$86,926,397	11,017,287
13	Sherlock Holmes	12/25/2009	Warner Bros.	PG-13	$70,313,242	8,911,691
14	Yogi Bear 3D	12/17/2010	Warner Bros.	PG	$65,755,336	8,334,010
15	The Sorcerer's Apprentice	7/14/2010	Walt Disney	PG	$63,150,991	8,003,928
16	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 3D	9/24/2010	Paramount Pictures	PG	$55,549,823	7,040,535
17	Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang	8/20/2010	Universal	PG	$29,197,642	3,700,588
18	Alpha and Omega 3D	9/17/2010	Lionsgate	PG	$25,107,267	3,182,163
19	The Princess and the Frog	12/11/2009	Walt Disney	G	$18,541,560	2,350,008
20	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	12/25/2009	Sony Pictures Classics	PG-13	$6,659,786	844,079
21	Planet 51	11/20/2009	Sony Pictures	PG	$2,623,491	332,508
22	The Fantastic Mr. Fox	11/13/2009	20th Century Fox	PG	$1,879,730	238,242
23	The Secret of Kells	3/5/2010	GKIDS	Not Rated	$690,290	87,489
24	The Polar Express	11/24/2011	Warner Bros.	G	$672,796	85,272
25	Where the Wild Things Are	10/16/2009	Warner Bros.	PG	$666,976	84,534
26	L'illusionniste	12/25/2010	Sony Pictures Classics	PG	$123,476	15,650
27	Astro Boy	10/23/2009	Summit Entertainment	PG	$98,708	12,511
28	Terkel i knibe	3/26/2010		Not Rated	$30,042	3,808
29	Sama Wozu	12/24/2010	GKIDS	PG-13	$15,623	1,980
Total Gross of All Movies					$2,852,353,455
Total Tickets Sold						361,515,013

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 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.