Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2010

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	2010 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	Paranormal Activity 2	10/20/2010	Paramount Pictures	R	$84,660,648	10,730,120
2	A Nightmare on Elm Street	4/30/2010	Warner Bros.	R	$63,075,011	7,994,298
3	The Wolfman	2/12/2010	Universal	R	$62,189,884	7,882,115
4	Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D	9/10/2010	Sony Pictures	R	$53,183,340	6,740,601
5	Saw 3D	10/29/2010	Lionsgate	R	$45,710,178	5,793,432
6	The Last Exorcism	8/27/2010	Lionsgate	PG-13	$41,034,350	5,200,805
7	The Crazies	2/26/2010	Overture Films	R	$39,123,589	4,958,630
8	Daybreakers	1/8/2010	Lionsgate	R	$30,101,577	3,815,156
9	Piranha 3D	8/20/2010	Weinstein/Dimension	R	$25,003,155	3,168,968
10	Splice	6/4/2010	Warner Bros.	R	$17,010,170	2,155,915
11	My Soul to Take	10/8/2010	Universal	R	$14,744,435	1,868,750
12	Case 39	10/1/2010	Paramount Vantage	R	$13,261,851	1,680,843
13	Chain Letter	10/1/2010	New Films Cinema	R	$205,842	26,089
14	The Human Centipede	4/30/2010	IFC Films	R	$181,467	23,000
15	George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead	5/28/2010	Magnolia Pictures	R	$101,740	12,895
16	I Spit on Your Grave	10/8/2010	Anchor Bay Entertainment	R	$93,051	11,794
17	Paranormal Activity	9/25/2009	Paramount Pictures	R	$64,214	8,139
18	Hatchet II	10/1/2010	Vitagraph Films	R	$52,604	6,667
Total Gross of All Movies					$489,797,106
Total Tickets Sold						62,078,217

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.