Market Charts > 2010 > Creative Types > Science Fiction
Box Office Performance for Science Fiction Movies in 2010
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Genre | MPAA
Rating | 2010 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Avatar |
Dec 18, 2009 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$408,392,727 |
51,760,802 |
| 2 |
Inception |
Jul 16, 2010 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$292,568,851 |
37,080,970 |
| 3 |
Tron: Legacy |
Dec 17, 2010 |
Adventure |
PG |
$131,304,844 |
16,641,932 |
| 4 |
The Book of Eli |
Jan 15, 2010 |
Action |
R |
$94,835,059 |
12,019,653 |
| 5 |
Resident Evil: Afterlife |
Sep 10, 2010 |
Horror |
R |
$60,128,566 |
7,620,857 |
| 6 |
Predators |
Jul 9, 2010 |
Action |
R |
$52,000,688 |
6,590,708 |
| 7 |
Hot Tub Time Machine |
Mar 26, 2010 |
Comedy |
R |
$50,269,859 |
6,371,338 |
| 8 |
Daybreakers |
Jan 8, 2010 |
Horror |
R |
$30,101,577 |
3,815,155 |
| 9 |
Piranha 3D |
Aug 20, 2010 |
Horror |
R |
$25,003,155 |
3,168,967 |
| 10 |
Skyline |
Nov 12, 2010 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$21,416,355 |
2,714,367 |
| 11 |
Splice |
Jun 4, 2010 |
Horror |
R |
$17,010,170 |
2,155,915 |
| 12 |
Repo Men |
Mar 19, 2010 |
Action |
R |
$13,942,007 |
1,767,048 |
| 13 |
2012 |
Nov 13, 2009 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$2,670,038 |
338,408 |
| 14 |
Planet 51 |
Nov 20, 2009 |
Adventure |
PG |
$2,623,491 |
332,508 |
| 15 |
Never Let Me Go |
Sep 15, 2010 |
Drama |
R |
$2,434,652 |
308,574 |
| 16 |
Robot |
Oct 1, 2010 |
Action |
Not Rated |
$2,276,427 |
288,520 |
| 17 |
The Road |
Nov 25, 2009 |
Drama |
R |
$1,255,957 |
159,183 |
| 18 |
Monsters |
Oct 29, 2010 |
Drama |
R |
$237,301 |
30,076 |
| 19 |
Samâ uôzu |
Dec 24, 2010 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$15,623 |
1,980 |
| 20 |
Jim |
Oct 8, 2010 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$13,015 |
1,649 |
| 21 |
The Box |
Nov 6, 2009 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$6,301 |
799 |
| 22 |
Zenith |
Oct 1, 2010 |
Thriller/Suspense |
Not Rated |
$4,052 |
513 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $1,208,510,715 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 153,169,922 |
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.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
