Box Office Performance for Thriller/Suspense Movies in 2010
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Theatrical
Distributor | MPAA
Rating | 2010 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Inception |
7/16/2010 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$292,568,851 |
37,080,970 |
| 2 |
Shutter Island |
2/19/2010 |
Paramount Pictures |
R |
$128,012,934 |
16,224,706 |
| 3 |
Salt |
7/23/2010 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$118,311,368 |
14,995,104 |
| 4 |
The Tourist |
12/10/2010 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$54,633,191 |
6,924,359 |
| 5 |
Black Swan |
12/3/2010 |
Fox Searchlight |
R |
$47,807,791 |
6,059,289 |
| 6 |
Legion |
1/22/2010 |
Sony Pictures |
R |
$40,168,080 |
5,091,011 |
| 7 |
The American |
9/1/2010 |
Focus Features |
R |
$35,606,376 |
4,512,849 |
| 8 |
Devil |
9/17/2010 |
Universal |
PG-13 |
$33,679,655 |
4,268,651 |
| 9 |
Hereafter |
10/22/2010 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$32,712,586 |
4,146,082 |
| 10 |
Brooklyn's Finest |
3/5/2010 |
Overture Films |
R |
$27,163,593 |
3,442,787 |
| 11 |
From Paris With Love |
2/5/2010 |
Lionsgate |
R |
$24,077,427 |
3,051,638 |
| 12 |
Skyline |
11/12/2010 |
Universal |
PG-13 |
$21,416,355 |
2,714,367 |
| 13 |
The Next Three Days |
11/19/2010 |
Lionsgate |
PG-13 |
$21,129,348 |
2,677,991 |
| 14 |
The Ghost Writer |
2/19/2010 |
Summit Entertainment |
PG-13 |
$15,541,549 |
1,969,778 |
| 15 |
Let Me In |
10/1/2010 |
Overture Films |
R |
$12,134,935 |
1,538,015 |
| 16 |
Män som hatar kvinnor |
5/29/2009 |
Alliance Films |
R |
$10,561,224 |
1,338,558 |
| 17 |
Flickan som lekte med elden |
12/25/2009 |
|
R |
$8,480,758 |
1,074,874 |
| 18 |
El secreto de sus ojos |
4/16/2010 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
R |
$6,391,436 |
810,068 |
| 19 |
Luftslottet som sprängdes |
4/30/2010 |
Alliance Films |
R |
$5,273,085 |
668,325 |
| 20 |
Chloe |
3/26/2010 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
R |
$3,075,255 |
389,766 |
| 21 |
Los abrazos rotos |
11/20/2009 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
R |
$2,991,650 |
379,170 |
| 22 |
N-Secure |
10/15/2010 |
Freestyle Releasing |
R |
$2,595,644 |
328,979 |
| 23 |
Harry Brown |
4/30/2010 |
Samuel Goldwyn Films |
R |
$1,818,681 |
230,505 |
| 24 |
Buried |
9/24/2010 |
Lionsgate |
R |
$1,044,143 |
132,338 |
| 25 |
The Fourth Kind |
11/6/2009 |
Universal |
PG-13 |
$753,690 |
95,525 |
| 26 |
Law Abiding Citizen |
10/16/2009 |
Overture Films |
R |
$428,914 |
54,362 |
| 27 |
The Square |
4/9/2010 |
Apparition |
R |
$406,216 |
51,485 |
| 28 |
Les herbes folles |
6/25/2010 |
Sony Pictures Classics |
PG |
$403,952 |
51,198 |
| 29 |
Casino Jack |
12/17/2010 |
Samuel Goldwyn Films |
R |
$234,094 |
29,670 |
| 30 |
La Soga |
8/13/2010 |
7-57 Releasing |
R |
$210,625 |
26,695 |
| 31 |
Twelve |
8/6/2010 |
Hannover House |
R |
$183,920 |
23,311 |
| 32 |
Armored |
12/4/2009 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$173,574 |
21,999 |
| 33 |
The Disappearance of Alice Creed |
8/6/2010 |
Anchor Bay Entertainment |
R |
$166,980 |
21,163 |
| 34 |
In My Sleep |
4/23/2010 |
Morning Star Pictures |
PG-13 |
$31,858 |
4,038 |
| 35 |
Dead Awake |
12/3/2010 |
New Films Cinema |
R |
$30,600 |
3,878 |
| 36 |
Red Hill |
11/5/2010 |
Sony Pictures |
R |
$18,224 |
2,310 |
| 37 |
The Box |
11/6/2009 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$6,301 |
799 |
| 38 |
Inhale |
10/22/2010 |
IFC Films |
R |
$4,115 |
522 |
| 39 |
As Good as Dead |
10/8/2010 |
Millenium Entertainment |
R |
$1,981 |
251 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $950,250,959 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 120,437,386 |
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.
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Thursday, May 23, 2013