Market Charts > 2010 > Sources > Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Box Office Performance for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies in 2010
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Genre | MPAA
Rating | 2010 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Alice in Wonderland |
Mar 5, 2010 |
Adventure |
PG |
$334,191,110 |
42,356,287 |
| 2 |
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse |
Jun 30, 2010 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$300,531,751 |
38,090,209 |
| 3 |
Harry Potter and the Deathl… |
Nov 19, 2010 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$283,533,215 |
35,935,769 |
| 4 |
Shrek Forever After |
May 21, 2010 |
Adventure |
PG |
$238,736,787 |
30,258,148 |
| 5 |
How to Train Your Dragon |
Mar 26, 2010 |
Adventure |
PG |
$217,581,231 |
27,576,835 |
| 6 |
Shutter Island |
Feb 19, 2010 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$128,012,934 |
16,224,706 |
| 7 |
The Town |
Sep 17, 2010 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$92,173,235 |
11,682,286 |
| 8 |
Percy Jackson & the Olympia… |
Feb 12, 2010 |
Adventure |
PG |
$88,768,303 |
11,250,735 |
| 9 |
The Chronicles of Narnia: T… |
Dec 10, 2010 |
Adventure |
PG |
$86,926,397 |
11,017,287 |
| 10 |
True Grit |
Dec 22, 2010 |
Western |
PG-13 |
$86,670,382 |
10,984,839 |
| 11 |
Dear John |
Feb 5, 2010 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$80,014,842 |
10,141,298 |
| 12 |
Sherlock Holmes |
Dec 25, 2009 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$70,313,242 |
8,911,691 |
| 13 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
Mar 19, 2010 |
Comedy |
PG |
$64,003,625 |
8,111,993 |
| 14 |
The Last Song |
Mar 31, 2010 |
Drama |
PG |
$62,950,384 |
7,978,502 |
| 15 |
Easy A |
Sep 17, 2010 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$58,401,464 |
7,401,960 |
| 16 |
Legend of the Guardians: Th… |
Sep 24, 2010 |
Adventure |
PG |
$55,549,823 |
7,040,535 |
| 17 |
The Lovely Bones |
Dec 11, 2009 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$43,731,131 |
5,542,602 |
| 18 |
Up in the Air |
Dec 4, 2009 |
Drama |
R |
$39,448,116 |
4,999,761 |
| 19 |
Charlie St. Cloud |
Jul 30, 2010 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$31,206,263 |
3,955,166 |
| 20 |
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang |
Aug 20, 2010 |
Adventure |
PG |
$29,197,642 |
3,700,588 |
| 21 |
Gulliver's Travels |
Dec 25, 2010 |
Adventure |
PG |
$27,454,506 |
3,479,659 |
| 22 |
Ramona and Beezus |
Jul 23, 2010 |
Comedy |
G |
$26,167,002 |
3,316,477 |
| 23 |
The Princess and the Frog |
Dec 11, 2009 |
Adventure |
G |
$18,541,560 |
2,350,007 |
| 24 |
The Ghost Writer |
Feb 19, 2010 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$15,541,549 |
1,969,778 |
| 25 |
Youth in Revolt |
Jan 8, 2010 |
Comedy |
R |
$15,285,588 |
1,937,336 |
| 26 |
Repo Men |
Mar 19, 2010 |
Action |
R |
$13,942,007 |
1,767,048 |
| 27 |
Män som hatar kvinnor |
May 29, 2009 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$10,561,224 |
1,338,558 |
| 28 |
The Twilight Saga: New Moon |
Nov 20, 2009 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$8,668,979 |
1,098,730 |
| 29 |
Flickan som lekte med elden |
Dec 25, 2009 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$8,480,758 |
1,074,874 |
| 30 |
A Single Man |
Dec 11, 2009 |
Drama |
R |
$7,444,351 |
943,517 |
| 31 |
The Last Station |
Jan 15, 2010 |
Drama |
R |
$6,617,867 |
838,766 |
| 32 |
El secreto de sus ojos |
Apr 16, 2010 |
Drama |
R |
$6,391,436 |
810,067 |
| 33 |
It's Kind of a Funny Story |
Oct 8, 2010 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$6,363,628 |
806,543 |
| 34 |
Winter’s Bone |
Jun 11, 2010 |
Drama |
R |
$6,245,508 |
791,572 |
| 35 |
Orlando |
Jan 1, 1992 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$5,367,945 |
680,347 |
| 36 |
Luftslottet som sprängdes |
Apr 30, 2010 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$5,273,085 |
668,325 |
| 37 |
Precious (Based on the Nove… |
Nov 6, 2009 |
Drama |
R |
$3,806,401 |
482,433 |
| 38 |
Never Let Me Go |
Sep 15, 2010 |
Drama |
R |
$2,434,652 |
308,574 |
| 39 |
The Twilight Saga: Twilight… |
Jun 29, 2010 |
|
PG-13 |
$2,385,237 |
302,311 |
| 40 |
Fantastic Mr. Fox |
Nov 13, 2009 |
Comedy |
PG |
$1,879,730 |
238,242 |
| 41 |
3 Idiots |
Dec 23, 2009 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$1,776,771 |
225,192 |
| 42 |
Flipped |
Aug 6, 2010 |
Romantic Comedy |
PG |
$1,755,212 |
222,460 |
| 43 |
Coco Chanel and Igor Stravi… |
Jun 11, 2010 |
Drama |
R |
$1,725,982 |
218,755 |
| 44 |
The Road |
Nov 25, 2009 |
Drama |
R |
$1,255,957 |
159,183 |
| 45 |
Les sept jours du talion |
Feb 5, 2010 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$1,011,919 |
128,253 |
| 46 |
The Polar Express |
Nov 10, 2004 |
Adventure |
G |
$672,796 |
85,272 |
| 47 |
Where the Wild Things Are |
Oct 16, 2009 |
Adventure |
PG |
$666,976 |
84,534 |
| 48 |
Cloudy with a Chance of Mea… |
Sep 18, 2009 |
Adventure |
PG |
$605,368 |
76,726 |
| 49 |
The City of Your Final Dest… |
Apr 16, 2010 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$493,296 |
62,521 |
| 50 |
The Extra Man |
Jul 30, 2010 |
Comedy |
R |
$453,377 |
57,462 |
| 51 |
The Men Who Stare at Goats |
Nov 6, 2009 |
Black Comedy |
R |
$409,764 |
51,934 |
| 52 |
Les herbes folles |
Jun 25, 2010 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG |
$403,952 |
51,197 |
| 53 |
Arthur and the War of Two W… |
Nov 5, 2015 |
Adventure |
PG |
$347,136 |
43,996 |
| 54 |
Enter the Void |
Sep 24, 2010 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$337,997 |
42,838 |
| 55 |
Aisha |
Aug 6, 2010 |
Romantic Comedy |
Not Rated |
$298,431 |
37,823 |
| 56 |
The Little Traitor |
Oct 16, 2009 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$297,351 |
37,687 |
| 57 |
Me and Orson Welles |
Nov 25, 2009 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$247,727 |
31,397 |
| 58 |
The Exorcist |
Dec 26, 1973 |
Horror |
R |
$235,134 |
29,802 |
| 59 |
That Evening Sun |
Nov 6, 2009 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$233,240 |
29,561 |
| 60 |
Twelve |
Aug 6, 2010 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$183,920 |
23,310 |
| 61 |
Red Riding: The Year of Our… |
Feb 5, 2010 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$151,644 |
19,219 |
| 62 |
My Dog Tulip |
Sep 1, 2010 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$151,258 |
19,170 |
| 63 |
Red Riding: The Year of Our… |
Feb 5, 2010 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$148,826 |
18,862 |
| 64 |
Red Cliff |
Nov 20, 2009 |
Action |
R |
$100,206 |
12,700 |
| 65 |
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee |
Nov 27, 2009 |
Drama |
R |
$76,158 |
9,652 |
| 66 |
Le hérisson |
Mar 12, 2010 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$73,133 |
9,269 |
| 67 |
Le Amiche |
Jun 18, 2010 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$54,843 |
6,950 |
| 68 |
Gedo Senki (Tales from Eart… |
Aug 13, 2010 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$48,658 |
6,167 |
| 69 |
Rashomon |
May 29, 2009 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$27,401 |
3,472 |
| 70 |
Hemingway's Garden of Eden |
Dec 10, 2010 |
Drama |
R |
$22,083 |
2,798 |
| 71 |
The Trial |
Sep 10, 2010 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$19,753 |
2,503 |
| 72 |
La legge |
Nov 11, 1960 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$17,351 |
2,199 |
| 73 |
Sita Sings the Blues |
Dec 25, 2009 |
Musical |
Not Rated |
$10,784 |
1,366 |
| 74 |
Mississippi Mermaid |
Jan 15, 1999 |
Drama |
R |
$10,678 |
1,353 |
| 75 |
The Taqwacores |
Oct 22, 2010 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$9,347 |
1,184 |
| 76 |
The Box |
Nov 6, 2009 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$6,301 |
799 |
| 77 |
The Oxford Murders |
Aug 6, 2010 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$4,803 |
608 |
| 78 |
Mutluluk |
Aug 7, 2009 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$2,856 |
361 |
| 79 |
Boogie Woogie |
Apr 23, 2010 |
Black Comedy |
R |
$2,618 |
331 |
| 80 |
Endgame |
Nov 6, 2009 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$1,407 |
178 |
| 81 |
$9.99 |
Dec 12, 2008 |
Drama |
R |
$544 |
68 |
| 82 |
Breakfast with Scot |
Oct 10, 2008 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$114 |
14 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $2,605,147,962 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 330,183,487 |
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.
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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.
