List of 2010 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 2010.

# Date Film Gross Notes
1 January 3, 2010 Avatar $68,490,688 Avatar broke Spider-Man's record ($45.0 million) for the highest third weekend gross of all time, and Cloverfield's record ($40.1 million) for the highest weekend gross in January.
2 January 10, 2010 Avatar $50,306,217 Avatar broke Titanic's record ($28.7 million) for the highest fourth weekend gross of all time.
3 January 17, 2010 Avatar $42,785,612 Avatar broke Titanic's record ($30.0 million) for the highest fifth weekend gross of all time, and Cloverfield's record ($40.1 million) for the highest Martin Luther King weekend gross ever.
4 January 24, 2010 Avatar $34,944,081 Avatar broke Titanic's record ($25.5 million) for the highest sixth weekend gross of all time. With this intake, it became the highest-grossing film of all time.
5 January 31, 2010 Avatar $31,280,029 Avatar broke Titanic's record ($25.9 million) for the highest seventh weekend gross of all time.
6 February 7, 2010 Dear John $30,468,614
7 February 14, 2010 Valentine's Day $56,260,707 Valentine's Day broke Ghost Rider's record ($45.4 million) for the highest President's Day weekend debut.
8 February 21, 2010 Shutter Island $41,062,440
9 February 28, 2010 Shutter Island $22,665,205
10 March 7, 2010 Alice in Wonderland $116,101,023 Alice in Wonderland broke Spider-Man's record ($114.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-sequel, 300's record ($70.9 million) for the highest weekend debut in March, Fast and Furious' record ($71.0 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spring release, and Avatar's record ($77.0 million) for highest debut for a 3-D film.
11 March 14, 2010 Alice in Wonderland $62,714,076
12 March 21, 2010 Alice in Wonderland $41,062,440
13 March 28, 2010 How to Train Your Dragon $43,732,319
14 April 4, 2010 Clash of the Titans $61,235,105 Clash of the Titans broke Scary Movie 4's record ($40.2 million) for the highest Easter weekend debut.
15 April 11, 2010 Clash of the Titans $26,633,209 Initial estimates had Date Night ahead of Clash of the Titans.
16 April 18, 2010 Kick-Ass $19,828,687 Initial estimates had How to Train Your Dragon ahead of Kick-Ass.
17 April 25, 2010 How to Train Your Dragon $15,350,213 How to Train Your Dragon reclaimed the #1 spot in its fifth weekend of release.
18 May 2, 2010 A Nightmare on Elm Street $32,902,299
19 May 9, 2010 Iron Man 2 $128,122,480 Iron Man 2 had the highest weekend debut of 2010.
20 May 16, 2010 Iron Man 2 $52,041,005
21 May 23, 2010 Shrek Forever After $70,838,207
22 May 30, 2010 Shrek Forever After $43,311,063
23 June 6, 2010 Shrek Forever After $25,486,465
24 June 13, 2010 The Karate Kid $55,665,805
25 June 20, 2010 Toy Story 3 $110,307,189 Toy Story 3 broke Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's record ($108.9 million) for the highest weekend debut in June. Its $41.1 million opening day gross broke Shrek the Third's record ($38.0 million) for the biggest single day gross for an animated film.
26 June 27, 2010 Toy Story 3 $59,337,669
27 July 4, 2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $64,832,191 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's $30.1 million gross from midnight showings broke The Twilight Saga: New Moon's record ($26.3 million) for the highest midnight opening ever. Its $1 million midnight gross in IMAX broke Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's record ($959,000) for the highest midnight gross in IMAX. Its opening day gross of $68.5 million broke Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's record ($62.0 million) for the highest Wednesday gross of all-time.
28 July 11, 2010 Despicable Me $56,397,125
29 July 18, 2010 Inception $62,785,337
30 July 25, 2010 Inception $42,725,012
31 August 1, 2010 Inception $27,485,245
32 August 8, 2010 The Other Guys $35,543,162
33 August 15, 2010 The Expendables $34,825,135
34 August 22, 2010 The Expendables $16,968,032
35 August 29, 2010 Takers $20,512,304 Initial estimates had The Last Exorcism ahead of Takers.
36 September 5, 2010 The American $13,177,790
37 September 12, 2010 Resident Evil: Afterlife $26,650,264
38 September 19, 2010 The Town $23,808,032
39 September 26, 2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps $19,011,188
40 October 3, 2010 The Social Network $22,445,653
41 October 10, 2010 The Social Network $15,451,991
42 October 17, 2010 Jackass 3D $50,353,641 Jackass 3D broke Scary Movie 3's records ($48.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in October and for any fall release. Jackass 3D also broke Brüno's record ($30.4 million) for the biggest weekend debut for a docu-comedy.
43 October 24, 2010 Paranormal Activity 2 $40,678,424 Paranormal Activity 2 broke Friday the 13th's record ($40.5 million) for the highest weekend debut for a horror film.
44 October 31, 2010 Saw 3D $22,530,123
45 November 7, 2010 Megamind $46,016,833
46 November 14, 2010 Megamind $29,120,461
47 November 21, 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 $125,017,372 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1's $1.4 million midnight gross in IMAX broke The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's record ($1 million) for the highest midnight gross in IMAX.
48 November 28, 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 $49,087,101
49 December 5, 2010 Tangled $21,608,891 Tangled reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
50 December 12, 2010 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader $24,005,069
51 December 19, 2010 Tron: Legacy $44,026,211
52 December 26, 2010 Little Fockers $30,833,665
53 January 2, 2011 Little Fockers $25,766,485

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2010[1]
Rank Title Studio Domestic Gross
1. Toy Story 3 Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios $415,004,880
2. Alice in Wonderland Walt Disney Pictures $334,191,110
3. Iron Man 2 Marvel Studios / Paramount Pictures $312,433,331
4. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Summit Entertainment $300,531,751
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Heyday Films / Warner Bros. $295,983,305
6. Inception Warner Bros. $292,576,195
7. Despicable Me Universal Studios / Illumination Entertainment $251,513,985
8. Shrek Forever After DreamWorks Animation / Paramount Pictures $238,736,787
9. How to Train Your Dragon $217,581,231
10. Tangled Walt Disney Pictures $200,821,936

See also

References

  1. "2010 DOMESTIC GROSSES". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
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