This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 2010.[1]

Number-one films

# Weekend end date Film Gross Notes Ref
1 January 3, 2010 Avatar $68,490,688 Avatar broke Spider-Man's record ($45 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]
2 January 10, 2010 $50,306,217 Avatar broke Titanic's record ($28.7 million) for the highest fourth weekend gross of all time. It also became the first film since The Dark Knight to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. It also broke Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest's record (63 days) for the fastest film to gross $1 billion worldwide, crossing the mark in 19 days. [3]
3 January 17, 2010 $42,785,612 Avatar broke Titanic's record ($30 million) for the highest fifth weekend gross of all time, and Cloverfield's record ($40.1 million) for the highest Martin Luther King Jr. Day long-weekend gross ever. It also became the first film since The Sixth Sense to top the box office for five consecutive weekends and the first film since Signs to top the box office in its fifth weekend. [4][5]
4 January 24, 2010 $34,944,081 Avatar broke Titanic's record ($25.5 million) for the highest sixth weekend gross of all time. It also became the first film since Titanic to top the box office for six consecutive weekends. With this intake, it became the highest-grossing film of all time. [6]
5 January 31, 2010 $31,280,029 Avatar broke Titanic's record ($25.9 million) for the highest seventh weekend gross of all time. It also became the first film since Titanic to top the box office for seven consecutive weekends and the first film since The Passion of the Christ to top the box office in its seventh weekend. [7]
6 February 7, 2010 Dear John $30,468,614 [8]
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. [9][10]
8 February 21, 2010 Shutter Island $41,062,440 [11]
9 February 28, 2010 $22,665,205 [12]
10 March 7, 2010 Alice in Wonderland $116,101,023 Alice in Wonderland broke 300's record ($70.9 million) for the highest weekend debut in March and Fast & Furious' record ($71 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spring release. It also broke Spider-Man's record ($114.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-sequel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire's record ($102.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a live-action fantasy film, and Avatar's record ($77 million) for the highest weekend debut for a 3-D film. [13]
11 March 14, 2010 $62,714,076 [14]
12 March 21, 2010 $34,189,969 [15]
13 March 28, 2010 How to Train Your Dragon $43,732,319 [16]
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. [17][18]
15 April 11, 2010 $26,633,209 Initial estimates had Date Night ahead of Clash of the Titans. [19]
16 April 18, 2010 Kick-Ass $19,828,687 Initial estimates had How to Train Your Dragon ahead of Kick-Ass. [20]
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. It became the first film since Avatar to top the box office in its fifth weekend. [21]
18 May 2, 2010 A Nightmare on Elm Street $32,902,299 [22]
19 May 9, 2010 Iron Man 2 $128,122,480 Iron Man 2 had the highest weekend debut of 2010. [23]
20 May 16, 2010 $52,041,005 [24]
21 May 23, 2010 Shrek Forever After $70,838,207 [25]
22 May 30, 2010 $43,311,063 [26][27]
23 June 6, 2010 $25,486,465 [28]
24 June 13, 2010 The Karate Kid $55,665,805 [29]
25 June 20, 2010 Toy Story 3 $110,307,189 Toy Story 3 broke Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's record ($109 million) for the highest weekend debut in June and Finding Nemo's record ($70.3 million) for the highest opening weekend for a G-rated film. Its $41.1 million opening day gross broke Shrek the Third's record ($38 million) for the biggest single day gross for an animated film. [30]
26 June 27, 2010 $59,337,669 [31]
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. It also broke Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's records for the highest midnight gross in IMAX ($959,000) with $1 million and the highest Wednesday gross of all-time with $68.5 million. [32][33]
28 July 11, 2010 Despicable Me $56,397,125 [34]
29 July 18, 2010 Inception $62,785,337 [35]
30 July 25, 2010 $42,725,012 [36]
31 August 1, 2010 $27,485,245 [37]
32 August 8, 2010 The Other Guys $35,543,162 [38]
33 August 15, 2010 The Expendables $34,825,135 [39]
34 August 22, 2010 $16,968,032 [40]
35 August 29, 2010 Takers $20,512,304 Initial estimates had The Last Exorcism ahead of Takers. [41]
36 September 5, 2010 The American $13,177,790 [42][43]
37 September 12, 2010 Resident Evil: Afterlife $26,650,264 [44]
38 September 19, 2010 The Town $23,808,032 [45]
39 September 26, 2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps $19,011,188 [46]
40 October 3, 2010 The Social Network $22,445,653 [47]
41 October 10, 2010 $15,451,991 [48][49]
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. [50]
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. [51]
44 October 31, 2010 Saw 3D $22,530,123 [52]
45 November 7, 2010 Megamind $46,016,833 [53]
46 November 14, 2010 $29,120,461 [54]
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. It also broke Alice in Wonderland's record ($116.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a live-action fantasy film. [55]
48 November 28, 2010 $49,087,101 In second place, Tangled's $48.8 million opening weekend broke The Lion King's record ($40.9 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film and for a musical animated film. It also broke High School Musical 3: Senior Year's record ($42 million) for a musical film. [56]
49 December 5, 2010 Tangled $21,608,891 Tangled reached #1 in its second weekend of release. [57]
50 December 12, 2010 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader $24,005,069 [58]
51 December 19, 2010 Tron: Legacy $44,026,211 [59]
52 December 26, 2010 Little Fockers $30,833,665 [60]
53 January 2, 2011 $25,766,485 [61]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2010 by Calendar Gross[62]

Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Gross
1. Avatar 20th Century Fox Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez and Sigourney Weaver James Cameron $466,141,929
2. Toy Story 3 Walt Disney Studios voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris, Blake Clark, Jeff Pidgeon, Ned Beatty, Michael Keaton, Jodi Benson and John Morris Lee Unkrich $410,171,027
3. Alice in Wonderland Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Crispin Glover, Matt Lucas, Mia Wasikowska, Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall Tim Burton $332,430,200
4. Iron Man 2 Paramount Pictures Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke and Samuel L. Jackson Jon Favreau $312,433,331
5. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Summit Entertainment Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Bryce Dallas Howard, Billy Burke and Dakota Fanning David Slade $300,531,751
6. Inception Warner Bros. Pictures Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Elliot Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger and Michael Caine Christopher Nolan $292,558,188
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Griffiths, John Hurt, Rhys Ifans, Jason Isaacs, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton and David Thewlis David Yates $280,230,127
8. Despicable Me Universal Pictures voices of Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Will Arnett and Julie Andrews Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud $251,083,040
9. Shrek Forever After Paramount Pictures voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Walt Dohrn, Jane Lynch, Jon Hamm, Craig Robinson, Lake Bell, Mary Kay Place, Kathy Griffin and Kristen Schaal Mike Mitchell $238,736,787
10. How to Train Your Dragon voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T. J. Miller, Kristen Wiig and David Tennant Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois $217,581,231

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 2010 by In-year release[63]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1. Toy Story 3 Disney $415,004,880
2. Alice in Wonderland $334,191,110
3. Iron Man 2 Paramount $312,433,331
4. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Summit $300,531,751
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Warner Bros. $295,983,305
6. Inception $292,576,195
7. Despicable Me Universal $251,513,985
8. Shrek Forever After Paramount $238,736,787
9. How to Train Your Dragon $217,581,231
10. Tangled Disney $200,821,936


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2010
G Toy Story 3
PG Alice in Wonderland
PG-13 Iron Man 2
R The King's Speech

See also

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