Most Popular Movies 2010
This chart shows the 2010 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 2010 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 2010 - Top 2010 Worldwide
| Toy Story 3 |
| Director: Lee Unkrich |
| Lead Roles: Tom Hanks as Woody, Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 18, 2010 (Wide) by Walt Disney |
| Keywords: Family Movie, 3-D, IMAX: DMR, 2011 Oscars Best Picture Nominee, Living Toys, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, Filmed in Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville, CA, Filmed in Emeryville, CA, Filmed in California, United States, Filmed in United States, Filmed in Alameda County, CA, Family Adventure |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $415,004,880 |
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International BO: $653,874,642 |
Synopsis
As Andy prepares to depart for college, his loyal toys find themselves in... day care! But the untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice, so it's all for one and one for all as plans for the great escape get underway. More than a few new faces -- some plastic, some plush -- join the adventure, including iconic swinging bachelor and Barbie's counterpart, Ken; a lederhosen-wearing thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants; and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o'- Huggin' Bear.
| Inception |
| Director: Christopher Nolan |
| Lead Roles: Leonardo DiCaprio as Cobb, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Arthur, Ellen Page as Ariadne |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 16, 2010 (Wide) by Warner Bros. |
| Keywords: Visual Effects, Dream Sequence, IMAX: DMR, Shared Dreams, 2011 Oscars Best Picture Nominee, Psychological Thriller, Filmed in Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge, Long Beach, CA, Filmed in Long Beach, CA, Filmed in Los Angeles County, CA, Filmed in California, United States, Filmed in United States |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Animation/Live Action, Science Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $292,576,195 |
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International BO: $533,210,699 |
Synopsis
Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious, during the dream state when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb’s rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible: inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.
| Edge of Darkness |
| Director: Martin Campbell |
| Lead Roles: Mel Gibson as Thomas Craven |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 29, 2010 (Wide) by Warner Bros. |
| Keywords: Action Thriller, Conspiracy Theory, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Death of a Son or Daughter, Corporate Malfeasance, Government Corruption, Hitmen |
| Classification: Based on TV, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $43,313,890 |
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International BO: $39,498,566 |
Synopsis
When the only daughter of a Boston homicide detective, Thomas Craven, is shot on his doorstep, everyone assumes that he was the intended target. Then evidence suggests otherwise, and Craven sets out to find her killer and, in the process, uncovers her secret life, corporate coverups, government collusion, and murder.
| Black Swan |
| Director: Darren Aronofsky |
| Lead Roles: Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers/ The Swan Queen |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 3, 2010 (Limited) by Fox Searchlight |
| Keywords: Dancing, Mental Illness, Dysfunctional Family, LGBTQ+, Hallucinations, 2011 Oscars Best Picture Nominee, Psychological Thriller |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $106,954,678 |
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International BO: $224,312,032 |
Synopsis
Nina, a featured dancer at the New York Ballet, finds herself caught in a web of competitive intrigue with Lily, a new dancer at the company. As the two dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side with a recklessness that threatens to destroy her.
| The Next Three Days |
| Director: Paul Haggis |
| Lead Roles: Russell Crowe as John Brennan |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 19, 2010 (Wide) by Lionsgate |
| Keywords: Prison, Wrongfully Convicted, Rescue, Foreign-Language Remake, Escape, Voiceover/Narration, Non-Chronological, Fugitive / On the Run, Action Thriller |
| Classification: Remake, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $21,148,651 |
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International BO: $46,107,265 |
Synopsis
Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison. Refusing to be deterred by impossible odds or his own inexperience, John devises an elaborate escape plot and plunges into a dangerous and unfamiliar world, ultimately risking everything for the woman he loves.
| Alice in Wonderland |
| Director: Tim Burton |
| Lead Roles: Johnny Depp as Mad Hatter, Alan Rickman as Blue Caterpillar |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 4, 2010 (Wide) (New Zealand) |
| Keywords: 3-D, Arranged Marriage, Talking Animals, Dragon, Animal Lead, Same Actor, Multiple Roles, Non-Chronological, Sibling Rivalry, Twins, Hallucinations, IMAX: DMR, Live Action Cartoon, Motion Capture Performance, 3-D - Post-production Conversion, Family Adventure |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Animation/Live Action, Fantasy |
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Domestic BO: $334,191,110 |
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International BO: $691,300,000 |
| Monsters |
| Director: Gareth Edwards |
| Lead Roles: Scoot McNairy as Kaulder, Whitney Able as Sam |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 29, 2010 (Limited) by Magnet Pictures |
| Keywords: Alien Invasion, Non-Chronological, Road Trip, Set in Mexico, Photography, Investigative Journalist, On a Boat, Human-Trafficking, Scene Filmed in Night Vision, Romance, Quarantine |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Science Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $237,301 |
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International BO: $5,402,429 |
Synopsis
Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and grow. In an effort to stem the destruction that resulted, half of Mexico was quarantined as an INFECTED ZONE. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain the massive creatures... Our story begins when a jaded US journalist begrudgingly agrees to find his boss' daughter, a shaken American tourist and escort her through the infected zone to the safety of the US border.
| Shrek Forever After |
| Director: Mike Mitchell |
| Lead Roles: Mike Myers as Shrek, Eddie Murphy as Donkey, Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona, Antonio Banderas as Puss-in-Boots |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 21, 2010 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures |
| Keywords: 3-D, IMAX: DMR, Alternative Dimensions / Parallel universe, Mid-Life Crisis, Talking Animals, Dragon, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, Family Adventure |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $238,736,787 |
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International BO: $517,507,886 |
| Remember Me |
| Director: Allen Coulter |
| Lead Roles: Robert Pattinson as Tyler Hawkin, Emilie de Ravin as Ally Craig |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 12, 2010 (Wide) by Summit Entertainment |
| Keywords: Romance, Romantic Drama, Coming of Age, 1990s, 2000s, Terrorism, 9/11 |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $19,068,240 |
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International BO: $37,437,880 |
| Nowhere Boy |
| Director: Sam Taylor-Wood |
| Lead Roles: Aaron Johnson as John |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 8, 2010 (Limited) by Weinstein Co. |
| Keywords: Coming of Age, Musicians, Biography, Epilogue |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
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Domestic BO: $1,445,366 |
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International BO: $6,339,863 |
| Tangled |
| Director: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard |
| Lead Roles: Zachary Levi as Flynn Rider, Mandy Moore as Rapunzel |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 24, 2010 (Wide) by Walt Disney |
| Keywords: Prince/Princess, Escape, Heist, Voiceover/Narration, 3-D, Kidnap, Animal Lead, Dysfunctional Family, Romance, Orphan, Coming of Age, Prologue, Royalty, Road Trip, IMAX: DMR, Development Hell, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, Family Adventure |
| Classification: Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale, Adventure, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $200,821,936 |
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International BO: $381,618,215 |
Synopsis
Fugitive bandit, Flynn Ryder, hides out in a mysterious tower and is taken hostage by Rapunzel. Locked in the tower with 70 feet of hair, Rapunzel strikes a deal with Flynn to gain her freedom. The pair set out on an adventure with the King's guards in hot pursuit.
| Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole |
| Director: Zack Snyder |
| Lead Roles: Jim Sturgess as Soren, Emily Barclay as Gylfie, Anthony LaPaglia as Twillight, David Wenham as Digger, Adrienne de Faria as Eglantine |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 24, 2010 (Wide) by Warner Bros. |
| Keywords: Talking Animals, Animal Lead, Good vs. Evil, 3-D, IMAX: DMR, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, Family Adventure |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $55,675,313 |
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International BO: $84,041,404 |
| Robin Hood |
| Director: Ridley Scott |
| Lead Roles: Russell Crowe as Robin Longstride, Cate Blanchett as Marion Loxley |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 14, 2010 (Wide) by Universal |
| Classification: Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale, Action, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $105,487,148 |
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International BO: $216,971,858 |
Synopsis
Robin Hood is an expert archer in service to King Richard’s army against the French. Upon Richard’s death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from the corruption of a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation, where he falls for the spirited widow Lady Marion, a woman skeptical of the identity and motivations of this crusader from the forest. Hoping to earn the hand of Maid Marion and salvage the village, Robin assembles a gang whose lethal mercenary skills are matched only by its appetite for life. Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff. With their country weakened from decades of war, embattled from the ineffective rule of the new king and vulnerable to insurgencies from within and threats from afar, Robin and his men heed a call to ever greater adventure. This unlikeliest of heroes and his allies set off to protect their country from slipping into bloody civil war and return glory to England once more.
| Little Fockers |
| Director: Paul Weitz |
| Lead Roles: Robert De Niro as Jack Byrnes, Ben Stiller as Greg Focker, Owen Wilson as Kevin Rawley, Blythe Danner as Dina Byrnes, Teri Polo as Pam Byrnes, Jessica Alba as Andi, Dustin Hoffman as Bernard "Bernie" Focker, Barbra Streisand as Rosalind "Roz" Focker |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 22, 2010 (Wide) by Universal |
| Keywords: Dysfunctional Family, Twins, Mid-Life Crisis, In-Laws / Future In-Laws |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $148,438,600 |
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International BO: $162,211,974 |
Synopsis
It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get "in" with his tightly wound father-in-law Jack. After the cash-strapped Dad takes a job moonlighting for a drug company, Jack's suspicions about his favorite male nurse come roaring back. When Greg and Pam's entire clan descends for the twins birthday party, Greg must prove to Jack that he is capable of being the man of the house.
| 2012: Time for Change |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 9, 2010 (Limited) by Mangusta Productions, released as Time for Change |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Documentary, Live Action, Factual |
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Domestic BO: $68,339 |
| Le code a changé |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 27, 2010 (Limited) by IFC Films, released as Change of Plans |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $46,714 |
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International BO: $501,854 |
| My Friends Tigger and Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths |
| Video Release Date: April 6, 2010 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment |
| Classification: Compilation, Adventure, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction |
| Hereafter |
| Director: Clint Eastwood |
| Lead Roles: Matt Damon as George Lonegan, Cécile de France as Marie LeLay |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 15, 2010 (Exclusive) by Warner Bros. |
| Keywords: Twins, Disaster, Haunting, Psychics, Death of a Sibling, Death of a Twin, Addiction, Rehab / Former Addict, Terrorism, Fired, Afterlife, Near Death Experience, Life Drama, Ensemble |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $32,746,941 |
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International BO: $75,913,329 |
| Mega Piranha |
| Video Release Date: April 27, 2010 by Asylum Home Entertainment |
| Keywords: Direct-to-Video, Animals Gone Bad |
| Alice |
| Video Release Date: March 2, 2010 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment |
| Keywords: TV Mini-Series |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Live Action, Fantasy |
| Undiscovered Disney Parks |
| Video Release Date: December 15, 2010 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Documentary, Live Action, Factual |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader |
| Director: Michael Apted |
| Lead Roles: Georgie Henley as Lucy Pevensie, Skandar Keynes as Edmund Pevensie, Benjamin Barnes as Prince Caspian, Will Poulter as Eustace Scrubb, Liam Neeson as Aslan, Simon Pegg as Reepicheep, Tilda Swinton as Jadis, the White Witch |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 10, 2010 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox |
| Keywords: 3-D, Prince/Princess, Dragon, Rescue, Talking Animals, Sword and Sandal, Gratuitous Cameos, Coming of Age, Dysfunctional Family, Voiceover/Narration, 3-D - Post-production Conversion, Family Adventure |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Animation/Live Action, Fantasy |
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Domestic BO: $104,386,950 |
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International BO: $313,800,000 |
Synopsis
Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their cousin Eustace and their royal friend King Caspian, find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to the Narnian ship, the Dawn Treader. As they embark on an adventure of destiny and discovery, they confront obstacles beyond imagination.
| Die Fremde |
| Director: Feo Aladag |
| Lead Roles: Sibel Kekilli as Umay |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 21, 2010 (Wide) (Turkey) |
| Keywords: Foreign Language, Dysfunctional Family, Culture Clash, Inspired by a True Story |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $19,631 |
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International BO: $47,396 |
Synopsis
German-born Umay flees from her oppressive marriage in Istanbul, taking her young son Cem with her. She hopes to find a better life with her family in Berlin, but her unexpected arrival creates intense conflict. Her family is trapped in their conventions. They are torn between their love for her and the traditional values of their community. Ultimately, they decide to return Cem to his father in Turkey. To keep her son, Umay is forced to move again. She finds the inner strength to build a new life for herself and Cem, but her need for her family's love drives her to a series of ill-fated attempts at reconciliation. What Umay doesn't realize is just how deep the wounds are and how dangerous her struggle for self-determination has become…
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| Frozen |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 5, 2010 (Limited) by Anchor Bay Entertainment |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $246,177 |
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International BO: $48,286,888 |
| Breaking Upwards |
| Initial Theatrical Release: April 2, 2010 (Limited) by IFC Films |
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Domestic BO: $115,592 |