Top 10 Highest Grossing Movies in 2010

I love the end of the year in movies, it's when we get all the lists. Bests of, Worsts of, Most Anticipated, all the potential lists for Awards. And now we have the Top 10 Highest Grossing movies in 2010.

 

There's really no surprises in this one. Toy Story 3 taking the top, especially with 3D sales, was expected. Same with Alice in Wonderland for #2. However, I'm proud of the #4 movie. Inception really tore it up in sales, especially since it had an original story (several of these films are parts of a franchise), and without the aid of 3D. If it did have 3D, I think it would have passed Toy Story 3.

My biggest surprise was #10. Didn't realize Clash of the Titans did so well, especially since it was fodder for critics. But hey, it made a great amount of money, and they're coming back for round two. And after what Sam Worthington said, I'm actually curious to see what happens.

Anyways, here's the list and the figures:

1. Toy Story 3 - $1.1 billion total ($415 million domestic, $648 million foreign)

2. Alice in Wonderland - $1 billion total ($334 million domestic, $690 million foreign)

3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - $828 million total ($269 million domestic, $558 million foreign)

4. Inception - $825 million total ($292 million domestic, $533 million foreign)

5. Shrek Forever After - $739 million total ($239 million domestic, $501 million foreign)

6. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - $693 million total ($300 million domestic, $392 million foreign)

7. Iron Man 2 - $621 million total ($312 million domestic, $309 million foreign)

8. Despicable Me - $539 million total ($250 million domestic, $289 million foreign)

9. How to Train Your Dragon - $494 million total ($217 million domestic, $277 million foreign)

10. Clash of the Titans - $493 million total ($163 million domestic, $330 million foreign)

Comments

[Brix]

I was actually very surprised that Iron Man 2 only did $312 million. I thought for sure taht it would take the #1 spot at the start of summer. Usually sequels to big blockbusters always out oerform the 1st plus it had higher ticket prices. It did less than the original. On the flip side i didn't expext Toy Story to do much over $300 million based on the 1st two movies only doing around $250 million. I thought these were both big surprises for the year. Alice and Shrek were also very surprising to mewith Alice doing better than my projections and Shrek doing alot less. Everything else was pretty much were i had it on the top 10 except maybe Potter. Had that doing about $300-$310 million. Certainly an odd year at the box office for me