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

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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

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#	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	Shutter Island	$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	Clash of the Titans	$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	Iron Man 2	$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	Toy Story 3	$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	The Expendables	$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	The Social Network	$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	Megamind	$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	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	$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	Little Fockers	$25,766,485		^[61]

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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	Walt Disney Studios	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	Warner Bros. Pictures	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	Paramount Pictures	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

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic gross
1.	Toy Story 3	Disney	$415,004,880
2.	Alice in Wonderland	Disney	$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	Warner Bros.	$292,576,195
7.	Despicable Me	Universal	$251,513,985
8.	Shrek Forever After	Paramount	$238,736,787
9.	How to Train Your Dragon	Paramount	$217,581,231
10.	Tangled	Disney	$200,821,936

List_of_2010_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States

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

Number-one films

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

In-Year Release

See also

References

Chronology

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