| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 155 | Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune | - | - | - | $1,233 | 13 | $263,723 | Jan 5 | First Run | false |
| 171 | If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle | - | - | - | $318 | 1 | $12,135 | Jan 5 | Film Movement | false |
| 60 | Blue Valentine | - | - | - | $140,304 | 450 | $9,706,328 | Dec 29 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 71 | Another Year | - | - | - | $76,166 | 236 | $3,205,706 | Dec 29 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 132 | The Strange Case of Angelica | - | - | - | $4,808 | 2 | $50,135 | Dec 29 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 151 | The Red Chapel | - | - | - | $1,590 | 2 | $6,196 | Dec 29 | Lorber Films | false |
| 12 | Gulliver's Travels | - | - | - | $21,121,717 | 3,089 | $42,779,261 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 70 | The Illusionist | - | - | - | $86,826 | 206 | $2,231,474 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 48 | If You Are the One 2 | - | - | - | $296,972 | 21 | $426,894 | Dec 24 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 123 | Summer Wars | - | - | - | $9,381 | 11 | $80,768 | Dec 24 | GKIDS | false |
| 129 | Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! | - | - | - | $5,958 | 5 | $89,507 | Dec 24 | - | false |
| 142 | Hadewijch | - | - | - | $3,213 | 2 | $5,006 | Dec 24 | IFC Films | false |
| 3 | Little Fockers | - | - | - | $84,557,425 | 3,675 | $148,438,600 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 5 | True Grit | - | - | - | $70,420,123 | 3,464 | $171,243,005 | Dec 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 34 | Tees Maar Khan | - | - | - | $950,611 | 108 | $1,076,443 | Dec 22 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 44 | Somewhere | - | - | - | $322,534 | 83 | $1,785,645 | Dec 22 | Focus Features | false |
| 69 | Country Strong | - | - | - | $89,636 | 1,441 | $20,218,921 | Dec 22 | Screen Gems | false |
| 138 | Nénette | - | - | - | $3,740 | 3 | $18,009 | Dec 22 | Kino International | false |
| 1 | Tron: Legacy | - | - | - | $117,540,071 | 3,451 | $172,062,763 | Dec 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | Yogi Bear | - | - | - | $57,418,550 | 3,515 | $100,246,011 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | How Do You Know | - | - | - | $21,808,891 | 2,483 | $30,212,620 | Dec 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 43 | Rabbit Hole | - | - | - | $323,432 | 131 | $2,229,058 | Dec 17 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 57 | Casino Jack | - | - | - | $170,358 | 60 | $1,042,959 | Dec 17 | ATO Pictures | false |
| 177 | To Die Is Hard | - | - | - | $112 | 1 | $5,129 | Dec 17 | Driving With Our Eyes Shut | false |
| 4 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | - | - | - | $80,066,097 | 3,555 | $104,386,950 | Dec 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | The Tourist | - | - | - | $49,966,965 | 2,756 | $67,631,157 | Dec 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 10 | The Fighter | - | - | - | $39,041,794 | 2,534 | $93,617,009 | Dec 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 50 | No Problem | - | - | - | $285,468 | 84 | $285,468 | Dec 10 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 52 | The Tempest | - | - | - | $223,653 | 21 | $277,943 | Dec 10 | Miramax | false |
| 82 | Band Baaja Baaraat | - | - | - | $43,820 | 32 | $43,820 | Dec 10 | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 100 | The Garden of Eden | - | - | - | $22,083 | 14 | $22,083 | Dec 10 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 101 | And Everything Is Going Fine | - | - | - | $22,080 | 2 | $22,080 | Dec 10 | IFC Films | false |
| 112 | Shoah | - | - | - | $14,134 | 1 | $20,175 | Dec 10 | IFC Films | false |
| 121 | Frankie & Alice | - | - | - | $10,670 | 1 | $10,670 | Dec 10 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 148 | You Wont Miss Me | - | - | - | $2,240 | 1 | $2,240 | Dec 10 | - | false |
| 9 | Black Swan | - | - | - | $40,866,343 | 2,407 | $106,954,678 | Dec 3 | - | false |
| 21 | The Warrior's Way | - | - | - | $5,559,395 | 1,622 | $5,666,340 | Dec 3 | Relativity Media | false |
| 32 | I Love You Phillip Morris | - | - | - | $969,912 | 100 | $2,037,459 | Dec 3 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 39 | The Polar Express 2010 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $561,920 | 17 | $672,796 | Dec 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 46 | All Good Things 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $299,392 | 35 | $582,024 | Dec 3 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 54 | Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale | - | - | - | $199,641 | 21 | $236,347 | Dec 3 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 79 | Night Catches Us | - | - | - | $52,215 | 9 | $76,185 | Dec 3 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 89 | Bhutto | - | - | - | $34,548 | 4 | $100,202 | Dec 3 | First Run | false |
| 98 | Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie | - | - | - | $23,886 | 3 | $29,893 | Dec 3 | Argot Pictures | false |
| 131 | Come Undone | - | - | - | $5,208 | 2 | $10,035 | Dec 3 | Film Movement | false |
| 15 | The King's Speech | - | - | - | $17,253,152 | 2,584 | $135,453,143 | Nov 26 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 2 | Tangled | - | - | - | $89,109,401 | 3,603 | $200,821,936 | Nov 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | Burlesque | - | - | - | $18,194,815 | 3,037 | $39,440,655 | Nov 24 | Screen Gems | false |
| 16 | Love & Other Drugs | - | - | - | $15,640,265 | 2,458 | $32,367,005 | Nov 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 19 | Faster | - | - | - | $9,520,183 | 2,470 | $23,240,020 | Nov 24 | CBS Films | false |
| 64 | The Nutcracker: The Untold Story | - | - | - | $102,311 | 115 | $195,459 | Nov 24 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 68 | Break Ke Baad | - | - | - | $92,454 | 85 | $427,628 | Nov 24 | Reliance Big Pictures | false |
| 102 | The Legend of Pale Male | - | - | - | $21,373 | 4 | $38,083 | Nov 24 | Balcony Releasing | false |
| 7 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | - | - | - | $56,556,355 | 4,125 | $295,983,305 | Nov 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | The Next Three Days | - | - | - | $5,986,562 | 2,564 | $21,148,651 | Nov 19 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 47 | Made in Dagenham | - | - | - | $297,332 | 89 | $1,095,369 | Nov 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 61 | White Material | - | - | - | $134,786 | 21 | $304,020 | Nov 19 | IFC Films | false |
| 62 | Today's Special | - | - | - | $122,289 | 55 | $317,831 | Nov 19 | Vitagraph Films | false |
| 65 | Guzaarish | - | - | - | $102,112 | 108 | $1,017,335 | Nov 19 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 119 | William S. Burroughs: A Man Within | - | - | - | $10,915 | 4 | $46,380 | Nov 17 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 14 | Unstoppable | - | - | - | $17,407,910 | 3,261 | $81,562,942 | Nov 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 30 | Skyline | - | - | - | $1,017,295 | 2,883 | $21,393,620 | Nov 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 56 | Tiny Furniture | - | - | - | $178,638 | 21 | $391,674 | Nov 12 | IFC Films | false |
| 134 | Cool It | - | - | - | $4,534 | 43 | $62,713 | Nov 12 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 144 | Every Man for Himself | - | - | - | $2,617 | 2 | $47,262 | Nov 12 | The Film Desk | false |
| 166 | Helena from the Wedding | - | - | - | $608 | 1 | $4,190 | Nov 12 | Film Movement | false |
| 23 | Morning Glory | - | - | - | $3,865,081 | 2,544 | $31,011,732 | Nov 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 17 | Due Date | - | - | - | $13,093,234 | 3,365 | $100,539,043 | Nov 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Megamind | - | - | - | $12,753,567 | 3,949 | $148,415,853 | Nov 5 | DreamWorks | false |
| 22 | 127 Hours | - | - | - | $5,492,841 | 916 | $18,335,230 | Nov 5 | - | false |
| 25 | Fair Game | - | - | - | $2,890,444 | 436 | $9,540,691 | Nov 5 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 33 | For Colored Girls | - | - | - | $969,240 | 2,127 | $37,729,698 | Nov 5 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 73 | Four Lions | - | - | - | $68,356 | 18 | $304,616 | Nov 5 | Drafthouse Films | false |
| 83 | Client 9 | - | - | - | $43,051 | 17 | $189,416 | Nov 5 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 118 | Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench | - | - | - | $11,262 | 5 | $35,556 | Nov 5 | Variance Films | false |
| 172 | Red Hill | - | - | - | $307 | 5 | $21,087 | Nov 5 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 179 | Violet Tendencies | - | - | - | $26 | 1 | $13,304 | Nov 5 | Embrem Entertainment | false |
| 31 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | - | - | - | $980,537 | 208 | $5,190,196 | Oct 29 | Music Box Films | false |
| 91 | Wild Target | - | - | - | $30,225 | 13 | $108,589 | Oct 29 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 92 | Monsters | - | - | - | $29,272 | 25 | $237,301 | Oct 29 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 96 | Waste Land | - | - | - | $26,070 | 8 | $187,716 | Oct 29 | Arthouse Films | false |
| 99 | Welcome to the Rileys | - | - | - | $23,772 | 11 | $158,898 | Oct 29 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 103 | Saw 3D | - | - | - | $20,117 | 2,808 | $45,710,178 | Oct 29 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 107 | Inspector Bellamy | - | - | - | $18,369 | 4 | $107,612 | Oct 29 | IFC Films | false |
| 146 | Aftershock | - | - | - | $2,353 | 25 | $62,962 | Oct 29 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 152 | The Kids Grow Up | - | - | - | $1,583 | 1 | $12,095 | Oct 29 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 120 | Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields | - | - | - | $10,730 | 5 | $68,719 | Oct 27 | Variance Films | false |
| 41 | Paranormal Activity 2 | - | - | - | $480,458 | 3,239 | $84,752,907 | Oct 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 165 | Boxing Gym | - | - | - | $696 | 7 | $32,476 | Oct 22 | Zipporah Films | false |
| 24 | RED | - | - | - | $3,025,272 | 3,349 | $90,380,162 | Oct 15 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 42 | Jackass 3D | - | - | - | $459,322 | 3,139 | $117,229,692 | Oct 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 45 | Hereafter | - | - | - | $309,777 | 2,424 | $32,746,941 | Oct 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 55 | Conviction 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $197,775 | 672 | $6,783,129 | Oct 15 | - | false |
| 106 | Carlos | - | - | - | $19,259 | 7 | $145,526 | Oct 15 | IFC Films | false |
| 157 | The Trouble with Terkel 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,191 | 4 | $40,385 | Oct 15 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 67 | Vision | - | - | - | $93,890 | 17 | $435,274 | Oct 13 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 29 | Secretariat | - | - | - | $1,209,276 | 3,108 | $59,713,955 | Oct 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 36 | Inside Job | - | - | - | $794,763 | 250 | $4,312,735 | Oct 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 37 | Life as We Know It | - | - | - | $728,102 | 3,150 | $53,374,681 | Oct 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 58 | Tamara Drewe | - | - | - | $150,006 | 59 | $560,391 | Oct 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 76 | Stone | - | - | - | $64,559 | 125 | $1,810,078 | Oct 8 | Overture Films | false |
| 90 | Nowhere Boy | - | - | - | $31,077 | 215 | $1,457,248 | Oct 8 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 94 | Marwencol | - | - | - | $26,437 | 6 | $112,036 | Oct 8 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 104 | Budrus | - | - | - | $19,950 | 4 | $68,353 | Oct 8 | Balcony Releasing | false |
| 26 | The Social Network | - | - | - | $2,379,901 | 2,921 | $96,962,694 | Oct 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 88 | Partir | - | - | - | $34,750 | 13 | $176,113 | Oct 1 | IFC Films | false |
| 136 | Let Me In | - | - | - | $4,393 | 2,042 | $12,134,935 | Oct 1 | Overture Films | false |
| 169 | Freakonomics | - | - | - | $400 | 20 | $101,270 | Oct 1 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 175 | Zenith | - | - | - | $169 | 4 | $7,862 | Oct 1 | Cinema Purgatorio | false |
| 168 | Nine Nation Animation | - | - | - | $466 | 2 | $38,382 | Sep 29 | The World According to Shorts | false |
| 35 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | - | - | - | $897,413 | 3,575 | $55,675,313 | Sep 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 53 | You Again | - | - | - | $216,490 | 2,548 | $25,702,053 | Sep 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 59 | Waiting for Superman | - | - | - | $148,337 | 330 | $6,417,135 | Sep 24 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 74 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | - | - | - | $66,226 | 3,597 | $52,474,616 | Sep 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 75 | Howl | - | - | - | $65,778 | 29 | $617,334 | Sep 24 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 87 | Enter the Void | - | - | - | $36,371 | 13 | $336,467 | Sep 24 | IFC Films | false |
| 63 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | - | - | - | $119,063 | 402 | $3,248,246 | Sep 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 38 | The Town | - | - | - | $672,593 | 2,935 | $92,186,262 | Sep 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 40 | Easy A | - | - | - | $488,756 | 2,974 | $58,401,464 | Sep 17 | Screen Gems | false |
| 111 | Alpha and Omega | - | - | - | $14,445 | 2,625 | $25,107,267 | Sep 17 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 115 | Jack Goes Boating | - | - | - | $11,788 | 90 | $541,992 | Sep 17 | Overture Films | false |
| 116 | Undertow | - | - | - | $11,532 | 3 | $108,620 | Sep 17 | The Film Collaborative | false |
| 154 | Catfish | - | - | - | $1,485 | 143 | $3,237,343 | Sep 17 | Rogue Pictures | false |
| 163 | Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo | - | - | - | $719 | 2 | $5,922 | Sep 17 | Cinema Purgatorio | false |
| 178 | Picture Me | - | - | - | $45 | 1 | $12,008 | Sep 17 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 72 | Kings of Pastry | - | - | - | $69,644 | 10 | $336,386 | Sep 15 | First Run | false |
| 77 | Never Let Me Go | - | - | - | $57,944 | 232 | $2,434,652 | Sep 15 | - | false |
| 113 | Heartbreaker | - | - | - | $12,352 | 43 | $504,030 | Sep 10 | IFC Films | false |
| 117 | Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould | - | - | - | $11,435 | 9 | $167,508 | Sep 10 | Lorber Films | false |
| 150 | Hideaway | - | - | - | $1,684 | 5 | $34,525 | Sep 10 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 97 | Last Train Home | - | - | - | $25,218 | 14 | $288,328 | Sep 3 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 133 | Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,610 | 31 | $275,387 | Sep 3 | Music Box Films | false |
| 139 | A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop | - | - | - | $3,731 | 23 | $190,946 | Sep 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 109 | My Dog Tulip | - | - | - | $15,801 | 5 | $246,574 | Sep 1 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 81 | The Salvation Poem | - | - | - | $47,071 | 30 | $914,818 | Aug 27 | CanZion Films | false |
| 125 | Mesrine: Killer Instinct 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $7,630 | 34 | $551,697 | Aug 27 | Music Box Films | false |
| 84 | Mao's Last Dancer | - | - | - | $39,963 | 137 | $4,817,770 | Aug 20 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 122 | What If... | - | - | - | $9,598 | 82 | $814,906 | Aug 20 | Five & Two Pictures | false |
| 124 | The Tillman Story | - | - | - | $8,986 | 28 | $802,535 | Aug 20 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 149 | Army of Crime | - | - | - | $1,815 | 3 | $37,031 | Aug 20 | Lorber Films | false |
| 128 | Animal Kingdom | - | - | - | $6,174 | 61 | $1,044,039 | Aug 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 93 | The Wildest Dream | - | - | - | $28,525 | 21 | $898,137 | Aug 6 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 147 | Lebanon | - | - | - | $2,243 | 23 | $368,088 | Aug 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 105 | Get Low | - | - | - | $19,629 | 570 | $9,176,933 | Jul 30 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 173 | Enemies of the People | - | - | - | $280 | 6 | $73,171 | Jul 30 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 95 | Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child | - | - | - | $26,113 | 7 | $256,242 | Jul 21 | Arthouse Films | false |
| 51 | Inception | - | - | - | $262,316 | 3,792 | $292,576,195 | Jul 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 158 | Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | - | - | - | $1,159 | 3 | $25,489 | Jul 16 | Flicker Alley | false |
| 141 | Alamar | - | - | - | $3,435 | 3 | $61,613 | Jul 14 | Film Movement | false |
| 27 | Despicable Me | - | - | - | $1,326,565 | 3,602 | $251,639,815 | Jul 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 135 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | - | - | - | $4,440 | 185 | $7,638,241 | Jul 9 | Music Box Films | false |
| 140 | Dogtooth | - | - | - | $3,679 | 5 | $110,248 | Jun 25 | Kino International | false |
| 160 | Restrepo | - | - | - | $836 | 52 | $1,330,894 | Jun 25 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 86 | Toy Story 3 | - | - | - | $37,206 | 4,028 | $415,004,880 | Jun 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 167 | I Am Love | - | - | - | $550 | 166 | $5,005,465 | Jun 18 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 170 | The Girlfriends | - | - | - | $357 | 1 | $68,167 | Jun 18 | The Film Desk | false |
| 108 | Winter's Bone | - | - | - | $17,149 | 141 | $6,531,503 | Jun 11 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 110 | Breathless 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $15,735 | 12 | $363,031 | May 28 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 126 | Mademoiselle Chambon | - | - | - | $7,332 | 16 | $531,685 | May 28 | Lorber Films | false |
| 176 | Metropolis 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $135 | 9 | $529,603 | May 7 | Kino International | false |
| 130 | Feed the Fish | - | - | - | $5,462 | 4 | $101,170 | Apr 23 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 156 | The Cremaster Cycle 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,200 | 2 | $151,239 | Apr 9 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 159 | Everyone Else | - | - | - | $1,109 | 5 | $102,042 | Apr 9 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 28 | Hubble | - | - | - | $1,294,513 | 151 | $52,522,904 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 127 | See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary | - | - | - | $6,928 | 21 | $118,206 | Mar 19 | Worldplay | false |
| 137 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $3,822 | 202 | $10,095,170 | Mar 19 | Music Box Films | false |
| 143 | Ran 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,904 | 4 | $124,673 | Feb 5 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 153 | House | - | - | - | $1,569 | 7 | $209,765 | Jan 15 | Janus Films | false |
| 161 | Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers | - | - | - | $766 | 2 | $9,677 | Jan 8 | Cinema Purgatorio | false |
| 162 | Sweetgrass | - | - | - | $745 | 9 | $207,473 | Jan 6 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 174 | Small Change | - | - | - | $182 | 2 | $38,296 | Nov 24 | The Film Desk | false |
| 114 | The Little Traitor | - | - | - | $12,327 | 5 | $402,088 | Oct 23 | - | false |
| 49 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $292,115 | 108 | $36,262,926 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 164 | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | $715 | 2 | $64,636 | Mar 14 | The Film Desk | false |
| 85 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | - | - | - | $37,840 | 252 | $23,746,066 | Oct 5 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 80 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $48,826 | 47 | $46,412,757 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 145 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | $2,464 | 82 | $34,137,524 | Sep 23 | IMAX | false |
| 66 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $99,219 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 78 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $53,484 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
