| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Megamind | - | - | - | $52,064,383 | 3,949 | $148,415,853 | 35.1% | Nov 5, 2010 | DreamWorks |
| 2 | Due Date | - | - | - | $40,109,164 | 3,365 | $100,539,043 | 39.9% | Nov 5, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | For Colored Girls | - | - | - | $22,620,104 | 2,127 | $37,729,698 | 60% | Nov 5, 2010 | Lionsgate |
| 4 | Saw 3D | - | - | - | $15,780,457 | 2,808 | $45,710,178 | 34.5% | Oct 29, 2010 | Lionsgate |
| 5 | RED | - | - | - | $14,705,091 | 3,349 | $90,380,162 | 16.3% | Oct 15, 2010 | Summit Entertainment |
| 6 | Paranormal Activity 2 | - | - | - | $12,609,800 | 3,239 | $84,752,907 | 14.9% | Oct 22, 2010 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | Jackass 3D | - | - | - | $10,173,152 | 3,139 | $117,229,692 | 8.7% | Oct 15, 2010 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | Hereafter | - | - | - | $7,395,259 | 2,424 | $32,746,941 | 22.6% | Oct 15, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | Secretariat | - | - | - | $7,226,476 | 3,108 | $59,713,955 | 12.1% | Oct 8, 2010 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | The Social Network | - | - | - | $6,095,699 | 2,921 | $96,962,694 | 6.3% | Oct 1, 2010 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | Life as We Know It | - | - | - | $5,563,193 | 3,150 | $53,374,681 | 10.4% | Oct 8, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Conviction 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,851,351 | 672 | $6,783,129 | 42% | Oct 15, 2010 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 13 | Lebanon | - | - | - | $2,576,640 | 23 | $368,088 | 700% | Aug 6, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 14 | The Town | - | - | - | $2,412,205 | 2,935 | $92,186,262 | 2.6% | Sep 17, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | - | - | - | $1,616,076 | 208 | $5,190,196 | 31.1% | Oct 29, 2010 | Music Box Films |
| 16 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | - | - | - | $1,427,442 | 3,575 | $55,675,313 | 2.6% | Sep 24, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | Morning Glory | - | - | - | $1,067,685 | 2,544 | $31,011,732 | 3.4% | Nov 10, 2010 | Paramount Pictures |
| 18 | Easy A | - | - | - | $1,013,774 | 2,974 | $58,401,464 | 1.7% | Sep 17, 2010 | Screen Gems |
| 19 | Waiting for Superman | - | - | - | $985,935 | 330 | $6,417,135 | 15.4% | Sep 24, 2010 | Paramount Vantage |
| 20 | Fair Game | - | - | - | $818,966 | 436 | $9,540,691 | 8.6% | Nov 5, 2010 | Summit Entertainment |
| 21 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | - | - | - | $740,871 | 3,597 | $52,474,616 | 1.4% | Sep 24, 2010 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 22 | Golmaal 3 | - | - | - | $663,228 | 86 | $1,132,192 | 58.6% | Nov 5, 2010 | Eros Worldwide |
| 23 | You Again | - | - | - | $596,006 | 2,548 | $25,702,053 | 2.3% | Sep 24, 2010 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 24 | Inception | - | - | - | $593,060 | 3,792 | $292,576,195 | 0.2% | Jul 16, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | Toy Story 3 | - | - | - | $585,698 | 4,028 | $415,004,880 | 0.1% | Jun 18, 2010 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 26 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | - | - | - | $549,258 | 402 | $3,248,246 | 16.9% | Sep 22, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 27 | Despicable Me | - | - | - | $498,465 | 3,602 | $251,639,815 | 0.2% | Jul 9, 2010 | Universal Pictures |
| 28 | Inside Job | - | - | - | $495,204 | 250 | $4,312,735 | 11.5% | Oct 8, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 29 | It's Kind of a Funny Story | - | - | - | $451,890 | 757 | $6,363,628 | 7.1% | Oct 8, 2010 | Focus Features |
| 30 | Hubble | - | - | - | $440,871 | 151 | $52,522,904 | 0.8% | Mar 19, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | Devil | - | - | - | $399,525 | 2,811 | $33,601,190 | 1.2% | Sep 17, 2010 | Universal Pictures |
| 32 | Alpha and Omega | - | - | - | $391,520 | 2,625 | $25,107,267 | 1.6% | Sep 17, 2010 | Lionsgate |
| 33 | Stone | - | - | - | $362,086 | 125 | $1,810,078 | 20% | Oct 8, 2010 | Overture Films |
| 34 | 127 Hours | - | - | - | $342,215 | 916 | $18,335,230 | 1.9% | Nov 5, 2010 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 35 | Nowhere Boy | - | - | - | $254,264 | 215 | $1,457,248 | 17.4% | Oct 8, 2010 | The Weinstein Company |
| 36 | Mao's Last Dancer | - | - | - | $237,488 | 137 | $4,817,770 | 4.9% | Aug 20, 2010 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 37 | N-Secure | - | - | - | $171,314 | 486 | $2,595,644 | 6.6% | Oct 15, 2010 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 38 | Case 39 | - | - | - | $169,357 | 2,212 | $13,261,851 | 1.3% | Oct 1, 2010 | Paramount Vantage |
| 39 | The Other Guys | - | - | - | $167,778 | 3,651 | $119,219,978 | 0.1% | Aug 6, 2010 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 40 | Takers | - | - | - | $154,398 | 2,206 | $57,744,720 | 0.3% | Aug 27, 2010 | Screen Gems |
| 41 | Catfish | - | - | - | $122,600 | 143 | $3,237,343 | 3.8% | Sep 17, 2010 | Rogue Pictures |
| 42 | Never Let Me Go | - | - | - | $115,824 | 232 | $2,434,652 | 4.8% | Sep 15, 2010 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 43 | Let Me In | - | - | - | $111,596 | 2,042 | $12,134,935 | 0.9% | Oct 1, 2010 | Overture Films |
| 44 | The Man from Nowhere | - | - | - | $110,864 | 19 | $528,175 | 21% | Oct 1, 2010 | CJ Entertainment |
| 45 | The Switch | - | - | - | $109,802 | 2,017 | $27,779,426 | 0.4% | Aug 20, 2010 | Miramax |
| 46 | My Soul to Take | - | - | - | $106,945 | 2,572 | $14,744,435 | 0.7% | Oct 8, 2010 | Universal Pictures |
| 47 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $93,446 | 108 | $36,262,926 | 0.3% | Feb 13, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | The Salvation Poem | - | - | - | $90,724 | 30 | $914,818 | 9.9% | Aug 27, 2010 | CanZion Films |
| 49 | Tamara Drewe | - | - | - | $87,444 | 59 | $560,391 | 15.6% | Oct 8, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 50 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $84,978 | 64 | $93,383,953 | <0.1% | Apr 19, 2002 | IMAX |
| 51 | Howl | - | - | - | $81,970 | 29 | $617,334 | 13.3% | Sep 24, 2010 | Oscilloscope |
| 52 | Buried | - | - | - | $69,368 | 107 | $1,044,143 | 6.6% | Sep 24, 2010 | Lionsgate |
| 53 | Welcome to the Rileys | - | - | - | $57,770 | 11 | $158,898 | 36.4% | Oct 29, 2010 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 54 | Monsters | - | - | - | $54,474 | 25 | $237,301 | 23% | Oct 29, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 55 | Avatar 2010 Special Edition | - | - | - | $53,282 | 812 | $10,741,486 | 0.5% | Aug 27, 2010 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 56 | Four Lions | - | - | - | $51,396 | 18 | $304,616 | 16.9% | Nov 5, 2010 | Drafthouse Films |
| 57 | Get Low | - | - | - | $47,472 | 570 | $9,176,933 | 0.5% | Jul 30, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 58 | What If... | - | - | - | $44,004 | 82 | $814,906 | 5.4% | Aug 20, 2010 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 59 | Resident Evil: Afterlife | - | - | - | $40,268 | 3,209 | $60,128,566 | <0.1% | Sep 10, 2010 | Screen Gems |
| 60 | Vision | - | - | - | $39,532 | 17 | $435,274 | 9.1% | Oct 13, 2010 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 61 | Inspector Bellamy | - | - | - | $37,670 | 4 | $107,612 | 35% | Oct 29, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 62 | Aftershock | - | - | - | $36,500 | 25 | $62,962 | 58% | Oct 29, 2010 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 63 | Eat Pray Love | - | - | - | $33,548 | 3,108 | $80,574,010 | <0.1% | Aug 13, 2010 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 64 | Leaving | - | - | - | $32,950 | 13 | $176,113 | 18.7% | Oct 1, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 65 | A Film Unfinished | - | - | - | $31,852 | 16 | $320,486 | 9.9% | Aug 18, 2010 | Oscilloscope |
| 66 | The Wildest Dream | - | - | - | $29,502 | 21 | $898,137 | 3.3% | Aug 6, 2010 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 67 | The Tillman Story | - | - | - | $29,462 | 28 | $802,535 | 3.7% | Aug 20, 2010 | The Weinstein Company |
| 68 | Enter the Void | - | - | - | $28,300 | 13 | $336,467 | 8.4% | Sep 24, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 69 | Heartbreaker | - | - | - | $28,246 | 43 | $504,030 | 5.6% | Sep 10, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 70 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | - | - | - | $28,222 | 185 | $7,638,241 | 0.4% | Jul 9, 2010 | Music Box Films |
| 71 | Ramona and Beezus | - | - | - | $27,708 | 2,719 | $26,167,002 | 0.1% | Jul 23, 2010 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 72 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | - | - | - | $27,326 | 252 | $23,746,066 | 0.1% | Oct 5, 2007 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 73 | Step Up 3D | - | - | - | $27,268 | 2,439 | $42,400,223 | <0.1% | Aug 6, 2010 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 74 | Jack Goes Boating | - | - | - | $26,362 | 90 | $541,992 | 4.9% | Sep 17, 2010 | Overture Films |
| 75 | Wild Target | - | - | - | $23,921 | 13 | $108,589 | 22% | Oct 29, 2010 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 76 | Last Train Home | - | - | - | $23,410 | 14 | $288,328 | 8.1% | Sep 3, 2010 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 77 | Waste Land | - | - | - | $23,224 | 8 | $187,716 | 12.4% | Oct 29, 2010 | Arthouse Films |
| 78 | Carlos | - | - | - | $22,282 | 7 | $145,526 | 15.3% | Oct 15, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 79 | Animal Kingdom | - | - | - | $22,230 | 61 | $1,044,039 | 2.1% | Aug 13, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 80 | Client 9 | - | - | - | $21,426 | 17 | $189,416 | 11.3% | Nov 5, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $20,598 | 47 | $46,412,757 | <0.1% | Mar 3, 2006 | Warner Bros. |
| 82 | Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields | - | - | - | $20,270 | 5 | $68,719 | 29.5% | Oct 27, 2010 | Variance Films |
| 83 | Cairo Time | - | - | - | $18,042 | 76 | $1,603,616 | 1.1% | Aug 6, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 84 | Metropolis 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $17,876 | 9 | $529,603 | 3.4% | May 7, 2010 | Kino International |
| 85 | Red Hill | - | - | - | $13,416 | 5 | $21,087 | 63.6% | Nov 5, 2010 | Strand Releasing |
| 86 | Kings of Pastry | - | - | - | $13,282 | 10 | $336,386 | 3.9% | Sep 15, 2010 | First Run |
| 87 | Mademoiselle Chambon | - | - | - | $13,272 | 16 | $531,685 | 2.5% | May 28, 2010 | Lorber Films |
| 88 | Machete | - | - | - | $12,202 | 2,678 | $26,593,646 | <0.1% | Sep 3, 2010 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 89 | Piranha 3D | - | - | - | $11,594 | 2,491 | $25,003,155 | <0.1% | Aug 20, 2010 | Dimension Films |
| 90 | My Dog Tulip | - | - | - | $11,372 | 5 | $246,574 | 4.6% | Sep 1, 2010 | New Yorker Films |
| 91 | Lottery Ticket | - | - | - | $11,180 | 1,974 | $24,719,879 | <0.1% | Aug 20, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 92 | The American | - | - | - | $10,149 | 2,833 | $35,606,376 | <0.1% | Sep 1, 2010 | Focus Features |
| 93 | I Am Love | - | - | - | $10,068 | 166 | $5,005,465 | 0.2% | Jun 18, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 94 | Budrus | - | - | - | $9,016 | 4 | $68,353 | 13.2% | Oct 8, 2010 | Balcony Releasing |
| 95 | Winter's Bone | - | - | - | $8,925 | 141 | $6,531,503 | 0.1% | Jun 11, 2010 | Roadside Attractions |
| 96 | Boxing Gym | - | - | - | $8,744 | 7 | $32,476 | 26.9% | Oct 22, 2010 | Zipporah Films |
| 97 | Soul Kitchen | - | - | - | $8,614 | 23 | $276,901 | 3.1% | Aug 20, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 98 | Freakonomics | - | - | - | $8,488 | 20 | $101,270 | 8.4% | Oct 1, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 99 | I Want Your Money | - | - | - | $7,689 | 537 | $433,588 | 1.8% | Oct 15, 2010 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 100 | A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop | - | - | - | $7,542 | 23 | $190,946 | 3.9% | Sep 3, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 101 | Mesrine: Killer Instinct 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $7,010 | 34 | $551,697 | 1.3% | Aug 27, 2010 | Music Box Films |
| 102 | Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould | - | - | - | $6,938 | 9 | $167,508 | 4.1% | Sep 10, 2010 | Lorber Films |
| 103 | Violet Tendencies | - | - | - | $6,399 | 1 | $13,304 | 48.1% | Nov 5, 2010 | Embrem Entertainment |
| 104 | The Kids Grow Up | - | - | - | $5,366 | 1 | $12,095 | 44.4% | Oct 29, 2010 | Shadow Distribution |
| 105 | Terkel in Trouble 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,040 | 4 | $40,385 | 12.5% | Oct 15, 2010 | Indican Pictures |
| 106 | House | - | - | - | $5,010 | 7 | $209,765 | 2.4% | Jan 15, 2010 | Janus Films |
| 107 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $4,620 | 202 | $10,095,170 | <0.1% | Mar 19, 2010 | Music Box Films |
| 108 | Restrepo | - | - | - | $4,590 | 52 | $1,330,894 | 0.3% | Jun 25, 2010 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 109 | The Concert | - | - | - | $4,401 | 21 | $657,986 | 0.7% | Jul 30, 2010 | The Weinstein Company |
| 110 | Vampires Suck | - | - | - | $4,292 | 3,233 | $36,661,504 | <0.1% | Aug 18, 2010 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 111 | Lovely, Still | - | - | - | $4,008 | 17 | $127,564 | 3.1% | Sep 10, 2010 | Monterey Media |
| 112 | Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench | - | - | - | $3,984 | 5 | $35,556 | 11.2% | Nov 5, 2010 | Variance Films |
| 113 | Douchebag | - | - | - | $3,888 | 6 | $20,615 | 18.9% | Oct 1, 2010 | Paladin |
| 114 | Enemies of the People | - | - | - | $3,170 | 6 | $73,171 | 4.3% | Jul 30, 2010 | International Film Circuit |
| 115 | Feed the Fish | - | - | - | $3,132 | 4 | $101,170 | 3.1% | Apr 23, 2010 | Strand Releasing |
| 116 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | $2,600 | 82 | $34,137,524 | <0.1% | Sep 23, 2005 | IMAX |
| 117 | Nine Nation Animation | - | - | - | $2,490 | 2 | $38,382 | 6.5% | Sep 29, 2010 | The World According to Shorts |
| 118 | Wild Grass | - | - | - | $2,486 | 23 | $403,952 | 0.6% | Jun 25, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 119 | Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,480 | 31 | $275,387 | 0.9% | Sep 3, 2010 | Music Box Films |
| 120 | I Spit on Your Grave | - | - | - | $2,016 | 12 | $93,051 | 2.2% | Oct 8, 2010 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 121 | Marwencol | - | - | - | $1,900 | 6 | $112,036 | 1.7% | Oct 8, 2010 | The Cinema Guild |
| 122 | 2012: Time for Change | - | - | - | $1,754 | 2 | $68,339 | 2.6% | Apr 9, 2010 | Mangusta Productions |
| 123 | Breathless 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,749 | 12 | $363,031 | 0.5% | May 28, 2010 | Rialto Pictures |
| 124 | Fool for Love | - | - | - | $1,732 | 8 | $165,987 | 1% | Sep 10, 2010 | Variance Films |
| 125 | The Taqwacores | - | - | - | $1,564 | 2 | $11,445 | 13.7% | Oct 22, 2010 | Strand Releasing |
| 126 | The Freebie | - | - | - | $1,564 | 4 | $16,613 | 9.4% | Sep 17, 2010 | Phase 4 Films |
| 127 | The Sicilian Girl 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,332 | 6 | $71,239 | 1.9% | Aug 4, 2010 | Music Box Films |
| 128 | Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | - | - | - | $1,298 | 3 | $25,489 | 5.1% | Jul 16, 2010 | Flicker Alley |
| 129 | Eichmann | - | - | - | $1,164 | 1 | $2,706 | 43% | Oct 29, 2010 | Regent Releasing |
| 130 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | - | - | - | $1,140 | 46 | $3,291,250 | <0.1% | Apr 16, 2010 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) |
| 131 | The Fall of Night | - | - | - | $1,032 | 7 | $5,673 | 18.2% | Sep 10, 2010 | Winter Star Productions |
| 132 | I'm Still Here | - | - | - | $868 | 120 | $408,983 | 0.2% | Sep 10, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 133 | Around a Small Mountain | - | - | - | $732 | 3 | $33,216 | 2.2% | Jul 9, 2010 | The Cinema Guild |
| 134 | Cropsey | - | - | - | $704 | 4 | $52,476 | 1.3% | Jun 4, 2010 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 135 | Alamar | - | - | - | $622 | 3 | $61,613 | 1% | Jul 14, 2010 | Film Movement |
| 136 | Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers | - | - | - | $596 | 2 | $9,677 | 6.2% | Jan 8, 2010 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 137 | Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo | - | - | - | $588 | 2 | $5,922 | 9.9% | Sep 17, 2010 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 138 | Ran 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $518 | 4 | $124,673 | 0.4% | Feb 5, 2010 | Rialto Pictures |
| 139 | The Two Escobars | - | - | - | $472 | 1 | $14,457 | 3.3% | Aug 27, 2010 | All Rise Films |
| 140 | Down Terrace | - | - | - | $440 | 2 | $9,812 | 4.5% | Oct 15, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 141 | Cherry | - | - | - | $420 | 3 | $11,362 | 3.7% | Oct 8, 2010 | Abramorama |
| 142 | Hideaway | - | - | - | $364 | 5 | $34,525 | 1.1% | Sep 10, 2010 | Strand Releasing |
| 143 | The Magician 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $248 | 1 | $406 | 61.1% | Oct 29, 2010 | Regent Releasing |
| 144 | Shake Hands with the Devil | - | - | - | $230 | 1 | $594 | 38.7% | Oct 29, 2010 | Regent Releasing |
| 145 | The Disappearance of Alice Creed | - | - | - | $225 | 12 | $166,980 | 0.1% | Aug 6, 2010 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 146 | Zenith | - | - | - | $192 | 4 | $7,862 | 2.4% | Oct 1, 2010 | Cinema Purgatorio |