| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Shrek Forever After | - | - | - | $36,418,668 | 4,386 | $238,736,787 | 15.3% | May 21, 2010 | DreamWorks |
| 2 | Sex and the City 2 | - | - | - | $22,084,937 | 3,445 | $95,347,692 | 23.2% | May 27, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | - | - | - | $21,808,646 | 3,646 | $90,759,676 | 24% | May 28, 2010 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | Get Him to the Greek | - | - | - | $17,570,955 | 2,702 | $60,974,475 | 28.8% | Jun 4, 2010 | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | Killers | - | - | - | $15,837,266 | 2,859 | $47,059,963 | 33.7% | Jun 4, 2010 | Lionsgate |
| 6 | Iron Man 2 | - | - | - | $11,776,721 | 4,390 | $312,433,331 | 3.8% | May 7, 2010 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | Marmaduke | - | - | - | $11,599,661 | 3,213 | $33,644,788 | 34.5% | Jun 4, 2010 | 20th Century Fox |
| 8 | Robin Hood | - | - | - | $8,351,605 | 3,505 | $105,269,730 | 7.9% | May 14, 2010 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | Splice 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $7,385,277 | 2,450 | $17,010,170 | 43.4% | Jun 4, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | Letters to Juliet | - | - | - | $5,141,894 | 2,975 | $53,032,453 | 9.7% | May 14, 2010 | Summit Entertainment |
| 11 | Just Wright | - | - | - | $1,360,558 | 1,831 | $21,540,363 | 6.3% | May 14, 2010 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 12 | Date Night | - | - | - | $1,329,087 | 3,380 | $98,711,404 | 1.3% | Apr 9, 2010 | 20th Century Fox |
| 13 | Raajneeti | - | - | - | $850,244 | 124 | $1,514,558 | 56.1% | Jun 4, 2010 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 14 | MacGruber | - | - | - | $786,550 | 2,551 | $8,525,600 | 9.2% | May 21, 2010 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | How to Train Your Dragon | - | - | - | $765,247 | 4,060 | $217,581,231 | 0.4% | Mar 26, 2010 | DreamWorks |
| 16 | Alice in Wonderland | - | - | - | $577,635 | 3,739 | $334,191,110 | 0.2% | Mar 5, 2010 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | The Secret in Their Eyes | - | - | - | $550,125 | 166 | $6,391,436 | 8.6% | Apr 16, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 18 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | - | - | - | $505,646 | 3,332 | $63,075,011 | 0.8% | Apr 30, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $476,322 | 202 | $10,095,170 | 4.7% | Mar 19, 2010 | Music Box Films |
| 20 | Hubble 3D | - | - | - | $458,017 | 151 | $52,522,904 | 0.9% | Mar 19, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | Babies | - | - | - | $438,408 | 543 | $7,320,323 | 6% | May 7, 2010 | Focus Features |
| 22 | City Island | - | - | - | $410,307 | 269 | $6,671,036 | 6.2% | Mar 19, 2010 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 23 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | - | - | - | $297,211 | 3,083 | $64,003,625 | 0.5% | Mar 19, 2010 | 20th Century Fox |
| 24 | Please Give | - | - | - | $284,289 | 272 | $4,033,574 | 7% | Apr 30, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 25 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | - | - | - | $231,822 | 46 | $3,291,250 | 7% | Apr 16, 2010 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) |
| 26 | Hot Tub Time Machine | - | - | - | $206,515 | 2,771 | $50,287,556 | 0.4% | Mar 26, 2010 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 27 | The Bounty Hunter | - | - | - | $201,928 | 3,118 | $67,061,228 | 0.3% | Mar 19, 2010 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | The Last Song | - | - | - | $199,629 | 2,794 | $62,950,384 | 0.3% | Mar 31, 2010 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 29 | The Back-up Plan | - | - | - | $198,668 | 3,280 | $37,490,007 | 0.5% | Apr 23, 2010 | CBS Films |
| 30 | Solitary Man | - | - | - | $196,802 | 177 | $4,360,548 | 4.5% | May 21, 2010 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 31 | Clash of the Titans | - | - | - | $182,794 | 3,802 | $163,214,888 | 0.1% | Apr 2, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | The Losers | - | - | - | $150,850 | 2,936 | $23,591,432 | 0.6% | Apr 23, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | Harry Brown | - | - | - | $146,097 | 67 | $1,818,681 | 8% | Apr 30, 2010 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 34 | Oceans | - | - | - | $137,751 | 1,232 | $19,422,319 | 0.7% | Apr 22, 2010 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 35 | Kick-Ass | - | - | - | $133,334 | 3,065 | $48,071,303 | 0.3% | Apr 16, 2010 | Lionsgate |
| 36 | Micmacs | - | - | - | $130,275 | 52 | $1,262,079 | 10.3% | May 28, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 37 | Avatar | - | - | - | $128,990 | 3,461 | $749,766,139 | <0.1% | Dec 18, 2009 | 20th Century Fox |
| 38 | Shutter Island | - | - | - | $123,364 | 3,356 | $128,012,934 | <0.1% | Feb 19, 2010 | Paramount Pictures |
| 39 | Furry Vengeance | - | - | - | $110,934 | 3,002 | $17,630,465 | 0.6% | Apr 30, 2010 | Summit Entertainment |
| 40 | The Ghost Writer | - | - | - | $109,437 | 819 | $15,541,549 | 0.7% | Feb 19, 2010 | Summit Entertainment |
| 41 | Kites | - | - | - | $105,438 | 207 | $1,643,486 | 6.4% | May 21, 2010 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 42 | Mother and Child | - | - | - | $97,074 | 119 | $1,110,509 | 8.7% | May 7, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 43 | Why Did I Get Married Too? | - | - | - | $89,967 | 2,155 | $60,095,852 | 0.1% | Apr 2, 2010 | Lionsgate |
| 44 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $85,380 | 108 | $36,262,926 | 0.2% | Feb 13, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 45 | Princess Kaiulani | - | - | - | $81,247 | 47 | $883,887 | 9.2% | May 14, 2010 | Roadside Attractions |
| 46 | Death at a Funeral | - | - | - | $75,708 | 2,459 | $42,739,347 | 0.2% | Apr 16, 2010 | Screen Gems |
| 47 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | - | - | - | $62,042 | 3,396 | $88,768,303 | <0.1% | Feb 12, 2010 | 20th Century Fox |
| 48 | Holy Rollers | - | - | - | $58,434 | 20 | $303,064 | 19.3% | May 21, 2010 | First Independent Pictures |
| 49 | Agora | - | - | - | $48,462 | 17 | $619,423 | 7.8% | May 28, 2010 | Newmarket Films |
| 50 | Breathless 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $40,782 | 12 | $363,031 | 11.2% | May 28, 2010 | Rialto Pictures |
| 51 | Father of My Children | - | - | - | $40,482 | 7 | $144,022 | 28.1% | May 21, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 52 | La Mission | - | - | - | $39,546 | 47 | $1,062,941 | 3.7% | Apr 9, 2010 | Screen Media Films |
| 53 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | $39,222 | 82 | $34,137,524 | 0.1% | Sep 23, 2005 | IMAX |
| 54 | Survival of the Dead | - | - | - | $35,517 | 20 | $101,740 | 34.9% | May 28, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 55 | Metropolis 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $32,391 | 9 | $529,603 | 6.1% | May 7, 2010 | Kino International |
| 56 | Mademoiselle Chambon | - | - | - | $31,191 | 16 | $531,685 | 5.9% | May 28, 2010 | Lorber Films |
| 57 | Tooth Fairy | - | - | - | $29,356 | 3,345 | $60,022,256 | <0.1% | Jan 22, 2010 | 20th Century Fox |
| 58 | The City of Your Final Destination | - | - | - | $28,977 | 26 | $493,296 | 5.9% | Apr 16, 2010 | Screen Media Films |
| 59 | The Secret of Kells | - | - | - | $28,514 | 37 | $676,775 | 4.2% | Mar 5, 2010 | GKIDS |
| 60 | Mid-August Lunch | - | - | - | $23,406 | 23 | $675,299 | 3.5% | Mar 17, 2010 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 61 | Living in Emergency | - | - | - | $21,905 | 7 | $32,208 | 68% | Jun 4, 2010 | Truly Indie |
| 62 | Only the Brave | - | - | - | $20,337 | 5 | $150,000 | 13.6% | May 28, 2010 | Indican Pictures |
| 63 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $20,238 | 47 | $46,412,757 | <0.1% | Mar 3, 2006 | Warner Bros. |
| 64 | Casino Jack and the United States of Money | - | - | - | $20,013 | 21 | $176,865 | 11.3% | May 7, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 65 | The Human Centipede (First Sequence) | - | - | - | $18,213 | 19 | $181,467 | 10% | Apr 30, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 66 | The Square 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $18,147 | 24 | $406,116 | 4.5% | Apr 9, 2010 | Apparition |
| 67 | Ondine | - | - | - | $16,089 | 39 | $550,472 | 2.9% | Jun 4, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 68 | The Cremaster Cycle 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $13,443 | 2 | $151,239 | 8.9% | Apr 9, 2010 | International Film Circuit |
| 69 | Mother | - | - | - | $11,610 | 38 | $551,509 | 2.1% | Mar 12, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 70 | Vincere | - | - | - | $11,220 | 36 | $619,162 | 1.8% | Mar 19, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 71 | The Good, the Bad, the Weird | - | - | - | $10,965 | 15 | $128,486 | 8.5% | Apr 23, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 72 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | - | - | - | $10,827 | 252 | $23,746,066 | <0.1% | Oct 5, 2007 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 73 | Chloe | - | - | - | $10,062 | 350 | $3,075,255 | 0.3% | Mar 26, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 74 | Kites The Remix | - | - | - | $9,874 | 40 | $41,783 | 23.6% | May 28, 2010 | Reliance Big Pictures |
| 75 | A Prophet | - | - | - | $8,976 | 83 | $2,087,720 | 0.4% | Feb 26, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 76 | John Rabe | - | - | - | $8,034 | 6 | $67,519 | 11.9% | May 21, 2010 | Strand Releasing |
| 77 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead | - | - | - | $7,782 | 4 | $71,007 | 11% | Jun 4, 2010 | Indican Pictures |
| 78 | Our Family Wedding | - | - | - | $7,769 | 1,609 | $20,255,281 | <0.1% | Mar 12, 2010 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 79 | Racing Dreams | - | - | - | $7,312 | 33 | $65,082 | 11.2% | May 21, 2010 | Hannover House |
| 80 | 180° South | - | - | - | $6,075 | 4 | $31,745 | 19.1% | May 21, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 81 | Looking for Eric | - | - | - | $6,006 | 11 | $55,804 | 10.8% | May 14, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 82 | Sweetgrass | - | - | - | $5,841 | 9 | $207,473 | 2.8% | Jan 6, 2010 | The Cinema Guild |
| 83 | Kings of the Evening | - | - | - | $5,598 | 5 | $99,270 | 5.6% | Jun 11, 2010 | Indican Pictures |
| 84 | Two in the Wave | - | - | - | $5,544 | 1 | $28,808 | 19.2% | May 19, 2010 | Lorber Films |
| 85 | Ran 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,544 | 4 | $124,673 | 4.4% | Feb 5, 2010 | Rialto Pictures |
| 86 | No One Knows About Persian Cats | - | - | - | $5,184 | 12 | $81,768 | 6.3% | Apr 16, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 87 | Best Worst Movie | - | - | - | $5,025 | 2 | $109,895 | 4.6% | Apr 23, 2010 | Abramorama |
| 88 | Ajami | - | - | - | $5,004 | 23 | $622,403 | 0.8% | Feb 3, 2010 | Kino International |
| 89 | Double Take | - | - | - | $4,689 | 1 | $20,218 | 23.2% | Jun 2, 2010 | Kino International |
| 90 | The Eclipse | - | - | - | $4,470 | 12 | $133,411 | 3.4% | Mar 26, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 91 | Cropsey | - | - | - | $4,269 | 4 | $52,476 | 8.1% | Jun 4, 2010 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 92 | Letters to God | - | - | - | $3,908 | 897 | $2,848,578 | 0.1% | Apr 9, 2010 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 93 | Speed-Dating | - | - | - | $3,394 | 1 | $5,240 | 64.8% | Jun 4, 2010 | Rockstone Releasing |
| 94 | OSS 117: Lost in Rio | - | - | - | $3,387 | 7 | $89,375 | 3.8% | May 7, 2010 | Music Box Films |
| 95 | The Last Station | - | - | - | $3,363 | 354 | $6,617,867 | <0.1% | Jan 15, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 96 | The Harimaya Bridge | - | - | - | $3,357 | 3 | $54,473 | 6.2% | Mar 12, 2010 | Eleven Arts |
| 97 | The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers | - | - | - | $3,237 | 12 | $453,993 | 0.7% | Jan 29, 2010 | First Run |
| 98 | Touching Home | - | - | - | $2,895 | 7 | $116,353 | 2.5% | Apr 30, 2010 | CFI Releasing |
| 99 | The Joneses | - | - | - | $2,839 | 217 | $1,475,746 | 0.2% | Apr 16, 2010 | Roadside Attractions |
| 100 | U2 3D | - | - | - | $2,760 | 686 | $10,363,341 | <0.1% | Jan 23, 2008 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 101 | The Blind Side | - | - | - | $2,643 | 3,407 | $255,959,475 | <0.1% | Nov 20, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 102 | Crazy Heart | - | - | - | $2,325 | 1,361 | $39,464,306 | <0.1% | Dec 16, 2009 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 103 | Dancing Across Borders | - | - | - | $2,250 | 5 | $66,166 | 3.4% | Mar 26, 2010 | First Run |
| 104 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $2,121 | 64 | $93,383,953 | <0.1% | Apr 19, 2002 | IMAX |
| 105 | After the Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United | - | - | - | $2,097 | 3 | $11,538 | 18.2% | May 21, 2010 | Variance Films |
| 106 | Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin | - | - | - | $2,020 | 3 | $52,387 | 3.9% | Apr 2, 2010 | Argot Pictures |
| 107 | House | - | - | - | $1,992 | 7 | $209,765 | 0.9% | Jan 15, 2010 | Janus Films |
| 108 | Terribly Happy | - | - | - | $1,956 | 9 | $170,943 | 1.1% | Feb 5, 2010 | Oscilloscope |
| 109 | The Runaways | - | - | - | $1,938 | 244 | $3,573,673 | <0.1% | Mar 19, 2010 | Apparition |
| 110 | Daddy Longlegs | - | - | - | $1,521 | 2 | $21,766 | 7% | May 14, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 111 | October Country | - | - | - | $1,398 | 4 | $26,185 | 5.3% | Feb 12, 2010 | International Film Circuit |
| 112 | North Face | - | - | - | $1,362 | 36 | $711,421 | 0.2% | Jan 29, 2010 | Music Box Films |
| 113 | Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo | - | - | - | $1,201 | 3 | $32,308 | 3.7% | May 12, 2010 | Argot Pictures |
| 114 | Prodigal Sons | - | - | - | $1,149 | 11 | $73,544 | 1.6% | Feb 26, 2010 | First Run |
| 115 | Finding Bliss | - | - | - | $1,137 | 1 | $6,783 | 16.8% | Jun 4, 2010 | Phase 4 Films |
| 116 | Here and There | - | - | - | $1,125 | 5 | $27,156 | 4.1% | May 14, 2010 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 117 | Whiz Kids | - | - | - | $843 | 2 | $5,386 | 15.7% | Jun 4, 2010 | Shadow Distribution |
| 118 | Spring Fever | - | - | - | $696 | 2 | $10,824 | 6.4% | Jun 4, 2010 | Strand Releasing |
| 119 | Valley of the Heart's Delight | - | - | - | $654 | 8 | $119,290 | 0.5% | Apr 9, 2010 | Indican Pictures |
| 120 | Behind the Burly Q | - | - | - | $642 | 2 | $23,889 | 2.7% | Apr 23, 2010 | First Run |
| 121 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $513 | 14 | $18,630,372 | <0.1% | Oct 29, 1999 | IMAX |
| 122 | Dreamkiller | - | - | - | $480 | 3 | $15,514 | 3.1% | Feb 19, 2010 | Delaware Pictures |
| 123 | Small Change | - | - | - | $468 | 2 | $38,296 | 1.2% | Nov 24, 2009 | The Film Desk |
| 124 | Feed the Fish | - | - | - | $426 | 4 | $101,170 | 0.4% | Apr 23, 2010 | Strand Releasing |
| 125 | The Girl on the Train | - | - | - | $408 | 10 | $208,023 | 0.2% | Jan 22, 2010 | Strand Releasing |
| 126 | A Town Called Panic | - | - | - | $366 | 10 | $165,509 | 0.2% | Dec 16, 2009 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 127 | The White Ribbon | - | - | - | $195 | 106 | $2,222,862 | <0.1% | Dec 30, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 128 | 35 Shots of Rum | - | - | - | $87 | 5 | $177,511 | <0.1% | Sep 16, 2009 | The Cinema Guild |
| 129 | Promised Lands | - | - | - | $63 | 1 | $4,546 | 1.4% | Feb 5, 2010 | The Film Desk |