| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Iron Man 2 | - | - | - | $221,626,976 | 4,390 | $312,433,331 | 70.9% | May 7, 2010 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | Robin Hood | - | - | - | $45,014,430 | 3,505 | $105,269,730 | 42.8% | May 14, 2010 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | - | - | - | $17,923,681 | 3,332 | $63,075,011 | 28.4% | Apr 30, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Letters to Juliet | - | - | - | $17,222,154 | 2,975 | $53,032,453 | 32.5% | May 14, 2010 | Summit Entertainment |
| 5 | How to Train Your Dragon | - | - | - | $14,400,849 | 4,060 | $217,581,231 | 6.6% | Mar 26, 2010 | DreamWorks |
| 6 | Date Night | - | - | - | $11,959,278 | 3,380 | $98,711,404 | 12.1% | Apr 9, 2010 | 20th Century Fox |
| 7 | Just Wright | - | - | - | $9,934,762 | 1,831 | $21,540,363 | 46.1% | May 14, 2010 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 8 | The Back-up Plan | - | - | - | $9,700,125 | 3,280 | $37,490,007 | 25.9% | Apr 23, 2010 | CBS Films |
| 9 | Furry Vengeance | - | - | - | $7,864,851 | 3,002 | $17,630,465 | 44.6% | Apr 30, 2010 | Summit Entertainment |
| 10 | Clash of the Titans | - | - | - | $4,975,158 | 3,802 | $163,214,888 | 3% | Apr 2, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | Death at a Funeral | - | - | - | $4,597,113 | 2,459 | $42,739,347 | 10.8% | Apr 16, 2010 | Screen Gems |
| 12 | Babies | - | - | - | $4,251,054 | 543 | $7,320,323 | 58.1% | May 7, 2010 | Focus Features |
| 13 | Oceans | - | - | - | $3,497,049 | 1,232 | $19,422,319 | 18% | Apr 22, 2010 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | The Losers | - | - | - | $3,252,435 | 2,936 | $23,591,432 | 13.8% | Apr 23, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | Kick-Ass | - | - | - | $3,051,064 | 3,065 | $48,071,303 | 6.3% | Apr 16, 2010 | Lionsgate |
| 16 | The Last Song | - | - | - | $2,205,125 | 2,794 | $62,950,384 | 3.5% | Mar 31, 2010 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | Alice in Wonderland | - | - | - | $1,520,837 | 3,739 | $334,191,110 | 0.5% | Mar 5, 2010 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | City Island | - | - | - | $1,396,726 | 269 | $6,671,036 | 20.9% | Mar 19, 2010 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 19 | Hot Tub Time Machine | - | - | - | $1,239,612 | 2,771 | $50,287,556 | 2.5% | Mar 26, 2010 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 20 | Hubble 3D | - | - | - | $1,172,123 | 151 | $52,522,904 | 2.2% | Mar 19, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | Avatar | - | - | - | $1,069,632 | 3,461 | $749,766,139 | 0.1% | Dec 18, 2009 | 20th Century Fox |
| 22 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $1,018,863 | 202 | $10,095,170 | 10.1% | Mar 19, 2010 | Music Box Films |
| 23 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | - | - | - | $993,558 | 3,083 | $64,003,625 | 1.6% | Mar 19, 2010 | 20th Century Fox |
| 24 | The Secret in Their Eyes | - | - | - | $982,933 | 166 | $6,391,436 | 15.4% | Apr 16, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 25 | Why Did I Get Married Too? | - | - | - | $770,923 | 2,155 | $60,095,852 | 1.3% | Apr 2, 2010 | Lionsgate |
| 26 | The Bounty Hunter | - | - | - | $741,824 | 3,118 | $67,061,228 | 1.1% | Mar 19, 2010 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 27 | Shutter Island | - | - | - | $690,436 | 3,356 | $128,012,934 | 0.5% | Feb 19, 2010 | Paramount Pictures |
| 28 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | - | - | - | $615,180 | 46 | $3,291,250 | 18.7% | Apr 16, 2010 | Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) |
| 29 | Please Give | - | - | - | $614,415 | 272 | $4,033,574 | 15.2% | Apr 30, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | She's Out of My League | - | - | - | $594,196 | 2,958 | $32,010,860 | 1.9% | Mar 12, 2010 | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | The Ghost Writer | - | - | - | $477,445 | 819 | $15,541,549 | 3.1% | Feb 19, 2010 | Summit Entertainment |
| 32 | Harry Brown | - | - | - | $389,073 | 67 | $1,818,681 | 21.4% | Apr 30, 2010 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 33 | Housefull | - | - | - | $371,161 | 82 | $1,183,658 | 31.4% | Apr 30, 2010 | Eros Worldwide |
| 34 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | - | - | - | $328,520 | 3,396 | $88,768,303 | 0.4% | Feb 12, 2010 | 20th Century Fox |
| 35 | Princess Kaiulani | - | - | - | $253,234 | 47 | $883,887 | 28.7% | May 14, 2010 | Roadside Attractions |
| 36 | Tooth Fairy | - | - | - | $249,497 | 3,345 | $60,022,256 | 0.4% | Jan 22, 2010 | 20th Century Fox |
| 37 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $201,186 | 108 | $36,262,926 | 0.6% | Feb 13, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | Greenberg | - | - | - | $195,195 | 186 | $4,234,170 | 4.6% | Mar 19, 2010 | Focus Features |
| 39 | Our Family Wedding | - | - | - | $191,565 | 1,609 | $20,255,281 | 0.9% | Mar 12, 2010 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 40 | La Mission | - | - | - | $182,309 | 47 | $1,062,941 | 17.2% | Apr 9, 2010 | Screen Media Films |
| 41 | The Crazies | - | - | - | $167,098 | 2,479 | $39,123,589 | 0.4% | Feb 26, 2010 | Overture Films |
| 42 | Mother and Child | - | - | - | $136,145 | 119 | $1,110,509 | 12.3% | May 7, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 43 | The Joneses | - | - | - | $119,264 | 217 | $1,475,746 | 8.1% | Apr 16, 2010 | Roadside Attractions |
| 44 | Letters to God | - | - | - | $114,962 | 897 | $2,848,578 | 4% | Apr 9, 2010 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 45 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | $111,645 | 82 | $34,137,524 | 0.3% | Sep 23, 2005 | IMAX |
| 46 | Mid-August Lunch | - | - | - | $89,124 | 23 | $675,299 | 13.2% | Mar 17, 2010 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 47 | Chloe | - | - | - | $88,183 | 350 | $3,075,255 | 2.9% | Mar 26, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 48 | Cop Out | - | - | - | $86,849 | 3,150 | $44,875,481 | 0.2% | Feb 26, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | The Runaways | - | - | - | $85,327 | 244 | $3,573,673 | 2.4% | Mar 19, 2010 | Apparition |
| 50 | Crazy Heart | - | - | - | $83,961 | 1,361 | $39,464,306 | 0.2% | Dec 16, 2009 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 51 | Metropolis 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $82,813 | 9 | $529,603 | 15.6% | May 7, 2010 | Kino International |
| 52 | The Human Centipede (First Sequence) | - | - | - | $71,965 | 19 | $181,467 | 39.7% | Apr 30, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 53 | Brooklyn's Finest | - | - | - | $70,529 | 1,939 | $27,163,593 | 0.3% | Mar 5, 2010 | Overture Films |
| 54 | Casino Jack and the United States of Money | - | - | - | $64,993 | 21 | $176,865 | 36.7% | May 7, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 55 | Broken Embraces | - | - | - | $58,883 | 202 | $5,014,305 | 1.2% | Nov 20, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 56 | The Secret of Kells | - | - | - | $57,231 | 37 | $676,775 | 8.5% | Mar 5, 2010 | GKIDS |
| 57 | The Square 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $53,900 | 24 | $406,116 | 13.3% | Apr 9, 2010 | Apparition |
| 58 | A Prophet | - | - | - | $52,070 | 83 | $2,087,720 | 2.5% | Feb 26, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | The Good, the Bad, the Weird | - | - | - | $44,831 | 15 | $128,486 | 34.9% | Apr 23, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 60 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $41,693 | 47 | $46,412,757 | <0.1% | Mar 3, 2006 | Warner Bros. |
| 61 | Vincere | - | - | - | $41,469 | 36 | $619,162 | 6.7% | Mar 19, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 62 | The Book of Eli | - | - | - | $37,090 | 3,111 | $94,835,059 | <0.1% | Jan 15, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
| 63 | Remember Me | - | - | - | $35,034 | 2,215 | $19,068,240 | 0.2% | Mar 12, 2010 | Summit Entertainment |
| 64 | The City of Your Final Destination | - | - | - | $33,792 | 26 | $493,296 | 6.9% | Apr 16, 2010 | Screen Media Films |
| 65 | The Last Station | - | - | - | $33,709 | 354 | $6,617,867 | 0.5% | Jan 15, 2010 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 66 | The Art of the Steal | - | - | - | $33,338 | 34 | $544,890 | 6.1% | Feb 26, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 67 | North Face | - | - | - | $32,191 | 36 | $711,421 | 4.5% | Jan 29, 2010 | Music Box Films |
| 68 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | - | - | - | $29,681 | 252 | $23,746,066 | 0.1% | Oct 5, 2007 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 69 | Multiple Sarcasms | - | - | - | $26,661 | 15 | $29,731 | 89.7% | May 7, 2010 | MAC Releasing |
| 70 | Touching Home | - | - | - | $26,524 | 7 | $116,353 | 22.8% | Apr 30, 2010 | CFI Releasing |
| 71 | The Perfect Game | - | - | - | $26,045 | 417 | $1,037,071 | 2.5% | Apr 16, 2010 | IndustryWorks Pictures |
| 72 | OSS 117: Lost in Rio | - | - | - | $25,683 | 7 | $89,375 | 28.7% | May 7, 2010 | Music Box Films |
| 73 | When You're Strange | - | - | - | $25,005 | 8 | $246,078 | 10.2% | Apr 9, 2010 | Abramorama |
| 74 | Valley of the Heart's Delight | - | - | - | $21,960 | 8 | $119,290 | 18.4% | Apr 9, 2010 | Indican Pictures |
| 75 | Ajami | - | - | - | $20,941 | 23 | $622,403 | 3.4% | Feb 3, 2010 | Kino International |
| 76 | Mother | - | - | - | $20,444 | 38 | $551,509 | 3.7% | Mar 12, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 77 | No One Knows About Persian Cats | - | - | - | $17,058 | 12 | $81,768 | 20.9% | Apr 16, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 78 | The Blind Side | - | - | - | $15,980 | 3,407 | $255,959,475 | <0.1% | Nov 20, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 79 | The Eclipse | - | - | - | $15,750 | 12 | $133,411 | 11.8% | Mar 26, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 80 | The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers | - | - | - | $15,738 | 12 | $453,993 | 3.5% | Jan 29, 2010 | First Run |
| 81 | The Oath | - | - | - | $15,098 | 4 | $42,273 | 35.7% | May 7, 2010 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 82 | Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo | - | - | - | $14,118 | 3 | $32,308 | 43.7% | May 12, 2010 | Argot Pictures |
| 83 | The Yellow Handkerchief | - | - | - | $13,696 | 29 | $318,623 | 4.3% | Feb 26, 2010 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 84 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | - | - | - | $12,410 | 3,747 | $219,614,612 | <0.1% | Dec 23, 2009 | 20th Century Fox |
| 85 | Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin | - | - | - | $11,557 | 3 | $52,387 | 22.1% | Apr 2, 2010 | Argot Pictures |
| 86 | Sweetgrass | - | - | - | $10,657 | 9 | $207,473 | 5.1% | Jan 6, 2010 | The Cinema Guild |
| 87 | Daddy Longlegs | - | - | - | $10,470 | 2 | $21,766 | 48.1% | May 14, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 88 | Looking for Eric | - | - | - | $9,858 | 11 | $55,804 | 17.7% | May 14, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 89 | The Girl on the Train | - | - | - | $9,855 | 10 | $208,023 | 4.7% | Jan 22, 2010 | Strand Releasing |
| 90 | Everyone Else | - | - | - | $9,699 | 5 | $102,042 | 9.5% | Apr 9, 2010 | The Cinema Guild |
| 91 | Here and There | - | - | - | $8,783 | 5 | $27,156 | 32.3% | May 14, 2010 | Cinema Purgatorio |
| 92 | Best Worst Movie | - | - | - | $8,664 | 2 | $109,895 | 7.9% | Apr 23, 2010 | Abramorama |
| 93 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | - | - | - | $8,597 | 607 | $7,689,607 | 0.1% | Dec 25, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 94 | The Good Heart | - | - | - | $8,238 | 6 | $20,930 | 39.4% | Apr 30, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 95 | Terribly Happy | - | - | - | $7,752 | 9 | $170,943 | 4.5% | Feb 5, 2010 | Oscilloscope |
| 96 | The White Ribbon | - | - | - | $7,480 | 106 | $2,222,862 | 0.3% | Dec 30, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 97 | Breaking Upwards | - | - | - | $6,914 | 5 | $77,389 | 8.9% | Apr 2, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 98 | Creation | - | - | - | $6,762 | 12 | $341,323 | 2% | Jan 22, 2010 | Newmarket Films |
| 99 | Happiness Runs | - | - | - | $6,574 | 2 | $7,199 | 91.3% | May 7, 2010 | Strand Releasing |
| 100 | U2 3D | - | - | - | $6,490 | 686 | $10,363,341 | <0.1% | Jan 23, 2008 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 101 | Killing Kasztner | - | - | - | $6,441 | 5 | $112,313 | 5.7% | Oct 23, 2009 | Sky Island Films |
| 102 | A Town Called Panic | - | - | - | $6,357 | 10 | $165,509 | 3.8% | Dec 16, 2009 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 103 | House | - | - | - | $6,152 | 7 | $209,765 | 2.9% | Jan 15, 2010 | Janus Films |
| 104 | Behind the Burly Q | - | - | - | $6,122 | 2 | $23,889 | 25.6% | Apr 23, 2010 | First Run |
| 105 | The Cremaster Cycle 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,838 | 2 | $151,239 | 3.9% | Apr 9, 2010 | International Film Circuit |
| 106 | The Harimaya Bridge | - | - | - | $5,644 | 3 | $54,473 | 10.4% | Mar 12, 2010 | Eleven Arts |
| 107 | Dancing Across Borders | - | - | - | $5,628 | 5 | $66,166 | 8.5% | Mar 26, 2010 | First Run |
| 108 | The Living Wake | - | - | - | $5,262 | 1 | $12,232 | 43% | May 14, 2010 | Mangusta Productions |
| 109 | The Messenger | - | - | - | $5,198 | 50 | $1,109,660 | 0.5% | Nov 13, 2009 | Oscilloscope |
| 110 | The Warlords | - | - | - | $5,002 | 12 | $129,078 | 3.9% | Apr 2, 2010 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 111 | See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary | - | - | - | $4,885 | 21 | $118,206 | 4.1% | Mar 19, 2010 | Worldplay |
| 112 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $4,597 | 64 | $93,383,953 | <0.1% | Apr 19, 2002 | IMAX |
| 113 | Fish Tank | - | - | - | $4,379 | 15 | $374,675 | 1.2% | Jan 15, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 114 | Mercy | - | - | - | $4,027 | 2 | $6,780 | 59.4% | Apr 30, 2010 | IFC Films |
| 115 | Ran 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,011 | 4 | $124,673 | 3.2% | Feb 5, 2010 | Rialto Pictures |
| 116 | That Evening Sun | - | - | - | $3,821 | 10 | $281,350 | 1.4% | Nov 6, 2009 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 117 | Feed the Fish | - | - | - | $3,604 | 4 | $101,170 | 3.6% | Apr 23, 2010 | Strand Releasing |
| 118 | Bluebeard | - | - | - | $3,517 | 3 | $33,490 | 10.5% | Mar 26, 2010 | Strand Releasing |
| 119 | In My Sleep | - | - | - | $3,499 | 2 | $30,158 | 11.6% | Apr 23, 2010 | Morning Star Pictures |
| 120 | October Country | - | - | - | $2,533 | 4 | $26,185 | 9.7% | Feb 12, 2010 | International Film Circuit |
| 121 | Two in the Wave | - | - | - | $2,076 | 1 | $28,808 | 7.2% | May 19, 2010 | Lorber Films |
| 122 | In/Significant Others | - | - | - | $1,842 | 1 | $3,763 | 49% | May 14, 2010 | North Poplar Pictures |
| 123 | Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Suess | - | - | - | $1,652 | 5 | $54,305 | 3% | Mar 3, 2010 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 124 | Dreamkiller | - | - | - | $1,626 | 3 | $15,514 | 10.5% | Feb 19, 2010 | Delaware Pictures |
| 125 | Carbon Nation | - | - | - | $1,564 | 2 | $16,901 | 9.3% | May 7, 2010 | Clay Way Media |
| 126 | The Headless Woman | - | - | - | $1,208 | 3 | $100,177 | 1.2% | Aug 19, 2009 | Strand Releasing |
| 127 | Toe to Toe | - | - | - | $1,142 | 2 | $21,648 | 5.3% | Feb 26, 2010 | Strand Releasing |
| 128 | 2012: Time for Change | - | - | - | $998 | 2 | $68,339 | 1.5% | Apr 9, 2010 | Mangusta Productions |
| 129 | Small Change | - | - | - | $911 | 2 | $38,296 | 2.4% | Nov 24, 2009 | The Film Desk |
| 130 | Prodigal Sons | - | - | - | $789 | 11 | $73,544 | 1.1% | Feb 26, 2010 | First Run |
| 131 | Terkel in Trouble 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $768 | 2 | $10,783 | 7.1% | Mar 26, 2010 | Indican Pictures |
| 132 | 35 Shots of Rum | - | - | - | $666 | 5 | $177,511 | 0.4% | Sep 16, 2009 | The Cinema Guild |
| 133 | Mississippi Mermaid | - | - | - | $533 | 1 | $33,216 | 1.6% | Jul 10, 2009 | The Film Desk |
| 134 | Home | - | - | - | $454 | 2 | $15,925 | 2.9% | Nov 27, 2009 | Lorber Films |
| 135 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | - | - | - | $431 | 135 | $1,355,079 | <0.1% | Sep 18, 2009 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 136 | Videocracy | - | - | - | $390 | 1 | $23,720 | 1.6% | Feb 12, 2010 | Kino International |
| 137 | Fresh | - | - | - | $378 | 3 | $25,115 | 1.5% | Apr 9, 2010 | Ripple Effect Films |
| 138 | Promised Lands | - | - | - | $336 | 1 | $4,546 | 7.4% | Feb 5, 2010 | The Film Desk |
| 139 | Four Seasons Lodge | - | - | - | $168 | 3 | $58,334 | 0.3% | Nov 11, 2009 | First Run |