43 Notable Movies of 2010:
- Black Swan, The – Director: Darren Aronofsky
- Fighter, The – Director: David O. Russell
- Tree of Life – Director: Terrence Malick
- Tempest, The – Director: Julie Taymor
- True Grit –Director: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
- Way Back, The – Director: Peter Weir
- Toy Story 3 – Director: Lee Unkrich
- Hereafter – Director: Clint Eastwood
- Social Network, The – Director: David Fincher
- Inception – Director: Christopher Nolan
- King’s Speech, The – Director: Tom Hooper
- Kids Are Alright, The – Director: Lisa Cholodenko
- 127 Hours – Director: Danny Boyle
- Town, The – Director: Ben Affleck
- Winter’s Bone – Director: Debra Granik
- Blue Valentine –Director: Derek Cianfrance
- Get Low – Director: Aaron Schneider
- Company Men, The – Director: John Wells
- And Everything Is Going Fine – Director: Steven Soderbergh
- I Love You Phillip Morris – Director: Glenn Ficarra & John Requa
- Another Year – Director: Mike Leigh
- Barney’s Version – Director: Richard J. Lewis
- Somewhere – Director: Sophia Coppola
- Biutiful – Director: Alejandro Gonzalez
- Rabbit Hole – Director: John Cameron Mitchell
- Animal Kingdom – Director: David Michôd
- I Am Love – Director: Luca Guadagnino
- The Illusionist – Director: Sylvain Chomet
- Conviction– Director: Tony Goldwyn
- Buried – Director: Rodrigo Cortes
- Fish Tank – Director: Andrea Arnold
- Ghost Writer, The – Director: Roman Polanski
- Greenberg – Director: Noah Baumbach
- Let Me In – Director: Matt Reeves
- Monsters – Director: Gareth Edwards
- Please Give – Director: Nicole Holofcener
- Youth in Revolt – Director:Miguel Arteta
- Easy A – Director: Will Gluck
- Scott Pilgrim Vs The World –Director: Edgar Wright
- Howl – Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
- La Mission – Director: Peter Bratt
- Patrik, Age 1.5 – Director: Ella Lemhagen
- Undertow – Director: Javier Fuentes-León
Top Box Office Films of 2010:
Figures are from the North American Box Office Receipts: | ||
Toy Story 3 | Disney/Pixar | $415,004,880 |
Alice in Wonderland | Disney | $334,191,110 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Warner Bros. | $293,420,257 |
Inception | Warner Bros. | $292,576,195 |
Shrek Forever After | DreamWorks | $238,736,787 |
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Summit | $300,531,751 |
Iron Man 2 | Paramount/Marvel | $312,128,345 |
Despicable Me | Universal | $251,513,985 |
Tangled | Disney | $193,291,000 |
How to Train Your Dragon | DreamWorks | $217,581,231 |
Biggest Losses at the Box Office 2010:
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
- Tangled
- How Do You Know
- Wolfman, The
- Robin Hood
- Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- Green Zone
- Tourist, The
- Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Top Box Office Draws of 2010:
1 Leonardo DiCaprio — $1.1 billion for Inception and Shutter Island
2. (tie) Mia Wasikowska — $1.03 billion for Alice in Wonderland and The Kids Are All Right
2. (tie) Johnny Depp — $1.03 billion for Alice in Wonderland and The Tourist
4. Robert Downey Jr. — $807 million for Iron Man 2 and Due Date
5. Daniel Radcliffe — $780 million for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1
6. Robert Pattinson — $749 million for Eclipse and Remember Me
7. Kristen Stewart — $698 million for Eclipse and The Runaways
8. Sam Worthington — $494 million for Clash of the Titans. He also starred in Avatar, which came out at the end of 2009
9. (tie) Jaden Smith — $359 million for The Karate Kid
9. (tie) Jackie Chan — $359 million for The Karate Kid