List of 2010 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 2010.

#	Date	Film	Gross	Notes
1	January 3, 2010	Avatar	$68,490,688	Avatar broke Spider-Man's record ($45.0 million) for the highest third weekend gross of all time, and Cloverfield's record ($40.1 million) for the highest weekend gross in January.
2	January 10, 2010	Avatar	$50,306,217	Avatar broke Titanic's record ($28.7 million) for the highest fourth weekend gross of all time.
3	January 17, 2010	Avatar	$42,785,612	Avatar broke Titanic's record ($30.0 million) for the highest fifth weekend gross of all time, and Cloverfield's record ($40.1 million) for the highest Martin Luther King weekend gross ever.
4	January 24, 2010	Avatar	$34,944,081	Avatar broke Titanic's record ($25.5 million) for the highest sixth weekend gross of all time. With this intake, it became the highest-grossing film of all time.
5	January 31, 2010	Avatar	$31,280,029	Avatar broke Titanic's record ($25.9 million) for the highest seventh weekend gross of all time.
6	February 7, 2010	Dear John	$30,468,614
7	February 14, 2010	Valentine's Day	$56,260,707	Valentine's Day broke Ghost Rider's record ($45.4 million) for the highest President's Day weekend debut.
8	February 21, 2010	Shutter Island	$41,062,440
9	February 28, 2010	Shutter Island	$22,665,205
10	March 7, 2010	Alice in Wonderland	$116,101,023	Alice in Wonderland broke Spider-Man's record ($114.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-sequel, 300's record ($70.9 million) for the highest weekend debut in March, Fast and Furious's record ($71.0 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spring release, and Avatar's record ($77.0 million) for highest debut for a 3-D film.
11	March 14, 2010	Alice in Wonderland	$62,714,076
12	March 21, 2010	Alice in Wonderland	$41,062,440
13	March 28, 2010	How to Train Your Dragon	$43,732,319
14	April 4, 2010	Clash of the Titans	$61,235,105	Clash of the Titans broke Scary Movie 4's record ($40.2 million) for the highest Easter weekend debut.
15	April 11, 2010	Clash of the Titans	$26,633,209	Initial estimates had Date Night ahead of Clash of the Titans.
16	April 18, 2010	Kick-Ass	$19,828,687	Initial estimates had How to Train Your Dragon ahead of Kick-Ass.
17	April 25, 2010	How to Train Your Dragon	$15,350,213	How to Train Your Dragon reclaimed the #1 spot in its fifth weekend of release.
18	May 2, 2010	A Nightmare on Elm Street	$32,902,299
19	May 9, 2010	Iron Man 2	$128,122,480	Iron Man 2 had the highest weekend debut of 2010.
20	May 16, 2010	Iron Man 2	$52,041,005
21	May 23, 2010	Shrek Forever After	$70,838,207
22	May 30, 2010	Shrek Forever After	$43,311,063
23	June 6, 2010	Shrek Forever After	$25,486,465
24	June 13, 2010	The Karate Kid	$55,665,805
25	June 20, 2010	Toy Story 3	$110,307,189	Toy Story 3 broke Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's record ($108.9 million) for the highest weekend debut in June. Its $41.1 million opening day gross broke Shrek the Third's record ($38.0 million) for the biggest single day gross for an animated film.
26	June 27, 2010	Toy Story 3	$59,337,669
27	July 4, 2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	$64,832,191	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's $30.1 million gross from midnight showings broke The Twilight Saga: New Moon's record ($26.3 million) for the highest midnight opening ever. Its $1 million midnight gross in IMAX broke Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's record ($959,000) for the highest midnight gross in IMAX. Its opening day gross of $68.5 million broke Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen's record ($62.0 million) for the highest Wednesday gross of all-time.
28	July 11, 2010	Despicable Me	$56,397,125
29	July 18, 2010	Inception	$62,785,337
30	July 25, 2010	Inception	$42,725,012
31	August 1, 2010	Inception	$27,485,245
32	August 8, 2010	The Other Guys	$35,543,162
33	August 15, 2010	The Expendables	$34,825,135
34	August 22, 2010	The Expendables	$16,968,032
35	August 29, 2010	Takers	$20,512,304	Initial estimates had The Last Exorcism ahead of Takers.
36	September 5, 2010	The American	$13,177,790
37	September 12, 2010	Resident Evil: Afterlife	$26,650,264
38	September 19, 2010	The Town	$23,808,032
39	September 26, 2010	Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps	$19,011,188
40	October 3, 2010	The Social Network	$22,445,653
41	October 10, 2010	The Social Network	$15,451,991
42	October 17, 2010	Jackass 3D	$50,353,641	Jackass 3D broke Scary Movie 3's records ($48.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in October and for any fall release. Jackass 3D also broke Brüno's record ($30.4 million) for the biggest weekend debut for a docu-comedy.
43	October 24, 2010	Paranormal Activity 2	$40,678,424	Paranormal Activity 2 broke Friday the 13th's record ($40.5 million) for the highest weekend debut for a horror film.
44	October 31, 2010	Saw 3D	$22,530,123
45	November 7, 2010	Megamind	$46,016,833
46	November 14, 2010	Megamind	$29,120,461
47	November 21, 2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	$125,017,372	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1's $1.4 million midnight gross in IMAX broke The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's record ($1 million) for the highest midnight gross in IMAX.
48	November 28, 2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	$49,087,101
49	December 5, 2010	Tangled	$21,608,891	Tangled reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
50	December 12, 2010	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	$24,005,069
51	December 19, 2010	Tron: Legacy	$44,026,211
52	December 26, 2010	Little Fockers	$30,833,665
53	January 2, 2011	Little Fockers	$25,766,485

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2010

Rank	Title	Studio	Domestic Gross
1.	Toy Story 3	Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios	$415,004,880
2.	Alice in Wonderland	Walt Disney Pictures	$334,191,110
3.	Iron Man 2	Paramount Pictures / Marvel Studios	$312,433,331
4.	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Summit Entertainment	$300,531,751
5.	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1	Warner Bros. / Heyday Films	$295,983,305
6.	Inception	Warner Bros. / Legendary / Syncopy	$292,576,195
7.	Despicable Me	Universal Pictures / Illumination Entertainment	$251,513,985
8.	Shrek Forever After	Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation	$238,736,787
9.	How to Train Your Dragon	Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation	$217,581,231
10.	Tangled	Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Animation Studios	$200,821,936

See also

• List of highest-grossing films in Canada and the United States
• List of American films — American films by year