Top 10 box office hits of 2010
Top 10 highest grossing movies of 2010 are Toy Story 3, Alice in Wonderland, Iron Man 2, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Inception, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Despicable Me, Shrek Forever After, How to Train Your Dragon and The Karate Kid.
1. Toy Story 3
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty, Don Rickles, Michael Keaton, Wallace Shawn and John Ratzenberger.
Director: Lee Unkrich
Released date: June 18, 2010
Production Budget:$200 million
Total Gross: $ 415,004,880 (U.S.)
: $1,063,143,492 (Worldwide)
Toy Story 3, a 2010 American 3D computer-animated film, was the third in the installment of the 'Toy Story' series. The film grossed over $1 billion worldwide and is the 5th highest-grossing film worldwide of all time. Like all the films from the canon of Pixar, this film is a worthy conclusion of a trilogy with beautiful animation, brilliant vocal performances and a superbly crafted script. The film received 99 percent rotten approval rating from critics based on 247 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes and an average score of 8.8/10.
2. Alice in Wonderland
Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover.
Director: Tim Burton
Released date: March 5, 2010
Production Budget: $150–$200 million
Total Gross: $334,191,110 (U.S.)
: $1,024,299,722 (Worldwide)
Alice in Wonderland was Tim Burton's take on Lewis Carroll's 1865 fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, showcased in 3D. The movie has grossed over $1 billion worldwide. Johnny Depp has won nominations for his role as the Mad Hatter, while Carter might win herself a nomination for playing the Red Queen. The film received 51 percent rotten approval rating from critics based on 247 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes and an average score of 5.7/10.
3. Iron Man 2
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson and Mickey Rourke
Director: Jon Favreau
Released date: May 7, 2010
Production Budget: $170-$200 million
Total Gross: $312,128,345
: $621,751,988 (Worldwide)
Iron Man 2 was a 2010 American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Iron Man, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the sequel to 2008's Iron Man, the second film in a planned trilogy and is a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film received 74 percent rotten approval rating from critics based on 259 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes and an average score of 6.5/10.
4. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner,.
Director: David Slade
Released date: June 30, 2010
Production Budget: $68 million
Total Gross: $300,531,751(U.S.)
: $693,303,852 (Worldwide)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse was a 2010 American romantic vampire film based on Stephenie Meyer's 2007 novel and is the third in the installment of the Twilight Saga film series, following 2008's Twilight and 2009's New Moon. The film received 50 percent rotten approval rating from critics based on 259 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes and an average score of 5.5/10.
5. Inception
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Released date: July 16, 2010
Production Budget: $160 million
Total Gross: $292,572,697 (U.S.)
: $823,572,697 (Worldwide)
Inception was an American science fiction and psychological thriller film about corporate raiders invading other people’s dreams which was written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. The summer blockbuster is a mind-bending thriller featured a complicated, fascinating plot and stunning action scenes. The film also taps into psychological phenomena like false memories and the introspection illusion. The film received 87 percent rotten approval rating from critics based on 272 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes and an average score of 8/10.
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman and Helena Bonham Carter
Director: David Yates
Released date: 19 November 2010
Production Budget: less than $250 million
Total Gross: $284,606,713 (U.S.)
: $902,406,713 (Worldwide)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 was the first part of the last chapter in the Harry Potter saga directed by David Yates. The story following Harry Potter on a quest to find and destroy Lord Voldemort's secret to immortality – the Horcruxes. The film received 78 percent rotten approval rating from critics based on 237 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes and an average score of 7.1/10.
7. Despicable Me
Starring: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, and Miranda Cosgrove.
Directors: Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud.
Released date: July 9, 2010
Production Budget: $69 million
Total Gross: $251,242,625 (U.S.)
: $539,934,415 (Worldwide)
Despicable Me was a 2010 American computer-animated 3D comedy film from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment. The film grossed over $500 million worldwide. The film received 81 percent rotten approval rating from critics based on 180 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes and an average score of 6.8/10.
8. Shrek Forever After
Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Walt Dohrn and Jon Hamm.
Director: Mike Mitchell
Released date: May 21, 2010
Production Budget: $135–$165 million
Total Gross: $238,395,990 (U.S.)
: $ 739,813,967 (Worldwide)
Shrek Forever After was an animated fantasy-comedy film and is the fourth in the installment of the Shrek film series. The film grossed over $700 million worldwide and received 58 percent rotten approval rating from critics based on 185 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes and an average score of 5.9/10.
9. How to Train Your Dragon
Starring: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Gerard Butler, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jonah Hill and Craig Ferguson
Director: Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
Released date: March 26, 2010
Production Budget: $165 million
Total Gross: $217,581,231 (U.S.)
: $ 494,878,759 (Worldwide)
How to Train Your Dragon was a computer-animated fantasy film based on the 2003 book of the same name How to Train Your Dragon. It was directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois and produced by DreamWorks Animation. The story plots a hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed. The film grossed just under half a billion dollars and become DreamWorks Animation's fifth most successful film in the United States.
10. The Karate Kid
Starring: Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith and Taraji P. Henson
Director: Harald Zwart
Released date: June 11, 2010
Production Budget: $165 million
Total Gross: $ $176,591,618 (U.S.)
: $ 358,434,074 (Worldwide)
The Karate Kid was Chinese-American martial arts remake of the 1984 film of the same name. The film was directed by Harald Zwart and produced by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith. The film grossed over $350 million worldwide and received 67 percent rotten approval rating from critics based on 191 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes and an average score of 6.2/10.
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