Highest-grossing Films
See also: List of 2010 box office number-one films in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Romania, the United Kingdom, the United States, and VenezuelaThese are the top grossing films that were released in 2010. The top ten films of 2010, by worldwide gross in United States dollars, as well as the North American, United Kingdom, and Australia grosses, are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide | North America | UK | Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toy Story 3 | Disney/Pixar | $1,063,171,911 | $415,004,880 | $116,625,632 | $37,244,540 |
| 2 | Alice in Wonderland | Disney | $1,024,299,904 | $334,191,110 | $64,437,055 | $37,522,010 |
| 3 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Warner Bros. | $956,399,711 | $295,983,305 | $85,243,650 | $41,350,865 |
| 4 | Inception | $825,531,030 | $292,576,195 | $56,566,947 | $35,351,755 | |
| 5 | Shrek Forever After | DreamWorks | $752,600,867 | $238,736,787 | $51,056,068 | $27,407,206 |
| 6 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Summit | $698,491,347 | $300,531,751 | $45,709,785 | $31,989,874 |
| 7 | Iron Man 2 | Paramount/Marvel | $623,933,331 | $312,128,345 | $30,456,328 | $25,777,758 |
| 8 | Tangled | Disney | $590,721,936 | $200,821,936 | $32,752,508 | $22,555,927 |
| 9 | Despicable Me | Universal | $543,113,985 | $251,513,985 | $30,499,884 | $21,817,532 |
| 10 | How to Train Your Dragon | DreamWorks | $494,878,759 | $217,581,231 | $26,488,493 | $20,493,485 |
Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland both grossed more than $1 billion, marking the first time that two films grossed more than $1 billion at the box office in the same year. Even more impressively, both films were released by the same studio — Walt Disney Pictures. Toy Story 3 is the first animated film to gross $1 billion, and is the highest-grossing animated film ever worldwide. Three other films — Deathly Hallows – Part 1, Inception, and Shrek Forever After – are also among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time. This is also the first time that five animated films have been present in the Top 10 highest-grossing films of the year, and two of them are in the Top 5. The year saw four films debut with more than $100 million, breaking the opening record of 2007 with three releases, and 2004 with two releases.
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