This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in Australia during 2010. All amounts are in Australian dollars.
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. # Week end date Film Totalweekendgross Openings 1 Avatar $9,659,700 The Princess and the Frog (#7), Fantastic Mr. Fox (#8). 2 $8,338,365 It's Complicated (#2). 3 $7,002,454 Tooth Fairy (#2), Up in the Air (#5), Bran Nue Dae (#6), Chance Pe Dance (#20). 4 $5,604,268 Invictus (#3), Nine (#9), Toy Story 1 and 2 in 3D (#11), In the Loop (#15), Veer (#20). 5 $4,548,004 Law Abiding Citizen (#2), The Road (#10). 6 $3,936,622 Edge of Darkness (#2), Daybreakers (#3), Precious (#13). 7 Valentine's Day $7,516,439 The Wolfman (#3), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (#4), My Name Is Khan (#10), A Prophet (#20). 8 $2,781,309 Shutter Island (#2), From Paris with Love (#6), The Hurt Locker (#8), Crazy Heart (#12), Celine: Through the Eyes of the World (#18). 9 The Blind Side $2,568,536 A Single Man (#9). 10 Alice in Wonderland $10,377,137 Dear John (#3), The Men Who Stare at Goats (#8). 11 $6,463,865 Green Zone (#2), Remember Me (#8), My One and Only (#18). 12 $4,947,467 The Bounty Hunter (#2), Cop Out (#5), The Rebound (#9), Brothers (#15). 13 How to Train Your Dragon $2,651,893 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (#6), Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (#7), The Spy Next Door (#15), The Last Station (#20). 14 Clash of the Titans $10,071,350 The Last Song (#4), She's Out of My League (#6), Micmacs (#15), Welcome (#19). 15 How to Train Your Dragon $3,547,843 Date Night (#3), Kick-Ass (#5). 16 $2,095,092 The Book of Eli (#4), Beneath Hill 60 (#9), Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (#16). 17 Hot Tub Time Machine $1,274,773 When in Rome (#6). 18 Iron Man 2 $9,507,179 Housefull (#13), The Concert (#15). 19 $4,565,882 I Love You Too (#2), Letters to Juliet (#7), Soul Kitchen (#17), The White Ribbon (#19). 20 Robin Hood $5,616,490 New York, I Love You (#14). 21 $3,606,899 Wog Boy 2: The Kings of Mykonos (#2), The Back-Up Plan (#4), A Nightmare on Elm Street (#5), Harry Brown (#7), Kites (#9), Food, Inc. (#18). 22 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time $3,487,968 Street Dance 3D (#6), The Losers (#9), The Secret in Their Eyes (#12), Animal Kingdom (#13). 23 Sex and the City 2 $7,793,801 Legion (#9), Raajneeti (#12), Exit Through the Gift Shop (#1). 24 $3,959,290 The A-Team (#2), Get Him to the Greek (#7). 25 Shrek Forever After $4,890,789 Mother and Child (#8), Raavan (#9). 26 Toy Story 3 † $7,408,201 Grown Ups (#3), Marmaduke (#7), I Am Love (#11). 27 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $12,990,707 The Karate Kid (#5), Farewell (#13), I Hate Luv Storys (#15). 28 Toy Story 3 † $6,361,024 Predators (#5), The Hedgehog (#14), The Big Four (#18). 29 Knight and Day $3,753,462 The Waiting City (#11), The Runaways (#12), Creation (#14), Mel Karade Rabba (#15). 30 Inception $7,428,415 Greenberg (#17), Khatta Meetha (#19). 31 $7,939,374 Killers (#2), South Solitary (#10), Centurion (#11), Me and Orson Welles (#12). 32 $4,163,040 Step Up 3D (#2), The Special Relationship (#8), The Ghost Writer (#11). 33 $3,157,091 The Expendables (#2), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (#4), Hubble 3D (#14), Splice (#15), Peepli Live (#17). 34 Salt $3,940,438 Matching Jack (#7), Cairo Time (#12), Four Lions (#13). 35 $2,515,352 Vampires Suck (#3), Piranha 3D (#5), Boy (#8), The Killer Inside Me (#13). 36 Tomorrow, When the War Began $3,862,193 Going the Distance (#4), The Kids Are All Right (#10), We Are Family (#17), Reel Anime 2010 (#20). 37 Despicable Me $3,232,788 The Other Guys (#2), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (#4), Dabangg (#13), The Disappearance of Alice Creed (#15). 38 $4,129,606 The Last Airbender (#2), Easy A (#5), Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (#6), The Reluctant Infidel (#20). 39 $2,214,092 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (#3), Diary of a Wimpy Kid (#5), Charlie St. Cloud (#9), The Girl Who Played with Fire (#11). 40 $2,731,356 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (#2), Dinner for Schmucks (#7), Anjaana Anjaani (#15), The Tree (#19). 41 Eat Pray Love $3,473,338 Buried (#6). 42 $2,167,897 The Town (#2), Resident Evil: Afterlife (#3), Let Me In (#5), Chloe (#18). 43 Paranormal Activity 2 $2,665,028 Life as We Know It (#2), Summer Coda (#19). 44 The Social Network $2,687,927 Red (#2), Saw 3D (#5), Made in Dagenham (#9). 45 Jackass 3D $3,582,884 Golmaal 3 (#10), The Loved Ones (#12), Action Replayy (#16), Gainsbourg (#17). 46 $1,917,056 Skyline (#3), Wild Target (#6), The American (#7), Machete (#13), Winter's Bone (#14). 47 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 $15,293,557 Guzaarish (#15), Agora (#17). 48 $8,786,301 Due Date (#2), Fair Game (#3), The Last Exorcism (#6), Red Hill (#11), Monsters (#13), Break Ke Baad (#18). 49 $4,550,250 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (#2), Devil (#5). 50 Megamind $2,468,882 No Problem (#11). 51 Tron: Legacy $3,319,143 Love & Other Drugs (#3), Somewhere (#12). 52 Meet the Parents: Little Fockers $6,753,661 Gulliver's Travels (#2), The Tourist (#3), The King's Speech (#4), Blue Valentine (#11), Sarah's Key (#12), Heartbreaker (#14), Tees Maar Khan (#19).
Notes A A biennial event showcasing anime films for two weeks, held by Madman Entertainment in cinemas in capital cities across the country. The films are screened in their native Japanese with English subtitles. In 2010, the films were: Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (with additional limited screenings of Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone), King of Thorn, Redline, and Summer Wars.
References Urban Cinefile – Box Office
See also List of Australian films – Australian films by year