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.
| # | Week end date | Film | Total weekend gross |
Openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 January 2010 | Avatar | $9,659,700 | The Princess and the Frog (#7), Fantastic Mr. Fox (#8). |
| 2 | 10 January 2010 | $8,338,365 | It's Complicated (#2). | |
| 3 | 17 January 2010 | $7,002,454 | Tooth Fairy (#2), Up in the Air (#5), Bran Nue Dae (#6), Chance Pe Dance (#20). | |
| 4 | 24 January 2010 | $5,604,268 | Invictus (#3), Nine (#9), Toy Story 1 and 2 in 3D (#11), In the Loop (#15), Veer (#20). | |
| 5 | 31 January 2010 | $4,548,004 | Law Abiding Citizen (#2), The Road (#10). | |
| 6 | 7 February 2010 | $3,936,622 | Edge of Darkness (#2), Daybreakers (#3), Precious (#13). | |
| 7 | 14 February 2010 | 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 | 21 February 2010 | $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 | 28 February 2010 | The Blind Side | $2,568,536 | A Single Man (#9). |
| 10 | 7 March 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | $10,377,137 | Dear John (#3), The Men Who Stare at Goats (#8). |
| 11 | 14 March 2010 | $6,463,865 | Green Zone (#2), Remember Me (#8), My One and Only (#18). | |
| 12 | 21 March 2010 | $4,947,467 | The Bounty Hunter (#2), Cop Out (#5), The Rebound (#9), Brothers (#15). | |
| 13 | 28 March 2010 | 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 | 4 April 2010 | Clash of the Titans | $10,071,350 | The Last Song (#4), She's Out of My League (#6), Micmacs (#15), Welcome (#19). |
| 15 | 11 April 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | $3,547,843 | Date Night (#3), Kick-Ass (#5). |
| 16 | 18 April 2010 | $2,095,092 | The Book of Eli (#4), Beneath Hill 60 (#9), Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (#16). | |
| 17 | 25 April 2010 | Hot Tub Time Machine | $1,274,773 | When in Rome (#6). |
| 18 | 2 May 2010 | Iron Man 2 | $9,507,179 | Housefull (#13), The Concert (#15). |
| 19 | 9 May 2010 | $4,565,882 | I Love You Too (#2), Letters to Juliet (#7), Soul Kitchen (#17), The White Ribbon (#19). | |
| 20 | 16 May 2010 | Robin Hood | $5,616,490 | New York, I Love You (#14). |
| 21 | 23 May 2010 | $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 | 30 May 2010 | 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 | 6 June 2010 | Sex and the City 2 | $7,793,801 | Legion (#9), Raajneeti (#12), Exit Through the Gift Shop (#1). |
| 24 | 13 June 2010 | $3,959,290 | The A-Team (#2), Get Him to the Greek (#7). | |
| 25 | 20 June 2010 | Shrek Forever After | $4,890,789 | Mother and Child (#8), Raavan (#9). |
| 26 | 27 June 2010 | Toy Story 3 | $7,408,201 | Grown Ups (#3), Marmaduke (#7), I Am Love (#11). |
| 27 | 4 July 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $12,990,707 | The Karate Kid (#5), Farewell (#13), I Hate Luv Storys (#15). |
| 28 | 11 July 2010 | Toy Story 3 | $6,361,024 | Predators (#5), The Hedgehog (#14), The Big Four (#18). |
| 29 | 18 July 2010 | Knight and Day | $3,753,462 | The Waiting City (#11), The Runaways (#12), Creation (#14), Mel Karade Rabba (#15). |
| 30 | 25 July 2010 | Inception | $7,428,415 | Greenberg (#17), Khatta Meetha (#19). |
| 31 | 1 August 2010 | $7,939,374 | Killers (#2), South Solitary (#10), Centurion (#11), Me and Orson Welles (#12). | |
| 32 | 8 August 2010 | $4,163,040 | Step Up 3D (#2), The Special Relationship (#8), The Ghost Writer (#11). | |
| 33 | 15 August 2010 | $3,157,091 | The Expendables (#2), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (#4), Hubble 3D (#14), Splice (#15), Peepli Live (#17). | |
| 34 | 22 August 2010 | Salt | $3,940,438 | Matching Jack (#7), Cairo Time (#12), Four Lions (#13). |
| 35 | 29 August 2010 | $2,515,352 | Vampires Suck (#3), Piranha 3D (#5), Boy (#8), The Killer Inside Me (#13). | |
| 36 | 5 September 2010 | 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)[A]. |
| 37 | 12 September 2010 | Despicable Me | $3,232,788 | The Other Guys (#2), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (#4), Dabangg (#13), The Disappearance of Alice Creed (#15). |
| 38 | 19 September 2010 | $4,129,606 | The Last Airbender (#2), Easy A (#5), Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (#6), The Reluctant Infidel (#20). | |
| 39 | 26 September 2010 | $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 | 3 October 2010 | $2,731,356 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (#2), Dinner for Schmucks (#7), Anjaana Anjaani (#15), The Tree (#19). | |
| 41 | 10 October 2010 | Eat Pray Love | $3,473,338 | Buried (#6). |
| 42 | 17 October 2010 | $2,167,897 | The Town (#2), Resident Evil: Afterlife (#3), Let Me In (#5), Chloe (#18). | |
| 43 | 24 October 2010 | Paranormal Activity 2 | $2,665,028 | Life as We Know It (#2), Summer Coda (#19). |
| 44 | 31 October 2010 | The Social Network | $2,687,927 | Red (#2), Saw 3D (#5), Made in Dagenham (#9). |
| 45 | 7 November 2010 | Jackass 3D | $3,582,884 | Golmaal 3 (#10), The Loved Ones (#12), Action Replayy (#16), Gainsbourg (#17). |
| 46 | 14 November 2010 | $1,917,056 | Skyline (#3), Wild Target (#6), The American (#7), Machete (#13), Winter's Bone (#14). | |
| 47 | 21 November 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | $15,293,557 | Guzaarish (#15), Agora (#17). |
| 48 | 28 November 2010 | $8,786,301 | Due Date (#2), Fair Game (#3), The Last Exorcism (#6), Red Hill (#11), Monsters (#13), Break Ke Baad (#18). | |
| 49 | 5 December 2010 | $4,550,250 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (#2), Devil (#5). | |
| 50 | 12 December 2010 | Megamind | $2,468,882 | No Problem (#11). |
| 51 | 19 December 2010 | Tron: Legacy | $3,319,143 | Love & Other Drugs (#3), Somewhere (#12). |
| 52 | 26 December 2010 | 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
editSee also
edit- List of Australian films – Australian films by year