The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in December 2010, with $415.7M worldwide, ahead of TRON: Legacy (2010) at $400.1M and Black Swan (2010) at $329.4M. 33 English-language films released in December 2010 report a worldwide gross, $2.6B in all, 38% of it from the US & Canada. 8 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is down 5% on November 2010, whose releases took $2.7B. By genre, Adventure leads with $1.3B across 4 English releases.
#1 of 33 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
2010 · Adventure, Fantasy
$415.7M worldwide · 16% of the chart's total
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) leads with $415.7M, 16% of the total. The top 5 together took $1.7B, 67% of what all 33 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in December 2010.
Dec 17, 2010 US and Canada: $172.1M Rest of the world: $228M Worldwide: $400.1M Dec 3, 2010 US and Canada: $107M Rest of the world: $222.4M Worldwide: $329.4M Dec 22, 2010 US and Canada: $148.4M Rest of the world: $162.2M Worldwide: $310.7M Dec 10, 2010 US and Canada: $67.6M Rest of the world: $211.1M Worldwide: $278.8M 
Dec 22, 2010 US and Canada: $171.2M Rest of the world: $81M Worldwide: $252.3M 
Dec 25, 2010 US and Canada: $42.8M Rest of the world: $194.6M Worldwide: $237.4M 
Dec 17, 2010 US and Canada: $100.2M Rest of the world: $103.3M Worldwide: $203.5M 
Dec 17, 2010 US and Canada: $30.2M Rest of the world: $18.5M Worldwide: $48.7M 
Dec 3, 2010 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: $18.7M Worldwide: $20.8M 
Dec 22, 2010 US and Canada: $20.2M Rest of the world: $310.3K Worldwide: $20.5M 
Dec 29, 2010 US and Canada: $164.2K Rest of the world: $16.7M Worldwide: $16.9M 
Dec 29, 2010 US and Canada: $9.7M Rest of the world: $5.7M Worldwide: $15.4M 
Dec 22, 2010 US and Canada: $1.8M Rest of the world: $13.5M Worldwide: $15.2M 
Dec 3, 2010 US and Canada: $5.7M Rest of the world: $5.4M Worldwide: $11.1M 
Dec 25, 2010 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: $3.8M Worldwide: $6M 
Dec 17, 2010 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: $2.9M Worldwide: $5.1M 
Dec 9, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.6M 
Dec 29, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.2M 
Dec 3, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.4M 
Dec 3, 2010 US and Canada: $582K Rest of the world: $1.2M Worldwide: $1.8M 
Dec 17, 2010 US and Canada: $1M Rest of the world: $188K Worldwide: $1.2M 
Dec 3, 2010 US and Canada: $706.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $706.5K 
Dec 10, 2010 US and Canada: $277.9K Rest of the world: $127.9K Worldwide: $405.9K 
Dec 3, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $318.3K 
Dec 17, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $177.2K 
Dec 10, 2010 US and Canada: $15.8K Rest of the world: $161K Worldwide: $176.8K 
Dec 3, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $128.1K 
Dec 3, 2010 US and Canada: $76.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $76.2K 
Dec 8, 2010 US and Canada: $29.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $29.9K 
Dec 10, 2010 US and Canada: $22.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $22.1K 
Dec 6, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.4K 
Dec 10, 2010 US and Canada: $2.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.2K Of the top 10, True Grit (2010) earned the biggest share at home (68% in the US & Canada), while I Love You Phillip Morris (2010) made 90% of its gross abroad. Across all 33 films, $990.8M (38%) came from the US & Canada.
8 of 33 films crossed $100M and took $2.4B between them, 93% of the total. 18 films, 55% of the list, earned under $10M.
Films released in week 52 (Dec 19–25) took $842.1M, led by Little Fockers (2010). Each column links to that week's chart; weeks are Sunday to Saturday.
Of these 10 years, December 2009 earned the most: $5B from 36 films, led by Avatar (2009). December 2010 took $2.6B.
| Month | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
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| December 2001 31 films | 31 | $2.8B | – | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) $888.5M |
| December 2002 33 films · −39% | 33 | $1.7B | −39% | Catch Me If You Can (2002) $352.1M |
| December 2003 28 films · +88% | 28 | $3.1B | +88% | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) $1.1B |
| December 2004 33 films · −40% | 33 | $1.9B | −40% | Meet the Fockers (2004) $522.7M |
| December 2005 33 films · +48% | 33 | $2.8B | +48% | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) $745M |
| December 2006 49 films · −1% | 49 | $2.8B | −1% | Night at the Museum (2006) $574.5M |
| December 2007 34 films · +17% | 34 | $3.2B | +17% | I Am Legend (2007) $585.4M |
| December 2008 43 films · −27% | 43 | $2.4B | −27% | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) $335.8M |
| December 2009 36 films · +110% | 36 | $5B | +110% | Avatar (2009) $2.9B |
| December 2010 33 films · −47% | 33 | $2.6B | −47% | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) $415.7M |
Adventure took $1.3B across 4 films, 48% of the total, ahead of Thriller ($1B) and Drama ($996.3M). A film counts once for each of its genres.
The months of 2010 with their totals: June leads with $3.2B, led by Toy Story 3 (2010).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 33 films as the chart.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) leads with $415.7M worldwide, $104.4M of it in the US & Canada. Next come TRON: Legacy (2010) at $400.1M and Black Swan (2010) at $329.4M.
33 English-language films released in December 2010 report a worldwide gross, $2.6B in all, or $78.9M per film on average. November 2010 releases took $2.7B.
None. 8 films crossed $100 million, led by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) with $415.7M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in December 2010. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.
