IFTA Announces Top Indies of 2010
24 Feb, 2011 By: Billy Gil
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The Independent Film & Television Alliance, or IFTA, has announced the worldwide box office grosses for the top 50 independent films of 2010.
Foreign films accounted for more than one-third of the total globally. This is the first time IFTA compiled the list, based on data from Rentrak Box Office Essentials.
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse topped the list, with $562.8 million worldwide. Thirty-seven English-language films made the list.
“The talent and imagination of the independent film industry is evident throughout the world,” IFTA President-CEO Jean Prewitt said.
2010 TOP 50 INDEPENDENT FILMS
(Worldwide Box Office Gross)
Rank | Title | Language | Worldwide Box Office |
1 | TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE | English | $ 562,772,794 |
2 | RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE | English | $ 270,702,775 |
3 | THE EXPENDABLES | English | $ 228,474,879 |
4 | RED | English | $ 160,645,569 |
5 | THE BOOK OF ELI | English | $ 158,460,168 |
6 | STEP UP 3D | English | $ 155,259,499 |
7 | THE TOURIST | English | $ 126,492,009 |
8 | SAW 3D | English | $ 122,660,096 |
9 | KARIGURASHI NO ARRIETTY (THE BORROWER ARRIETTY) | Japanese | $ 114,146,003 |
10 | DEAR JOHN | English | $ 112,150,467 |
11 | KICK-ASS | English | $ 95,609,990 |
12 | UMIZARU: THE LAST MESSAGE | Japanese | $ 95,469,952 |
13 | KILLERS | English | $ 91,408,598 |
14 | NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS | English | $ 89,832,550 |
15 | ODORU DAISOSASEN 3 (BAYSIDE SHAKEDOWN 3) | Japanese | $ 83,204,093 |
16 | EDGE OF DARKNESS | English | $ 81,208,697 |
17 | GULLIVER'S TRAVELS | English | $ 80,770,446 |
18 | LETTERS TO JULIET | English | $ 79,135,982 |
19 | PIRANHA 3D | English | $ 69,449,994 |
20 | LEGION | English | $ 65,675,885 |
21 | THE LAST EXORCISM | English | $ 64,853,785 |
22 | HOT TUB TIME MACHINE | English | $ 63,457,446 |
23 | THE GHOST WRITER | English | $ 62,047,590 |
24 | THE AMERICAN | English | $ 62,039,378 |
25 | TROPA DE ELITE 2 (ELITE SQUAD 2) | Portuguese | $ 61,534,032 |
26 | TYLER PERRY'S WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO | English | $ 60,631,493 |
27 | SKYLINE | English | $ 58,749,662 |
28 | REMEMBER ME | English | $ 56,506,120 |
29 | FROM PARIS WITH LOVE | English | $ 53,139,168 |
30 | THE FIGHTER | English | $ 51,012,572 |
31 | DAYBREAKERS | English | $ 50,590,794 |
32 | DEATH AT A FUNERAL | English | $ 48,977,233 |
33 | THE SWITCH | English | $ 48,322,702 |
34 | LE PETITS MOUCHOIRS (LITTLE WHITE LIES) | French | $ 47,312,277 |
35 | POCKET MONSTERS DIAMOND AND PEARL THE MOVIE: PHANTOM RULER: ZOROARK | Japanese | $ 46,497,001 |
36 | THE SPY NEXT DOOR | English | $ 44,117,662 |
37 | NINE | English | $ 43,865,872 |
38 | SAMMY'S ADVENTURES: THE SECRET PASSAGE | English | $ 43,810,300 |
39 | KOKUHAKU (CONFESSIONS) | Japanese | $ 43,505,566 |
40 | MACHETE | English | $ 42,813,650 |
41 | SP: THE MOTION PICTURE | Japanese | $ 42,154,480 |
42 | ALPHA AND OMEGA | English | $ 42,131,174 |
43 | BENVENUTI AL SUD | Italian | $ 41,483,723 |
44 | NODAME CANTABILE THE MOVIE 2 | Japanese | $ 39,756,729 |
45 | FOR COLORED GIRLS | English | $ 37,724,730 |
46 | L’ARNACOEUR (HEARTBREAKER) | French | $ 37,667,759 |
47 | BROOKLYN'S FINEST | English | $ 37,563,547 |
48 | SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO | Japanese | $ 37,109,671 |
49 | DETECTIVE CONAN: THE RAVEN CHASER | Japanese | $ 36,996,205 |
50 | THE NEXT THREE DAYS | English | $ 36,436,774 |
Source: IFTA Research analysis of Rentrak Box Office Essentials data
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