IFTA Announces Top Indies of 2010
24 Feb, 2011 By: Billy Gil
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