TOP 20 MONEYMAKERS
1. Toy Story 3 – $408 million
2. Iron Man 2 – $312 million
3. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – $298 million
4. Inception – $278 million
5. Despicable Me – $241 million
6. Shrek Forever After – $238 million
7. The Karate Kid – $176 million
8. Grown Ups – $160 million
9. The Last Airbender – $131 million
10. Salt – $115 million
11. The Other Guys – $108 million
12. Robin Hood – $105 million
13. Sex and the City 2 – $95 million
14. The Expendables – $93 million
15. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time – $90 million
16. The A-Team – $77 million
17. Knight & Day – $76 million
18. Dinner for Schmucks – $71 million
19. Eat Pray Love – $70 million
20. Get Him to the Greek – $60 million
BIGGEST FLOPS
Below are the nine summer films that each lost at least $20 million at the U.S. box office based on their cost vs. gross. Keep in mind, though, that some of these films turned out to be huge commercial successes overseas.
1. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time – $200m budget, $90m gross = $110m loss
2. Robin Hood – $200m budget, $105m gross = $95m loss
3. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – $150m budget, $61m gross = $89m loss
4. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore – $85m budget, $42m gross = $43m loss
5. Knight & Day – $117m budget, $76m gross = $41m loss
6. Jonah Hex – $47m budget, $10m gross = $37m loss
7. The A-Team – $110m budget, $77m gross = $33m loss
8. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – $60m budget, $29m gross = $31m loss
9. Killers – $75m budget, $47m gross = $28m loss
(Source: www.boxofficemojo.com. Figures through Sept. 6, 2010.)
This article appears in Sep 7-13, 2010.
