Five of the 50 top-grossing independent films of 2010 are animated features, according to a new list released by the Independent Film & Television Alliance.
The top-grossing independent animated film was the Studio Ghibli anime Karigurashi No Arrietty (The Borrower Arrietty), grossing $114 million worldwide and landing in ninth place on the list. Other animated entries include Pokémon: Zoroark —Master of Illusions, with $46 million; Sammy’s Adventures: The Secret Passage with $43 million; Alpha and Omega, with $42 million and Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser, with $37 million.
The list was topped by The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, which grossed $698 million worldwide. More than a third of the films on the list also were non-English language films.
IIFTA compiled the top-50 list based on data from Rentrak Box Office Essentials.
The complete list follows.
Rank, Title, Language, Worldwide Box Office
- Twilight Saga: Eclipse, English, $698,491,000
- Resident Evil: Afterlife, English, $270,702,775
- The Expendables, English, $228,474,879
- Red, English, $160,645,569
- The Book Of Eli, English, $158,460,168
- Step Up 3D, English, $155,259,499
- The Tourist, English, $126,492,009
- Saw 3D, English, $122,660,096
- Karigurashi No Arrietty (The Borrower Arrietty), Japanese, $114,146,003
- Dear John, English, $112,150,467
- Kick Ass, English, $95,609,990
- Umizaru: The Last Message, Japanese, $95,469,952
- Killers, English, $91,408,598
- Nanny McPhee Returns, English, $89,832,550
- Odoru Daisosasen 3 (Bayside Shakedown 3), Japanese, $83,204,093
- Edge Of Darkness, English, $81,208,697
- Gulliver’s Travels, English, $80,770,446
- Letters To Juliet, English, $79,135,982
- Piranha 3D, English, $69,449,994
- Legion, English, $65,675,885
- The Last Exorcism, English, $64,853,785
- Hot Tub Time Machine, English, $63,457,446
- The Ghost Writer, English, $62,047,590
- The American, English, $62,039,378
- Tropa De Elite 2 (Elite Squad 2), Portuguese, $61,534,032
- Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too, English, $60,631,493
- Skyline, English, $58,749,662
- Remember Me, English, $56,506,120
- From Paris With Love, English, $53,139,168
- The Fighter, English, $51,012,572
- Daybreakers, English, $50,590,794
- Death At A Funeral, English, $48,977,233
- The Switch, English, $48,322,702
- Le Petits Mouchoirs (Little White Lies), French, $47,312,277
- Pokémon: Zoroark —Master of Illusions, Japanese, $46,497,001
- The Spy Next Door, English, $44,117,662
- Nine, English, $43,865,872
- Sammy’s Adventures: The Secret Passage, English, $43,810,300
- Kokuhaku (Confessions), Japanese, $43,505,566
- Machete, English, $42,813,650
- SP: The Motion Picture, Japanese, $42,154,480
- Alpha And Omega, English, $42,131,174
- Benvenuti Al Sud, Italian, $41,483,723
- Nodame Cantabile The Movie 2, Japanese, $39,756,729
- For Colored Girls, English, $37,724,730
- L’Arnacoeur (Heartbreaker), French, $37,667,759
- Brooklyn’s Finest, English, $37,563,547
- Space Battleship Yamato, Japanese, $37,109,671
- Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser, Japanese, $36,996,205
- The Next Three Days, English, $36,436,774