THIS year may have brought smash hits such as Toy Story 3, Alice in Wonderland and Inception to cinema screens, but it was a phenomenon from 2009 that performed best at the Australian box office in 2010.
Avatar took $76.8 million in 2010, on top of a $38.8 million haul from its first two weeks of release at the end of 2009.
But even without factoring in the biggest film of all time – James Cameron's 3D sci-fi epic has now grossed $115.6 million in Australia and $2.8 billion worldwide – 2010 was a strong year at the Australian box office.
Avatar aside, the next 10 best performing films together grossed an estimated $309 million, up on last year's combined Top 10 gross of $295 million.
The 3D animated tale Toy Story 3 came out on top with $42.2 million, ahead of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, which is at $38 million and counting.
Another 3D movie, Alice in Wonderland, grossed $37.5 million, while Christopher Nolan's Inception took $35.3 million to pip the third Twilight film, Eclipse, with $32 million.
Internationally, Toy Story 3 topped the 2010 releases with a worldwide gross of $1.06 billion.
Alice in Wonderland was next with $1.02 billion, followed by The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 ($828 million), Inception ($823 million), Shrek Forever After ($737 million), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($691 million), Iron Man 2 ($620 million), Despicable Me ($538 million), How to Train Your Dragon ($493 million) and Clash of the Titans ($491 million).
In Australia, the biggest local production of the year was Tomorrow When the War Began, with $13.4 million.
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