It’s that time of year again, folks.  First we decorate a tree with tinsel, next we decorate WORDS AND THINGS WITH NUMBERS NEXT TO THEM!  IT’S LIST TIME, OOH WHA-AH AH-AH!  Anyway, while I busy myself compiling my ten best of 2010 list (TRY NOT TO GNAW OFF YOUR ARM IN ANTICIPATION!), here’s a more fact-y list for you to chew on, the highest-grossing films of 2010.  You know, if you’re into that kind of thing. BOOM, IT’S TIME TO GET LINEAR!

10. Clash of the Titans, $493.2 million worldwide
9. How to Train Your Dragon, $494.9 worldwide
8. Despicable Me, $539.9 million
7. Iron Man 2, $582.2 million
6. Twilight Saga: Eclipse, $693.5 million
5. Shrek Forever After: $739.8 million
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1. $824.1
3. Inception, $825.4
2. Alice in Wonderland, $1 billion
1. Toy Story 3, $1.1 billion [via THR]

All in all, not so bad. Sure, Clash of the Titans and Twilight got in there (and Shrek 4, really?), but out of the ten, a good three or four of them were actually decent movies.  Here’s the top 10 of 2009 for comparison:

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The upside of Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro doing a really crappy movie like Righteous Kill (sample review quote: “Righteous Kill is so average that the standard bell curve can’t calculate just how general it is.” -Popmatters) is that they have to work their asses off to promote it.  Here they are presenting the top ten list on Letterman, “The Top Ten Reasons I Like Being An Actor”.  I won’t ruin it, but a couple highlights:

9.  Every time I go to work, I get to ask myself, “I wonder if I’ll see Harvey Keitel naked?”
7.  If you do a scene where you eat pudding, they often let you keep the pudding.

See?  Every turd has a silver lining.  (leaning over to whisper in your ear) I eat nickles.

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