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2010 Entertainment Year in Review

by Vicki Karigiannis
published January 05, 2011

rating: (34 Ratings)

The hottest movies, music, books and video games
2010 was a big year in movies, music and books: from box-office smashes and memorable summer anthems, to engrossing page-turners, we’ve all invested quite a bit of time (and money) in keeping ourselves entertained. Here are the top films, albums, singles, books and video games of 2010.

Top 5 highest-grossing films of 2010*
*Based on U.S. box-office gross, as of December 9^th
1. Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney Pictures)
$414,984,497
2. Avatar (20^th Century Fox)
$408,392,727
3. Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Pictures)
$334,191,110
4. Iron Man 2 (Paramount Pictures)
$312,128,345
5. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Summit Entertainment)
$300,531,751

Top 5 highest-selling albums of 2010*
*Based on iTunes digital sales
1. Eminem, Recovery
2. Ke$ha, Animal
3. Lady Gaga, The Fame
4. Lady Antebellum, Need You Now
5. Taylor Swift, Speak Now

Top 5 singles of 2010*
*Based on iTunes digital sales
1. “Hey, Soul Sister” - Train
2. “California Gurls” - Katy Perry (feat. Snoop Dogg)
3. “Love the Way You Lie” - Eminem (feat. Rihanna)
4. “Airplanes” - B.o.B (feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore)
5. “Dynamite” - Taio Cruz

Top 5 best-selling books of 2010*
*Based on amazon.ca customer orders
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest - Stieg Larsson
2. Secret Daughter - Shilpi Somaya Gowda
3. Sh*t My Dad Says - Justin Halpern
4. The Book of Awesome - Neil Pasricha
5. Women, Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything - Geneen Roth

Top 5 highest-selling video games of 2010*
*Based on data for the Americas by VGChartz.com, as of December 9^th
1. Wii Sports (for Nintendo Wii)
2. Halo: Reach (for XBOX 360)
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops (for XBOX 360)
4. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (for Nintendo Wii)
5. Wii Sports Resort (for Nintendo Wii)

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