Coraline
Monsters vs. Aliens
Fast & Furious
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Keito
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Dash and Dot's Wild Ride
Merry Madagascar
The Princess and the Frog
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 9 - The Unborn
- February 6 - Coraline (Focus Features)
- March 20 - Duplicity and Sin Nombre (Focus Features)
- March 27 - Monsters vs. Aliens (DWA/Paramount Pictures)
- April 3 - Fast & Furious
- April 17 - Drilling Pursuit (MGM/Starz) and State of Play
- April 24 - The Soloist
- May 1 - F-Zero (Universal/Nintendo) and The Limits of Control (Focus Features)
- May 15 - The Definition of Malefaction: A Journey to the Big Leagues and Dusk and Dawn 2: The Belt of Venus (DWA/Paramount Pictures)
- May 29 - Drag Me to Hell and Up (Disney/Pixar)
- June 5 - Land of the Lost
- June 17 - Keito (Paramount/Aroba)
- June 26 - Away We Go (Focus Features) and The Pandemoniums Movie
- July 1 - Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Fox/Blue Sky) and Public Enemies
- July 10 - Brüno
- July 31 - Funny People and Thirst (Focus Features)
- August 21 - Inglourious Basterds
- August 28 - Taking Woodstock (Focus Features)
- September 9 - 9 (Focus Features)
- September 18 - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Sony), Dash and Dot's Wild Ride (Universal/PBS) and Love Happens
- October 2 - A Serious Man (Focus Features)
- October 2 - Lightning Man: Tuning Point
- October 9 - Couples Retreat
- October 23 - Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
- November 6 - A Christmas Carol (Disney/ImageMovers Digital) and The Fourth Kind
- November 13 - Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox/Indian Paintbrush) and Pirate Radio (Focus Features)
- November 20 - Planet 51 (TriStar/Ilion)
- November 25 - Woo La La
- December 11 - The Princess and the Frog (Disney)
- December 25 - It's Complicated
Short films[]
- March 13 - The Sounds of the Ocean
- September 29 - B.O.B.'s Big Break
- December 25 - Shot-to-Dot
Television[]
- October 28 - Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space premieres on NBC
- November 17 - Merry Madagascar premieres on NBC
Home video releases[]
DVD and Blu-ray releases[]
- September 29 - Monsters vs. Aliens
- October 20 - F-Zero (Universal/Nintendo)
- December 25 - Dash and Dot's Wild Ride
Direct-to-video releases[]
Highest-grossing films of the year[]
| Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avatar | 20th Century Fox | $2,744,336,793 | |
| 2 | F-Zero | Universal | $998,256,845 | |
| 3 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blooded Prince | Warner Bros. | $933,959,197 | |
| 5 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | 20th Century Fox | $886,686,817 | |
| 5 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Paramount | $836,303,693 | |
| 6 | 2012 | Sony | $769,679,473 | |
| 7 | Up | Disney | $735,099,082 | |
| 8 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Summit | $709,827,462 | |
| 9 | Keito | Paramount | $632,200,000 | |
| 10 | Woo La La | Universal | $532,416,741 | $524,028,679 |
Highest-grossing animated films of the year[]
| Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | 20th Century Fox / Blue Sky | $886,686,817 |
| 2 | Up | Disney / Pixar | $735,099,082 |
| 3 | Keito | Paramount / Aroba | $632,200,000 |
| 4 | Woo La La | Universal | $532,416,741 |
| 5 | F-Zero | Universal | 415,194,403 |
| 6 | Dusk and Dawn 2: The Belt of Venus | Paramount / DreamWorks | $414,773,016 |
| 7 | Drilling Pursuit | MGM | $405,400,000 |
| 8 | Monsters vs. Aliens | Paramount / DreamWorks | $381,509,870 |
| 9 | A Christmas Carol | Disney | $325,286,646 |
| 10 | The Princess and the Frog | $270,997,378 |
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