Studio Roundup: Warner Bros. wins 2010 box office crown, Fox somehow comes in third, Universal embarrasses itself

According to The Wrap, Warner Brothers earned the highest market share of any studio at the box office in 2010, with 18.3% of revenue. Warner found success with tentpoles like Inception, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, and Clash of the Titans, but they took the top spot thanks to a number of solid mid-level grosses from films like Valentine's Day ($110.4M), Due Date ($99.3M), The Book of Eli ($94.4), and The Town ($92.2M). It seemed like this would have been Sony's year to win, as the studio was often on top of the chart, but Sony ended the year in fifth place. The studio's comedy-heavy lineup has a tendency to start strong and fade fast.

Despite a horrible year, Fox managed to come in third place, but things would have looked very different if holdovers Avatar and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel hadn't provided major grosses in January and February. Universal finished the year in fifth place, an embarrassing result for the studio that cranked out flop after expensive flop in 2010. Between the disappointments of The Wolfman ($61M), Robin Hood ($105M), Green Zone ($35M), Devil ($33M), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ($31.5M), and MacGruber ($8.5M), the studio had an utterly miserable year.

Check out the full studio rankings below:

Studio rank              Market share           Revenue
1.) Warner                     18.3%                      $1.88B
2.) Paramount               16.1%                      $1.67B
3.) Fox                           15.4%                      $1.59B
4.) Disney                      13.6%                      $1.41B
5.) Sony                         12.3%                      $1.27B
6.) Universal                   8.9%                       $0.92B
7.) Summit                      5.1%                      $0.522B
8.) Lionsgate                   5.0%                      $0.519B