0Summer Movie ScorecardFrom blockbusters (Inception) to bombs (The Switch) to surprise performers (The Expendables), The Daily Beast's Peter Lauria factors in budget, gross, buzz, and expectations to rank the films of the season.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 6:20PM EDT / Published Sep. 02, 2010 1:03PM EDT Melissa Moseley / Warner Bros.,Melissa Moseley SMPSP Winner: InceptionMelissa Moseley / Warner Bros. Winner: Toy Story 3Pixar Winner: Grown UpsTracy Bennett / Sony Pictures Winner: Despicable Me (3-D Animated)Universal Pictures Winner: The Twilight Saga: EclipseKimberley French / Summit Entertainment Winner: The Karate KidJasin Boland / Columbia Pictures Winner: SaltSony Pictures Winner: The Kids Are All RightSuzanne Tenner / Focus Features Winner: Iron Man 2Industrial Light and Magic Winner: The Other GuysMacall Polay / Columbia Pictures Loser: Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeWalt Disney Pictures Loser: Scott Pilgrim vs. The WorldUniversal Pictures Loser: Knight & Day20th Century FOX Loser: Charlie St. CloudUniversal Pictures Loser: The Sorcerer's ApprenticeWalt Disney Pictures Loser: The SwitchMiramax Loser: Dinner for SchmucksPhotography by: Merie Weismiller Wallace SMPSP Loser: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (3-D)Warner Bros. Loser: Jonah HexJamie Trueblood / Warner Bros. Loser: KillersLionsgate Surprise Performer: The Last Airbender (3-D)Paramount Pictures Surprise Performer: The ExpendablesLionsgate Surprise Performer: Get Him to the GreekGlen Wilson / Universal Pictures Surprise Performer: Letters to JulietJohn P. Johnson / Summit Entertainment Surprise Performer: MarmadukeTwentieth Century Fox
Winner: InceptionMelissa Moseley / Warner Bros. Winner: Toy Story 3Pixar Winner: Grown UpsTracy Bennett / Sony Pictures Winner: Despicable Me (3-D Animated)Universal Pictures Winner: The Twilight Saga: EclipseKimberley French / Summit Entertainment Winner: The Karate KidJasin Boland / Columbia Pictures Winner: SaltSony Pictures Winner: The Kids Are All RightSuzanne Tenner / Focus Features Winner: Iron Man 2Industrial Light and Magic Winner: The Other GuysMacall Polay / Columbia Pictures Loser: Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeWalt Disney Pictures Loser: Scott Pilgrim vs. The WorldUniversal Pictures Loser: Knight & Day20th Century FOX Loser: Charlie St. CloudUniversal Pictures Loser: The Sorcerer's ApprenticeWalt Disney Pictures Loser: The SwitchMiramax Loser: Dinner for SchmucksPhotography by: Merie Weismiller Wallace SMPSP Loser: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (3-D)Warner Bros. Loser: Jonah HexJamie Trueblood / Warner Bros. Loser: KillersLionsgate Surprise Performer: The Last Airbender (3-D)Paramount Pictures Surprise Performer: The ExpendablesLionsgate Surprise Performer: Get Him to the GreekGlen Wilson / Universal Pictures Surprise Performer: Letters to JulietJohn P. Johnson / Summit Entertainment Surprise Performer: MarmadukeTwentieth Century Fox