Top 20 Films of 2014

#20 Ride Along $135 m

• Biggest January opener of all time
• One of 3 $25 m + openings for Kevin Hart this year

#19 Neighbors $150 m

• Smallest budget in the top 20 at $18 m
• Zach Efron's comeback film

#18 Divergent $151 m

• One of two $120 m + films for Shailene Woodley this year
• Kate Winslet's biggest film since Titanic

#17 Gone Girl $165 m +

• Ben Affleck's biggest film in 13 years
• Director David Fincher's biggest film ever

#16 How To Train Your Dragon 2 $177 m

• Lagged behind its predecessor's $218 m total
• International grosses a rare highlight for Dreamworks this year

#15 Interstellar $180 m +

• Matthew McConaughey's top film of his career 
• Underwhelming performance with expectations of $250 m +

#14 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles $191 m

• Along with GOTG, turned around the summer box office
• Huge comeback film for the TMNT franchise and Megan Fox

#13 22 Jump Street $192 m

• Massive success with a $50 m budget
• Tatum's biggest live action film ever

#12 Godzilla $201 m

• Big comeback film for the franchise after 1998's disaster
• 5th biggest opening weekend of the year with $93 m

#11 Amazing Spider-man 2 $203 m

• Massive disappointment for studio
• First Spider-man film to miss the top 8 annual list

#10 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes $209 m

• Highest grossing Apes film ever unadjusted for inflation
• One of four $160 m + films for Fox this year, leading all studios

#9 Big Hero 6 $210 m +

• Disney Animation Studios follow up to Frozen
• Very successful but nowhere close to Frozen's $400 m + performance

#8 X-men: Days of Futures Past $234 m

• Big 60% uptick from previous X-men First Class film
• Second biggest film of X-men franchise

#7 Maleficent $241 m

• Biggest film of Jolie's career
• Top family film of the summer

#6 Transformers: Age of Extinction $245 m

• Only $1 billion film released this year worldwide
• Drop off of $107 m from Transformers 3 domestically

#5 The Lego Movie $258 m

• One of the biggest surprise blockbusters of the year
• Second biggest February opening weekend of all time

Biggest family film of the year

#4 Captain America: The Winter Soldier $260 m

• Massive 47% increase over its predecessor from Avengers Effect
• Third biggest opening weekend of the year

Strong lead in for Avengers 2 in May

#3 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies $260 m +

• Final film of the LOTR franchise
• Upswing from franchise low of Hobbit 2

May reach $1 billion in the new year

#2 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 $315 m +

• Big $100 m + dropoff from predecessor
• Top opening weekend of the year with $122 m

May have suffered from being a "Part 1" film

#1 Guardians of the Galaxy $335 m

• First August film to top the year since 1940 film Boom Town
• Broke August opening weekend record held for 7 years

Massive year for Chris Pratt with Lego Movie and GOTG

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FAST 7

JAMES BOND 24

THE FINAL HUNGER GAMES

JURASSIC WORLD

STAR WARS

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