Top-Grossing Movies of 2014

Not by surprise, many of the favorite movies of last year have landed a spot on the top-grossing list of 2014. People of all ages swarmed to the theater excited to see their favorite actors and actresses on the big screen.  This is the list of the top-grossing movies from January to December 2014.

 

1. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1- Arriving right before Thanksgiving, fans flocked to the theater to see Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen back in action.

2. Guardians of the Galaxy- Chris Pratt received praise from critics for its variety of humor, action, science fiction, and heart.

3. American Sniper- Bradley Cooper stars in an Iraq War film unlike any other and showed itself to be an unusual blockbuster.

4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier- The movie, starring Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson, held the number one position at the box office for 3 weeks straight.

5. The LEGO Movie- This animated adventure comedy film landed the second spot for 2014 on the biggest animated openers list, earning $69,050,279 on the opening weekend.

6. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies- The first two “Hobbit” movies made nearly $2 billion combined.

7. Transformers: Age of Extinction- Mark Wahlberg stars in one of the worst- reviewed movies of 2014, but also one of the top- grossing movies of 2014.

8. Maleficent- The live-action retelling of Disney’s classic tale “Sleeping Beauty,” starred Angelina Jolie as the evil villain.

9. X-Men: Days of Future Past- The star-studded movie took the Memorial Day box office by storm with a $90.8 million opening weekend.

10. Big Hero 6- Walt Disney Animation Studios released an American 3D computer-animated superhero film being the first Disney animated film to feature Marvel Comics characters.

 

 

Source of Info

“2014 DOMESTIC GROSSES.” 2014 Yearly Box Office Results. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Mar. 2015.

<http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2014>.

 

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