2014 was not a great year for movie theaters (the worst year since 2011 as a matter of fact). Still, that didn’t stop some films from making some major bank at the box office. Want to guess how many movies Disney had in the top 10?
The answer is four, so nearly half, and that is more than a little insane considering they’re about to conquer 2015 as well with Star Wars and Avengers 2.
Here’s a few more interesting statistics:
- Guardians of the Galaxy beat out The Winter Soldier to be Marvel’s biggest movie this year.
- Eight movies on the top 50 were based on comic books.
- Only 15 of the top 50 were not sequels, adaptations, remakes, or spin-offs.
- Three movies from 2013 made the cut.
- The LEGO Movie was the top-grossing animated film, beating out both Disney and DreamWorks releases this year.
And here’s the full list:
1. Guardians of the Galaxy (August 1) $332,862,030
2. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (November 21) $316,174,548
3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 4) $259,746,958
4. The Lego Movie (February 7) $257,784,718
5. Transformers: Age of Extinction (June 27) $245,439,076
6. Maleficent (May 30) $241,407,328
7. X-Men: Days of Future Past (May 23) $233,921,534
8. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (July 11) $208,545,589
9. Big Hero 6 (November 7) $206,452,220
10. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (May 2) $202,853,933
11. Godzilla (May 16) $200,672,193
12. 22 Jump Street (June 13) $191,719,337
13. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (August 8) $191,204,754
14. Interstellar (November 7) $178,080,502
15. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (June 13) $177,002,924
16. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (December 26) $168,521,968
17. Gone Girl (October 3) $166,112,687
18. Divergent (March 21) $150,947,895
19. Neighbors (May 9) $150,086,800
20. Ride Along (January 17) $134,202,565
21. Rio 2 (April 11) $131,538,435
22. Lucy (July 25) $126,573,960
23. The Fault in Our Stars (June 6) $124,872,350
24. Lone Survivor (January 10) $124,853,773
25. Frozen (November 22, 2013) $123,620,396
26. Mr. Peabody & Sherman (March 7) $111,506,430
27. 300: Rise of an Empire (March 7) $106,580,051
28. The Maze Runner (September 19) $102,085,973
29. Noah (March 28) $101,200,044
30. The Equalizer (September 26) $100,915,604
31. Edge of Tomorrow (June 6) $100,206,256
32. Non-Stop (February 28) $91,742,160
33. Heaven is for Real (April 16) $91,386,097
34. Dumb and Dumber To (November 14) $85,083,095
35. Fury (October 17) $84,705,660
36. Tammy (July 2) $84,525,432
37. Annabelle (October 3) $84,273,813
38. The Other Woman (April 25) $83,911,193
39. Let’s Be Cops (August 13) $82,390,774
40. The Monuments Men (February 2) $78,031,620
41. American Hustle (December 13, 2013) $74,598,891
42. Penguins of Madagascar (November 26) $73,115,971
43. Hercules (July 25) $72,688,614
44. Into the Woods (December 25) $72,143,214
45. The Purge: Anarchy (July 18) $71,562,550
46. Unbroken (December 25) $69,481,655
47. The Wolf of Wall Street (December 25, 2013) $67,005,580
48. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (October 10) $65,339,249
49. Think Like a Man Too (June 20) $65,028,687
50. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (December 19) $64,475,652
