List of 2014 box office number-one films in the United States

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekend box office for the year 2014.[1]

This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.[2]
# Weekend end date Film Gross Notes Ref
1January 5, 2014Frozen$19,575,525Frozen reclaimed the #1 spot in its sixth overall weekend of release, and also became the first film since Avatar to take the top spot in its sixth weekend.[3]
2January 12, 2014Lone Survivor$37,849,910Lone Survivor reached the #1 spot after two weekends of limited release.[4]
3January 19, 2014Ride Along$41,516,170Ride Along broke Cloverfield's two records ($40.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in January and for the highest Martin Luther King Jr. Day three-day weekend debut.[5][6]
4January 26, 2014$21,299,495[7]
5February 2, 2014$12,035,720Ride Along became the first film of 2014 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends.[8]
6February 9, 2014The Lego Movie$69,050,279[9]
7February 16, 2014$49,846,430[10][11]
8February 23, 2014$31,305,359The Lego Movie and Ride Along became the first two films to win at least three consecutive weekends in a row since The Dark Knight and Tropic Thunder in 2008. The former also became the first animated film since Shrek Forever After to top the box office for three consecutive weekends.[12]
9March 2, 2014Non-Stop$28,875,635[13]
10March 9, 2014300: Rise of an Empire$45,038,460[14]
11March 16, 2014Mr. Peabody & Sherman$21,809,249Mr. Peabody & Sherman reached the #1 spot in its second weekend of release.[15]
12March 23, 2014Divergent$54,607,747[16]
13March 30, 2014Noah$43,720,472[17][18]
14April 6, 2014Captain America: The Winter Soldier$95,023,721Captain America: The Winter Soldier broke Fast Five's record ($86.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in April.[19]
15April 13, 2014$41,274,861[20]
16April 20, 2014$25,587,056[21]
17April 27, 2014The Other Woman$24,763,752[22]
18May 4, 2014The Amazing Spider-Man 2$91,608,337[23]
19May 11, 2014Neighbors$49,033,915[24]
20May 18, 2014Godzilla$93,188,384Godzilla broke The Lost World: Jurassic Park's record ($72.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a creature feature film and The Day After Tomorrow's record ($68.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a disaster film.[25]
21May 25, 2014X-Men: Days of Future Past$90,823,660[26][27]
22June 1, 2014Maleficent$69,431,298[28]
23June 8, 2014The Fault in Our Stars$48,002,523[29]
24June 15, 201422 Jump Street$57,071,445Along with The Lego Movie, directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller became the first directors to open two films in the same year with a $50 million debut each.[30]
25June 22, 2014Think Like a Man Too$29,241,911Along with Ride Along, director Tim Story became the first African American director to have two films in the same year reach #1 during their weekend debuts.[31]
26June 29, 2014Transformers: Age of Extinction$100,038,390[nb 1][33]
27July 6, 2014$37,050,185Transformers: Age of Extinction became the first summer film of 2014 to stay at number one at the box office for two consecutive weeks.[34]
28July 13, 2014Dawn of the Planet of the Apes$72,611,427[35]
29July 20, 2014$36,254,310[36]
30July 27, 2014Lucy$43,899,340[37]
31August 3, 2014Guardians of the Galaxy$94,320,883Guardians of the Galaxy broke The Bourne Ultimatum's record ($69.3 million) for the highest weekend debut in August.[38]
32August 10, 2014Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles$65,575,105[39]
33August 17, 2014$28,523,147[40]
34August 24, 2014Guardians of the Galaxy$17,202,212Guardians of the Galaxy reclaimed the #1 spot in its fourth weekend of release, becoming the first film since The Hunger Games to take the top spot in its fourth weekend of release.[41]
35August 31, 2014$17,082,262Guardians of the Galaxy became the first film since Skyfall to take the top spot in its fifth weekend of release as well as the first film since Signs to top the box office for three nonconsecutive weekends.[42][43]
36September 7, 2014$10,357,345Guardians of the Galaxy became the first film since The Hunger Games to top the box office for four weekends. It also became the first film since Frozen to take the top spot in its sixth weekend, as well as the first film since The Passion of the Christ to top the box office for four nonconsecutive weekends.[44]
37September 14, 2014No Good Deed$24,250,283[45]
38September 21, 2014The Maze Runner$32,512,804[46]
39September 28, 2014The Equalizer$34,137,828[47]
40October 5, 2014Gone Girl$37,513,109[48]
41October 12, 2014$26,406,134[49][50]
42October 19, 2014Fury$23,702,421[51]
43October 26, 2014Ouija$19,875,995[52]
44November 2, 2014$10,740,980Initial estimates had Nightcrawler ahead of Ouija.[53]
45November 9, 2014Big Hero 6$56,215,889[54]
46November 16, 2014Dumb and Dumber To$36,111,775[55]
47November 23, 2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1$121,897,634The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 had the highest weekend debut of 2014.[56]
48November 30, 2014$56,972,599[57][58][59]
49December 7, 2014$22,026,762[60]
50December 14, 2014Exodus: Gods and Kings$24,115,934[61]
51December 21, 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies$54,724,334[62]
52December 28, 2014$40,921,395In second place, Into the Woods' $31.1 million opening weekend broke Mamma Mia!'s record ($27.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film based on a Broadway musical.[63]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2014 by Calendar Gross[2]

RankTitleStudio(s)Actor(s)Director(s)Gross
1. Guardians of the Galaxy Walt Disney Studios Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close and Benicio del Toro James Gunn $328,095,589
2. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Lionsgate Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland Francis Lawrence $313,282,914
3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier Walt Disney Studios Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Emily VanCamp, Hayley Atwell, Toby Jones, Jenny Agutter, Robert Redford and Samuel L. Jackson Anthony Russo
and
Joe Russo
$259,766,572
4. The Lego Movie Warner Bros. Pictures voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman Phil Lord and Christopher Miller $257,760,692
5. Transformers: Age of Extinction Paramount Pictures Mark Wahlberg, Jack Reynor, Nicola Peltz, Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles, Bingbing Li, Titus Welliver, T. J. Miller and Stanley Tucci Michael Bay $245,438,974
6. Maleficent Walt Disney Studios Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple and Lesley Manville Robert Stromberg $236,412,469
7. X-Men: Days of Future Past 20th Century Fox Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Elliot Page, Peter Dinklage, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart Bryan Singer $233,904,517
8. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell and Kodi Smit-McPhee Matt Reeves $208,491,141
9. Big Hero 6 Walt Disney Studios voices of Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, Daniel Henney, T. J. Miller, Jamie Chung, Damon Wayans Jr., Génesis Rodríguez, James Cromwell, Maya Rudolph and Alan Tudyk Don Hall and Chris Williams $204,576,654
10. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Columbia Pictures Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz, Colm Feore, Paul Giamatti and Sally Field Marc Webb $201,911,219

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 2014 by In-year release[64]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1.American SniperWarner Bros.$350,126,372
2.The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1Lionsgate$337,135,885
3.Guardians of the GalaxyDisney$333,176,600
4.Captain America: The Winter Soldier$259,766,572
5.The Lego MovieWarner Bros.$257,760,692
6.The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies$255,119,788
7.Transformers: Age of ExtinctionParamount$245,439,076
8.MaleficentDisney$241,410,378
9.X-Men: Days of Future PastFox$233,921,534
10.Big Hero 6Disney$222,527,828


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2014[65]
GRio 2
PGThe Lego Movie
PG-13The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
RAmerican Sniper

See also

Notes

References

Chronology

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI