The Highest Grossing Movies Of 2014

As the 2014 year has officially come to an end, I thought it would be nice to take a look at the highest grossing movies of 2014. How many of the top 10 grossing films had a superhero character? The answer is six. How many films in the top 30 grossing are not based on an existing property (adaptation, remake, reboot...etc) or a sequel? Only four! Hit the jump and you can find the top 50 grossing films of the year.

Highest Grossing Movies of 2014

The below list only counts domestic box office revenue earned in the 2014 calendar year. Three movies released in 2013 earned enough to place on this 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) $78,031,62041. 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