The Most Watched Trailers Of 2014: Star Wars Isn't #1, Which Movie Is?
We saw some pretty major trailers in 2014. There were trailers for sequels 10, 20, even 30 years in the making; ones for mysterious passion projects; and trailers for adaptations of beloved books. But only one trailer gets to be the most major trailer of 2014. And it's probably not the one you think it is.
The top movie might surprise you because its not Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Which movie trailer tops the YouTube Most Watched Trailers Of 2014 list? Find out after the jump.
20. Pitch Perfect 2
25.8 Million Views
Released on November 20th
19. Mad Max: Fury Road [Comic Con Trailer]
26 Million Views
Released on July 27th
18. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Teaser Trailer
27 Million Views
Released on July 28th
17. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
29 Million Views
Released on May 9th
16. Sex Tape
29.5 Million Views
Released on July 18th
15. Dracula Untold
30 Million Views
Released on June 27th
14. X-Men: Days of Future Past
32 Million Views
Released on May 23rd
13. The Fault In Our Stars
33.7 Million Views
Released on January 29th
12. Transformers: Age of Extinction
37 Million Views
Released on March 4th
11. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Trailer #1
38 Million Views
Released on September 16th
10. Interstellar
39 Million Views
Released on May 17th
9. Dumb and Dumber To
44 Million Views
Released on June 11th
8. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Teaser #1
45 Million Views
Released on July 28th
7. Minions
54 Million Views
Released on July 10th
6. Furious 7
57.5 Million Views
Released on November 1st
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
58 Million Views
Released on March 27th
4. Jurassic World
64 Million Views
Released on November 25th
3. The Avengers: Age of Ultron
78 Million Views
Released on October 22nd
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
81 Million Views
Released on November 28th
1. Fifty Shades of Grey
93 Million Views
Released on July 24th
The research was conducted by Zefr, a YouTube data and marketing company.
The Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, which blew up the Internet over Thanksgiving weekend, came in second with 81 million views. Trailing behind those two were Avengers: Age of Ultron (78 million views), Jurassic World (64 million), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (58 million).
Now, this wasn't entirely a fair fight. Fifty Shades of Grey had a good four months to rack up views before Star Wars: The Force Awakens came along. With that in mind, it's impressive that Star Wars: The Force Awakens did as well as it did. Of the trailers in the top 20, Star Wars: The Force Awakens was actually the last one to drop.
The Star Wars: The Force Awakens promo did have the biggest debut of the year, with 58.2 million views in its first 5 days. That's almost the same number Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles did in nine months. Also worth pointing out is The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is the only movie with two spots on the top 20 list.