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

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

Number-one films

	Weekend end date	Film	Gross	Notes
1		Frozen	$19,575,525	Frozen 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.	^[2]
2		Lone Survivor	$37,849,910	Lone Survivor reached the #1 spot after two weekends of limited release.	^[3]
3		Ride Along	$41,516,170	Ride Along broke Cloverfields 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.	^[4] ^[5]
4			$21,299,495		^[6]
5			$12,035,720	Ride Along became the first film of 2014 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends.	^[7]
6		The Lego Movie	$69,050,279		^[8]
7			$49,846,430		^[9] ^[10]
8			$31,305,359	The 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.	^[11]
9		Non-Stop	$28,875,635		^[12]
10			$45,038,460		^[13]
11		Mr. Peabody & Sherman	$21,809,249	Mr. Peabody & Sherman reached the #1 spot in its second weekend of release.	^[14]
12		Divergent	$54,607,747		^[15]
13		Noah	$43,720,472		^[16] ^[17]
14			$95,023,721	Captain America: The Winter Soldier broke Fast Fives record ($86.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in April.	^[18]
15			$41,274,861		^[19]
16			$25,587,056		^[20]
17		The Other Woman	$24,763,752		^[21]
18		The Amazing Spider-Man 2	$91,608,337		^[22]
19		Neighbors	$49,033,915		^[23]
20		Godzilla	$93,188,384	Godzilla broke s record ($72.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a creature feature film and The Day After Tomorrows record ($68.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a disaster film.	^[24]
21			$90,823,660		^[25] ^[26]
22		Maleficent	$69,431,298		^[27]
23		The Fault in Our Stars	$48,002,523		^[28]
24		22 Jump Street	$57,071,445	Along 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.	^[29]
25		Think Like a Man Too	$29,241,911	Along 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.	^[30]
26			$100,038,390		^[31]
27			$37,050,185	Transformers: Age of Extinction became the first summer film of 2014 to stay at number one at the box office for two consecutive weeks.	^[32]
28		Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	$72,611,427		^[33]
29			$36,254,310		^[34]
30		Lucy	$43,899,340		^[35]
31		Guardians of the Galaxy	$94,320,883	Guardians of the Galaxy broke The Bourne Ultimatums record ($69.3 million) for the highest weekend debut in August.	^[36]
32		Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	$65,575,105		^[37]
33			$28,523,147		^[38]
34		Guardians of the Galaxy	$17,202,212	Guardians 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.	^[39]
35			$17,082,262	Guardians 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 non-consecutive weekends.	^[40] ^[41]
36			$10,357,345	Guardians 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 non-consecutive weekends.	^[42]
37		No Good Deed	$24,250,283		^[43]
38		The Maze Runner	$32,512,804		^[44]
39		The Equalizer	$34,137,828		^[45]
40		Gone Girl	$37,513,109		^[46]
41			$26,406,134		^[47] ^[48]
42		Fury	$23,702,421		^[49]
43		Ouija	$19,875,995		^[50]
44			$10,740,980	Initial estimates had Nightcrawler ahead of Ouija.	^[51]
45		Big Hero 6	$56,215,889		^[52]
46		Dumb and Dumber To	$36,111,775		^[53]
47			$121,897,634	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 had the highest weekend debut of 2014.	^[54]
48			$56,972,599		^[55] ^[56] ^[57]
49			$22,026,762		^[58]
50			$24,115,934		^[59]
51			$54,724,334		^[60]
52			$40,921,395	In 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.	^[61]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2014 by Calendar Gross^[62]

Rank	Title	Studio(s)	Actor(s)	Director(s)	Gross
1.	Guardians of the Galaxy	Walt Disney Studios	Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, 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.		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.	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
4.		Walt Disney Studios	Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Emily VanCamp, Hayley Atwell, Robert Redford and Samuel L. Jackson	Anthony Russo and Joe Russo	$255,447,104
5.		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.		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^[63]

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic gross
1.	American Sniper		$350,126,372
2.			$337,135,885
3.	Guardians of the Galaxy		$333,176,600
4.			$259,766,572
5.	The Lego Movie		$257,760,692
6.			$255,119,788
7.			$245,439,076
8.	Maleficent		$241,410,378
9.			$233,921,534
10.	Big Hero 6		$222,527,828

Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2014^[64]

G	Rio 2
PG	The Lego Movie
PG-13
R	American Sniper

See also

• List of American films – American films by year
• List of box office number-one films

Notes and References

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3. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 2. Box Office Mojo.
4. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 3. Box Office Mojo.
5. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 3 (Martin Luther King Jr. weekend). Box Office Mojo.
6. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 4. Box Office Mojo.
7. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 5. Box Office Mojo.
8. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 6. Box Office Mojo.
9. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
10. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 7. Box Office Mojo.
11. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 8. Box Office Mojo.
12. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 9. Box Office Mojo.
13. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 10. Box Office Mojo.
14. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 11. Box Office Mojo.
15. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 12. Box Office Mojo.
16. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 13 (Easter weekend). Box Office Mojo.
17. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 13. Box Office Mojo.
18. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 14. Box Office Mojo.
19. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 15. Box Office Mojo.
20. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 16. Box Office Mojo.
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22. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 18. Box Office Mojo.
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24. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 20. Box Office Mojo.
25. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 21 (Memorial Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
26. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 21. Box Office Mojo.
27. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 22. Box Office Mojo.
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31. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 26. Box Office Mojo.
32. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 27. Box Office Mojo.
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35. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 30. Box Office Mojo.
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45. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 39. Box Office Mojo.
46. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 40. Box Office Mojo.
47. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 41 (Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend). Box Office Mojo.
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54. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 47. Box Office Mojo.
55. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 5-Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
56. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 4-Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
57. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
58. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 49 (Post-Thanksgiving Post-Thanksgiving). Box Office Mojo.
59. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 50. Box Office Mojo.
60. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 51. Box Office Mojo.
61. Web site: Domestic 2014 Weekend 52. Box Office Mojo.
62. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 2014. Box Office Mojo. December 14, 2019.
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