What are your movies of 2014

14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : $477.2 million
Studio: paramount
Release date: Aug 4 2014
Estimated budget: $125 million

Even though the movie was critically panned,it still managed to be a box-office success. Showing nostalgia and sheer curiosity are powerful tools for bringing in audience members. The movie which also starred megan fox went on to be the highest grossing film of the summer

13.Rio 2: $498.8million
Studio: fox
Release date: April 11 2014
Estimated budget:$103million

The animated amazon adventure from producers of ice age trilogy featured an all star cast including likes of Anne hathaway, jesse eisenberg, tracy morgan and bruno mars.

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12.Godzilla: $525million
Studio: warner bros
Release date: May 16 2014
Estimated budget: $160million

It is unsurprising the movie performed well despite lukewarm reviews. Godzilla is a bankable name and it helped that marketing revolved around Bryan cranston of Breaking bad even though he was not the main star of the movie

11. The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies: $573.6million
Studio: warner bros/ MGM
Release date: dec 17 2014
Estimated Budget: n/a

Easily the best hobbit film of the trilogy so far. Given the heavy anticipation for the film and its loyal fan base, it is not surprising that this end of the year film performed so well.

10. How To Train Your Dragon: $618.9million
Studio: fox
Release date: June 13 2014
Estimated budget: $145million

Dreamworks animation big summer tentpole had the unfortunate timing of being released while hits like 22 jump street, fault in our stars and kevin harts think like a man dominated the box office. Although the film never reached number one, the sequel to the 2010 hit continued to gain audiences throughout the summer.

9. Interstellar: $641.3million
Studio: paramount
Release date: Nov 5 2014
Estimated budget: $165million

Despite the initial hype, the travel sci fi feature starring Mathew MacConaughey and Anne hathway, opened to a significantly smaller box office than anticipated. However, interstellar has continued to bring in audience members through out the fall through a surge in IMAX screenings

8. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay part:$669.7million
Studio: liongate
Release date: Nov 21 2014
Estimated budget: 125million
The highly anticipated sequel to 2013's catching fire arrived right before thanksgiving and while reviews of the franchise were mixed, fans still flocked to theaters to see katniss everdeen once again in action. Audience members were highly anxious to see how the movie will handle the tragic death of philip hoffman whose character is central to mockinjay. Though predictions called for a $150million opening, the movie opened to a $121.9million opening weekend. However it was not anything to worry about as this figure made it the best opening weekend of the year

7. Dawn Of The Planet Of Apes: $708.3million
Studio: fox
Release date: July 11 2014
Estimated Budget: $170million

The sequel to the 2011 film topped the box office after two weeks of its release and continued to steadily profit throughout the summer and early fall even without headline maker James franco
General solid reviews and impressive special effects helped this movie on its mission to conquer the box office

6. The Amazing Spider man 2: $709million
Studio: sony/ columbia
Release date: may 2, 2014
Estimated budget: $200million

The latest installment in the revamped spider man franchise might have performed well with a seemingly impressive $91.6million opening weekend but giving spidey's brand recognition and hype for the sequel, it probably should have been the first $100million opening of the year.
The opening weekend was the worst as compared with any of the original Spider man franchise and overall its the worst performing movie of the five.
Reviewers weren't particularly taken by the over-bloated installment as critics generally noted that the film focused more on building its franchise than on story telling. The movie was by no means a failure but it was a box office disappointment putting the future of the franchise at sony in question

5. Captain America: Winter soldier:$ 714.1million
Studio: buena vista
Release date: April 4 2014
Estimated budget: $170 million

Marvel had quite the year, beginning with captain america and its $95million opening weekend. The movie which saw captain america(chris evans) join forces with black widow( scarlett johansson) held the number one spot for 3 weeks and continued to do well in the spring and into the summer.
Unsurprisingly, marvel is already planning to release a third in may 2016 titled Captain America: civil war

4. X-men: Days of future past : $746million
Studio: fox
Release date: May 23, 2014
Estimated budget :$200million
The star studded franchise took the the memorial box office by storm with a 90.8million box-office opening weekend. Sexual assault against producer bryan singer did not hurt the movie as viewers still flocked the theaters to see their favorite mutant heroes fight. The main show stealer was the introduction of fan favorite quicksilver

3) Maleficient: $757.8million
Studio: Buena vista
Release Date: May 30 2014
Estimated Budget: 180 million

The live action retelling of disneys classic tale, sleeping beauty yielded mixed reviews but one thing was certain, Angelina jolie was stellar as the titular villain. Despite an opening weekend of $64million, the movie continued to gain viewers throughout the summer. The majority of the movies financial success came from foreign box offices as it grossed $516.3million in theaters outside US

2. Guardians of the galaxy:$772.3million
Studio: Buena vista
Release date: August 1,2014
Estimated budget:$170million

This one was a gamble for marvel as no one knew whether fans would go out to see an adaptation of an obscure comic. However 2014 has been the year of chris patt. The parks and recs star and a soundtrack carefully selected by the films director james gunn helped make the film a huge success. The film opened one of the largest of the summer ($92.3million). Additionally it received praise from critics for its mix of humor,action,science fiction and heart.
A sequel is already in work and it is set for release on may 5 2017.

1) Transformers: Age of extinction: over $1billion
Studio: paramount
Release date: june 27, 2014
Estimated Budget: $210million

The worst reviewed movie on the list is also the highest grossing one! The movie became the highest grossing movie of the year after just 2 years in the theaters. Unsurprisingly a fifth installment is already set for release in 2016
Source- Box office mojo

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