Most Popular Movies 2013

This chart shows the 2013 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 2013 releases.

See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 2013 - Top 2013 Worldwide

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  1
Man of Steel poster
Domestic BO:
$291,045,518
International BO:
$376,954,000

Synopsis

A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

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World War Z poster
Domestic BO:
$202,706,711
International BO:
$329,154,939

Synopsis

United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.

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  3
Frozen poster

Synopsis

Fearless optimist Anna sets off on an epic journey—teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven—to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom.

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  4
The Wolf of Wall Street poster
Domestic BO:
$116,949,183
International BO:
$272,866,953

Synopsis

Martin Scorsese directs the story of New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort. From the American dream to corporate greed, Belfort goes from penny stocks and righteousness to IPOs and a life of corruption in the late 80s. Excess success and affluence in his early twenties as founder of the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont warranted Belfort the title "The Wolf of Wall Street."

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Sharknado
Sharknado
Director: Anthony C. Ferrante
Lead Roles: John Heard as George
Video Release Date: September 3, 2013 by The Asylum
Keywords: Animal Lead, Animals Gone Bad, Extreme Weather, Intentional B Movie , TV Premiere, Cult Movie
Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Science Fiction

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G.I. Joe: Retaliation poster
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Director: Jon M. Chu
Lead Roles: Dwayne Johnson as Roadblock, Bruce Willis as General Joe Colton, Channing Tatum as Duke, Adrianne Palicki as Lady Jaye, D.J. Cotrona as Flint, Byung-hun Lee as Storm Shadow, Jonathan Pryce as President, RZA as Blind Master, Ray Stevenson as Firefly, Elodie Yung as Jinx
Initial Theatrical Release: March 27, 2013 (Wide) by Paramount Pictures
Keywords: Framed, Terrorism, Stolen Identity, Government Corruption, 3-D, 3-D - Post-production Conversion, IMAX: DMR
Classification: Based on Toy, Action, Animation/Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$122,523,060
International BO:
$253,217,645

Synopsis

In this sequel, the G.I. JOE team is not only fighting their mortal enemy COBRA; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.

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Pacific Rim poster
Pacific Rim
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Lead Roles: Charlie Hunnam as Ralaigh Becket, Idris Elba as Stacker Pentecost, Rinko Kikuchi as Mako Mori
Initial Theatrical Release: July 11, 2013 (Wide) (Ukraine)
Keywords: End of the World, Visual Effects, Robot, Kaiju, Creature Feature, Lovecraftian, Prologue, Voiceover/Narration, 3-D, Mecha, Survivor's Guilt, 3-D - Post-production Conversion, IMAX: DMR
Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Science Fiction
Domestic BO:
$101,802,906
International BO:
$309,200,000

Synopsis

When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes-a washed up former pilot and an untested trainee -who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

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The Conjuring poster
The Conjuring
Director: James Wan
Lead Roles: Vera Farmiga as Lorraine Warren
Initial Theatrical Release: July 18, 2013 (Wide) (New Zealand)
Keywords: Haunting, Paranormal Investigation, Based on an UNTRUE Story, Possessed, Voiceover/Narration, Prologue, Intertitle, Exorcism, Sleepwalking, Supernatural Horror
Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Fantasy
Domestic BO:
$137,400,141
International BO:
$179,079,009

Synopsis

Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. World-renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren are called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most horrifying case of their lives.

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Mama poster
Domestic BO:
$71,628,180
International BO:
$76,467,386

Synopsis

The day their father killed their mother, sisters Victoria and Lilly vanished near their suburban neighborhood. For five long years, their Uncle Lucas and his girlfriend, Annabel, have been madly searching for them. But when, incredibly, the kids are found alive in a decrepit cabin, the couple wonders if the girls are the only guests they have welcomed into their home. As Annabel tries to introduce the children to a normal life, she grows convinced of an evil presence in their house. Are the sisters experiencing traumatic stress, or is a ghost coming to visit them? How did the broken girls survive those years all by themselves? As she answers these disturbing questions, the new mother will find that the whispers she hears at bedtime are coming from the lips of a deadly presence.

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Identity Thief poster
Identity Thief
Director: Seth Gordon
Lead Roles: Jason Bateman as Sandy Patterson, Melissa McCarthy as Diana
Initial Theatrical Release: February 7, 2013 (Wide) (Croatia)
Keywords: White Collar Crime, Confidence Men, Road Trip, Stolen Identity
Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$134,506,920
International BO:
$40,854,658

Synopsis

Identity Thief is an all-star comedy in which a regular guy is forced to extreme measures to clear his name. With everything to lose after his identity is stolen, he'll find out how crazed you can get trying to settle a bad credit score. Unlimited funds have allowed Diana to live it up on the outskirts of Orlando, where the queen of retail buys whatever strikes her fancy. There’s only one glitch: The ID she's using to finance these sprees reads "Sandy Bigelow Patterson"... and it belongs to an accounts rep who lives halfway across the U.S. With only one week to hunt down the con artist before his world implodes, the real Sandy Bigelow Patterson heads south to confront the woman with an all-access pass to his life. And as he attempts to bribe, coax and wrangle her the 2,000 miles to Denver, one easy target will discover just how tough it is to get your name back.

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11
The Face of Love poster
Domestic BO:
$385,069
International BO:
$773,808

Synopsis

Several years after the loss of her husband Garrett, Nikki meets a man named Tom who looks exactly like her deceased husband. Suddenly, a flood of old feelings rush back to her: she’s met the love of her life. Again.

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12
Escape Plan poster
Domestic BO:
$25,135,965
International BO:
$78,600,000

Synopsis

One of the world's foremost authorities on structural security agrees to take on one last job: breaking out of an ultra-secret, high-tech facility called "The Tomb.” Deceived and wrongly imprisoned, Ray Breslin (must recruit fellow inmate Emil Rottmayer to help devise a daring, nearly impossible plan to escape from the most protected and fortified prison ever built.

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13
We're the Millers poster
Domestic BO:
$150,394,119
International BO:
$117,422,157

Synopsis

David Burke is a small-time pot dealer whose clientele includes chefs and soccer moms, but no kids-after all, he has his scruples. So what could go wrong? Plenty. Preferring to keep a low profile for obvious reasons, he learns the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished when he tries to help out some local teens and winds up getting jumped by a trio of gutter punks. Stealing his stash and his cash, they leave him in major debt to his supplier, Brad. In order to wipe the slate clean-and maintain a clean bill of health-David must now become a big-time drug smuggler by bringing Brad's latest shipment in from Mexico. Twisting the arms of his neighbors, cynical stripper Rose and wannabe customer Kenny, and the tatted-and-pierced streetwise teen Casey, he devises a foolproof plan. One fake wife, two pretend kids and a huge, shiny RV later, the "Millers" are headed south of the border for a Fourth of July weekend that is sure to end with a bang.

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Te shu shen fen poster
Te shu shen fen
Director: Clarence Fok Yiu-leung
Lead Roles: Donnie Yen as Zilong "Dragon" Chen, Jing Tian as Fang Jing, Zhang Hanyu as Daofeng/Blade
Initial Theatrical Release: October 18, 2013 (Wide) (Singapore)
Keywords: Undercover, Organized Crime, Early / Simultaneous Video-on-Demand release
Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
International BO:
$25,040,000

Synopsis

Zilong “Dragon” Chen, is an undercover cop deep inside China’s most ruthless crime syndicate. The boss, Xiong swears to find every traitor and make him or her pay with their lives. Agents are turning up dead. His days are numbered. Desperate to protect his family and his life, Chen must risk everything to protect the special identity he never wanted before it’s too late.

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15
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty poster
Domestic BO:
$58,236,838
International BO:
$129,624,345

Synopsis

A day-dreamer escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies filled with heroism, romance and action. When his job, along with that of his co-worker, are threatened, Walter takes action in the real world, embarking on a global journey that turns into an adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever imagined.

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Safe Haven poster
Safe Haven
Director: Lasse Hallström
Lead Roles: Josh Duhamel as Alex Wheatley, Julianne Hough as Katie Feldman
Initial Theatrical Release: February 13, 2013 (Wide) (Philippines)
Keywords: Romance, Widow/Widower, Romantic Drama
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$71,399,120
International BO:
$22,651,831

Synopsis

When a mysterious young woman arrives in a small North Carolina town, her reluctance to join the tight knit community raises questions about her past. Slowly, she begins putting down roots, and gains the courage to start a relationship with Alex, a widowed store owner with two young children. But dark secrets intrude on her new life with such terror that she is forced to rediscover the meaning of sacrifice and rely on the power of love in this romantic thriller.

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The Wolverine poster
The Wolverine
Director: James Mangold
Lead Roles: Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine
Initial Theatrical Release: July 26, 2013 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox
Keywords: Romance, Marvel Comics, Organized Crime, Mutants, Depression, PTSD, Scene in End Credits, 3-D, 3-D - Post-production Conversion
Classification: Based on Comic/Graphic Novel, Action, Live Action, Super Hero
Domestic BO:
$132,556,852
International BO:
$283,900,000

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Ha-shoter poster
Ha-shoter
Director: Nadav Lapid
Lead Roles: Yiftach Klein as Yaron, Yaara Pelzig as Shira
Initial Theatrical Release: December 19, 2013 (Wide) (Argentina)
Keywords: Terrorism, Jewish, Special Ops, Class Warfare, Anarchists, Scene Filmed in Night Vision
Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
International BO:
$22,964

Synopsis

Yaron, an elite special operations squad leader, is the spiritual leader and alpha male among his peers, a small, highly trained team that is part of the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Anti-Terrorism unit. These men work, play, laugh, and cry together. They are true patriots. Yaron’s wife is expecting their first child, and the failing health of a team member weighs on his soul, and the price that must be paid as a result of this. As the story shifts, the antagonists are introduced: a small group of politically extreme individuals with their own vision of how Israeli society should be. They use terrorism to make their misguided vision a reality. Yaron faces the prospect of the very evil he works to eliminate taking on the form of his beloved Israeli countrymen. For the sake of his team, his expectant wife, and himself, he must hold himself together and perform his duties.

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Kick-Ass 2 poster
Kick-Ass 2
Director: Jeff Wadlow
Lead Roles: Aaron Johnson as David Lizewski / Kick-Ass, Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Chris D'Amico / The Red Mist / The Motherfucker, Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy Macready / Hit-Girl, Jim Carrey as Colonel Stars and Stripes
Initial Theatrical Release: August 16, 2013 (Wide) by Universal
Keywords: Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, Revenge, Accidental Death, False Identity, Organized Crime, Vigilante, Sequels Without Their Original Stars, Out of Retirement, Ensemble, Marvel Comics, Sex Crimes, Wrongfully Convicted, Action Comedy
Classification: Based on Comic/Graphic Novel, Action, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$28,795,985
International BO:
$34,333,924

Synopsis

Kick-Ass, Hit Girl and Red Mist return for the follow-up to 2010’s irreverent global hit: Kick-Ass 2. After Kick-Ass' do-it-yourself bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes, our hero joins them on patrol. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist - reborn as super-villain The Mother f%&*^r - only the blade-wielding Hit Girl can prevent their annihilation.

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20
After Earth poster
Domestic BO:
$60,522,097
International BO:
$190,977,568

Synopsis

A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige and his legendary father Cypher stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an unstoppable alien creature that escaped during the crash. Father and son must learn to work together and trust one another if they want any chance of returning home.

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21
Fast and Furious 6 poster
Domestic BO:
$238,679,850
International BO:
$550,620,594

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Aurangzeb poster
Aurangzeb
Director: Atul Sabharwal
Lead Roles: Arjun Kapoor as Ajay
Initial Theatrical Release: May 17, 2013 (Limited) by Yash Raj Films
Keywords: Undercover, Organized Crime, Dysfunctional Family, Same Actor, Multiple Roles
Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction

Synopsis

Gurgaon is the most modern boom-town of “India Shining”, the new frontier to be conquered bythose who understand real estate. This city rose from a small town to a boom town satellite city in just fifteen years. However the law and order is yet to catch up. A family of Policemen... A family of Gangsters... Under the guise of a respected citizen, Yashwardhan runs a parallel world – a world, where he is the Emperor. To bring down a criminal... the law will have to now think like a criminal! When Vishal is planted in Yashwardhan's world in place of Ajay, the lawmakers roll the dice and a sequence of events unravel – something much more than what Vishal bargained for, as he finds himself in a predicament that puts him to the test! Aurangzeb is all about a world where Kingship knows no Kinship and where there can be only one Emperor!

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23
Fruitvale Station poster
Domestic BO:
$16,098,998
International BO:
$1,450,647

Synopsis

Oscar Grant is a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning of December 31, 2008 and feels something in the air. Not sure what it is, he takes it as a sign to get a head start on his resolutions: being a better son to his mother, whose birthday falls on New Year’s Eve, being a better partner to his girlfriend Sophina, who he hasn’t been completely honest with as of late, and being a better father to Tatiana, their beautiful four-year-old daughter. Crossing paths with friends, family, and strangers, Oscar starts out well, but as the day goes on, he realizes that change is not going to come easily. His resolve takes a tragic turn, however, when BART officers shoot him in cold blood at the Fruitvale subway stop on New Year’s Day. Oscar’s life and tragic death would shake the Bay Area – and the entire nation – to its very core.

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Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain poster
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
Lead Roles: Kevin Hart as Himself
Initial Theatrical Release: July 3, 2013 (Wide) by Lionsgate
Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Concert/Performance, Live Action, Factual
Domestic BO:
$32,244,051
International BO:
$83,204

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Spring Breakers poster
Domestic BO:
$14,124,286
International BO:
$17,024,965

Synopsis

Four sexy college girls plan to fund their spring break getaway by burglarizing a fast food shack. But that's only the beginning... During a night of partying, the girls hit a roadblock when they are arrested on drug charges. Hungover and clad only in bikinis, the girls appear before a judge but are bailed out unexpectedly by Alien, an infamous local thug who takes them under his wing and leads them on the wildest Spring Break trip in history. Rough on the outside but with a soft spot inside, Alien wins over the hearts of the young Spring Breakers, and leads them on a Spring Break they never could have imagined.

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