Most Popular Movies 2014

This chart shows the 2014 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 2014 releases.

See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 2014 - Top 2014 Worldwide

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  1
How to Train Your Dragon 2 poster
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Director: Dean DeBlois
Lead Roles: Jay Baruchel as Hiccup, Gerard Butler as Stoick The Vast, America Ferrera as Astrid, Jonah Hill as Snoutlout, Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Fishlegs, Craig Ferguson as Gobber
Initial Theatrical Release: June 5, 2014 (Wide) (Bahrain)
Keywords: Dragon, Vikings, Dysfunctional Family, 3-D, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, IMAX: DMR
Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Digital Animation, Fantasy
Domestic BO:
$177,002,924
International BO:
$437,583,346

Synopsis

The second chapter of the trilogy brings us back to the world of Hiccup and Toothless five years after the two have successfully united dragons and Vikings on the island of Berk. While Astrid, Snoutlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island’s new favorite contact sport), the now inseparable pair journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds. When one of their adventures leads to the discovery of a secret ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace. Now, Hiccup and Toothless must unite to stand up for what they believe while recognizing that only together do they have the power to change the future of both men and dragons.

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Lego poster
The Lego Movie
Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Lead Roles: Chris Pratt as Emmet, Will Ferrell as President Business, Elizabeth Banks as Wyldstyle/Lucy, Will Arnett as Batman, Alison Brie as Uni-Kitty, Charlie Day as Spaceman Benny, Morgan Freeman as Vitruvius, Jonah Hill as Green Lantern, Channing Tatum as Superman, Cobie Smulders as Wonder Woman
Initial Theatrical Release: February 6, 2014 (Wide) (South Korea)
Keywords: 3-D, Mistaken Identity, End of the World, Secret Identity, D.C. Comics, Family Movie, Gratuitous Cameos, Love at First Sight, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, Family Adventure, Surprise Twist, Live Action Segment in Animated Movie
Classification: Based on Toy, Adventure, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction
Domestic BO:
$257,784,718
International BO:
$209,791,710

Synopsis

Emmet is an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO mini-figure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly under-prepared.

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  3
Transformers: Age of Extinction poster
Domestic BO:
$245,439,076
International BO:
$858,614,996

Synopsis

An epic battle left a great city torn, but with the world saved. As humanity picks up the pieces, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history… while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from a new cast of humans, Optimus Prime and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet as they are swept up in a war of good and evil, ultimately leading to a climactic battle across the world.

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes poster
Domestic BO:
$208,545,589
International BO:
$502,098,977

Synopsis

A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth’s dominant species.

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  5
Enemy poster
Domestic BO:
$1,005,824
International BO:
$3,584,990

Synopsis

Adam Bell is a glum, disheveled history professor, who seems disinterested even in his beautiful girlfriend, Mary. Watching a movie on the recommendation of a colleague, Adam spots his double, a bit-part actor named Anthony Clair, and decides to track him down. The identical men meet and their lives become bizarrely and irrevocably intertwined.

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Interstellar poster
Interstellar
Director: Christopher Nolan
Lead Roles: Matthew McConaughey as Cooper
Initial Theatrical Release: November 5, 2014 (Wide) (France)
Keywords: Space Program, Post Apocalypse, Time Travel, Non-Chronological, Dream Sequence, Nightmare, Robot, IMAX: DMR, Heroic Adventure
Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Live Action, Science Fiction
Domestic BO:
$188,017,894
International BO:
$459,033,388

Synopsis

Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

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  7
Godzilla poster
Domestic BO:
$200,676,069
International BO:
$328,400,000

Synopsis

Godzilla 3D remake.

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  8
X-Men: Days of Future Past poster
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Director: Bryan Singer
Lead Roles: Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine, James McAvoy as Charles Xavier / Professor X, Michael Fassbender as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto, Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier / Professor X, Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkhölme / Mystique, Ian McKellen as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
Initial Theatrical Release: May 21, 2014 (Wide) (Australia)
Keywords: Marvel Comics, Mutants, Time Travel, Robot, Political, Government Corruption, Same Role, Multiple Actors, Dystopia, 1970s, Set in Vietnam, Vietnam War, Rescue, Prison Break, Ensemble, Gratuitous Cameos, Scene in End Credits, Voiceover/Narration, 3-D, 3-D - Shot in 3-D
Classification: Based on Comic/Graphic Novel, Action, Live Action, Super Hero
Domestic BO:
$233,921,534
International BO:
$513,941,241

Synopsis

The X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods. The characters from the original “X-Men” film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from the past, in order to change a major historical event and fight in an epic battle that could save our future.

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Hateship Loveship poster
Hateship Loveship
Director: Liza Johnson
Lead Roles: Kristen Wiig as Johanna Parry
Initial Theatrical Release: April 11, 2014 (Limited) by IFC Films
Keywords: Romance, Divorcée Romance, Early / Simultaneous Video-on-Demand release, Prank Gone Wrong
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$51,610

Synopsis

Johanna Parry is a profoundly shy, unadorned woman who is hired by Mr. McCauley as a housekeeper and a primary caregiver to his granddaughter Sabitha. Despite her outgoing nature, Sabitha carries wounds from the death of her mother years before, complicated by the circumstances of that death for which her grandfather still blames her father, Ken, a hapless recovering drug addict with a certain ragged charm. In an act of mean-spirited rebellion, Sabitha uses technology to foster a pseudo-relationship between Johanna and her father, never dreaming of the potential harm to either party. Sabitha doesn’t understand that Johanna is not a demure cut-out, but rather a woman for whom the phrase “still waters run deep” could have been coined. The young girl’s interference provokes Johanna to indulge in something long missing from her life: the dream of a future and a home of her own.

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Korengal poster
Korengal
Director: Sebastian Junger
Initial Theatrical Release: May 30, 2014 (Limited) by Saboteur Media
Keywords: War, Afghanistan War, Returning Soldiers
Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Documentary, Live Action, Factual
Domestic BO:
$101,310
International BO:
$1,228

Synopsis

Korengal picks up where Restrepo left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a very different look at the experience of war. Korengal explains how war works, what it feels like and what it does to the young men who fight it. As one soldier cheers when he kills an enemy fighter, another looks into the camera and asks if God will ever forgive him for all of the killing he has done. As one soldier grieves the loss of his friend in combat, another explains why he misses the war now that his deployment has ended and admits he would go back to the front line in a heartbeat.

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Fury poster
Fury
Director: David Ayer
Lead Roles: Brad Pitt as Wardaddy, Shia LaBeouf as Boyd "Bible" Swan, Logan Lerman as Norman "Cobb" Ellison, Michael Peña as Trini "Gordo" Garcia, Jon Bernthal as Grady "Coon-Ass" Travis
Initial Theatrical Release: October 17, 2014 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
Keywords: World War II, Behind Enemy Lines, IMAX: DMR, War Drama
Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction
Domestic BO:
$85,817,906
International BO:
$124,497,775

Synopsis

April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.

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12
The Theory of Everything poster
Domestic BO:
$35,893,537
International BO:
$87,434,155

Synopsis

One of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking receives an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of—time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and science, and achieving more than they could ever have dreamed.

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Think Like a Man Too poster
Think Like a Man Too
Director: Tim Story, Keith Merryman, David A. Newman
Lead Roles: Michael Ealy as Dominic, Jerry Ferrara as Jeremy, Meagan Good as Mya, Regina Hall as Candace, Taraji P. Henson as Lauren, Terrence J as Michael, Romany Malco as Zeke, Wendi McLendon-Covey as Tish, Gary Owen as Bennett, Gabrielle Union as Kristen, La La Anthony as Sonia, Kevin Hart as Cedric
Initial Theatrical Release: June 18, 2014 (Wide) (Jamaica)
Keywords: Voiceover/Narration, Romance, African Americans, Relationship Advice, Relationships Gone Wrong, Ensemble
Classification: Based on Factual Book/Article, Romantic Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$65,028,687
International BO:
$4,999,246

Synopsis

All the couples are back for a wedding in Las Vegas. But plans for a romantic weekend go awry when their various misadventures get them into some compromising situations that threaten to derail the big event.

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The Purge: Anarchy poster
The Purge: Anarchy
Director: James DeMonaco
Lead Roles: Frank Grillo as Sergeant
Initial Theatrical Release: July 16, 2014 (Wide) (Iceland)
Keywords: Dystopia, Spree Killer, Gangs, Fugitive / On the Run, Home Invasion, Survivalist, Survival Horror
Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Science Fiction
Domestic BO:
$71,562,550
International BO:
$39,972,331

Synopsis

The Purge is a night where all crime is legal and all hospitals, fire stations, poison control centers and police stations in the United States are closed down for 12 hours. In 2023, a year after The Purge of 2022, a couple named Shane and Liz, are driving to one of their sister’s house in Los Angeles to wait out the Purge when their car runs out of gas just as the Purge commences, and they flee from masked attackers on motorcycles and minibikes. Meanwhile, Leo Barnes goes out into the streets to get revenge on the man who killed his son, and a mother and daughter, Eva and Cali, run into the night after an unknown group of well-equipped assailants break into their tenement. The five people meet up as they attempt to survive the night.

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15
John Wick poster
Domestic BO:
$43,037,835
International BO:
$44,752,768

Synopsis

An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.

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16
Jack Ryan poster
Domestic BO:
$50,577,412
International BO:
$80,800,000

Synopsis

Based on the character created by bestselling author Tom Clancy, "Jack Ryan" is a global action thriller set in the present day. This original story follow a young Jack as he uncovers a financial terrorist plot. The story follows him from 9/11, through his tour of duty in Afghanistan, which scarred him forever, and into his early days in the Financial Intelligence Unit of the modern CIA where he becomes an analyst, under the guardianship of his handler, Harper. When Ryan believes he's uncovered a Russian plot to collapse the United States economy, he goes from being an analyst to becoming a spy and must fight to save his own life and those of countless others, while also trying to protect the thing that's more important to him than anything, his relationship with his fiancée Cathy

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The Judge poster
The Judge
Director: David Dobkin
Lead Roles: Robert Downey, Jr. as Hank Palmer, Robert Duvall as Joseph Palmer
Initial Theatrical Release: October 10, 2014 (Wide) by Warner Bros.
Keywords: Lawyers, Courtroom / Legal Drama, Funeral Reunions, Dysfunctional Family, Ensemble, You Can't Go Home Again
Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$47,119,388
International BO:
$28,954,168

Synopsis

A successful attorney returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral to discover that his estranged father, the town’s judge, is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth, and along the way, reconnects with the family he walked away from years before.

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The Other Woman poster
The Other Woman
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Lead Roles: Cameron Diaz as Carly, Leslie Mann as Kate, Kate Upton as Amber
Initial Theatrical Release: April 23, 2014 (Wide) (Egypt)
Keywords: Infidelity, Relationships Gone Wrong, Revenge, The Other Woman, White Collar Crime, Romance, Non-Chronological, Epilogue, Intertitle
Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$83,911,193
International BO:
$110,358,910

Synopsis

After discovering her boyfriend is married, a woman tries to get her ruined life back on track. But when she accidentally meets the wife he’s been cheating on, she realizes they have much in common, and her sworn enemy becomes her greatest friend. When yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on their cheating, lying, three-timing SOB.

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Elena poster
Domestic BO:
$25,866

Synopsis

Elena, a young Brazilian woman, travels to New York with dreams of becoming an actress. She leaves behind a childhood spent in hiding during the military dictatorship, and she leaves behind Petra, her seven-year-old sister. Two decades later, Petra goes to New York to pursue acting… and in search of Elena.

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20
Tyler Perry's Single Moms Club poster
Tyler Perry's The Single Moms Club
Director: Tyler Perry
Lead Roles: Nia Long as May, Amy Smart as Hillary, Cocoa Brown as Lytia, Wendi McLendon-Covey as Jan, Zulay Henao as Esperanza
Initial Theatrical Release: March 14, 2014 (Wide) by Lionsgate
Keywords: Single Parent, African Americans, Directing Yourself, Screenplay Written By the Star, Comedy Drama
Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$15,995,891

Synopsis

When five struggling single moms put aside their differences to form a support group, they find inspiration and laughter in their new sisterhood, and help each other overcome the obstacles that stand in their way.

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21
Her poster
Her
Director: Spike Jonze
Lead Roles: Joaquin Phoenix as Theodore
Initial Theatrical Release: December 18, 2013 (Oscar Qualifying Run) by Warner Bros.
Keywords: Romance, Artificial Intelligence, Relationships Gone Wrong, Voiceover/Narration, Interspecies Romance, 2014 Oscars Best Picture Nominee, Romantic Drama
Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Science Fiction
Domestic BO:
$25,568,251
International BO:
$22,470,558

Synopsis

Set in Los Angeles in the slight future, “Her” follows Theodore, a complex, soulful man who makes his living writing touching, personal letters for other people. Heartbroken after the end of a long relationship, he becomes intrigued with a new, advanced operating system, which promises to be an intuitive and unique entity in its own right. Upon initiating it, he is delighted to meet “Samantha,” a bright, female voice who is insightful, sensitive and surprisingly funny. As her needs and desires grow, in tandem with his own, their friendship deepens into an eventual love for each other.

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22
Guardians of the Galaxy poster
Domestic BO:
$333,714,112
International BO:
$437,168,283

Synopsis

Adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits—Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand—with the galaxy’s fate in the balance.

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23
Neighbors poster
Domestic BO:
$150,086,800
International BO:
$120,857,628

Synopsis

A young couple suffering from arrested development are forced to live next to a fraternity house after the birth of their newborn baby.

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Frankie and Alice poster
Frankie & Alice
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Lead Roles: Halle Berry as Frankie/Genius/Alice
Initial Theatrical Release: December 10, 2010 (Oscar Qualifying Run) by CODEBLACK Films/Lionsgate, released as Frankie and Alice
Keywords: Mental Illness, Bigotry, Medical and Hospitals, Non-Chronological, African Americans, Inspired by a True Story
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$706,547

Synopsis

After a series of inexplicable events, beautiful young Frankie Murdoch learns she suffers from multiple personality disorder. Working as a go-go dancer in Los Angeles in the early seventies, Frankie's very existence is threatened by the surfacing of Alice . . .

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25
American Sniper poster

Synopsis

U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and, as stories of his courageous exploits spread, he earns the nickname “Legend.” However, his reputation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. He is also facing a different kind of battle on the home front: striving to be a good husband and father from halfway around the world. Despite the danger, as well as the toll on his family at home, Chris serves through four harrowing tours of duty in Iraq, personifying the spirit of the SEAL creed to “leave no one behind.” But upon returning to his wife, Taya Renae Kyle, and kids, Chris finds that it is the war he can’t leave behind.

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