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

Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. 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 Lone Survivor $37,849,910 Lone Survivor reached the #1 spot after two weekends of limited release. 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 $21,299,495 5 $12,035,720 Ride Along became the first film of 2014 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. 6 The Lego Movie $69,050,279 7 $49,846,430 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. 9 Non-Stop $28,875,635 10 300: Rise of an Empire $45,038,460 11 Mr. Peabody & Sherman $21,809,249 Mr. Peabody & Sherman reached the #1 spot in its second weekend of release. 12 Divergent $54,607,747 13 Noah $43,720,472 14 Captain America: The Winter Soldier $95,023,721 Captain America: The Winter Soldier broke Fast Fives record ($86.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in April. 15 $41,274,861 16 $25,587,056 17 The Other Woman $24,763,752 18 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $91,608,337 19 Neighbors $49,033,915 20 Godzilla $93,188,384 Godzilla broke The Lost World: Jurassic Parks 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. 21 X-Men: Days of Future Past $90,823,660 22 Maleficent $69,431,298 23 The Fault in Our Stars $48,002,523 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. 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. 26 Transformers: Age of Extinction $100,038,390 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. 28 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes $72,611,427 29 $36,254,310 30 Lucy $43,899,340 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. 32 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles $65,575,105 33 $28,523,147 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. 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 nonconsecutive weekends. 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 nonconsecutive weekends. 37 No Good Deed $24,250,283 38 The Maze Runner $32,512,804 39 The Equalizer $34,137,828 40 Gone Girl $37,513,109 41 $26,406,134 42 Fury $23,702,421 43 Ouija $19,875,995 44 $10,740,980 Initial estimates had Nightcrawler ahead of Ouija. 45 Big Hero 6 $56,215,889 46 Dumb and Dumber To $36,111,775 47 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 $121,897,634 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 had the highest weekend debut of 2014. 48 $56,972,599 49 $22,026,762 50 Exodus: Gods and Kings $24,115,934 51 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies $54,724,334 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.

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross Highest-grossing films of 2014 by Calendar Gross Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Gross 1. Guardians of the Galaxy Walt Disney Studios Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, 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. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 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. Captain America: The Winter Soldier Walt Disney Studios Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Emily VanCamp, Hayley Atwell, Toby Jones, Jenny Agutter, Robert Redford and Samuel L. Jackson Anthony RussoandJoe Russo $259,766,572 4. 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 5. Transformers: Age of Extinction 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. X-Men: Days of Future Past20th 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 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1. American Sniper Warner Bros. $350,126,372 2. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Lionsgate $337,135,885 3. Guardians of the Galaxy Disney $333,176,600 4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier $259,766,572 5. The Lego Movie Warner Bros. $257,760,692 6. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies $255,119,788 7. Transformers: Age of Extinction Paramount $245,439,076 8. Maleficent Disney $241,410,378 9. X-Men: Days of Future Past Fox $233,921,534 10. Big Hero 6 Disney $222,527,828

+ Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2014 G Rio 2 PG The Lego Movie PG-13 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 R American Sniper

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

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