New year is time to look back and reflect on what has happened in the past, so here we present the top film lists from the past 12 months.
As you can see from the list below superhero's are still the order of the day at the box office, although in the UK British talent ruled with the Apes coming in a very close second.
UK top box office films 2014 -
- The Inbetweeners 2 - £34,608,796
- Dawn of The Planet of The Apes - £34,549,646
- The Lego Movie - £34,133,383
- Guardians of The Galaxy - £29,348,970
- X-Men Days of Future Past - £27,005,508
Top UK opening weekends -
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 - £12,654,109
- The Inbetweeners 2 - £12,538,114
- Transformers: Age of Extinction - £11,751,427
- The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies - £9,753,642
- X-Men Days Of Future Past - £9,1449,71
Top films worldwide -
- Transformers: Age of Extinction - $1,078,428,137
- Guardians of The Galaxy - $767,555,381
- X-Men Days of Future Past - $722,914,986
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier - $713,746,958
- Maleficent - $710,207,328
Top US films -
- Guardians of the Galaxy - $333M
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 - $311M
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier - $260M
- The Lego Movie - $258M
- Transformers: Age of Extinction - $245M
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