Re: 2014 $200 million+ Movies
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 12:19 am
...and not one original film(as in not based on something...there are several very origibal executions)
According to Box Office Mojo, here are the 13 films released in 2014 that have made $200 million or more:
1 American Sniper $338,215,533
2 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 $337,005,123
3 Guardians of the Galaxy $333,176,600
4 Captain America: The Winter Soldier $259,766,572
5 The LEGO Movie $257,760,692
6 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies $254,748,382
7 Transformers: Age of Extinction $245,439,076
8 Maleficent $241,410,378
9 X-Men: Days of Future Past $233,921,534
10 Big Hero 6 $221,313,746
11 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes $208,545,589
12 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $202,853,933
13 Godzilla (2014) $200,676,069
http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2014&p=.htm
That means 5 comic-book franchises (#s 3, 4, 7, 9, and 12), 4 near-comic-book franchises (#s 2, 6, 11, and 13), 2 animated films (#s 5 and 10), a movies based on a fairy tale (#8), and American Sniper (#1). I know the box office is dominated by juvenile-type films, although some are good juvenile-types films; but, this is still shocking.