(Given many of these films are still in release, total grosses are projected estimates.)
1. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - $320m
The Marvel domination has no end in sight.
2. TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION - $246m
Sadly, because of the overseas performance, we'll probably get another one. Thanks, overseas!
3. MALEFICENT - $241m
Given that Angelina Jolie has horrible taste in scripts, there will probably be a sequel to this. Given that Angelina Jolie is a huge draw, it'll probably make a lot of money.
4. X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST - $234m
Again, overseas saved this. More in store.
5. DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES - $208m
This probably should have had better legs than it did given how strong reviews were. Still, it out-grossed the last installment.
6. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 - $203m
Please don't make anymore of these. Pleeeeeaaassseeee.
7. GODZILLA - $201m
This could have easily been #2 if Godzilla had a more substantial role instead of a cameo.
8. 22 JUMP STREET - $191m
A good argument for creative sequels.
9. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES - $190m
I guess this is the new Smurfs of late summer.
10. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 - $176m
It probably opened 2 years too late. Given the lack of competition for family films, there's no other reason why this shouldn't have done better.
11. NEIGHBORS - $150m
Quite a big profit, but does anybody remember this?
12. LUCY - $125m
Another hugely profitable film, and one of the best performances for a non-franchise female-led film in box-office history! Get it, ScarJo!
***THE FAULT IN OUR STARS - $125m
It made 10x more than its budget, this along with Lucy and Maleficent are great examples as to why we need more female driven summer fare.
14. EDGE OF TOMORROW - $100m
I don't know if it was the release date or the marketing or both, but this really should have been the breakout action film of the summer.
15. TAMMY - $85m
The smallest grossing film of Melissa's comedies, but thanks to a budget of only about $20m it still earned a big profit.
16. LET'S BE COPS - $78m
Another profitable comedy, but this is sooooo a movie no one's going to remember a year from now.
17. HERCULES - $72m
Well, hey, it made about 4x more than the other Hercules movie.
***THE PURGE: ANARCHY - $72m
Last summer, I said this would bomb. It out-grossed the first by about 8 million and it only cost nine. This, in a way, may be the most important sequel of the summer. Turns out listening to the complaints of a film than working to fix those on the sequel is a recipe for success.
19. THINK LIKE A MAN TOO - $65m
It seemed like this had potential to breakout, but I think audiences may be tiring of Kevin Hart.
20. PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE - $59m
Had the latter half of summer to itself as far as animation goes, but still under performed.
21. THE HUNDRED FOOT JOURNEY - $54m
A light sleeper and another in a long line of examples of older skewing movies doing very well at the end of summer.
22. IF I STAY - $52m
Not quite Fault in Our Stars level success, but I'm sure given the small budget the studio is happy.
23. INTO THE STORM - $48m
Not a hit, but not a studio-ender either.
24. JERSEY BOYS - $47m
Given how big the stage show was, this under-performed.
25. BLENDED - $46m
I'm glad Adam Sandler was finally taken down a peg, but why did he have to take Drew with him?
26. THE GIVER - $45m
Not too bad, but the small budget helped. This probably came about 15 years too late.
27. A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST - $43m
Nice to know that Seth MacFarlane isn't invincible.
28. THE EXPENDABLES 3 - $40m
Glad audiences resisted this, now bring on the female version!
29. SEX TAPE - $39m
Unfunny trailers probably hurt this. Had it been released last week, it would have gotten a blizzard of free publicity.
30. EARTH TO ECHO - $38m
I'd imagine this was very cheap, but no one's going to remember it by the end of the year.
31. MILLION DOLLAR ARM - $37m
I think this would've done better at the end of summer.
32. CHEF - $33m
The genuine indie breakout of the summer!
33. GET ON UP - $31m
I really have no idea what happened with this? It should have done at least double.
***DELIVER US FROM EVIL - $31m
I think the marketing for this was just too confused (is it an exorcist movie? a police thriller? a haunted house movie?) and sadly Eric Bana seems to be box-office poison.
35. WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL - $30m
The faith-based craze seems to have died down.
36. THE NOVEMBER MAN - $27m
No one will remember this in a few weeks.
37. BOYHOOD - $25m
A great run, and hopefully a great start to the Oscar campaign.
38. A MOST WANTED MAN - $18m
It's a decent gross given the Roadside Attractions seems to have no luck with awards or box-office.
39. BEGIN AGAIN - $17m
All the buzz about this being the indie sleeper breakout of the summer never really came to fruition, but it's a decent number.
40. STEP UP ALL IN - $15m
Please tell me this is the last.
***AND SO IT GOES - $15m
I'm still not sure this was a real movie.
42. SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR - $14m
Probably the bomb of the summer. Another argument for sequels coming way too late.
43. MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT - $12m
Rather underwhelming given Woody's recent run.
44. BELLE - $11m
A nice gross, and a solid stepping stone for the lead's career.
***MOM'S NIGHT OUT - $11m
Yup, this is a movie that was released.
So, lessons learned:
Women: Get it, ladies. You've wiped the floor with your male colleagues.
Franchises: Better make sure they have overseas appeal. Work on creating new ones instead of milking old ones. And by old ones, I mean movies that came out 2 years ago.
Legs: What legs? Seriously, you mean movies shouldn't earn half their grosses on opening weekend? WHAT?
Jesus: Only in spring, not in summer!
Shailene: YES!
Scarlett: YES!
Chris Pratt: OH GOD YES!
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