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Box Office Chart 2014
1. The Lego Movie £34.3m
2. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies £33.5m
3. The Inbetweeners 2 £33.3m
4. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes £32.7m
5. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 £30.1m
6. Guardians of the Galaxy £28.5m
7. Paddington £27.9m
8. X-Men: Days of Future Past £27.1m
9. How to Train Your Dragon 2 £25.0m
10. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 £24.0m
Chart copyright Rentrak
The Lego Movie emerged triumphant at the UK box office in 2014, though its takings are likely to be trumped shortly by Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Overall, however, it was not a vintage year for the bean counters. Although the total haul exceeded £1.1 billion for the fifth consecutive year, industry analysts Rentrak report that it fell by 2.3% – the most significant reduction since modern records began in 1991. Four films powered through the £40m barrier in 2013; not a single one managed this in 2014. But one record was broken. With £22.7m in the kitty, The Wolf of Wall Street overtook Hannibal‘s 13-year record to become the highest-grossing 18 certificated film ever released in the UK. The Inbetweeners 2 was the biggest British success, followed by that unexpected hit Paddington and – shudder – Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie. And no fewer than seven of the top ten films were sequels, which means we can expect much more of the same in future.
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