| Guardians of the Galaxy | Hunger Games:Mocking Jay Pt.1 | Captain America: Winter Soldier | The Lego Movie | Transformers: Age of Extinction | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Grossing Movies of 2014 | 332862030 | 316174548 | 259746958 | 257784718 | 245439076 |
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These are the Top Grossing films from the past year. 2 of which belong to Disney, and 2 of which star Chris Pratt
This shows the profitability of action movies that include an element of fantasy. I wonder what the budgets were for these movies -- I assume they were also all very high budget films. Do you think action films, and or high budget films will always dominate the "top grossing" list?
I think low-budget films have the potential to dominate the "top grossing list", for instance those with low budgets that do much better than expected
I would imagine all these movies got a healthy boost from 3D revenues. 3D may not work for all movies but its higher prices almost certainly gave these action-fantasy flicks an edge.
I personally find it incredible that the Transformers series has been as successful as it has been. It's pretty much the same formula for each movie: explosions and giant fighting robots. The movies are consistently panned by critics. Alas, the Transformers series is immensely successful. I honestly don't understand why.