TOP 10 HIGHEST-GROSSING FILMS WORLDWIDE OF 2014 BY: ALYSSA JOYCE P. BAYKER PSY 1A

RANK 1:TRANSFORMER:AGE OF EXTINCTIONS

TRANSFORMER: AGE OF EXTINCTIONS

 A 2014 science fiction action film based on the Transformers franchise. It is the fourth installment of the live action Transformers film and stars Mark Walhberg in the lead role. A sequel to Transformers: Dark of the Moon the film takes place five years later, after the invasion of Chicago.

RANK 2: X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

 A 2014 superhero film based on the fictional X-Men characters that appear in Marvel Comics. Directed by Bryan Singer , it is the seventh installment of the X-Men film series and acts as a sequel to both 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand and 2011's X-Men: First Class.

MALEFICENT

RANK 3: MALEFICENTA fictional character From Walt Disney 's 1959 film Sleeping Beauty, and an official Disney Villain. She is the (self-proclaimed) Mistress of All Evil, who, after not being invited to a royal christening, curses the infant Princess Aurora to "prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die" before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday. The character is Disney's version of the wicked fairy godmother from the original French fairy tale, loosely based on Carabosse from Tchaikovsky's famous ballet. 

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER

RANK 4: CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER

 a 2014 American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Captain America, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger and the ninth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe  (MCU).

SPIDER MAN 2

RANK 5: SPIDERMAN 2

 a 2014 American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, directed by Marc Webb and released by Columbia Pictures. It serves as a sequel to the 2012 film The Amazing Spider-Man and was announced in 2011.

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

a 2014 American science fiction film directed by Matt Reeves and written by Mark Bomback, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. It stars Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, and Kodi Smit-McPhee. It is the sequel to the 2011 film Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which began 20th Century Fox's reboot of the original Planet of the Apes series.

RANK 6: DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2

a 2014 American 3D computer-animated action fantasy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox, loosely based on the book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell. It is the sequel to the 2010 computer-animated film How to Train Your Dragon and the second in the trilogy.

RANK 7:HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2

GODZILLA

 a 2014 American science fiction monster film directed by Gareth Edwards. It is a reboot of the Godzilla film franchise and retells the origins of Godzilla in contemporary times as a "terrifying force of nature".

RANK 8: GODZILLA

RIO 2

a 2014 American 3D computer-animated musical adventure-comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha. It is the sequel to the 2011 computer-animated film Rio and the studio's first film to have a sequel outside of their existing Ice Age franchise. The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, where the first film was set and Rio 2 begins, though most of its plot occurs in the Amazon rainforest.

RANK 9: RIO 2

THE LEGO MOVIE

a 2014 computer animated/stop-motion hybrid adventure comedy film directed and co-written by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, and starring the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson, and Morgan Freeman. It is the first film produced by Warner Animation Group. Based on the Lego line of construction toys, the film tells the story of Emmet (Pratt), an ordinary Lego minifigure prophesied to save the universe from the tyrannical Lord Business (Ferrell).

RANK 10: THE LEGO MOVIE