| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | - | - | - | $189,549,326 | 3,875 | $255,119,788 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | - | - | - | $87,602,010 | 4,151 | $337,135,885 | Nov 21 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 3 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | - | - | - | $69,354,582 | 3,914 | $113,746,621 | Dec 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | Into the Woods | - | - | - | $64,062,104 | 2,833 | $128,002,372 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Unbroken | - | - | - | $62,528,610 | 3,301 | $115,637,895 | Dec 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 6 | Annie | - | - | - | $56,951,920 | 3,197 | $85,911,262 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 7 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | - | - | - | $55,727,340 | 3,503 | $65,014,513 | Dec 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | Penguins of Madagascar | - | - | - | $38,589,375 | 3,775 | $83,850,911 | Nov 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | Big Hero 6 | - | - | - | $37,357,096 | 3,773 | $222,527,828 | Nov 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Interstellar | - | - | - | $32,352,413 | 3,561 | $188,020,017 | Nov 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 11 | Horrible Bosses 2 | - | - | - | $28,974,182 | 3,400 | $54,445,357 | Nov 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | Top Five | - | - | - | $20,407,608 | 1,426 | $25,317,471 | Dec 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | Wild | - | - | - | $19,742,647 | 1,361 | $37,880,356 | Dec 3 | - | false |
| 14 | The Imitation Game | - | - | - | $19,457,167 | 2,402 | $91,125,683 | Nov 28 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 15 | The Gambler | - | - | - | $18,880,856 | 2,494 | $33,680,992 | Dec 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | The Theory of Everything | - | - | - | $13,703,591 | 1,220 | $35,893,537 | Nov 7 | Focus Features | false |
| 17 | Dumb and Dumber To | - | - | - | $12,729,255 | 3,188 | $86,208,010 | Nov 14 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | PK | - | - | - | $8,668,996 | 272 | $10,616,104 | Dec 19 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | - | - | - | $7,052,619 | 1,213 | $42,340,598 | Oct 17 | - | false |
| 20 | Big Eyes | - | - | - | $6,327,678 | 1,408 | $14,482,031 | Dec 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 21 | Gone Girl | - | - | - | $5,452,238 | 3,284 | $167,767,189 | Oct 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 22 | Foxcatcher | - | - | - | $5,180,491 | 759 | $12,096,300 | Nov 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 23 | St. Vincent | - | - | - | $3,885,191 | 2,552 | $44,137,712 | Oct 10 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 24 | The Interview | - | - | - | $3,552,778 | 581 | $6,105,175 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 25 | Fury | - | - | - | $3,348,259 | 3,313 | $85,817,906 | Oct 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 26 | Nightcrawler | - | - | - | $3,147,839 | 2,766 | $32,381,217 | Oct 31 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 27 | The Pyramid | - | - | - | $2,692,919 | 685 | $2,756,333 | Dec 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 28 | Whiplash | - | - | - | $1,908,232 | 567 | $13,092,000 | Oct 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 29 | Beyond the Lights | - | - | - | $1,806,245 | 1,789 | $14,618,727 | Nov 14 | Relativity Media | false |
| 30 | The Homesman | - | - | - | $1,712,166 | 222 | $2,429,989 | Nov 14 | Saban Films | false |
| 31 | American Sniper | - | - | - | $1,329,299 | 3,885 | $350,126,372 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 32 | Guardians of the Galaxy | - | - | - | $1,298,634 | 4,088 | $333,176,600 | Aug 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 33 | John Wick | - | - | - | $1,215,277 | 2,589 | $43,037,835 | Oct 24 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 34 | Selma | - | - | - | $1,203,987 | 2,235 | $52,076,908 | Dec 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 35 | Inherent Vice | - | - | - | $1,116,919 | 653 | $8,110,975 | Dec 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | The Maze Runner | - | - | - | $1,060,855 | 3,638 | $102,427,862 | Sep 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 37 | The Book of Life | - | - | - | $956,156 | 3,113 | $50,151,543 | Oct 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 38 | The Judge | - | - | - | $948,282 | 3,003 | $47,119,388 | Oct 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 39 | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | - | - | - | $910,256 | 3,117 | $66,954,149 | Oct 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 40 | The Equalizer | - | - | - | $903,824 | 3,236 | $101,530,738 | Sep 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 41 | Citizenfour | - | - | - | $676,599 | 105 | $2,800,870 | Oct 24 | RADiUS-TWC | false |
| 42 | Mr. Turner | - | - | - | $661,592 | 120 | $3,958,500 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 43 | The Babadook | - | - | - | $632,669 | 80 | $964,413 | Nov 28 | IFC Films | false |
| 44 | The Boxtrolls | - | - | - | $603,479 | 3,464 | $50,837,305 | Sep 26 | Focus Features | false |
| 45 | Fleet of Time | - | - | - | $548,501 | 20 | $569,280 | Dec 12 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 46 | Ouija | - | - | - | $528,625 | 2,899 | $50,856,010 | Oct 24 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 47 | Rosewater | - | - | - | $492,726 | 371 | $3,128,941 | Nov 14 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 48 | Force Majeure | - | - | - | $425,654 | 68 | $1,359,497 | Oct 24 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 49 | Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas | - | - | - | $318,616 | 410 | $2,783,970 | Nov 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 50 | Laggies | - | - | - | $300,203 | 306 | $1,066,981 | Oct 24 | A24 | false |
| 51 | Awake: The Life of Yogananda | - | - | - | $295,596 | 21 | $1,539,680 | Oct 10 | - | false |
| 52 | The Best of Me | - | - | - | $270,421 | 2,936 | $26,766,213 | Oct 17 | Relativity Media | false |
| 53 | Action Jackson | - | - | - | $256,868 | 125 | $256,872 | Dec 5 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 54 | Women Who Flirt | - | - | - | $254,042 | 27 | $375,495 | Nov 26 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 55 | Island of Lemurs: Madagascar | - | - | - | $241,210 | 302 | $11,272,213 | Apr 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 56 | Boyhood | - | - | - | $239,198 | 775 | $25,352,281 | Jul 11 | IFC Films | false |
| 57 | Love on the Cloud | - | - | - | $196,041 | 17 | $271,734 | Dec 24 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 58 | Antarctica: A Year on Ice | - | - | - | $191,879 | 30 | $288,757 | Nov 28 | Music Box Films | false |
| 59 | Hector and the Search for Happiness | - | - | - | $182,294 | 183 | $1,124,445 | Sep 19 | Relativity Media | false |
| 60 | Dear White People | - | - | - | $174,382 | 393 | $4,404,154 | Oct 17 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 61 | Jerusalem | - | - | - | $154,564 | 33 | $8,020,721 | Sep 13 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 62 | Meet the Mormons | - | - | - | $142,034 | 333 | $6,047,363 | Oct 10 | Purdie Distribution | false |
| 63 | The Good Lie | - | - | - | $134,329 | 461 | $2,722,209 | Oct 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 64 | Annabelle | - | - | - | $127,262 | 3,215 | $84,273,813 | Oct 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 65 | Left Behind | - | - | - | $106,364 | 1,887 | $14,019,924 | Oct 3 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 66 | Dr. Cabbie | - | - | - | $105,397 | 220 | $225,490 | Nov 26 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 67 | The Tale of The Princess Kaguya | - | - | - | $102,305 | 29 | $703,232 | Oct 17 | GKIDS | false |
| 68 | A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | - | - | - | $100,890 | 19 | $491,910 | Nov 21 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 69 | Hubble | - | - | - | $99,923 | 151 | $52,522,904 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 70 | A Most Violent Year | - | - | - | $97,074 | 818 | $5,749,134 | Dec 31 | A24 | false |
| 71 | National Gallery | - | - | - | $95,465 | 15 | $253,941 | Nov 5 | Zipporah Films | false |
| 72 | Ode to My Father | - | - | - | $85,735 | 38 | $2,300,121 | Dec 25 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 73 | Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me | - | - | - | $85,729 | 18 | $365,422 | Oct 24 | Area 23a | false |
| 74 | My Old Lady | - | - | - | $71,744 | 273 | $4,013,786 | Sep 10 | Cohen Media Group | false |
| 75 | Journey to the South Pacific | - | - | - | $71,056 | 19 | $7,653,913 | Nov 27 | IMAX | false |
| 76 | Zero Motivation | - | - | - | $67,899 | 7 | $116,044 | Dec 3 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 77 | Mommy | - | - | - | $64,545 | 83 | $3,494,070 | Sep 19 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 78 | Dolphin Tale 2 | - | - | - | $60,126 | 3,656 | $42,024,533 | Sep 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 79 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $59,305 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 80 | The One I Wrote for You | - | - | - | $58,872 | 49 | $58,872 | Dec 5 | Abramorama | false |
| 81 | Diplomacy | - | - | - | $58,361 | 14 | $230,880 | Oct 15 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 82 | Elsa & Fred | - | - | - | $54,086 | 34 | $285,863 | Nov 7 | Millennium Entertainment | false |
| 83 | Song of the Sea | - | - | - | $52,432 | 48 | $857,522 | Dec 19 | GKIDS | false |
| 84 | Goodbye to Language | - | - | - | $42,402 | 7 | $401,889 | Oct 24 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 85 | Leviathan | - | - | - | $42,330 | 80 | $1,092,800 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 86 | She's Beautiful When She's Angry | - | - | - | $37,620 | 19 | $421,573 | Dec 5 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 87 | Flamenco Flamenco 2014 Re-release | - | - | - | $36,903 | 5 | $71,732 | Jul 18 | Dada Films | false |
| 88 | Expelled from Paradise | - | - | - | $33,760 | 13 | $34,510 | Dec 13 | Eleven Arts | false |
| 89 | Happy Ending | - | - | - | $33,516 | 129 | $313,770 | Nov 21 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 90 | I Am Eleven 2014 Re-release | - | - | - | $32,878 | 16 | $310,116 | Sep 12 | Proud Mother Pictures | false |
| 91 | Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks | - | - | - | $31,650 | 13 | $106,323 | Dec 12 | Dada Films | false |
| 92 | Long Live Freedom 2014 Re-release | - | - | - | $28,776 | 10 | $48,541 | Nov 7 | Distrib Films | false |
| 93 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | - | - | - | $22,693 | 4,268 | $177,002,924 | Jun 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 94 | The Skeleton Twins | - | - | - | $20,117 | 461 | $5,284,309 | Sep 12 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 95 | Uzumasa Limelight | - | - | - | $19,453 | 13 | $19,597 | Dec 5 | Eleven Arts | false |
| 96 | The Passionate Thief | - | - | - | $18,404 | 2 | $31,539 | Dec 5 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 97 | Two Days, One Night | - | - | - | $18,311 | 120 | $1,436,243 | Dec 24 | IFC Films | false |
| 98 | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | - | - | - | $16,400 | 2 | $16,400 | Dec 10 | Cohen Media Group | false |
| 99 | The King and the Mockingbird 2014 Re-release | - | - | - | $15,615 | 8 | $27,513 | Nov 21 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 100 | Kill the Messenger | - | - | - | $14,685 | 427 | $2,450,846 | Oct 10 | Focus Features | false |
| 101 | Monk with a Camera | - | - | - | $14,680 | 4 | $45,938 | Nov 21 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 102 | The Way He Looks | - | - | - | $13,909 | 14 | $101,451 | Nov 7 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 103 | The Two Faces of January | - | - | - | $13,008 | 59 | $507,463 | Sep 26 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 104 | Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago | - | - | - | $12,904 | 11 | $612,717 | Sep 6 | - | false |
| 105 | A Tale of Winter | - | - | - | $12,047 | 3 | $23,268 | Dec 19 | Big World Pictures | false |
| 106 | The Hundred-Foot Journey | - | - | - | $11,928 | 2,167 | $54,240,821 | Aug 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 107 | Keep on Keepin' On | - | - | - | $11,774 | 9 | $163,745 | Sep 19 | RADiUS-TWC | false |
| 108 | The Better Angels | - | - | - | $11,011 | 24 | $70,918 | Nov 7 | Amplify | false |
| 109 | To the Arctic 3D | - | - | - | $10,844 | 52 | $14,560,838 | Apr 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 110 | The Captive | - | - | - | $10,757 | 133 | $1,075,178 | Sep 5 | A24 | false |
| 111 | Maleficent | - | - | - | $10,736 | 3,948 | $241,410,378 | May 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 112 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $9,948 | 208 | $25,978,556 | Apr 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 113 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $9,568 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 114 | Touch the Wall | - | - | - | $9,341 | 2 | $12,156 | Nov 28 | - | false |
| 115 | The Overnighters | - | - | - | $9,228 | 23 | $110,763 | Oct 10 | Drafthouse Films | false |
| 116 | Advanced Style | - | - | - | $9,220 | 12 | $87,879 | Sep 26 | Bond/360 | false |
| 117 | Happy Valley | - | - | - | $9,176 | 4 | $23,868 | Nov 21 | Music Box Films | false |
| 118 | Last Days in Vietnam | - | - | - | $8,757 | 25 | $466,114 | Sep 5 | American Experience Films | false |
| 119 | Before I Disappear | - | - | - | $8,669 | 5 | $10,078 | Nov 28 | IFC Films | false |
| 120 | Comet | - | - | - | $8,623 | 8 | $8,623 | Dec 5 | IFC Films | false |
| 121 | Art and Craft | - | - | - | $8,186 | 20 | $235,037 | Sep 19 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 122 | Let's Be Cops | - | - | - | $8,080 | 3,140 | $82,390,774 | Aug 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 123 | The Blue Room | - | - | - | $8,028 | 42 | $254,666 | Oct 3 | IFC Films | false |
| 124 | Listen Up Philip | - | - | - | $7,838 | 30 | $200,126 | Oct 17 | Tribeca Films | false |
| 125 | Addicted | - | - | - | $7,788 | 1,037 | $17,390,770 | Oct 10 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 126 | Why Don't You Play in Hell? | - | - | - | $7,627 | 11 | $28,534 | Nov 7 | Drafthouse Films | false |
| 127 | Concerning Violence | - | - | - | $7,241 | 2 | $12,680 | Dec 5 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 128 | The Giver | - | - | - | $7,105 | 3,003 | $45,090,374 | Aug 15 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 129 | Pioneer | - | - | - | $6,611 | 3 | $6,871 | Dec 5 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 130 | Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation 2014 Re-release | - | - | - | $6,551 | 5 | $58,755 | Sep 12 | First Run | false |
| 131 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $6,402 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 132 | This Is Where I Leave You | - | - | - | $6,178 | 2,868 | $34,296,320 | Sep 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 133 | Life Partners | - | - | - | $6,027 | 3 | $8,265 | Dec 5 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 134 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $5,823 | 108 | $36,262,926 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 135 | Hiroshima Mon Amour 2014 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,317 | 7 | $96,439 | Oct 17 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 136 | Inside the Mind of Leonardo | - | - | - | $4,909 | 5 | $10,600 | Dec 19 | Submarine Deluxe | false |
| 137 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | - | - | - | $4,684 | 3,969 | $208,545,589 | Jul 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 138 | Low Down | - | - | - | $4,474 | 8 | $54,051 | Oct 24 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 139 | Free the Nipple | - | - | - | $4,198 | 1 | $4,198 | Dec 12 | IFC Films | false |
| 140 | The Immortalists | - | - | - | $3,992 | 3 | $9,331 | Nov 26 | GathrFilms | false |
| 141 | Maidan | - | - | - | $3,909 | 1 | $3,909 | Dec 12 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 142 | The Conformist 2014 Re-release | - | - | - | $3,833 | 4 | $58,657 | Aug 29 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 143 | 20,000 Days on Earth | - | - | - | $3,681 | 28 | $279,558 | Sep 17 | Drafthouse Films | false |
| 144 | Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People | - | - | - | $3,207 | 3 | $65,169 | Aug 27 | First Run | false |
| 145 | Goodbye to All That | - | - | - | $3,201 | 3 | $16,986 | Dec 17 | IFC Films | false |
| 146 | K2: Siren of the Himalayas | - | - | - | $2,814 | 2 | $12,959 | Aug 22 | First Run | false |
| 147 | Tip Top | - | - | - | $2,732 | 1 | $6,050 | Dec 12 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 148 | Frank | - | - | - | $2,608 | 75 | $645,186 | Aug 15 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 149 | If You Don't, I Will | - | - | - | $2,569 | 1 | $9,719 | Dec 17 | Film Movement | false |
| 150 | Aftermath | - | - | - | $2,327 | 1 | $3,451 | Nov 28 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 151 | Manakamana | - | - | - | $2,291 | 4 | $30,029 | Apr 18 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 152 | Stray Dogs | - | - | - | $2,106 | 3 | $10,433 | Sep 12 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 153 | White Bird in a Blizzard | - | - | - | $1,249 | 14 | $33,821 | Oct 24 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 154 | The Golden Era | - | - | - | $1,110 | 15 | $102,931 | Oct 17 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 155 | Anything for Alice | - | - | - | $1,092 | 1 | $1,092 | Dec 17 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 156 | We Are the Giant | - | - | - | $1,088 | 2 | $1,088 | Dec 12 | Music Box Films | false |
| 157 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $1,075 | 47 | $46,412,757 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 158 | Actress | - | - | - | $934 | 4 | $19,365 | Nov 7 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 159 | Fanny | - | - | - | $771 | 2 | $8,735 | Jul 25 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 160 | V/H/S Viral | - | - | - | $760 | 5 | $2,756 | Nov 21 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 161 | Two-Bit Waltz | - | - | - | $642 | 3 | $2,540 | Oct 24 | Monterey Media | false |
| 162 | Rich Hill | - | - | - | $459 | 28 | $111,376 | Aug 1 | The Orchard | false |
| 163 | Canopy | - | - | - | $407 | 5 | $8,462 | Aug 29 | Monterey Media | false |
| 164 | Walking with the Enemy | - | - | - | $333 | 258 | $1,112,592 | Apr 25 | Liberty Studios | false |
| 165 | Wetlands 2014 Re-release | - | - | - | $324 | 10 | $59,478 | Sep 5 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 166 | Memphis | - | - | - | $288 | 5 | $21,286 | Sep 5 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 167 | Level Five | - | - | - | $261 | 2 | $27,000 | Aug 15 | Icarus Films | false |
| 168 | Life of Riley | - | - | - | $169 | 1 | $11,616 | Oct 24 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 169 | The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears | - | - | - | $168 | 3 | $7,182 | Aug 29 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 170 | Finding Fela | - | - | - | $138 | 11 | $120,980 | Aug 1 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 171 | Norte, the End of History | - | - | - | $125 | 2 | $10,457 | Jun 20 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 172 | Levitated Mass | - | - | - | $106 | 3 | $16,086 | Sep 5 | First Run | false |
| 173 | The Decent One | - | - | - | $100 | 2 | $21,327 | Oct 1 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 174 | I Love You, I Love You 2014 Re-release | - | - | - | $88 | 2 | $71,717 | Feb 14 | The Film Desk | false |
| 175 | Rhymes for Young Ghouls | - | - | - | $83 | 3 | $1,529 | Oct 24 | Monterey Media | false |
