| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | American Sniper | - | - | - | $242,178,866 | 3,885 | $350,126,372 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Taken 3 | - | - | - | $80,880,383 | 3,594 | $89,256,424 | Jan 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 3 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | - | - | - | $61,885,559 | 3,875 | $255,119,788 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Into the Woods | - | - | - | $59,918,517 | 2,833 | $128,002,372 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Unbroken | - | - | - | $51,221,965 | 3,301 | $115,637,895 | Dec 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 6 | Paddington | - | - | - | $48,495,512 | 3,355 | $76,271,832 | Jan 16 | - | false |
| 7 | The Wedding Ringer | - | - | - | $47,353,764 | 3,003 | $64,460,211 | Jan 16 | Screen Gems | false |
| 8 | The Imitation Game | - | - | - | $47,095,966 | 2,402 | $91,125,683 | Nov 28 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 9 | Selma | - | - | - | $41,884,817 | 2,235 | $52,076,908 | Dec 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | - | - | - | $40,256,828 | 3,914 | $113,746,621 | Dec 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 11 | Annie | - | - | - | $27,746,234 | 3,197 | $85,911,262 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 12 | The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death | - | - | - | $26,132,646 | 2,602 | $26,501,323 | Jan 2 | Relativity Media | false |
| 13 | The Boy Next Door | - | - | - | $23,678,595 | 2,615 | $35,423,380 | Jan 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | - | - | - | $21,759,894 | 4,151 | $337,135,885 | Nov 21 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 15 | Wild | - | - | - | $15,824,980 | 1,361 | $37,880,356 | Dec 3 | - | false |
| 16 | The Gambler | - | - | - | $14,686,350 | 2,494 | $33,680,992 | Dec 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 17 | Big Hero 6 | - | - | - | $13,026,771 | 3,773 | $222,527,828 | Nov 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 18 | Strange Magic | - | - | - | $9,057,705 | 3,020 | $12,429,583 | Jan 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | - | - | - | $8,973,093 | 3,503 | $65,014,513 | Dec 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 20 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | - | - | - | $8,700,774 | 1,213 | $42,340,598 | Oct 17 | - | false |
| 21 | Big Eyes | - | - | - | $7,847,938 | 1,408 | $14,482,031 | Dec 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 22 | Blackhat | - | - | - | $7,808,965 | 2,568 | $8,005,980 | Jan 16 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 23 | Penguins of Madagascar | - | - | - | $7,600,947 | 3,775 | $83,850,911 | Nov 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 24 | Interstellar | - | - | - | $7,235,523 | 3,561 | $188,020,017 | Nov 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Theory of Everything | - | - | - | $7,166,588 | 1,220 | $35,893,537 | Nov 7 | Focus Features | false |
| 26 | Project Almanac | - | - | - | $7,084,162 | 2,900 | $22,348,241 | Jan 30 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 27 | Mortdecai | - | - | - | $6,604,831 | 2,648 | $7,696,134 | Jan 23 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 28 | Inherent Vice | - | - | - | $6,563,852 | 653 | $8,110,975 | Dec 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 29 | Black or White | - | - | - | $5,227,050 | 1,823 | $21,571,189 | Jan 30 | Relativity Media | false |
| 30 | Top Five | - | - | - | $4,594,078 | 1,426 | $25,317,471 | Dec 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 31 | Foxcatcher | - | - | - | $4,501,286 | 759 | $12,096,300 | Nov 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 32 | Spare Parts | - | - | - | $3,049,044 | 440 | $3,618,912 | Jan 16 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 33 | Horrible Bosses 2 | - | - | - | $2,606,802 | 3,400 | $54,445,357 | Nov 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | The Interview | - | - | - | $2,552,397 | 581 | $6,105,175 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 35 | Whiplash | - | - | - | $2,550,276 | 567 | $13,092,000 | Oct 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 36 | The Loft | - | - | - | $2,393,650 | 1,841 | $6,002,684 | Jan 30 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 37 | A Most Violent Year | - | - | - | $1,994,218 | 818 | $5,749,134 | Dec 31 | A24 | false |
| 38 | PK | - | - | - | $1,927,407 | 272 | $10,616,104 | Dec 19 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 39 | Patterns of Evidence: Exodus | - | - | - | $1,689,885 | 652 | $925,576 | Jan 19 | Thinking Man Films | false |
| 40 | Ode to My Father | - | - | - | $1,634,425 | 38 | $2,300,121 | Dec 25 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 41 | Cake | - | - | - | $1,555,023 | 482 | $1,951,776 | Jan 23 | Cinelou Films | false |
| 42 | Gone Girl | - | - | - | $1,476,597 | 3,284 | $167,767,189 | Oct 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 43 | I | - | - | - | $1,449,232 | 222 | $1,449,232 | Jan 13 | Aascar Film | false |
| 44 | Mr. Turner | - | - | - | $1,346,343 | 120 | $3,958,500 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 45 | Game of Thrones Season 4 Finale | - | - | - | $1,254,420 | 205 | $1,896,092 | Jan 30 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 46 | Dumb and Dumber To | - | - | - | $1,136,060 | 3,188 | $86,208,010 | Nov 14 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 47 | Still Alice | - | - | - | $1,117,712 | 1,318 | $18,754,371 | Jan 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 48 | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | - | - | - | $1,092,344 | 3,117 | $66,954,149 | Oct 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 49 | St. Vincent | - | - | - | $823,369 | 2,552 | $44,137,712 | Oct 10 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 50 | Boyhood | - | - | - | $763,106 | 775 | $25,352,281 | Jul 11 | IFC Films | false |
| 51 | The Book of Life | - | - | - | $736,180 | 3,113 | $50,151,543 | Oct 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 52 | Fury | - | - | - | $573,567 | 3,313 | $85,817,906 | Oct 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 53 | Nightcrawler | - | - | - | $527,886 | 2,766 | $32,381,217 | Oct 31 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 54 | Two Days, One Night | - | - | - | $444,144 | 120 | $1,436,243 | Dec 24 | IFC Films | false |
| 55 | Black Sea | - | - | - | $431,163 | 353 | $1,171,559 | Jan 23 | Focus Features | false |
| 56 | Jerusalem | - | - | - | $406,236 | 33 | $8,020,721 | Sep 13 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 57 | Citizenfour | - | - | - | $333,108 | 105 | $2,800,870 | Oct 24 | RADiUS-TWC | false |
| 58 | The Boxtrolls | - | - | - | $326,541 | 3,464 | $50,837,305 | Sep 26 | Focus Features | false |
| 59 | The Maze Runner | - | - | - | $313,696 | 3,638 | $102,427,862 | Sep 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 60 | Leviathan | - | - | - | $281,412 | 80 | $1,092,800 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 61 | The Babadook | - | - | - | $257,587 | 80 | $964,413 | Nov 28 | IFC Films | false |
| 62 | Guardians of the Galaxy | - | - | - | $241,972 | 4,088 | $333,176,600 | Aug 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 63 | Tevar | - | - | - | $236,002 | 127 | $236,002 | Jan 9 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 64 | The Taking of Tiger Mountain | - | - | - | $227,795 | 13 | $228,984 | Jan 2 | Well Go USA Entertainment | false |
| 65 | John Wick | - | - | - | $217,403 | 2,589 | $43,037,835 | Oct 24 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 66 | Force Majeure | - | - | - | $215,347 | 68 | $1,359,497 | Oct 24 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 67 | The Equalizer | - | - | - | $213,664 | 3,236 | $101,530,738 | Sep 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 68 | The Homesman | - | - | - | $210,569 | 222 | $2,429,989 | Nov 14 | Saban Films | false |
| 69 | Miss Granny | - | - | - | $206,797 | 13 | $234,573 | Jan 16 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 70 | Island of Lemurs: Madagascar | - | - | - | $184,421 | 302 | $11,272,213 | Apr 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 71 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2015: Live Action | - | - | - | $174,560 | 280 | $2,412,593 | Jan 30 | Shorts International | false |
| 72 | Song of the Sea | - | - | - | $173,732 | 48 | $857,522 | Dec 19 | GKIDS | false |
| 73 | Awake: The Life of Yogananda | - | - | - | $145,149 | 21 | $1,539,680 | Oct 10 | - | false |
| 74 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | - | - | - | $135,886 | 1,467 | $59,301,324 | Mar 7 | - | false |
| 75 | Goodbye to Language | - | - | - | $131,489 | 7 | $401,889 | Oct 24 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 76 | A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night | - | - | - | $130,048 | 19 | $491,910 | Nov 21 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 77 | The Judge | - | - | - | $116,147 | 3,003 | $47,119,388 | Oct 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 78 | Mommy | - | - | - | $99,795 | 83 | $3,494,070 | Sep 19 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 79 | Beyond the Lights | - | - | - | $79,933 | 1,789 | $14,618,727 | Nov 14 | Relativity Media | false |
| 80 | Love on the Cloud | - | - | - | $75,692 | 17 | $271,734 | Dec 24 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 81 | The Tale of The Princess Kaguya | - | - | - | $70,505 | 29 | $703,232 | Oct 17 | GKIDS | false |
| 82 | Predestination | - | - | - | $68,372 | 20 | $68,372 | Jan 9 | Vertical Entertainment | false |
| 83 | Running Man | - | - | - | $65,918 | 21 | $310,978 | Jan 30 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 84 | The Pyramid | - | - | - | $63,414 | 685 | $2,756,333 | Dec 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 85 | The Best of Me | - | - | - | $62,631 | 2,936 | $26,766,213 | Oct 17 | Relativity Media | false |
| 86 | Human Capital | - | - | - | $53,443 | 11 | $158,549 | Jan 9 | Film Movement | false |
| 87 | National Gallery | - | - | - | $48,379 | 15 | $253,941 | Nov 5 | Zipporah Films | false |
| 88 | I Am Eleven 2014 Re-release | - | - | - | $45,014 | 16 | $310,116 | Sep 12 | Proud Mother Pictures | false |
| 89 | Antarctica: A Year on Ice | - | - | - | $43,639 | 30 | $288,757 | Nov 28 | Music Box Films | false |
| 90 | Red Army | - | - | - | $42,538 | 84 | $694,600 | Jan 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 91 | Beloved Sisters | - | - | - | $42,010 | 9 | $54,030 | Jan 9 | Music Box Films | false |
| 92 | She's Beautiful When She's Angry | - | - | - | $39,846 | 19 | $421,573 | Dec 5 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 93 | Appropriate Behavior | - | - | - | $37,173 | 11 | $46,912 | Jan 16 | Gravitas Ventures | false |
| 94 | The Search for General Tso | - | - | - | $37,008 | 13 | $54,275 | Jan 2 | IFC Films | false |
| 95 | Good Day, Ramon | - | - | - | $36,235 | 29 | $154,356 | Jan 30 | FIP | false |
| 96 | Dear White People | - | - | - | $33,451 | 393 | $4,404,154 | Oct 17 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 97 | Zero Motivation | - | - | - | $33,415 | 7 | $116,044 | Dec 3 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 98 | The Principle | - | - | - | $28,986 | 3 | $89,543 | Oct 24 | Rocky Mountain Pictures | false |
| 99 | Americons | - | - | - | $28,688 | 14 | $28,782 | Jan 23 | - | false |
| 100 | Song One | - | - | - | $28,616 | 27 | $32,251 | Jan 23 | The Film Arcade | false |
| 101 | Timbuktu | - | - | - | $27,514 | 56 | $1,076,075 | Jan 28 | Cohen Media Group | false |
| 102 | Meet the Mormons | - | - | - | $25,491 | 333 | $6,047,363 | Oct 10 | Purdie Distribution | false |
| 103 | Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks | - | - | - | $22,262 | 13 | $106,323 | Dec 12 | Dada Films | false |
| 104 | Fleet of Time | - | - | - | $20,779 | 20 | $569,280 | Dec 12 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 105 | The Duke of Burgundy | - | - | - | $20,396 | 10 | $64,521 | Jan 23 | IFC Films | false |
| 106 | The Good Lie | - | - | - | $19,958 | 461 | $2,722,209 | Oct 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 107 | Love Forecast | - | - | - | $19,919 | 1 | $32,211 | Jan 23 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 108 | My Old Lady | - | - | - | $19,733 | 273 | $4,013,786 | Sep 10 | Cohen Media Group | false |
| 109 | Match 2015 Re-release | - | - | - | $18,106 | 9 | $37,285 | Jan 14 | IFC Films | false |
| 110 | A Matter of Faith | - | - | - | $17,694 | 52 | $680,113 | Oct 17 | Five & Two Pictures | false |
| 111 | R100 | - | - | - | $17,235 | 11 | $24,956 | Jan 23 | Drafthouse Films | false |
| 112 | Long Live Freedom 2014 Re-release | - | - | - | $16,455 | 10 | $48,541 | Nov 7 | Distrib Films | false |
| 113 | Last Days in Vietnam | - | - | - | $13,941 | 25 | $466,114 | Sep 5 | American Experience Films | false |
| 114 | Goodbye to All That | - | - | - | $13,781 | 3 | $16,986 | Dec 17 | IFC Films | false |
| 115 | Diplomacy | - | - | - | $11,921 | 14 | $230,880 | Oct 15 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 116 | Listen Up Philip | - | - | - | $11,640 | 30 | $200,126 | Oct 17 | Tribeca Films | false |
| 117 | The Overnighters | - | - | - | $11,047 | 23 | $110,763 | Oct 10 | Drafthouse Films | false |
| 118 | Monk with a Camera | - | - | - | $10,590 | 4 | $45,938 | Nov 21 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 119 | Little Accidents | - | - | - | $10,071 | 17 | $10,071 | Jan 16 | Amplify | false |
| 120 | A Tale of Winter | - | - | - | $9,016 | 3 | $23,268 | Dec 19 | Big World Pictures | false |
| 121 | Advanced Style | - | - | - | $8,313 | 12 | $87,879 | Sep 26 | Bond/360 | false |
| 122 | Why Don't You Play in Hell? | - | - | - | $8,001 | 11 | $28,534 | Nov 7 | Drafthouse Films | false |
| 123 | Legends from the Sky | - | - | - | $7,754 | 8 | $91,462 | Jan 30 | - | false |
| 124 | Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation 2014 Re-release | - | - | - | $7,704 | 5 | $58,755 | Sep 12 | First Run | false |
| 125 | If You Don't, I Will | - | - | - | $7,150 | 1 | $9,719 | Dec 17 | Film Movement | false |
| 126 | Women Who Flirt | - | - | - | $6,719 | 27 | $375,495 | Nov 26 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 127 | Still Life | - | - | - | $6,363 | 5 | $9,481 | Jan 16 | Tribeca Films | false |
| 128 | Amira & Sam | - | - | - | $5,684 | 10 | $31,849 | Jan 30 | Drafthouse Films | false |
| 129 | Inside the Mind of Leonardo | - | - | - | $5,605 | 5 | $10,600 | Dec 19 | Submarine Deluxe | false |
| 130 | The Devil's Violinist | - | - | - | $5,339 | 10 | $11,294 | Jan 30 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 131 | Against the Sun | - | - | - | $4,646 | 11 | $4,646 | Jan 23 | The American Film Company | false |
| 132 | Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago | - | - | - | $4,524 | 11 | $612,717 | Sep 6 | - | false |
| 133 | Farewell, Herr Schwarz | - | - | - | $4,445 | 2 | $4,445 | Jan 9 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 134 | The Sacrifice 2014 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,442 | 2 | $20,945 | Nov 12 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 135 | Three Night Stand | - | - | - | $4,076 | 10 | $4,076 | Jan 16 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 136 | Li'l Quinquin | - | - | - | $3,927 | 2 | $7,192 | Jan 2 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 137 | Salvation Army | - | - | - | $3,844 | 1 | $3,929 | Jan 23 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 138 | Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter | - | - | - | $3,814 | 1 | $4,706 | Jan 23 | First Run | false |
| 139 | The Way He Looks | - | - | - | $3,661 | 14 | $101,451 | Nov 7 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 140 | Girlhood | - | - | - | $3,290 | 5 | $60,765 | Jan 30 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 141 | The Immortalists | - | - | - | $3,214 | 3 | $9,331 | Nov 26 | GathrFilms | false |
| 142 | Rosewater | - | - | - | $3,196 | 371 | $3,128,941 | Nov 14 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 143 | Medeas | - | - | - | $3,025 | 2 | $5,895 | Jan 16 | The Vladar Company | false |
| 144 | Trace Amounts | - | - | - | $2,963 | 7 | $80,735 | Jan 2 | GathrFilms | false |
| 145 | Le Jour Se Leve | - | - | - | $2,902 | 3 | $35,321 | Nov 14 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 146 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $2,844 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 147 | Actress | - | - | - | $2,673 | 4 | $19,365 | Nov 7 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 148 | 20,000 Days on Earth | - | - | - | $2,465 | 28 | $279,558 | Sep 17 | Drafthouse Films | false |
| 149 | Art and Craft | - | - | - | $2,414 | 20 | $235,037 | Sep 19 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 150 | Above and Beyond | - | - | - | $2,294 | 13 | $288,751 | Jan 30 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 151 | Life Partners | - | - | - | $2,238 | 3 | $8,265 | Dec 5 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 152 | Penton: The John Penton Story | - | - | - | $2,036 | 14 | $112,159 | Jun 23 | GathrFilms | false |
| 153 | The Captive | - | - | - | $1,808 | 133 | $1,075,178 | Sep 5 | A24 | false |
| 154 | Hard to Be a God | - | - | - | $1,646 | 3 | $28,608 | Jan 30 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 155 | Hiroshima Mon Amour 2014 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,511 | 7 | $96,439 | Oct 17 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 156 | Flamenco Flamenco 2014 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,353 | 5 | $71,732 | Jul 18 | Dada Films | false |
| 157 | Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People | - | - | - | $991 | 3 | $65,169 | Aug 27 | First Run | false |
| 158 | Manuscripts Don't Burn | - | - | - | $988 | 2 | $6,295 | Jul 25 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 159 | Half of a Yellow Sun | - | - | - | $884 | 7 | $54,529 | May 16 | Monterey Media | false |
| 160 | Gringo Trails | - | - | - | $867 | 2 | $8,349 | Apr 19 | Icarus Films | false |
| 161 | [REC] 4: Apocalypse | - | - | - | $837 | 5 | $837 | Jan 2 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 162 | Stray Dogs | - | - | - | $831 | 3 | $10,433 | Sep 12 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 163 | Concerning Violence | - | - | - | $813 | 2 | $12,680 | Dec 5 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 164 | The King and the Mockingbird 2014 Re-release | - | - | - | $781 | 8 | $27,513 | Nov 21 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 165 | Expelled from Paradise | - | - | - | $750 | 13 | $34,510 | Dec 13 | Eleven Arts | false |
| 166 | It's All So Quiet 2015 Re-release | - | - | - | $724 | 1 | $724 | Jan 9 | Big World Pictures | false |
| 167 | Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me | - | - | - | $634 | 18 | $365,422 | Oct 24 | Area 23a | false |
| 168 | Level Five | - | - | - | $556 | 2 | $27,000 | Aug 15 | Icarus Films | false |
| 169 | K2: Siren of the Himalayas | - | - | - | $469 | 2 | $12,959 | Aug 22 | First Run | false |
| 170 | Big Muddy | - | - | - | $437 | 3 | $881 | Jan 23 | Monterey Media | false |
| 171 | Finding Fela | - | - | - | $399 | 11 | $120,980 | Aug 1 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 172 | Elsa & Fred | - | - | - | $357 | 34 | $285,863 | Nov 7 | Millennium Entertainment | false |
| 173 | Life of Riley | - | - | - | $299 | 1 | $11,616 | Oct 24 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 174 | Two-Bit Waltz | - | - | - | $273 | 3 | $2,540 | Oct 24 | Monterey Media | false |
| 175 | Pioneer | - | - | - | $254 | 3 | $6,871 | Dec 5 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 176 | The Golden Era | - | - | - | $185 | 15 | $102,931 | Oct 17 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 177 | Walking with the Enemy | - | - | - | $172 | 258 | $1,112,592 | Apr 25 | Liberty Studios | false |
| 178 | Exhibition | - | - | - | $130 | 1 | $14,344 | Jun 20 | Kino Lorber | false |
