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26/11/2014

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The highest grossing films of 2014 --

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From knock-out sequels to incredible comic book remakes, transcending dramas to nail-biting action flicks; out-of-this-world sci-fi films to awe inspiring animations 2014 has given movie-goers a memorable spread of cinematic entertainment. Using stats from Box Office Mojo, here are the films that rocked the box office in a number of countries across the world this year:

South Africa

Transformers: Age of Extinction - $2,457,446

How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $2,119,552

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $2,045,174

Rio 2 - $2,002,227

22 Jump Street - $1,655,355

X-Men: Days of Future Past - $1,633,027

The Other Woman - $1,562,906

Step Up All In - $1,503,812

Guardians of the Galaxy - $1,480,923

Lucy - $1,439,484

UK

The Lego Movie - $56,890,654

The Inbetweeners 2 - $55,652,783

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $55,198,182

Guardians of the Galaxy - $47,385,948

X-Men: Days of Future Past - $45,595,814

How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $41,547,592

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $40,468,688

The Wolf of Wall Street - $37,413,041

Gone Girl - $34,523,355

Transformers: Age of Extinction - $33,175,952

US

Guardians of the Galaxy - $331,042,000

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - $259,766,572

The LEGO Movie - $257,760,692

Transformers: Age of Extinction - $245,439,076

Maleficent - $241,362,835

X-Men: Days of Future Past - $233,921,534

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $208,522,352

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $202,853,933

Godzilla - $200,676,069

22 Jump Street - $191,719,337

Brazil

Maleficent - $33,251,8282

The Fault in our Stars - $31,186,7313

Noah - $30,611,212

X-Men: Days of Future Past - $28,779,414

Rio 2 - $28,544,434

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - $28,319,218

Transformers: Age of Extinction - $27,491,390

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $24,871,027

How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $24,758,762

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $24,303,514

Russia CIS

Transformers: Age of Extinction - $45,200,121

Maleficent - $37,779,753

Guardians of the Galaxy - $37,480,983

Viy 3D - $34,125,682

Noah - $33,854,392

How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $30,030,299

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - $28,916,123

Rio 2 - $26,853,427

47 Ronin - $26,058,135

X-Men: Days of Future Past - $22,554,389

China

Transformers: Age of Extinction - $301,000,000

Breakup Buddies - $187,970,000

The Monkey King - $167,840,000

X-Men: Days of Future Past - $116,490,000

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - $115,620,000

Dad, Where Are We Going? - $111,870,000

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $107,355,317

The Breakup Guru - $106,590,000

The Continent - $100,110,000

Guardians of the Galaxy - $96,470,000

Mexico

Maleficent - $46,172,590

Transformers: Age of Extinction - $33,534,598

Rio 2 - $30,905,962

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $28,460,534

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - $25,720,282

X-Men: Days of Future Past - $24,581,963

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $24,579,285

How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $19,941,262

Guardians of the Galaxy - $19,648,542

Annabelle - $18,911,799

Nigeria

The Wolf of Wall Street - $3,930,188

Karsten og Petra p vinterferie - $2,791,208

Doktor Proktors prompepulver - $1,547,950

12 Years a Slave - $1,474,086

The Pirate Fairy - $942,258

American Hustle - $566,159

Mr. Peabody & Sherman - $551,834

Need for Speed - $543,569

Think Like a Man Too - $400,586

X-Men: Days of Future Past - $382,720

Turkey

Recep Ivedik 4 - $32,427,194

Eyyvah Eyvah 3 - $15,770,785

Pek Yakinda - $10,795,569

Noah - $6,456,662

Patron Mutlu Son Istiyor - $6,355,679

Incir Receli 2 - $6,256,161

Frozen - $5,440,920

Unutursam Fisilda - $5,244,165

300: Rise of An Empire - $4,608,917

Lucy - $4,457,245

Colombia

Transformers: Age of Extinction - $9,949,675

Rio 2 - $9,592,842

Maleficent - $8,848,430

Frozen - $6,268,454

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - $6,066,880

X-Men: Days of Future Past - $5,889,768

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $5,661,779

Annabelle - $5,542,298

Instructions Not Included - $5,508,196

Noah - $4,899,408

Egypt

Godzilla - $703,908

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $673,569

300: Rise of An Empire - $606,064

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $562,511

Annabelle - $560,888

X-Men: Days of Future Past - $495,497

Maleficent - $459,887

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - $423,545

Transformers: Age of Extinction - $408,336

Non-Stop - $386,320

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