Hunger Games -Mocking jay beats Guardians of the Galaxy as highest grossing film of 2014

'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1' became 2014's highest-grossing film with 333.18 million dollars earnings at the domestic box office beating out 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' which earned 333.17 million dollars.

In January 2014, 'Hunger Games' overtook another Marvel superhero title, 'Iron Man 3', as 2013's highest-grossing film, Deadline.com reported. In its seventh week, 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' clicked past 'Iron Man 3's' 409 million dollars before finaling its cume at 424.7 million dollars. This was the first time in box office history two films in a franchise ranked as the No. 1 titles at the domestic box office for two years in a row.

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It's the first time a studio has had back-to-back annual No. 1 titles in decades (since box office charts began publishing in 1982, there haven't been any studios logging back-to-back annual No. 1 hits). Also, it's an anomaly that the No. 1-grossing film two years in a row features a female lead.