--- description: The number-one movie has just a $6,000 lead title: The Lego Movie, Captain America Are Top-Grossing Movies of 2014 So Far image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt324ca5442f9b9d8c/6986829013c79f66fc190b71/lego-movie1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These Are the Highest-Grossing Movies of the Year (So Far)  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2014 1:01 AM CUT  Warner Bros.  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2014 1:01 AM CUT [Everything is awesome](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StTqXEQ2l-Y "undefined") for _The Lego Movie_, which is currently the [highest-grossing domestic box office release](http://www.deadline.com/2014/06/box-office-2014-first-half-u-s-grosses-lego-movie-captain-america/ "undefined") of the year—though _Captain America: The Winter Soldier_ didn’t go down without a fight. The superhero blockbuster has earned $256,690,279, only $6,038 less than the toy franchise’s first animated movie—despite its bigger opening weekend—according to industry analysts at Rentrak, _Deadline_ reports. But both may end up getting squashed by Optimus Prime and the Autobot gang when _Transformers: Age of Extinction_, the fourth film in the Transformer series, flies into theaters this Friday. _Captain America_ isn’t the only superhero flick hanging out in the top five, either. [_X-Men: Days of Future Past_](http://time.com/116822/x-men-days-of-future-past-100-million-movie-opening-marvel/ "undefined") and [_The Amazing Spider-Man 2_](http://time.com/85363/the-amazing-spider-man-2-interviews/ "undefined") have grossed around $217 million and around $200 million, respectively. To dominate the box office, it seems a movie needs two things: spandex and a sequel. \[[_Deadline\]_](http://www.deadline.com/2014/06/box-office-2014-first-half-u-s-grosses-lego-movie-captain-america/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2915306/top-grossing-movies-2014/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2915306/top-grossing-movies-2014/"},"headline":"These Are the Highest-Grossing Movies of the Year (So Far)","datePublished":"2014-06-24T01:01:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:34:58.066Z","description":"The No. 1 movie has just a $6,000 lead","url":"https://time.com/2915306/top-grossing-movies-2014/","keywords":["movies","The Lego Movie","Captain America: The Winter Soldier"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt324ca5442f9b9d8c/6986829013c79f66fc190b71/lego-movie1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt324ca5442f9b9d8c/6986829013c79f66fc190b71/lego-movie1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"lego-movie","caption":"","creditText":"Warner Bros.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2915306/top-grossing-movies-2014/","name":"These Are the Highest-Grossing Movies of the Year (So Far)"}}]}] ```