Box Office Predictions for 2014

I am no expert.  Let me make that clear.  I am no expert at predicting what movie will take the number one spot on any given weekend.  Some are obvious and anyone could guess correctly.  But there are other weekends that are not so obvious.  This is my first time trying anything like this and I am excited and even a bit nervous to see how I do.  I've paid attention to movies for a long time now, but I don't pay very close attention to box office numbers.  At least not weekend box office numbers.  Without further ado, here are my predictions for what movie will have the number one spot for each weekend in 2014.

NOTE: Some of the dates you will see are not Fridays or even weekends.  And some weekends are skipped entirely.  That's just the way it goes with movies around certain holidays.

January

3rd: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Frozen)

10th: The Legend of Hercules (Lone Survivor)

17th: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (Ride Along)

24th: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (Ride Along)

31st: That Awkward Moment (Ride Along)

February

7th: The Lego Movie (The Lego Movie)

14th: Robocop (The Lego Movie)

21st: Pompeii (The Lego Movie)

28th: Non-Stop (Non-Stop)

March

7th: 300: Rise of An Empire (300: Rise of An Empire)

14th: Need for Speed (Mr. Peabody & Sherman)

21st: Muppets Most Wanted (Divergent)

28th: Noah (Noah)

April

4th: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)

11th: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)

18th: Transcendence (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)

25th: Transcendence (The Other Woman)

May

2nd: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)

9th: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Neighbors)

16th: Godzilla (Godzilla)

23rd: X-Men: Days of Future Past (X-Men: Days of Future Past)

30th: X-Men: Days of Future Past (Maleficent)

June

6th: Edge of Tomorrow (The Fault In Our Stars)

13th: How to Train Your Dragon 2 (22 Jump Street)

20th: How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Think Like A Man Too)

27th: Transformers: Age of Extinction (Transformers: Age of Extinction)

July

2nd: Transformers: Age of Extinction (Transformers: Age of Extinction)

11th: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)

18th: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)

25th: Hercules (Lucy)

August

1st: Guardians of the Galaxy (Guardians of the Galaxy)

8th: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

15th: The Expendables 3 (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

22nd: The Expendables 3 (Guardians of the Galaxy)

29th: Jane Got a Gun (Guardians of the Galaxy)

September

5th: The Green Inferno (Guardians of the Galaxy)

12th: This is Where I leave You (No Good Deed)

19th: Dolphin Tale 2 (The Maze Runner)

26th: The Boxtrolls (The Equalizer)

October

3rd: The Boxtrolls

10th: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

17th: Book of Life

24th: Paranormal Activity 5

November

7th: Interstellar

14th: Dumb and Dumber To

21st: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

26th: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

December

12th: Paddington

17th: The Hobbit: There and Back Again

24th: The Hobbit: There and Back Again

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And as an added bonus I predict these five movies will make the most money out of all of them (in order from most money to least money).

1. The Hobbit: There and Back Again

2. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

3. How to Train Your Dragon 2

4. X-Men: Days of Future Past

5. Interstellar

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For me this should be a fun little test of skill.  For you it might be nothing at all, but feel free to follow along as the year progresses to see how accurate I am.  And remember, movies like How to Train Your Dragon 2 will be done with their theatrical run before The Hobbit: There and Back Again is even released, so we will have to wait until well into the spring of 2015 before we will know if my top box office predictions are correct.  Patience is a virtue.

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