Well, it’s September, and the summer movie season is over is over for another year. Taking the crown of the biggest box office hit of the summer in the States is Marvel’s superhero space opera Guardians of the Galaxy, which pulled in $275 million, while the UK crown belonged to 20th Century Fox’s simian sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, with the film fighting off stiff competition from The Inbetweeners 2 to take the crown with £31.99 million. Here’s the full North American top ten, followed by the UK top ten:
Top Summer Films in North America
1. Guardians of the Galaxy, $275m
2. Transformers: Age of Extinction, $244m
3. Maleficent, $239m
4. X-Men: Days of Future Past, $233m
5. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, $205m
6. The Amazing Spider-Man 2, $203m
7. Godzilla, $201m
8. 22 Jump Street, £190m
9. How to Train Your Dragon 2, $173m
10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, $162m
Top Summer Films in the UK
1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, £31.99m
2. The Inbetweeners 2, £31.01m
3. X-Men: Days of Future Past, £27.13m
4. Guardians of the Galaxy, £24.50m
5. The Amazing Spider-Man 2, £24.12m
6. How to Train your Dragon 2, £23.65m
7. Transformers: Age of Extinction, £19.44m
8. Maleficent, £19.25m
9. 22 Jump Street, £18.64m
10. Godzilla, £17.24m
Source: The Guardian
Originally published September 3, 2014. Updated April 13, 2018.
