Despite a few expensive flops scattered throughout the year, 2013′s total box office haul managed to narrowly beat 2012′s, thanks to big-budget franchise sequels like Iron Man 3, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Despicable Me 2 – the latter of which also broke the record for home video sales. It was another year of comic book films and sequels grabbing the attention of moviegoing audiences and 2014 looks to follow the trend.
The Screen Rant editorial staff has perused through all of the films debuting in theaters in 2014 and narrowed down a list of 20 that we’re most anticipating. From familiar franchises, ambitious comic book projects and a few interesting adaptations – 2014 is looking to be another promising year for movie geeks.
