Most Popular Movies 2013

This chart shows the 2013 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 2013 releases.

See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 2013 - Top 2013 Worldwide

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Gravity poster
Domestic BO:
$274,092,705
International BO:
$410,565,026

Synopsis

Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski in command. But on a seemingly routine mission, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalski completely alone—tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth… and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

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The Croods poster
Domestic BO:
$187,168,425
International BO:
$385,900,000

Synopsis

The Croods is a 3D comedy adventure that follows the world's first modern family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always been their home, is destroyed. Traveling across a spectacular landscape, the Croods are rocked by generational clashes and seismic shifts as they discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures -- and their outlook is changed forever.

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The Conjuring poster
The Conjuring
Director: James Wan
Lead Roles: Vera Farmiga as Lorraine Warren
Initial Theatrical Release: July 18, 2013 (Wide) (New Zealand)
Keywords: Haunting, Paranormal Investigation, Based on an UNTRUE Story, Possessed, Voiceover/Narration, Prologue, Intertitle, Exorcism, Sleepwalking, Supernatural Horror
Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Fantasy
Domestic BO:
$137,400,141
International BO:
$179,079,009

Synopsis

Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. World-renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren are called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most horrifying case of their lives.

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World War Z poster
Domestic BO:
$202,706,711
International BO:
$329,154,939

Synopsis

United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.

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Despicable Me 2 poster

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The Wolf of Wall Street poster
Domestic BO:
$116,949,183
International BO:
$272,866,953

Synopsis

Martin Scorsese directs the story of New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort. From the American dream to corporate greed, Belfort goes from penny stocks and righteousness to IPOs and a life of corruption in the late 80s. Excess success and affluence in his early twenties as founder of the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont warranted Belfort the title "The Wolf of Wall Street."

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After Earth poster
Domestic BO:
$60,522,097
International BO:
$190,977,568

Synopsis

A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige and his legendary father Cypher stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an unstoppable alien creature that escaped during the crash. Father and son must learn to work together and trust one another if they want any chance of returning home.

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire poster

Synopsis

Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games - a competition that could change Panem forever.

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Oz the Great and Powerful poster
Oz the Great and Powerful
Director: Sam Raimi
Lead Roles: James Franco as Oz, Mila Kunis as Theodora/Wicked Witch of the West, Rachel Weisz as Evanora, Michelle Williams as Annie/Glinda, Zach Braff as Frank/Finley, Joey King as Girl in Wheelchair/China Girl
Initial Theatrical Release: March 8, 2013 (Wide) by Walt Disney
Keywords: Prequel, Stage Magician, Visual Effects, 3-D, Good vs. Evil, Romance, Relationships Gone Wrong, Revenge, Witches, Motion Capture Performance, IMAX: DMR, Family Adventure
Classification: Spin-Off, Adventure, Animation/Live Action, Fantasy
Domestic BO:
$234,770,996
International BO:
$255,588,055

Synopsis

Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz. There, Oscar thinks he’s hit the jackpot—fame and fortune are his for the taking—that is until he meets three witches, Theodora, Evanora and Glinda, who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use, along with some ingenuity—and even a bit of wizardry—Oscar transforms himself not only into the great wizard but into a better man as well.

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Now You See Me poster
Now You See Me
Director: Louis Leterrier
Lead Roles: Jesse Eisenberg as J. Daniel Atlas, Mark Ruffalo as Dylan Rhodes, Woody Harrelson as Merritt McKinney, Isla Fisher as Henley Reeves, Dave Franco as Jack Wilder, Mélanie Laurent as Alma Dray, Morgan Freeman as Thaddeus Bradley, Michael Caine as Arthur Tressler
Initial Theatrical Release: May 31, 2013 (Wide) by Lionsgate
Keywords: Stage Magician, Heist, Police Procedural, Class Warfare, White Collar Crime, Revenge, Surprise Twist
Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$117,723,989
International BO:
$225,045,211

Synopsis

The Four Horsemen, a magic super-group led by the charismatic J.Daniel Atlas, perform a pair of high-tech, high-profile magic shows, first amazing audiences by remotely robbing a Paris bank while in Las Vegas, and then exposing a white-collar criminal and funneling his millions into the audience members' bank accounts, baffling the authorities with their intricately planned capers. FBI Special Agent Dylan Rhodes is determined to make the magicians pay for their crimes—and to stop them before they pull off what promises to be an even more audacious heist. But he's forced to partner with Alma, an Interpol detective about whom he is instantly suspicious. Out of desperation, he turns to Thaddeus Bradley, a famed magic debunker, who claims the Paris bank trick was actually a meticulously planned illusion. Dylan and Alma begin to wonder if the Horsemen have an outside point person. If so, finding him would be the key to ending the magicians' crime spree. But who could it be? Or could it really be... magic? As pressure mounts and the world awaits the Horsemen's spectacular final trick, Dylan and Alma race to stay one step ahead of the magicians. But it soon becomes clear that outmaneuvering these masters of illusion is beyond the skills of any one man - or woman.

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11
Monsters University poster
Domestic BO:
$268,488,329
International BO:
$474,967,481

Synopsis

Ever since college-bound Mike Wazowski was a little monster, he has dreamed of becoming a professional Scarer - and he knows better than anyone that the best Scarers come from Monsters University (MU). But during his first semester at MU, Mike's plans are derailed when he crosses paths with hotshot MU legacy James P. Sullivan, "Sulley", a natural-born Scarer. The pair's out-of-control competitive spirit gets them both kicked out of the University’s elite Scare Program. To make matters worse, they realize they will have to work together, along with an odd bunch of misfit monsters, if they ever hope to make things right.

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12
Maniac
Maniac
Director: Franck Khalfoun
Lead Roles: Elijah Wood as Frank Zito, Nora Arnezeder as Anna
Initial Theatrical Release: June 21, 2013 (Limited) by IFC Midnight
Keywords: Serial Killer, Romance, Artists, Dysfunctional Family, Prostitution, Mental Illness, Hallucinations
Classification: Remake, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$26,826

Synopsis

Frank is the withdrawn owner of a mannequin store, but his life changes when young artist Anna appears asking for his help with her new exhibition. As their friendship develops and Frank’s obsession escalates, it becomes clear that she has unleashed a long-repressed compulsion to stalk and kill.

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App poster
App
Director: Bobby Boermans
Lead Roles: Hannah Hoekstra as Anna Rijnders
Initial Theatrical Release: April 4, 2013 (Wide) (Netherlands)
Keywords: Black Out Drunk, Internet, Artificial Intelligence, Early / Simultaneous Video-on-Demand release, Hackers
Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
International BO:
$2,114,847

Synopsis

Anna, a student at the University of Amsterdam, lives with her best friend Sophie and balances psychology classes with supporting her brother and his recovery following a traumatic motorcycle accident. She’s never far from her cellphone, and after a night of partying in the dorms, Anna wakes up groggy and hungover only to find that a new app has been inexplicably added to it. Initially helpful and clever, IRIS soon begins behaving mysteriously, answering personal questions it shouldn’t know the answers to, and sending inappropriate images to her contacts. When it becomes clear she can’t simply delete the unwanted evil app, Anna’s efforts to confront it will set in motion a fearful series of events that will put her life, and that of her roommate and her fragile brother, in fatal danger.

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Man of Steel poster
Domestic BO:
$291,045,518
International BO:
$376,954,000

Synopsis

A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

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Tian zhu ding poster
Tian zhu ding
Director: Zhangke Jia
Lead Roles: Jiang Wu as Dahai
Initial Theatrical Release: October 4, 2013 (Limited) by Kino Lorber, released as A Touch of Sin
Keywords: Segments, Suicide, Class Warfare, Sexism, Spree Killer, Relationships Gone Wrong, Prostitution, Infidelity, White Collar Crime, Government Corruption
Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$154,120
International BO:
$479,985

Synopsis

An angry miner, enraged by widespread corruption in his village, decides to take justice into his own hands. A rootless migrant discovers the infinite possibilities of owning a firearm. A young receptionist, who dates a married man and works at a local sauna, is pushed over the edge by an abusive client. And a young factory work er goes from one discouraging job to the next, only to face increasingly degrading circumstances.

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Bettie Page Reveals All poster
Bettie Page Reveals All
Director: Mark Mori
Initial Theatrical Release: November 22, 2013 (Limited) by Music Box Films
Keywords: Biography, Autobiographical, Voiceover/Narration, Porn Business, Models
Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Documentary, Live Action, Factual
Domestic BO:
$108,118

Synopsis

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Mark Mori’s BETTIE PAGE REVEALS ALL is an intimate look at one of the world’s most recognized sex symbols, told in her own words for the first time. In Mori’s alluring documentary, the real Bettie Page emerges from the veil of myth and rumor via audio interviews taped a decade prior to her death in 2008. With earthy, razor sharp wit, Bettie tells her life story -- from humble beginnings as one of six children in an impoverished southern family, to high school salutatorian, to scandalous 50s pin-up model, to shocking retirement in 1957 at the peak of her modeling career. Sharing rare details about her short-lived first marriage and many torrid affairs, this keen insider’s glimpse follows Bettie through decades of broken marriages, born-again Christianity, and bouts of mental illness, before her ultimate return to the public eye in the early 90’s, unaware of her cult status. Ranked by Forbes in 2012 as one of the top ten posthumous celebrity earners, Bettie and her enduring legacy continue to flourish.

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We're the Millers poster
Domestic BO:
$150,394,119
International BO:
$117,422,157

Synopsis

David Burke is a small-time pot dealer whose clientele includes chefs and soccer moms, but no kids-after all, he has his scruples. So what could go wrong? Plenty. Preferring to keep a low profile for obvious reasons, he learns the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished when he tries to help out some local teens and winds up getting jumped by a trio of gutter punks. Stealing his stash and his cash, they leave him in major debt to his supplier, Brad. In order to wipe the slate clean-and maintain a clean bill of health-David must now become a big-time drug smuggler by bringing Brad's latest shipment in from Mexico. Twisting the arms of his neighbors, cynical stripper Rose and wannabe customer Kenny, and the tatted-and-pierced streetwise teen Casey, he devises a foolproof plan. One fake wife, two pretend kids and a huge, shiny RV later, the "Millers" are headed south of the border for a Fourth of July weekend that is sure to end with a bang.

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Rush poster
Rush
Director: Ron Howard
Lead Roles: Chris Hemsworth as James Hunt, Daniel Brühl as Niki Lauda
Initial Theatrical Release: September 13, 2013 (Wide) by StudioCanal (United Kingdom)
Keywords: Auto Racing, Biography, Medical and Hospitals, Comeback, Professional Rivalry, Biographical Drama, 1970s
Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization
Domestic BO:
$26,947,624
International BO:
$71,211,580

Synopsis

Set against the sexy and glamorous "golden age" of Formula 1 racing, Rush portrays the true story of the rivalry between gifted English playboy James Hunt and his disciplined Austrian opponent, Niki Lauda. Taking us into their personal lives and clashes on and off the Grand Prix racetrack, Rush follows the two drivers as they push themselves to the breaking point of physical and psychological endurance, where there is no shortcut to victory and no margin for error.

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20
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas poster
Domestic BO:
$52,543,354

Synopsis

Madea gets coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas, but the biggest surprise is what they'll find when they arrive. As the small, rural town prepares for its annual Christmas Jubilee, new secrets are revealed and old relationships are tested while Madea dishes her own brand of Christmas Spirit to all.

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21
Frozen poster

Synopsis

Fearless optimist Anna sets off on an epic journey—teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven—to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom.

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22
Death Race 3: Inferno
Director: Roel Reine
Video Release Date: January 22, 2013 by Universal Home Entertainment
Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Science Fiction

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23
The Patience Stone
Syngue sabour, pierre de patience
Director: Atiq Rahimi
Lead Roles: Golshifteh Farahani as The Woman
Initial Theatrical Release: 2013 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics, released as The Patience Stone
Keywords: Muslims, Novel or Other Work Adapted by Author, Unnamed Character, War, Poverty, Sex Crimes, Coma
Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Comedy, Live Action, Fantasy
Domestic BO:
$148,408

Synopsis

In a country torn apart by war, Afghanistan or elsewhere... A young woman in her thirties watches over her older husband in a decrepit room. A bullet in the neck has reduced him to a comatose state. He has been abandoned by his fellow combatants and even by his own brothers. One day, the woman’s vigil changes. She begins to speak truth to her silent husband, telling him about her childhood, her suffering, her frustrations, her loneliness, her dreams, desires, and secrets. After years of living under his control, with no voice of her own, she says things she could never have spoken before, even though they have been married for ten years.

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Grown Ups 2 poster
Grown Ups 2
Director: Dennis Dugan
Lead Roles: Adam Sandler as Leonard, Kevin James as Eric, Chris Rock as Kurt, David Spade as Marcus Higgins, Salma Hayek as Roxanne, Maya Rudolph as Deanne, Maria Bello as Sally
Initial Theatrical Release: July 12, 2013 (Wide) by Sony Pictures
Keywords: Mid-Life Crisis, Graduation, Ensemble, Gratuitous Cameos, Screenplay Written By the Star
Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction
Domestic BO:
$133,668,525
International BO:
$113,355,283

Synopsis

Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school.

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Oblivion poster
Domestic BO:
$89,107,235
International BO:
$198,809,398

Synopsis

2077: Jack Harper serves as a security repairmen stationed on an evacuated Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying alien threat who still scavenges what's left of our planet, Jack's mission is almost complete. In a matter of two weeks, he will join the remaining survivors on a lunar colony far from the war-torn world he has long called home. Living in and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feet above, Jack's soaring existence is brought crashing down after he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Drawn to Jack through a connection that transcends logic, her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he thought he knew. With a reality that is shattered as he discovers shocking truths that connect him to Earth of the past, Jack will be pushed to a heroism he didn't know he contained within. The fate of humanity now rests solely in the hands of a man who believed our world was soon to be lost forever.

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