The Lego Movie is the top grossing film so far this year in the UK. Guardians of the Galaxy tops the charts in the US, but what is most popular among movie-goers in other countries around the world?

Beyond the UK and US: what films are top of the box office for the rest of the world?

The Lego movie may be well loved in the UK, and the Guardians of the Galaxy be the highest grossing film of 2014 so far in the US - but what about elsewhere in the world? What are people watching in the cinemas of China, Turkey, and elsewhere?

Using data from Box Office Mojo, we’ve gathered the top-20 highest grossing films of 2014 so far from BRIC, MINT and CIVETS countries (for countries where data was available).

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Transformers: Age of Extinction. Photograph: Moviestore/Rex

Transformers: Age of Extinction was a clear favourite. It is taking the top spot on the box office lists for 2014 across four countries. It is the highest grossing film of the year in Russia, China, Colombia and South Africa, and in fact, the film makes an appearance in the top 20 of all the countries analysed.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in a scene from The Wolf of Wall Street. Photograph: Mary Cybulski

In Nigeria, The Wolf of Wall Street was the highest grossing film of 2014. The film originally premiered in the US in December 2013, but did not hit cinemas in Nigeria until the end of January the following year. [See update below on Nigeria]

This trend isn’t unusual for Nigeria. Other big name films such as 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle make an appearance in the top 10 for Nigeria this year whereas these films were some of the top hits in 2013 in places such as the UK and the US.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Angelina Jolie as Maleficent in the film of the same name. Photograph: Disney/Everett/Rex

Angelina Jolie’s Disney fairytale story, Maleficent also proved popular across a wide range of countries and was within the top five choices in Russia and Colombia and was the highest grossing film of 2014 in Brazil and Mexico.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor Johnson attend the European premiere of ‘Godzilla’ at the Odeon Leicester Square in London. Photograph: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images

Godzilla is the highest grossing film of 2014 in Egypt. Despite mixed reviews, the film beat Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as the number one pick among Egypt’s cinema-goers.

Turkey was the only country, of all those featured, where a domestic film was the top choice. Turkish comedy film, Recep Ivedik 4 grossed more than $32m, over double of the second choice: another Turkish film entitled Eyyvah Eyvah 3.

Four of the top five highest grossing films of 2014 so far in Turkey are Turkish films. In China, where like in Nigeria the release of films is often delayed, two of the top five are non- US films. Chinese comedy, Breakup Buddies is the second highest grossing film of 2014 so far bringing in almost $188m, while Hong Kong-Chinese fantasy film The Monkey King is placed third on the list.

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The Guardians of the Galaxy, number one in the US having grossed more than $331m so far this year, is also well represented in the box office rankings of other countries. It’s currently in the top 20 of nine of the eleven markets analysed: Brazil, Russia, China, Mexico, Colombia, Egypt, South Africa, the UK and the US.

In the UK, the Lego Movie is the highest grossing film so far in 2014, it is also the third highest grossing in the US. It doesn’t rank as highly outside the UK and the US though if you look at the countries we’ve analysed.

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The Inbetweeners 2, the second spin-off film from the popular British TV programme, was the second highest grossing film in the UK in 2014. Somewhat unsurprisingly, the mixture of crude humour and British lads abroad wasn’t one of the top choices elsewhere.

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Here are the full list for all the countries analysed.

Brazil

Maleficent - $33,251,8282 (total gross) The Fault in our Stars - $31,186,7313 Noah - $30,611,212 X-Men: Days of Future Past - $28,779,414 Rio 2 - $28,544,434 Captain America: The Winter Soldier - $28,319,218 Transformers: Age of Extinction - $27,491,390 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $24,871,027 How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $24,758,762 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $24,303,514

Russia - CIS

Transformers: Age of Extinction - $45,200,121 Maleficent - $37,779,753 Guardians of the Galaxy - $37,480,983 Viy 3D - $34,125,682 Noah - $33,854,392 How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $30,030,299 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) - $28,916,123 Rio 2 - $26,853,427 47 Ronin - $26,058,135 X-Men: Days of Future Past - $22,554,389

China

Transformers: Age of Extinction - $301,000,000 Breakup Buddies - $187,970,000 The Monkey King - $167,840,000 X-Men: Days of Future Past - $116,490,000 Captain America: The Winter Soldier - $115,620,000 Dad, Where Are We Going? - $111,870,000 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $107,355,317 The Breakup Guru - $106,590,000 The Continent - $100,110,000 Guardians of the Galaxy - $96,470,000

Mexico

Maleficent - $46,172,590 Transformers: Age of Extinction - $33,534,598 Rio 2 - $30,905,962 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $28,460,534 Captain America: The Winter Soldier - $25,720,282 X-Men: Days of Future Past - $24,581,963 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $24,579,285 How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $19,941,262 Guardians of the Galaxy - $19,648,542 Annabelle - $18,911,799

Nigeria

The Wolf of Wall Street - $3,930,188 Karsten og Petra på vinterferie - $2,791,208 Doktor Proktors prompepulver - $1,547,950 12 Years a Slave - $1,474,086 The Pirate Fairy - $942,258 American Hustle - $566,159 Mr. Peabody & Sherman - $551,834 Need for Speed - $543,569 Think Like a Man Too - $400,586 X-Men: Days of Future Past - $382,720

Update: Box Office Mojo have now released a different list for Nigeria with the following figures:

Think Like a Man Too - $400,586

X-Men: Days of Future Past - $382,720

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $381,935

The Equalizer - $365,896

Robocop (2014) - $335,752

About Last Night (2014) - $312,822

300: Rise of An Empire - $269,928

Transformers: Age of Extinction - $151,994

22 Jump Street $146,439

Rio 2 $141,944



Turkey

Recep Ivedik 4 - $32,427,194 Eyyvah Eyvah 3 - $15,770,785 Pek Yakinda - $10,795,569 Noah - $6,456,662 Patron Mutlu Son Istiyor - $6,355,679 Incir Receli 2 - $6,256,161 Frozen (2013) - $5,440,920 Unutursam Fisilda - $5,244,165 300: Rise of An Empire - $4,608,917 Lucy - $4,457,245

Colombia

Transformers: Age of Extinction - $9,949,675 Rio 2 - $9,592,842 Maleficent - $8,848,430 Frozen (2013) - $6,268,454 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) - $6,066,880 X-Men: Days of Future Past - $5,889,768 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $5,661,779 Annabelle - $5,542,298 Instructions Not Included - $5,508,196 Noah - $4,899,408

Egypt

Godzilla (2014) - $703,908 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $673,569 300: Rise of An Empire - $606,064 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $562,511 Annabelle - $560,888 X-Men: Days of Future Past - $495,497 Maleficent - $459,887 Captain America: The Winter Soldier - $423,545 Transformers: Age of Extinction - $408,336 Non-Stop - $386,320

South Africa

Transformers: Age of Extinction - $2,457,446 How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $2,119,552 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $2,045,174 Rio 2 - $2,002,227 22 Jump Street - $1,655,355 X-Men: Days of Future Past - $1,633,027 The Other Woman (2014) - $1,562,906 Step Up All In - $1,503,812 Guardians of the Galaxy - $1,480,923 Lucy - $1,439,484

UK

The Lego Movie - $56,890,654 The Inbetweeners 2 - $55,652,783 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - $55,198,182 Guardians of the Galaxy - $47,385,948 X-Men: Days of Future Past - $45,595,814 How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $41,547,592 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $40,468,688 The Wolf of Wall Street - $37,413,041 Gone Girl - $34,523,355 Transformers: Age of Extinction - $33,175,952

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