They talked shit, but people went. The reviews were harsh, but people went. Fans said it was the worst so far, but people went. And nowhas taken only three weeks to become the highest-grossing film of 2014. I hope you're happy, Planet Earth!has grossed a downright-unfair $752 million in only three weeks of release, despite not being available in every territory. What this means is that while the film is slowing down in general release, it's soon to get another big bump and most likely surpass a billion dollars. The movie sent a hat tip in's direction this weekend, as previously the mutant romp was the year's biggest film at $731 million worldwide. Do I smell crossover? No? Oh, well, I'll keep that to myself.collected these grosses in the wake of the audience-sapping World Cup, so while there's an explanation for the movie only collecting $209 million domestically (it's likely to be the first in the series to fail to pass $300 million stateside), that doesn't really cover the $262 million its grossed in China alone , becoming the latest in a string of new movies to gross more in China than America.So what else is left this summer to surpass a billion? Most are dubious it will happen again. Unless it has crazy legs,could likely finish anywhere between $500 and $700 million. Beyond that, the industry has high expectations for Marvel's, but so faris the only Marvel character to break a billion solo. For those chasing big money weekends, the summer is basically over, unless you want to weirdly cash your chips in for a dark horse likeor(not likely).One needs to check out the end of the year to see possible megahits of that size. The last two movies in thesaga collected more than a billion, andlanded at $825 million: perhaps Christopher Nolan'sis the year's biggest attraction. It opens on the same weekend as Disney's Marvel animated film, which could also be a major attraction. There's alsoas well as, both of which have the pedigree to reach those heights;landed at $864 million, whileis part of a Middle Earth franchise that has boasted two billion dollar films thus far. It really does seem, however, that in, we have the year's first and last billion dollar movie.