Fandango names 'Mockingjay - Part 1' most anticipated 2014 film

Fandango names ‘Mockingjay - Part 1’ most anticipated 2014 film

By Ryan Faughnder

Dec. 31, 2013 1:29 PM PT

Jennifer Lawrence’s stock is at an all-time high, if Fandango’s year-end audience survey is any indication.

The star’s “Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1” won’t hit movie theaters until November, but the film is the most anticipated title of 2014, based on Fandango’s survey of “several thousand” film fans last weekend, the online ticket seller said.

Lawrence already burned up the box office this year with “Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” the second installment in the franchise based on the Suzanne Collins novels, which has grossed about $391 million so far in the U.S. and Canada. Lawrence also co-stars in David O. Russell’s current critical darling, the disco-era romp “American Hustle,” which has grossed more than $60 million after two weekends in wide release.

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Other highly anticipated sequels include “The Hobbit: There and Back Again,” “X Men: Days of Future Past” (which co-stars Lawrence) and “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” The top-five list closes with its only non-sequel, another futuristic young-adult entry, “Divergent.”

Lawrence topped another Fandango survey ranking as the “Sexiest Woman in the Movies, 2014,” with additional roles in the new year including “X Men: Days of Future Past” and the Depression-era drama “Serena.”

Here are more rankings from Fandango:

Most Anticipated 2014 Movie:

1.“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1”
2. “The Hobbit: There and Back Again”
3. “X-Men: Days of Future Past”
4. “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”
5. “Divergent”

Biggest Male Breakout Movie Star, 2014:

1. Aaron Paul (“Exodus,” “Need for Speed”)
2. Joel Kinnaman (“RoboCop”)
3. Theo James (“Divergent”)
4. Sullivan Stapleton (“300: Rise of an Empire”)
5. Dane DeHaan (“The Amazing Spider-Man 2”)

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Biggest Female Breakout Movie Star, 2014:

1. Kate Upton (“The Other Woman”)
2. Dakota Johnson (“Need for Speed”)
3. Emily Ratajkowski (“Gone Girl”)
4. Nicola Peltz (“Transformers: Age of Extinction”)
5. Tika Sumpter (“Ride Along,” “Get On Up”)

Sexiest Woman in the Movies, 2014:

1. Jennifer Lawrence (“Mockingjay, Part 1,” “X Men: Days of Future Past,” “Serena”)
2. Mila Kunis (“Jupiter Ascending,” “Angriest Man in Brooklyn”)
3. Jessica Alba (“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For,” “Stretch”)
4. Angelina Jolie (“Maleficent”)
5. Halle Berry (“X-Men: Days of Future Past”)

Sexiest Man in the Movies, 2014:

1. Ryan Gosling (“Untitled Terrence Malick Project”)
2. Channing Tatum (“22 Jump Street,” “Jupiter Ascending”)
3. Bradley Cooper (“Serena,” “Untitled Cameron Crowe Project”)
4. Robert Downey, Jr. (“The Judge”)
5. George Clooney (“The Monuments Men”)

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