'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay' becomes 2014's highest grossing film with $333.18m earnings

'The Hunger Games

In January 2014, 'Hunger Games' overtook another Marvel superhero title, 'Iron Man 3', as 2013's highest-grossing film, Deadline.com reported.

In its seventh week, 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' clicked past 'Iron Man 3's' 409 million dollars before finaling its cume at 424.7 million dollars.

This was the first time in box office history two films in a franchise ranked as the No. 1 titles at the domestic box office for two years in a row.

It's the first time a studio has had back-to-back annual No. 1 titles in decades (since box office charts began publishing in 1982, there haven't been any studios logging back-to-back annual No. 1 hits). Also, it's an anomaly that the No. 1-grossing film two years in a row features a female lead.