In North America , it is the highest-grossing film of 2014 , the highest-grossing war film unadjusted for inflation ( and , on an adjusted basis , second to '' Saving Private Ryan '' with $ 379 million ) , the third-highest-grossing R-rated film of all time ( behind '' The Passion of the Christ '' and '' Deadpool '' ) , Warner Bros. ' fourth-highest-grossing film ( behind '' The Dark Knight '' , '' The Dark Knight Rises '' and '' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 '' ) , and the eighth-highest-grossing Best Picture nominee film ( behind '' Avatar '' , '' Titanic '' , '' Star Wars '' , '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial '' , '' Toy Story 3 '' , '' The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King '' and '' The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers '' ) . It became the seventh Warner Bros. ' film to earn over $ 300 million in the U.S. and Canada and the 50th film to reach the mark . It earned as much as the combined earnings of all of the other 2014 Best Picture nominees . On March 8 , 2015 , it surpassed '' The Hunger Games : Mockingjay – Part 1 '' to become the highest-grossing film of 2014 , making it the first R-rated film since '' Saving Private Ryan '' ( 1998 ) and the first non-franchise film since '' Avatar '' ( 2009 ) to top the year-end rankings
2014 Best Picture nominees
87th Academy Awards
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