The Most Watched Trailers Of 2014: Star Wars Isn’t #1, Which Movie Is?

By Angie Han/Dec. 17, 2014 10:30 am EST

We saw some pretty major trailers in 2014. There were trailers for sequels 10, 20, even 30 years in the making; ones for mysterious passion projects; and trailers for adaptations of beloved books. But only one trailer gets to be the most major trailer of 2014. And it’s probably not the one you think it is.

The top movie might surprise you because its not Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Which movie trailer tops the YouTube Most Watched Trailers Of 2014 list? Find out after the jump. 20. Pitch Perfect 2 25.8 Million Views Released on November 20th 19. Mad Max: Fury Road [Comic Con Trailer] 26 Million Views Released on July 27th 18. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Teaser Trailer 27 Million Views Released on July 28th 17. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 29 Million Views Released on May 9th 16. Sex Tape 29.5 Million Views Released on July 18th 15. Dracula Untold 30 Million Views Released on June 27th 14. X-Men: Days of Future Past 32 Million Views Released on May 23rd 13. The Fault In Our Stars 33.7 Million Views

Released on January 29th 12. Transformers: Age of Extinction 37 Million Views Released on March 4th 11. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Trailer #1 38 Million Views Released on September 16th 10. Interstellar 39 Million Views Released on May 17th 9. Dumb and Dumber To 44 Million Views Released on June 11th 8. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Teaser #1 45 Million Views Released on July 28th 7. Minions 54 Million Views Released on July 10th 6. Furious 7 57.5 Million Views Released on November 1st 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 58 Million Views Released on March 27th 4. Jurassic World 64 Million Views Released on November 25th 3. The Avengers: Age of Ultron 78 Million Views Released on October 22nd 2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 81 Million Views Released on November 28th

  1. Fifty Shades of Grey 93 Million Views Released on July 24th The research was conducted by Zefr, a YouTube data and marketing company. The Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, which blew up the Internet over Thanksgiving weekend, came in second with 81 million views. Trailing behind those two were Avengers: Age of Ultron (78 million views), Jurassic World (64 million), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (58 million).

Now, this wasn’t entirely a fair fight. Fifty Shades of Grey had a good four months to rack up views before Star Wars: The Force Awakens came along. With that in mind, it’s impressive that Star Wars: The Force Awakens did as well as it did. Of the trailers in the top 20, Star Wars: The Force Awakens was actually the last one to drop. The Star Wars: The Force Awakens promo did have the biggest debut of the year, with 58.2 million views in its first 5 days. That’s almost the same number Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles did in nine months. Also worth pointing out is The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is the only movie with two spots on the top 20 list.

The Most Watched Trailers Of 2014: Star Wars Isn’t #1, Which Movie Is?

By Angie Han/Dec. 17, 2014 10:30 am EST

We saw some pretty major trailers in 2014. There were trailers for sequels 10, 20, even 30 years in the making; ones for mysterious passion projects; and trailers for adaptations of beloved books. But only one trailer gets to be the most major trailer of 2014. And it’s probably not the one you think it is.

The top movie might surprise you because its not Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Which movie trailer tops the YouTube Most Watched Trailers Of 2014 list? Find out after the jump. 20. Pitch Perfect 2 25.8 Million Views Released on November 20th 19. Mad Max: Fury Road [Comic Con Trailer] 26 Million Views Released on July 27th 18. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Teaser Trailer 27 Million Views Released on July 28th 17. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 29 Million Views Released on May 9th 16. Sex Tape 29.5 Million Views Released on July 18th 15. Dracula Untold 30 Million Views Released on June 27th 14. X-Men: Days of Future Past 32 Million Views Released on May 23rd 13. The Fault In Our Stars 33.7 Million Views

Released on January 29th 12. Transformers: Age of Extinction 37 Million Views Released on March 4th 11. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Trailer #1 38 Million Views Released on September 16th 10. Interstellar 39 Million Views Released on May 17th 9. Dumb and Dumber To 44 Million Views Released on June 11th 8. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Teaser #1 45 Million Views Released on July 28th 7. Minions 54 Million Views Released on July 10th 6. Furious 7 57.5 Million Views Released on November 1st 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 58 Million Views Released on March 27th 4. Jurassic World 64 Million Views Released on November 25th 3. The Avengers: Age of Ultron 78 Million Views Released on October 22nd 2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 81 Million Views Released on November 28th

  1. Fifty Shades of Grey 93 Million Views Released on July 24th The research was conducted by Zefr, a YouTube data and marketing company. The Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, which blew up the Internet over Thanksgiving weekend, came in second with 81 million views. Trailing behind those two were Avengers: Age of Ultron (78 million views), Jurassic World (64 million), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (58 million).

Now, this wasn’t entirely a fair fight. Fifty Shades of Grey had a good four months to rack up views before Star Wars: The Force Awakens came along. With that in mind, it’s impressive that Star Wars: The Force Awakens did as well as it did. Of the trailers in the top 20, Star Wars: The Force Awakens was actually the last one to drop. The Star Wars: The Force Awakens promo did have the biggest debut of the year, with 58.2 million views in its first 5 days. That’s almost the same number Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles did in nine months. Also worth pointing out is The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is the only movie with two spots on the top 20 list.

The top movie might surprise you because its not Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Which movie trailer tops the YouTube Most Watched Trailers Of 2014 list? Find out after the jump.

  1. Pitch Perfect 2

25.8 Million Views

Released on November 20th

  1. Mad Max: Fury Road [Comic Con Trailer]

26 Million Views

Released on July 27th

  1. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Teaser Trailer

27 Million Views

Released on July 28th

  1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

29 Million Views

Released on May 9th

  1. Sex Tape

29.5 Million Views

Released on July 18th

  1. Dracula Untold

30 Million Views

Released on June 27th

  1. X-Men: Days of Future Past

32 Million Views

Released on May 23rd

  1. The Fault In Our Stars

33.7 Million Views

Released on January 29th

  1. Transformers: Age of Extinction

37 Million Views

Released on March 4th

  1. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Trailer #1

38 Million Views

Released on September 16th

  1. Interstellar

39 Million Views

Released on May 17th

  1. Dumb and Dumber To

44 Million Views

Released on June 11th

  1. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Teaser #1

45 Million Views

  1. Minions

54 Million Views

Released on July 10th

  1. Furious 7

57.5 Million Views

Released on November 1st

  1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

58 Million Views

Released on March 27th

  1. Jurassic World

64 Million Views

Released on November 25th

  1. The Avengers: Age of Ultron

78 Million Views

Released on October 22nd

  1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

81 Million Views

Released on November 28th

  1. Fifty Shades of Grey

93 Million Views

Released on July 24th

The research was conducted by Zefr, a YouTube data and marketing company.

The Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, which blew up the Internet over Thanksgiving weekend, came in second with 81 million views. Trailing behind those two were Avengers: Age of Ultron (78 million views), Jurassic World (64 million), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (58 million).

Now, this wasn’t entirely a fair fight. Fifty Shades of Grey had a good four months to rack up views before Star Wars: The Force Awakens came along. With that in mind, it’s impressive that Star Wars: The Force Awakens did as well as it did. Of the trailers in the top 20, Star Wars: The Force Awakens was actually the last one to drop.

The Star Wars: The Force Awakens promo did have the biggest debut of the year, with 58.2 million views in its first 5 days. That’s almost the same number Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles did in nine months. Also worth pointing out is The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is the only movie with two spots on the top 20 list.