Despite the dismal box office numbers that all of the new releases turned in this past weekend, there was still at least one movie that had cause for celebration. On Sunday, Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper officially passed The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 to become the biggest movie of 2014 (in the U.S., that is). This is the second time that a movie has stolen the 2014 box office title since 2014 ended; back in January, The Hunger Games overtook Guardians of the Galaxy to claim the #1 spot. It is not very often that a movie jumps to the top this late into the following year, but clearly American Sniper earned most of its money in 2015. It only opened in a handful of theatres on December 25th.

According to Box Office Mojo, American Sniper has now earned $337.2 million, which is just enough to put it past The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 at $336.9 million. American Sniper is also still making money, which means that the gap could be a fair bit more when all is said and done. The Bradley Cooper film has earned $500 million worldwide, which puts it in 16th place on the 2014 worldwide box office charts.

Either way, it’s pretty impressive that a movie like this has managed to take on all of the major blockbusters in 2014. The movie was budgeted at just under $60 million, and the only other movie in the top 10 to be in that ballpark is The LEGO Movie. Every other top grossing movie cost well over $100 million. Either way, you can bet we will be seeing more biopics about American military heroes in the near future. Are you surprised to see American Sniper become the #1 movie of 2014?