As 2013 winds down to a close it is time to look over the best media products of the year. I have compiled a ‘Best of Everything’ list of the top Television, Film, Music, Comics and Games from 2013 and sorted them in various ways. The lists have been compiled by some of the best number-crunching and estore websites out there, including BoxOfficeMojo.com, Amazon.com & Billboard.com. Happy New Year everyone! Bring on more media to devour in 2014!
Top 10 Films of 2013 (Domestic)
#1 Iron Man 3
#2 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
#3 Despicable Me 2
#4 Man of Steel
#5 Monsters University
#6 Gravity
#7 Fast & Furious 6
#8 Oz The Great and Powerful
#9 Star Trek Into Darkness
#10 World War Z
Top 10 Films of 2013 (Worldwide)
#1 Iron Man 3
#2 Despicable Me 2
#3 Fast & Furious 6
#4 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
#5 Monsters University
#6 Man of Steel
#7 Gravity
#8 Thor: The Dark World
#9 The Croods
#10 World War Z
Top 10 Studios of 2013
#1 Warner Bros. (Total Gross $1,736,300,000)
#2 Buena Vista (Total Gross $1,572,700,000)
#3 Universal (Total Gross $1,407,900,000)
#4 Sony / Columbia (Total Gross $1,076,300,000)
#5 Lionsgate (Total Gross $1,010,500,000)
#6 20th Century Fox (Total Gross $1,005,800,000)
#7 Paramount (Total Gross $845,000,000)
#8 Weinstein Company (Total Gross $481,200,000)
#9 Relativity (Total Gross $240,400,000)
#10 FilmDistrict (Total Gross $214,900,000)
Top 10 TV Series of 2013 (by Rankings)
#1 NBC Sunday Night Football
#2 CBS Big Bang Theory
#3 NBC The Voice
#4 ABC Modern Familt
#5 NBC The Voice (Tuesday)
#6 FOX American Idol (Wednesdy)
#7 FOX American Idol (Thursday)
#8 FOX The Following
#9 CBS Two & Half Men
#10 ABC Grey’s Anatomy
Top 10 TV Series of 2013 (by # of Viewers)
#1 CBS NCIS
#2 NBC Sunday Night Football
#3 CBS Big Bang Theory
#4 CBS NCIS: LA
#5 CBS Person of Interest
#6 FOX American Idol (Wednesdy)
#7 ABC Dancing with the Stars
#8 FOX American Idol (Thursday)
#9 NBC The Voice
#10 CBS Two & Half Men
Best Selling Books of 2013 (Amazon)
#1 StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath
#2 Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
#3 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, Book 8 by Jeff Kinney
#4 Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims: Time-Travel Adventures with Exceptional Americans by Rush Limbaugh
#5 Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence by Sarah Young
#6 Inferno by Dan Brown
#7 The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
#8 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
#9 Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics by Charles Krauthammer
#10 Killing Jesus by Martin Dugard
Best Selling EBooks of 2013 (Amazon)
#1 Inferno: A Novel (Robert Langdon)
#2 Gone Girl: A Novel
#3 Divergent (Divergent Series)
#4 Sycamore Row
#5 Safe Haven
#6 The Husband’s Secret
#7 The Cuckoo’s Calling
#8 Allegiant (Divergent Series)
#9 And the Mountains Echoed
#10 The Great Gatsby
Top 10 Albums of 2013
#1 The 20/20 Experience (Deluxe Version) – Justin Timberlake
#2 Red (Deluxe Edition) – Taylor Swift
#3 Take Me Home – One Direction
#4 Unorthodox Jukebox – Bruno Mars
#5 Babel – Mumford & Sons
#6 Night Visions – Imagine Dragons
#7 Here’s to the Good Times – Florida Georgia Line
#8 The Truth About Love – P!nk
#9 Crash My Party – Luke Bryan
#10 Unapologetic – Rihanna
Top 10 Songs of 2013
#1 Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz) – The Heist
#2 Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell) – Blurred Lines
#3 Radioactive – Night Visions
#4 Harlem Shake – Harlem Shake – Single
#5 Can’t Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton) – The Heist
#6 Mirrors – The 20/20 Experience (Deluxe Version)
#7 Just Give Me a Reason (feat. Nate Ruess) – The Truth About Love
#8 When I Was Your Man – Unorthodox Jukebox
#9 Cruise – Here’s to the Good Times
#10 Roar – PRISM
Top 10 Comics & Graphic Novels of 2013
#1 Walking Dead #115
#2 Justice League of America #1
#3 Superman Unchained #1
#4 Guardians of the Galaxy #1
#5 Infinity #1
#6 Superior Spider-Man #1
#7 X-Men #1
#8 Uncanny X-Men #1
#9 Age of Ultron #1
#10 Superman Unchained #2
Top 10 Comics & Graphic Novel Series of 2013
#1 Superior Spider-Man
#2 Avengers
#3 Batman
#4 All New X-Men
#5 Age of Ultron
#6 Uncanny X-Men
#7 Walking Dead
#8 Justice League of America
#9 Uncanny Avengers
#10 Justice League
Top 10 Comic Publishers of 2013
#1 Marvel
#2 DC
#3 Image
#4 IDW
#5 Dark Horse
#6 Dynamic Forces
#7 Boom
#8 Valiant
#9 Zenescope
#10 Aspen
Top 10 Video Games of 2013
#1 Call of Duty: Ghosts
#2 Battlefield 4
#3 Pokemon X
#4 Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag
#5 Grand Theft Auto V
#6 FIFA Soccer 14
#7 Minecraft
#8 Rocksmith 2014
#9 Batman: Arkham Origins
#10 Just Dance 2014
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