Bing's Most Searched Movies of 2013

When Bing first started out as Live Search it used to have a search service called xRank.  xRank kept track of notable celebrities, musicians, politicians, etc. and ranked them in order of popularity from Bing search query results. Microsoft shut that service down in 2010.  However, like Google Microsoft still publishes results of some of the most popular searches at the end of each year.  Here are the most popular movies by country.  These movies are not that great, I keep an independent analysis of movies so I’ll provide a rank and percentage rating for select movies.  For example (#1, 100%).

USA’s most searched movies of 2013

Where Hollywood leads, the rest of the world follows. The top movies in the US unsurprisingly appear in most of the top tens around the world.

1. Iron Man 3 (#32, 75%)
2. Fast and Furious 6 (#29, 76.75%)
3. Despicable Me 2 (#30, 76%)
4. The Conjuring (#22, 80%)
5. The Wolverine (#45, 68.25%)
6. 2 Guns (unranked, 65.5%)
7. The Great Gatsby (unranked, 66.25%)
8. Oz the Great and Powerful (unranked, 60.5%)
9. Snitch (unranked, 64.25%)
10. Man of Steel (#41, 68.75%)

Spain’s most searched movies of 2013

Morgan Spurlock’s feature-length documentary about UK boyband One Direction was top of the pops in Spain.

1. One Direction: This Is Us (unranked, 55.75%)
2. Argo (#1, 89%, 2012)
3. Life of Pi (#9, 85.25% 2012)
4. Django Unchained (#2, 87.75%, 2012)
5. Silver Linings Playbook (#6, 86.25%, 2012, highly recommended)
6. Iron Man 3
7. Oblivion (#49, 63.25%)
8. I’m So Excited! (unranked, 52.5%)
9. The Croods (unranked, 70%, 2012)
10. Lincoln (#4, 86.25, 2012, terrible movie)

Japan’s most searched movies of 2013

Studio Ghibli animation Kase Tachinu (The Wind Rises) scooped the top spot, while the highest Hollywood showing was for Seth McFarlane’s comedy Ted.

1. Kaze Tachinu (voiced by Miori Takimoto)
2. Toshokan Senso
3. Ted
4. Galileo
5. Strawberry Night
6. Lincoln
7. Gatchaman
8. Emperor
9. Pacific Rim (unranked, 74.5%)
10. Iron Man 3

Italy’s most searched movies of 2013

As in France and India, in Italy local movies won out over Hollywood imports.

1. Il principe abusivo (directed by Alessandro Siani)
2. Iron Man 3
3. Benvenuto Presidente
4. The Croods
5. Django Unchained
6. Tutto tutto niente niente
7. Mai Stati Uniti
8. La Migliore Offerta
9. Jack the Giant Slayer
10. Oz the Great and Powerful

Germany’s most searched movies of 2013

Austrian-German actor Christoph Waltz (pictured left) has become an international star as a result of his work with Quentin Tarantino, most recently in the 2012 western Django Unchained.

1. Django Unchained
2. Feuchtgebiete
3. 21 and Over (unranked, 45.5%)
4. Elysium (unranked, 64.75%)
5. Iron Man 3
6. Turbo (unranked, 65.5%)
7. Red 2 (unranked, 58.5%)
8. Rush (#9, 84.5)
9. This Is the End (#21, 80%)
10. Zum Geburtstag

France’s most searched movies of 2013

France’s homegrown movie industry is as strong as ever, with half of the movies in the top ten being domestic products. Comedy Les Profs (starring Christian Clavier – pictured) landed over 3 million box offices entries in France and over 4 million worldwide.

1. Les profs
2. Iron Man 3
3. Les gamins
4. Spring Breakers (unranked, 62%)
5. Elysium
6. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (unranked, 50.5%)
7. Eyjafjallajökull
8. Jappeloup
9. Paulette
10. Oblivion

China’s most searched movies of 2013

Tiny Times is a romantic drama directed by Chinese celebrity Guo Jingming, based on his best-selling novel of the same name.

1. Tiny Times (starring Yang Mi)
2. Badges of Fury
3. Pacific Rim
4. World War Z (unranked, 72.5%)
5. Silent Witness

UK’s most searched movies of 2013

The British clearly like to stick to what they know: the top three movies this year were all sequels.

1. Iron Man 3
2. Kick-Ass 2 (unranked, 51.25%)
3. Despicable Me 2
4. The Conjuring
5. Oblivion
6. Diana (unranked, 30.75%)
7. Star Trek into Darkness (#13, 83%)
8. Fast & Furious 6
9. The Croods
10. Man of Steel

Canada’s most searched movies of 2013

Canadians have a taste for humour, as the high showings for Sharknado and This Is the End will attest.

1. Man of Steel
2. World War Z
3. Iron Man 3
4. Despicable Me 2
5. The Conjuring
6. Sharknado
7. This Is the End
8. Now You See Me (unranked, 62%)
9. Fast and Furious 6
10. Pacific Rim

Australia’s most searched movies of 2013

It was an all-Hollywood top ten in Australia this year.

1. Despicable Me 2
2. World War Z
3. Man of Steel
4. The Conjuring
5. Fast and Furious 6
6. Now You See Me
7. Pacific Rim
8. The Great Gatsby
9. Iron Man 3

India’s most searched movies of 2013

Bollywood action thriller sequel Race 2 was hotly anticipated in India.

1. Race 2 (starring Saif Ali Khan)
2. Chennai Express
3. Aashiqui 2
4. Grand Masti
5. Fukrey
6. Special 26
7. Lootera
8. Ramaiya Vastavaiya
9. Himmatwala
10. Nasha

Top 50 movies of 2013, so far, based on critical acclaim:

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Source: Bing Blog