Good choices, I definitely agree with your pick for surprise. Spirited definitely caught me by surprise and was by far the best new holiday film of the year! That being said, I must disagree with your top pick. Into The Woods with original cast was by far the best over Funny Girl 100%. I am not gonna get into the whole drama behind that, but after seeing the amazing talent of the Original Revival company of ITW, I have to go with that cast recording. We will never see anything like it again.
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes. -Harold Prince