Krampus was no match for Katniss at the North American box office this weekend as Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part Two held on to the number one spot for a third weekend in a row.
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The “Rocky” sequel “Creed” was in third place with 15.54 million dollars, which dropped 47.6 percent from last weekend.
Rounding out the top five was Sony’s James Bond flick SPECTRE with $5.4 million from 2,840 theaters. Add another $4 million in inflation-adjusted earnings, and the 2006 film scored just $25 million in its entire run.
Disney’s animated “The Good Dinosaur” came in just behind with US$15.51 million.
Krampus, the comedic Christmas horror film, opened in second place with $16M off of a $15M budget. Final numbers are still being tallied, but it looks at though the box office will be up by more than 20%. Pixar’s latest film dropped sharply after attempting to battle head-on with “Mockingjay Part 2”. Overseas Spectre earned an additional $23.0 million from 94 markets, lifting its global cume to $607.5 million and worldwide total to $792 million.
“This weekend tends to be a cooling period”, said Nick Carpou, Universal’s president of domestic distribution. The biographical drama, starring Juliet Stevenson as Mother Teresa, bombed with $802,000 from 886 theaters after receiving scathing reviews.
The first weekend following Thanksgiving has historically been a good time to catch up on fall movies you’ve missed as the new releases are usually subpar.
Other new limited offerings include Macbeth, based on William Shakespeare’s play and starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard. It earned $67,868 during its release with a five location average of $13,574, including the NY and Los Angeles theatres. While the movie still lags behind Mockingjay, Part 1 and the series high point, Catching Fire, in terms of domestic receipts, I seriously doubt anyone will consider the film, or the franchise on the whole, a failure.
Fox Searchlight’s “Youth” fared slightly better, nabbing 80,000 from four theaters for a per-location average of $US20,000.
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Estimates for the rest of the top 10 were as follows: 6.
