The film, loosely based on a 2009 Argentine thriller that won the foreign-language Oscar, garnered about $6.6 million.
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While the figure would be good news in the case of many movies, the fourth film marks the lowest debut among all the “Hunger Games” movies. But there’s nothing shabby about the final film’s take.
The series made up some ground overseas, picking up $147 million after debuting in almost every significant foreign territory, including China. It opened in most major major markets.
Comparatively, “Mockingjay, Part 1” pulled in $274.9 million worldwide. It was supposed to be the penultimate film in the series and was packed with near non-stop action.
Although the whole movie was hard to watch, this speaks to the quality of the visual effects, music, and acting throughout the film.
There were quite a few shocking moments in the film, a pleasant surprise, especially for audiences who have not read the book, or like me, read the book a few years ago and don’t remember it perfectly. A lavish roller coaster will be created to resemble the movies’ high-speed Capitol trains and there’s a simulator-style ride that will take people on a hovercraft tour of Panem. We continue to see the struggle the evil Capitol has put on the relationship between their respective characters, Katniss and Peeta, as Peeta does his best to recover and discern what is reality and what is a Capitol fabrication. But as the actor’s fans know, he never needed much screen time to leave a lasting impact. The Weinstein Company will likely be a bit more cautious about expansion plans given the fate of Universal’s Steve Jobs, which lept from four theatres to 60 straight to 2,493 and more or less tanked in wide release as a result.
About 70 percent of critics on Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a positive rating. The audience rating was higher, as well. Lionsgate, however, was not disappointed.
Rounding out the top five is The Secret in their Eyes with $6.65 million. It grossed a slim $6.6 million. That adds up to a one-way trip to Bomb-ville.
Last week’s No 1, the James Bond movie Spectre, dropped one spot to second place, with $14.6m in its third week of release, while animated tale The Peanuts Movie managed $12.8m, also in its third week, in third.
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In Australia, it was easily the biggest movie in cinemas, taking $9.8 million for a solid average of $15,700 per cinema. If you’ve come this far and watched all of the movies, you might as well finish it, but if the franchise is new to you, you’ll be lost following Mockingjay Part 2.
