Mockingjay- Part 2, the last installment in The Hunger Games’ franchise, is still a bit behind Part 1, which devoured $82.7 million last Thanksgiving, but with another $62 million in worldwide sales, the highest foreign sales of the week, Part 2 now sits at $242.4 million internationally and $440.7 million globally. The Katniss kiss off slid 50% from its debut to earn an estimated $51.6 million from 4,175 theaters, which brings its ten-day total to $198.3 million.
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“Dinosaur” pushed its other key competitor, Fox’s animated “Peanuts Movie”, to fifth place with an estimated $13.6 million. The film earned $42.6 million over five days.
The return of Sylvester Stallone and the Rocky saga in “Creed” garnered a good but not great opening weekend of $30 million. While most in the USA were probably stuffed from Thursday’s festivities, the movie box office was dominated by The Hunger Games, with Mockingjay – Part 2 occupying first place for the second week.
Part 2 continued its box workplace reign, profitable out the Thanksgiving holiday weekend with a further $75.eight million!
That sounds like a lot, but last week the film had the lowest opening weekend of the entire franchise at over $102 million. Creed averaged a stellar $8,848 from 3,404 locations with older males powering the sales.
“Victor Frankenstein” was the weekend’s final new wide release, and it just barely cracked the top twelve. The movie debuted at $39.2 million over three days, falling short of what other Pixar movies normally garner over three days (around $60 million). If it can hold out for a strong second round next weekend, Creed may end up hitting $100 million before it closes, making it the first Rocky movie to do so since Rocky IV in 1985.
Awards hopeful “The Danish Girl”, starring Eddie Redmayne as the transgender artist Lili Elbe, also opened in four theaters with a solid $185,000.
Mockingjay Part Two held its ground and remained the number one choice at the North American box office over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. It marks the final film in the hugely popular series, although Lionsgate, the studio behind the franchise, has hinted it wants to figure out ways to create future spin-offs.
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Oscar hopeful “Spotlight”, from independent film company Open Road, brought in $4.5 million after expanding to 897 theaters. My recommendation? See Creed if you haven’t already. Where available, the latest global numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included.
