The first weekend after Thanksgiving is typically a slow one at the box office, with people often choosing holiday shopping and parties over moviegoing.
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This photo provided by Lionsgate shows, Liam Hemsworth, left, as Gale Hawthorne, Sam Clafin, back left, as Finnick Odair, Evan Ross, back right, as Messalia, and Jennifer Lawrence, right, as Katniss Everdeen, in the film, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2”.
The quiet weekend sets the stage for two weeks of theatrical ramp-up for “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens”, which hits theaters December 18, and is expected to break every box office record in the galaxy.
Meanwhile, Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq, a drama about gun violence in Chicago, opens at 13 with $1.3 million (£812,500) in takings from a limited release in 305 locations across the USA and Canada.
The latest installment in the “Rocky” franchise, “Creed”, continues to perform well.
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Tied in third was The Good Dinosaur and Michael B. Jordan’s Creed, which each earned $15.5 million. Thanks to $5.43 million in weekend receipts, “Spectre” claims the #5 position. Along with a good critical reception and Oscar buzz surrounding Sylvester Stallone, the film earned $15.5 million this weekend for Time Warner Inc.’s TWX, +2.10% Warner Bros., putting its total at $65.1 million for the 12 days its been in theaters. And Freestyle Releasing’s “The Letters” debuted to $802,000, in 886 theaters.
