Do you think The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 2 was worth all the hype, or did it flop for you as well?
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Who didn’t see THIS coming!
Back in 2012 The Hunger Games started with $152.5 million on its way to $408 million domestically.
But that was $2 million – or 17 per cent – less than the previous instalment, Mockingjay Part I, last November.
Following the riveting action of “The Hunger Games” and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, the two parts of “Mockingjay” are very different, darker movies. On the other hand it’s still going to be one hell of a payday for Lionsgate, as the movie has managed to rein in a further $146 million internationally. He predicts it could be the first film in the series not to top $300 million stateside, ending its domestic run with $275 million. Perhaps the popularity of the book series is waning. “It appears that the looming dislike of the ‘Mockingjay” book carried over to moviegoers. Spies will ultimately become Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s lowest grossing collaboration. Now below get complete details of Spectre Movie 4th 5th Day Box Office Collection. I failed to attend a critics screening in my region but some of the complaints I’ve read are regarding the excessive level of violence – like it should have been Rated R, not PG-13.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay might be the first franchise to replicate this dual pronged success, as the first installment topped out at $337 million worldwide, with the second, more recent film raking in $102 million in its first weekend alone. The Peanuts Movie followed with $12.8 million, so its domestic total is now at $98.9 million. After the serious underperformance of last year’s ‘The Interview’, Rogen’s audience may be leaving him behind. “But remember, we have a little secret weapon in ‘Star Wars'”. The remake of an Oscar-winning Argentinian thriller of the same name earned a disappointing $6.6 million for a fifth place finish. “Night” grossed more than $10 million and “Secret” took in more than $6 million.
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Stifel Research’s Benjamin Mogil predicted that the softer than expected opening would take a bite out of “Mockingjay – Part 1’s” home entertainment revenue, lowering sales by 10%. The critically heralded love story with Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara generated $248,149 from four theatres for a strong per-location average of $62,037. It’s the kind of realness that can give you and the movie a jolt, as in a scene with Ms. Lawrence and a sensationally raw Jena Malone that thrusts it into that place where heroes and villains give way to something like life.
