Despite a strong competition from “The Good Dinosaur” and “Creed“, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 is still dominating at the first spot at the box office.
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But Hollis pointed to the A CinemaScore that the picture received and its healthy opening as a sign that the delay was worth it. Overall, it was a holiday Hollywood could give thanks for as business was up a healthy 10% over a year ago at this time.
“Mockingjay-Part 2” raked in US$75.8 million (RM323.662 million) in ticket sales in its second weekend in the United States and Canada, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations said.
If “Mockingjay – Part 2’s” strong returns were a familiar Thanksgiving sight, the big surprise was how well “Creed” performed.
The long-delayed Disney/Pixar feature The Good Dinosaur finally saw the light of day last Wednesday, where it opened on 3,749 screens.
Stomping in at No. 2 was Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur”, grossing $55 million. While those opening figures are impressive, they do pale in comparison to the typical grosses associated with the opening of a Pixar feature, such as the recent $90+ million start for this past June’s Inside Out. It should finish off with around $170 million to $180 million domestically, with worldwide grosses helping make up the reported $200 million budget. Third place went to the latest installment in the Rocky franchise, Creed, in which Stallone continues to breathe new life into an aging character. Critics heavily praised the movie, giving it a positive rating of 81 percent on the Rotten Tomatoes website. The movie also garnered $62 million internationally over the weekend. A hopeful crowd-pleaser, what might have been just a solid studio moneymaker in a stronger year has turned into an Oscar frontrunner: look for it to bag nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor (Matt Damon) and possibly more big nods (Best Director too).
Rounding out the top five were two holdovers from the beginning of the month that continued to draw crowds.
With the newcomers staking their claim, Spectre slipped to #4 in its fourth week with $12.8 million. At this point the film is definitely on par for $275 million or more stateside by the end of its run. The Peanuts Movie was fifth, seemingly facing some of its audience drawn away by the new Pixar film. Charlie Brown raked in another $9.7 million over the three-day weekend and $13.6 million over five days, bringing its domestic total to $116.8 million.
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The holiday’s 3rd new movie, Paul McGuigan’s Victor Frankenstein, did not crack the Top 10 after receiving a C CinemaScore. The $40 million revival of Mary Shelley’s monster classic, starring James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe, proved lifeless in theaters, earning just $2.35 million from Friday to Sunday.
