The blockbuster franchise’s fourth and final instalment, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson, earned $75.8 million (GBP47.4 million) over America’s Thanksgiving weekend (25-29Nov15) to stay on top of the movie countdown.
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In at number two was Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur, which debuted to $39.2 million over three days and $55.6 million over five.
Disney/Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur contributed to the overall strong weekend at the box office for Thanksgiving this year, as the Pixar movie raked in $56 million.
Third place went to the generally well-received boxing movie “Creed“, a next generation version of the “Rocky” series, whose revenue totaled US$42.6 million in its first week in theaters.
“Part 2” is the last of the “Hunger Games” series, and it has brought the franchise on top of box office sales for two consecutive weeks.
But Mockingjay Part 2 is still behind its predecessor, which earned $82.7 million over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend past year, according to Entertainment Weekly.
Spectre looks like it’ll have enough to make it to $200 million in the United States, which is disappointing, but it is playing to Europe and Asia market having amassed more than $570 million overseas.
“The Good Dinosaur” producer Denise Ream had earlier said in interviews that movies like “Inside Out” and “The Good Dinosaur” represent the new generation of Pixar/Disney films movie watchers had shown eagerness to see on the big screen.
The Good Dinosaur had the lowest opening of any Pixar movie since A Bug’s Life in 1998.
For more info, visit Box Office Mojo. The Tom McCarthy-directed drama about the Boston Globe’s 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of sexual abuse by priests is in the top 10 for a second weekend in a row, this time at No. 8. Perhaps “Dinosaur” could have done better if it had had the stellar reviews of, for example, this year’s Pixar production “Inside Out”, which performed extremely well this summer.
The Peanuts Movie dropped a little faster than expected, falling to 5 place with $9.7 million. Spotlight stayed at No. 8 as it upped its theater count from 598 to 897 locations, grossing $5.7 million for the five days for a cume of $12.3 million. It’s not a massively expensive film at $40 million but plans for any kind of franchise will now be pretty unlikely.
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Todd Haynes’ Carol, in its 2nd weekend took in a $203,076 from 4 locations in NY and Los Angeles for a theater average of $50,769 and box office take of $588,355 for The Weinstein Co.
