The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 soared to the top of the box office this weekend with $123 million (with no 3D or IMAX surcharges). It is the largest opening weekend of the year and the 15th highest grossing opening weekend of all time. Yet still some insider’s view it as a disappointment. Why you ask? Well because it was lower than the first two Hunger Games movies. The Hunger Games opened two years ago in March with $152.5 million and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire opened this same weekend a year ago with $158.1 million. So why the big drop for Mockingjay Part 1? It is unclear. Most third movies in a series tend to exceed their predecessors despite mixed reviews. Are people tired of Katniss already? Or are fans just fed up with what they see as acash grab by studios of breaking one book into two movies. Whatever it is Lionsgate hopes that people show up next year for Mockingjay Part 2.
The rest of the box office looks like previous weeks. For the second weekend in a row Big Hero 6 and Interstellar are number 2 and 3 with $20 million and $15.1 million respectively. Both have done really well and Interstellar is on its way to becoming the highest grossing movie of the year not based on a preexisting story. Dumb and Dumber To on the other hand dropped hard in its second week. After an opening weekend of $36.1 million it dropped to $13.8 million. The 61% drop does not look good for the future of the movie.
In its 8th week Gone Girl is still doing well landing at number 5 with $2.8 million. Beyond the Lights didn't get very much hype but doing respectable with $2.6 million at the number 6 spot. Fury and Birdman are battling it out for 8 and 9 with Fury projected to get $1.9 million and Birdman $1.8.
Cracking the top 10 in limited release with an average of $10,714 per theatre is the Oscar hopeful The Theory of Everything. Another Oscar hopeful Foxcatcher didn’t make the top 10 but did land at number 17. Playing in only 24 theatres it grossed $474,000 for a very impressive average of $19,750 per theatre.
The Top 10
1. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 $123 million
2. Big Hero 6 $20 million
3. Interstellar $15.1 million
4. Dumb and Dumber To $13.8 million
5. Gone Girl $2.8 million
6. Beyond the Lights $2.6 million
7. St. Vincent $2.3 million
8. Fury $1.9 million
9. Birdman $1.8 million
10. The Theory of Everything $1.5 million
The rest of the box office looks like previous weeks. For the second weekend in a row Big Hero 6 and Interstellar are number 2 and 3 with $20 million and $15.1 million respectively. Both have done really well and Interstellar is on its way to becoming the highest grossing movie of the year not based on a preexisting story. Dumb and Dumber To on the other hand dropped hard in its second week. After an opening weekend of $36.1 million it dropped to $13.8 million. The 61% drop does not look good for the future of the movie.
In its 8th week Gone Girl is still doing well landing at number 5 with $2.8 million. Beyond the Lights didn't get very much hype but doing respectable with $2.6 million at the number 6 spot. Fury and Birdman are battling it out for 8 and 9 with Fury projected to get $1.9 million and Birdman $1.8.
Cracking the top 10 in limited release with an average of $10,714 per theatre is the Oscar hopeful The Theory of Everything. Another Oscar hopeful Foxcatcher didn’t make the top 10 but did land at number 17. Playing in only 24 theatres it grossed $474,000 for a very impressive average of $19,750 per theatre.
The Top 10
1. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 $123 million
2. Big Hero 6 $20 million
3. Interstellar $15.1 million
4. Dumb and Dumber To $13.8 million
5. Gone Girl $2.8 million
6. Beyond the Lights $2.6 million
7. St. Vincent $2.3 million
8. Fury $1.9 million
9. Birdman $1.8 million
10. The Theory of Everything $1.5 million
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