The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Tops Weekend Box Office

A story line was devoted to his character lovingly exiting the franchise, and the end of the film featured an emotional montage of the actor in all of the “Fast” films.

Far back in second place, Spectre became the fifth highest grossing Bond movie domestically. While the first two Hunger Games films enjoyed sky-high popularity, the last two have been less successful. Still, these are hefty grosses that make for profitable films on a worldwide scale. By contrast, older series like the “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” books are still there.

The Hunger Games film franchise spread out three books into four movies and while that was financially a smart play by the studio, it meant Mockingjay – Part 1 and Part 2 both felt a bit diluted.

Jennifer Lawrence’s performance is still excellent, showing Katniss’s weariness, fragility and emotional shut-down in equal measure.

The weekend was down 11% from past year but Dergarabedian said: “We’re in the home stretch, but remember – we have a little secret weapon in Star Wars”.

Mockingjay – Part 2″ has fallen behind Bill Condon’s 2012 film “The Twilight Saga: “Breaking Dawn – Part 2”. The $101 million opening is the lowest of the series, even though it had the highest expectations.

The final instalment of the Hunger Games; Mockingjay Part 2 is finally here.

“Part 2”, arrived this past weekend, but it didn’t take off quite as high as previous installments.

For more updates, stay tuned with us. With massive cumes in China and the United Kingdom, Sony’s global tally shot up past $670M.

In the third spot is the Taiwanese romance Our Times, which earned $12 million followed by the South Korean thriller Inside Men, which took $10.2 million. A few shimmering moments (mostly emotional ones from Katniss) stand out among the plodding muck of the movie as a whole, just like all the others. The opening was in line with past Rogen comedies with no other big stars. The movie releases in US theaters November 6, 2015. Appeal was limited to mature women who had better options.

Universal had more trouble finding its audience for “Legend”. The CBS pic fell 53% in its second frame to an estimated $3.9M lifting the total to a modest $14.9M.

The holiday movie season has had a robust start and should continue bringing in big box office numbers with two heavy hitters entering the fray next week.

The ensemble drama Spotlight (Open Road), starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber and Stanley Tucci, added over 500 more theaters as it crept into the Top 10 in eighth place with $3.6 million, or $6,020 per theater, as it prepares for further expansion nationwide over Thanksgiving. Part 1 made over $750 million worldwide and even if you made it one film you likely would have raised that gross just marginally. It dropped 62% to an estimated $2.2 million.