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“Mockingjay – Part 2” Edges “Krampus”, Wins Third Straight Weekend Box Office
Posted On Dec 09 2015
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The movie, which stars Toni Collette and Adam Scott, opened at umber two taking just over $16 million in its opening weekend. At $227.1 million in total gross, it is still likely a box office smash, but still the least-performing entry in the series.
Part 2 has stayed at the top of the US box office – making it a third week as the #1 film in America.
Coming in at No. 2 is Krampus with $16 million, followed by Creed at No. 3 with $15.54 million, The Good Dinosaur at No. 4 with $15.51 million and Spectre at No. 5 with $5.4 million.
Where does this put Krampus in relation to other Christmas horror movies (a surprisingly robust sub-genre)? This weekend’s win comes courtesy an estimated weekend total of $18.60 million.
Check back next week to see if Ron Howard’s In the Heart of the Sea, the story of the tale that inspired Moby Dick, can dethrone Katniss and Mockingjay, Part 2. Pixar’s latest film dropped sharply after attempting to battle head-on with “Mockingjay Part 2”. “The Mockingjay 2” has held the box office title since its weekend debut in the last week of November. The film debuted to $67,868 from five theaters in NY and Los Angeles for a location average of $13,574.
Walt Disney Co.’s DIS, +2.10% “The Good Dinosaur” garnered $15.5 in its second weekend in theaters, putting its 12-day total at $75.9 million, and enough to take the No. 4 spot at the weekend box office. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.1. It was a dozen years ago in 2003, when Tom Cruise’s The Last Samurai earned only $24.3 million over its opening weekend, against a $140 million budget (it went on to find a profit theatrically thanks to a $480 million worldwide gross).
Overseas, Good Dinosaur earned $19.4-M from 45 markets for an early foreign take of $55.4-M.
Fox Searchlight’s “Youth” fared slightly better, nabbing $80,000 from four theaters for a per-location average of $20,000. At this point, ‘Mockingjay, Part 1’ had domestically grossed upwards of $30 million more and ‘Catching Fire’ was up more than $100 million. The next film was based on William Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard.
