Mockingjay Part 2 Grabs Thanksgiving Weekend

“Mockingjay – Part 2″ is already the eighth-highest-grossing film of the year, though that is far below, for example, “Mockingjay – Part 1″ becoming the second-highest-grossing movie of 2014 and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” coming in at number one in 2013.

Both The Good Dinosaur and Creed opened in cinemas on Wednesday to take advantage of America’s Thanksgiving holiday. Looking at a different metric, Mockingjay Part 2’s opening weekend accounted for 51.1% of the film’s total gross after 11 days.

“Creed”, distributed by Time Warner Inc.-owned TWX, -0.74% Warner Bros., brought in $30.1 million in its theatrical debut, and $42.6 million over the course of the extended weekend.

The final part of the film series adapted from Suzanne Collins’ books saw off competition from Pixar and a buzzed-about recent potential awards contender to stay top of the charts, now rounding $198.3 million in the USA and more than $440 million worldwide. Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur” capitalized on school holidays, becoming the de facto choice for families. Unless it has an incredible hold and Mockingjay struggles next weekend, The Good Dinosaur may be the first Pixar movie never to reach first place at any point during its run. Pictures release. The movie opens in USA theaters on November 25, 2015. The film played stronger than expected well with older crowds and the A CinemaScore suggests great word of mouth, meaning that this film should be able to power its way to a good $110 million or so. The critics gave it a good 93 percent positive rate on Rotten Tomatoes. Charlie Brown and Snoopy have grossed $116.8 million domestically since the film’s November 6 launch. Its three-day opening was the lowest of any Pixar movie since the release of Toy Story in 1995. “Ryan Coogler just brought out the best in these actors”. The 12th spot went to 20th Century Fox’s “Victor Frankenstein” with $2.4 million.

Along with the Rocky Balboa latest edition “Creed”.

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. From Focus Features, the movie skewed female (58 percent), while 67 percent of ticket buyers were over the age of 40.

With the newcomers staking their claim, Spectre slipped to #4 in its fourth week with $12.8 million.

Spike Lee’s Amazon Studios film, “Chi-Raq”, is about inner-city violence in Chicago. In June, Inside Out opened to a rousing $90.4 million after earning $3.7 million in Thursday-night previews.

The holiday’s third new movie, Paul McGuigan’s Victor Frankenstein, couldn’t even crack the top 10. That means this is now officially the 2nd highest grossing Bond ever at $176.8 million and counting. Spectre could ultimately reach $200 million, but I wouldn’t hold my breath for that.