HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 2 Remains Number One at Weekend Box Office

However, the news was basically disastrous for the other new movie at the box office this weekend, as Paul McGuigan’s Victor Frankenstein failed to even enter into the Top 10.

It was during this film that I was once again reminded of the superb casting by Lionsgate – each role was executed brilliantly; in particular Jennifer Lawrence’s performance as this courageous and tenacious character was second to none.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 set up a lot for this film, meaning that as an audience, you won’t really understand much of the film unless you have seen the previous films, which puts a lot of expectation on an audience.

Part 2 is still number one at the United States box office. “It was followed by “The Good Dinosaur” with a record of $67.9 million on its weekend countdown”.

ComingSoon reported that “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” dominated the Thanksgiving weekend.

James McAvoy features in a retelling of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”, told from the perspective of the scientist’s protege Igor, played by Daniel Radcliffe of Harry Potter fame. It stands as one of the year’s biggest flops. “The Good Dinosaur” outcome re-energized Pixar, WIRED reported. BoxOffice.com was projecting $9.2 million for the film from 21st Century Fox Inc.’s movie division.

Fifth was the computer-animated 3D cartoon “The Peanuts Movie”, which pulled in an estimated $13.6 million. The new film had the smallest opening to date and isn’t likely to surpass the biggest earner in the series, 2013’s Catching Fire which took in a massive $865 million worldwide.

The Weinstein Company appears to be scoring with “Carol“. TSITE has only made $14 million in two weeks. The film is being patient with its roll out and won’t go wide until January.

The animated dinosaur tale roared to a solid $55.5 million opening over the holiday weekend. Maintaining consistency is the newspaper drama Spotlight as it retains its No. 8 spot and actually saw its viewership increase by 27.4% as it plays at 897 locations. Of course, it must be taken into consideration that the bite taken in the two days of early release could have had something to do with lower performance later in the weekend.

Final results are still trickling in, but it appears that the holiday will outpace last year’s ticket sales by more than 10%. Through her eyes, the final attack on the Capitol is felt profoundly by the audience – if only the rest of the movie could live up to its heroine. Most analysts expect that despite the fall lassitude, the domestic box office will cross $11 billion for the first time in history.