Weekend Box Office: Mockingjay Part Two Stays At Number One

In its second week, Mockingjay – Part 2 made $51.6 million, which allowed it to keeps its place at the top.

The film has also grossed $62 million (GBP38.75 million) overseas for a worldwide total of $440.7 million (GBP275.4 million). The three-day revenue of “The Good Dinosaur” marks the worst opening for a Pixar film since “Toy Story” back in 1995. Number two in foreign sales this week was The Martian, with its late opener in China bringing home $50.1 million for a global gross of $545.1 million.

“Part 2” won the five-day Thanksgiving weekend. Still, “The Good Dinosaur” earned a strong A Cinemascore, and animated tooners for kids movies tend to stick around throughout the holiday season and beyond so presumably Pixar’s dino pic won’t be going extinct anytime soon. Critics heavily praised the movie, giving it a positive rating of 81 percent on the Rotten Tomatoes website.

“Dinosaur” pushed the other animated film in theaters, Fox’s “The Peanuts Movie“, to fifth place with an estimated $13.6 million. Charlie Brown and Snoopy have grossed $116.7 million domestically since the film’s November 6 premiere. After a three weekend slow burn in small release, Brooklyn rode some solid word of mouth and an enviable 99% rating on Rotten Tomatoes (leave it to Dan Schindel of Movie Mezzanine and Gary Wolcott of the Tri-City Herald to ruin everyone’s buzz) to ninth place. The $37 million production was directed by Fruitvale Station’s Ryan Coogler and also stars Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson and Phylicia Rashad.

This photo provided by Warner Bros. Stallone returns in the role of Balboa while Thompson plays young Creed’s girlfriend, Bianca.

The family-friendly film was the first big screen rendering in 35 years for the comic book characters created by the late Charles Schulz, who died in 2000. Starring James McAvoy as Dr. Frankenstein and Daniel Radcliffe as Igor, Victor Frankenstein didn’t even break into the top 10, and it only snagged a C CinemaScore.

Outside of the top five, The Danish Girl got off to a good start, opening to $185,000 in four locations.

“Spectre“, distributed by Sony Pictures SNE, -0.08% finished No. 4 at the box office in its third weekend, with $12.8 million, $18.1 million including the holiday. The film is already a massive hit for Lionsgate studios. If it continues to expand solidly and plays well throughout December and the new year, it should finish with around $30 million to $40 million.

Open Road’s “Spotlight“, the widely acclaimed drama about the Boston Globe’s investigation of pedophile priests, continued to perform well in its expansion.