Mockingjay outpaces Penguins
Latest in The Hunger Games franchise records a whopping $82.7 million at the US box office.
LOS ANGELES:
Penguins of Madagascar, the fourth in the series of Madagascar films, waddled into second place on its opening weekend with $25.8 million at the United States and Canadian theatres for the three days ending on Sunday.
Walt Disney’s Big Hero 6, the box office champion three weeks ago, was third with $18.8 million in ticket sales. The film has generated $167 million since its November 7 release. Mockingjay, which stars Lawrence as young archer Katniss Everdeen who leads a rebellion, recorded $82.7 million over the five-day Thanksgiving Day weekend and has generated more than $225 million since opening on November 21.
The film, which scored the third-highest total ever for a five-day Thanksgiving weekend, has raked in $254 million outside of the US and Canada, for a global take of $480 million. Penguins added another $36 million from overseas box offices for a global total of $72 million, according to distributor 20th Century Fox. The family film saw 58 per cent of its audience under age 25 amid what the studio called a soft Thanksgiving marketplace overall.
The Thanksgiving box office haul of $230 million for Wednesday through Sunday fell far short of the record-setting figures a year ago, when moviegoers flocked to theatres for films including the second Hunger Games instalment, spending $293.7 million on all releases combined.
Rounding out the weekend’s top five, director Christopher Nolan’s space adventure Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey, took in $15.8 million boosted by premium-priced IMAX screenings, while the new Jason Bateman-Jennifer Aniston film Horrible Bosses 2 was fifth with $15.7 million.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 was distributed by Lionsgate. 20th Century Fox, the unit of 21st Century Fox, released the Dreamworks production Penguins of Madagascar. Warner Brothers, a unit of Time Warner, distributed Horrible Bosses 2. Interstellar was released by Paramount Pictures.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 2nd, 2014.
Penguins of Madagascar, the fourth in the series of Madagascar films, waddled into second place on its opening weekend with $25.8 million at the United States and Canadian theatres for the three days ending on Sunday.
Walt Disney’s Big Hero 6, the box office champion three weeks ago, was third with $18.8 million in ticket sales. The film has generated $167 million since its November 7 release. Mockingjay, which stars Lawrence as young archer Katniss Everdeen who leads a rebellion, recorded $82.7 million over the five-day Thanksgiving Day weekend and has generated more than $225 million since opening on November 21.
The film, which scored the third-highest total ever for a five-day Thanksgiving weekend, has raked in $254 million outside of the US and Canada, for a global take of $480 million. Penguins added another $36 million from overseas box offices for a global total of $72 million, according to distributor 20th Century Fox. The family film saw 58 per cent of its audience under age 25 amid what the studio called a soft Thanksgiving marketplace overall.
The Thanksgiving box office haul of $230 million for Wednesday through Sunday fell far short of the record-setting figures a year ago, when moviegoers flocked to theatres for films including the second Hunger Games instalment, spending $293.7 million on all releases combined.
Rounding out the weekend’s top five, director Christopher Nolan’s space adventure Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey, took in $15.8 million boosted by premium-priced IMAX screenings, while the new Jason Bateman-Jennifer Aniston film Horrible Bosses 2 was fifth with $15.7 million.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 was distributed by Lionsgate. 20th Century Fox, the unit of 21st Century Fox, released the Dreamworks production Penguins of Madagascar. Warner Brothers, a unit of Time Warner, distributed Horrible Bosses 2. Interstellar was released by Paramount Pictures.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 2nd, 2014.