Your US Box Office Report for 5th – 7th December…
With virtually no competition, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has made it three weeks a the top of the US box office on a very slow winter weekend.
Adding another $21.6 million to its total, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 now sits at $257..7 million domestically. The film has also performed well Internationally having taken $302.8 million worldwide, giving the movie a global total of $560.5 million. However, it is still the lowest earner of the Hunger Games franchise by some margin and it will unlikely catch up with The Hunger Games ($691.2 million) or The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($864.9 million). Listen to the Flickering Myth Podcast review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 using the player below:
Penguins of Madagascar retained the number two spot, adding another $11.1 million to its disappointing $49.5 million domestic total. Thankfully for 20th Centry Fox, the film has performed significantly better overseas, pulling in $93.8 million (65% of its total takings) for a worldwide total of $143.3 against a reported budget of $135 million. However, this has been the case with the entire Madagascar franchise. Baring a miracle, there is virtually no chance that Penguins of Madagascar will catch up with its Madagascar brothers in terms of domestic or global takings.
Horrible Bosses 2 was our only climber this week as it jumped from fifth to third, adding $8.6 million. The movie now sits on $36 million and is unlikely to beat the first movie’s domestic takings of $111 million. Big Hero 6 and Insterstellar stay in the top 5 for another week, taking $8.1 and $8 million respectively. The only new entry, The Pyramid, opened to $1.3 million to take ninth. You can listen to the Flickering Myth Podcast review of Horrible Bosses 2 using the player below:
In other box office news, Gone Girl has now made it ten weeks inside the top 10, adding another $1.5 million to its $162.8 million total. Birdman stays in the top 10 once again, despite being shown on so few screens, and now sits on $18.9 million – taking it past its $18 million budget before its released worldwide. Other new entry Wild opened to $630k across just 21 screens – giving it an average of $30k per screen. Could this be another Birdman?
Here’s your top 10 and their domestic totals:
| |Title| | |Weekend| | |Total| | |Wk(s)| | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | $21.6 million | $257.7 million | 3 |
| 2 | Penguins of Madagascar | $11.1 million | $49.5 million | 2 |
| 3 | Horrible Bosses 2 | $8.6 million | $36 million | 2 |
| 4 | Big Hero 6 | $8.1 million | $177.5 million | 5 |
| 5 | Interstellar | $8 million | $158.6 million | 5 |
| 6 | Dumb and Dumber To | $4.1 million | $78 million | 4 |
| 7 | The Theory of Everything | $2.6 million | $13.6 million | 5 |
| 8 | Gone Girl | $1.5 million | $162.8 million | 10 |
| 9 | The Pyramid | $1.3 million | $1.3 million | NR |
| 10 | Birdman | $1.1 million | $18.9 million | 8 |
Last year’s number one – Frozen ($31.6 million)
Originally published December 8, 2014. Updated July 3, 2023.
