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Monday 30 November 2015
‘Hunger Games’ beats ‘Good
Dinosaur,’ ‘Creed’ at box office
LINDSEY BAHR cuses on the character of a crowded slate than the This image released by Lionsgate shows, from left, Liam Hem-
AP Film Writer Apollo Creed’s son, Adonis health of the box office, sworth as Gale Hawthorne, Sam Claflin as Finnick Odair, Evan
LOS ANGELES (AP) — De- (Michael B. Jordan) who Dergarabedian said. Ross as Messalla and Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in
spite some mighty compe- wants his own shot in the “Rankings are not as im- a scene from “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2.”
tition, Katniss and her crew ring with the help of Rocky portant this weekend as
dominated the box office Balboa (Sylvester Stallone). how these films can play Associated Press
once again. The film cost $35 million for the long haul,” he said.
“The Hunger Games: to make and has earned “I haven’t seen this crowd-
Mockingjay — Part 2” held $42.6 million over five days. ed of a marketplace in
on to its first-place spot in Its audience has been years. ... I don’t know how
its second weekend in the- largely male and over age anyone would have time
aters, earning $51.6 million 25, according to exit polls. to see everything.”
to top “The Good Dino- Estimated ticket sales for Fri-
saur” and “Creed,” which “This is a movie that played day through Sunday at U.S.
both debuted Wednes- broadly everywhere. You and Canadian theaters,
day, according to Rentrak expect it to do well in the according to Rentrak.q
estimates on Sunday. big markets and even the
medium-size markets, but
The fourth and final in- the small markets were
stallment in Lionsgate’s just fantastic,” said Jeffrey
highly successful series has Goldstein, executive vice
grossed $198.3 million to president of domestic dis-
date. tribution for Warner Bros.
Audiences had their pick “The boxing element really
of genres over the crowd- resonates.”
ed Thanksgiving weekend.
Disney and Pixar’s animat- Paul Dergarabedian, senior
ed dinosaur movie took media analyst for Rentrak,
second place, bringing in said the indie sensibilities,
$39.2 million Friday through critical response and stel-
Sunday, while “Creed,” a lar cast has made “Creed”
new entry into the Rocky the movie to see right now.
Balboa canon, came in “This is a movie that’s going
third with $30.1 million. to go the distance,” Der-
Families accounted for 79 garabedian said.
percent of “The Good Di- James Bond film “Spectre,”
nosaur’s” audience. The with $12.8 million, and “The
film, which cost a reported Peanuts Movie,” with $9.7
$175 million to $200 million million, rounded out the
to produce, grossed $55.6 top five.
million in its first five days in “Victor Frankenstein” was
theaters. not so lucky. The $40 million
revival of Mary Shelley’s
“This Pixar group has just monster classic, starring
James McAvoy and Daniel
been so consistent with Radcliffe, proved lifeless in
theaters, earning just $2.35
high-quality storytelling million from Friday to Sun-
day.
that appeals to all audi-
Awards hopeful “The Dan-
ences. This weekend’s re- ish Girl,” starring Eddie Red-
mayne as the transgender
sult is another testament artist Lili Elbe, also opened
in four theaters with a solid
to the way they do things,” $185,000.
said Dave Hollis, executive No records were broken
this Thanksgiving weekend,
vice president of distribu- but that’s more of a sign of
tion for Disney. “We are off
and running in a great way
and also set up for a very,
very long run.”
“Creed,” meanwhile,
came out swinging. The
critically acclaimed Ryan
Coogler-directed film fo-
