Having broken Friday opening records for 2014, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has now smashed weekend records for the year – despite being the lowest of the franchise.
Beating out all of the competition, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 took a whopping $123 million over the weekend, topping previous record holder Transformers: Age of Extinction‘s $100 million. With an impressive showing overseas, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 sits on a worldwide total of $275 million. However, it’s not all great news for Lionsgate as the movie is the lowest opening of the franchise with The Hunger Games taking $152.5 million and its sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire earning $158 million. Could it be series fatigue, or is the franchise just not bringing in viewers from outside of the book fanbase?
Disney’s Big Hero 6 continued to perform well, adding another $20 million to its $135 million total while Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar retains third place with $15.1 million. The sci-fi epic, which has battled its mixed reviews well, now sits at $135.7 million domestic and $346 million worldwide.
Last week’s number one Dumb and Dumber To fell to fourth, dropping a whopping 61% from last week to earn $13.8 million – despite being shown on slightly more screens than last week.
In other box office news, Gone Girl has made it 8 weeks in the top 10 and is now David Fincher’s second most successful movie to date. Having added another $2.8 million, Gone Girl now sits at $156.8 million domestic and 327.7 million worldwide. However, the movie will need to earn another $23 million in order to beat Seven. The little engine that could Birdman also had another great week, taking $1.8 million from just 862 screens.
Here’s your top 10 and their domestic totals:
| |Title| | |Weekend| | |Total| | |Wk(s)| | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | $123 million | $123 million | NR |
| 2 | Big Hero 6 | $20 million | $135.7 million | 3 |
| 3 | Interstellar | $15.1 million | $120.6 million | 3 |
| 4 | Dumb and Dumber To | $13.8 million | $57.4 million | 2 |
| 5 | Gone Girl | $2.8 million | $156.8 million | 8 |
| 6 | Beyond the Lights | $2.6 million | $10.1 million | 2 |
| 7 | St. Vincent | $2.3 million | $79.1 million | 7 |
| 8 | Fury | $1.9 million | $79.1 million | 6 |
| 9 | Birdman | $1.8 million | $14.4 million | 6 |
| 10 | Nightcrawler | $1.2 million | $27.1 million | 5 |
Last year’s number one – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($158 million)
