The Hunger Games rakes in almost $12m in highest opening weekend of the year
The penultimate movie of the Hunger Games series raked in almost $12 million on its opening weekend at the Australian box office, the highest of the year so far.
The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 1 was shown at 574 screens and took $11.88m, way ahead of the previous best opening weekend of 2014 which saw Transformers: Age of Extinction take $8.8m back in June.
But it fell short of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire which grossed $12.5m when it opened at the back end of 2013.
Space drama Interstellar was the only other movie to break $1m with the sci-fi blockbuster starring Matthew McConoughey maintaining its impressive showing by taking $2.182m across 498 screens. It took total earnings for Interstellar to a little over $13m.
Let’s Be Cops, in its second weekend, drew $761,000 across 261 screens, a sharp drop from last week’s $1.66m.
Gone Girl and Fury continued to tail off with the former drawing $478,000 on 201 screen and Brad Pitt’s war drama on $344,000 on 195 screens. Total box office takings for the two movies now stand at $25.6m and $8.8 respectively.
My Old Lady leapfropped Fury into fourth spot, with the comedy drama starring Kevin Kline and Maggie Smith showing on 94 screens and taking $380,000. It has now taken $1.12m.
The Drop, the final movie made by Sopranos star James Gandolfini, took only $102,000 on 45 screens in its second outing, down from $185,000 in its debut weekend.
| Title (Distributor) | Weekend B/O | Screens | Total B/O |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Roadshow) | $11,888,205 | 574 | $11,888,205 |
| Interstellar (Wb) | $2,182,322 | 498 | $13,031,030 |
| Let's Be Cops (Fox) | $761,694 | 261 | $2,923,667 |
| Gone Girl (Fox) | $478,286 | 201 | $25,591,675 |
| My Old Lady (Eone) | $380,104 | 94 | $1,126,745 |
| Fury (Sony) | $344,293 | 195 | $8,876,952 |
| Pride (Eone) | $257,790 | 153 | $2,345,667 |
| Love, Rosie (Studiocanal) | $182,835 | 151 | $1,437,041 |
| John Wick (Roadshow) | $140,879 | 116 | $3,044,269 |
| The Drop (Fox) | $102,005 | 45 | $355,355 |
| Chaar Sahibzaade (Sippy) | $68,158 | 21 | $628,017 |
| The Boxtrolls (Universal) | $58,620 | 0 | $6,881,919 |
| The Dark Horse (Transmission) | $54,270 | 35 | $57,179 |
| Alexander And The Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day (Disney) | $49,759 | 67 | $49,759 |
| The House Of Magic (Studiocanal) | $45,011 | 60 | $3,415,961 |
| Whiplash (Sony) | $32,735 | 31 | $582,830 |
| Winter Sleep (Sharmill) | $31,286 | 7 | $104,288 |
| Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (Magnum) | $30,303 | 7 | $124,466 |
| Two Days, One Night (Madman) | $29,241 | 14 | $236,437 |
| The Best Of Me (Roadshow) | $26,392 | 62 | $2,164,096 |
Interesting to note, the biggest entertainment release of the year is not a film:
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