"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" bagged the number one spot in the box office with a whopping $46 million for its opening day on Nov. 20, Friday.
With its weekend box office earnings of $101 million, the latest "Hunger Games" film was not able to beat the success of its previous installments. "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1" pulled a $123 million weekend opening last year, while "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" took $158 million during its opening weekend in 2013.
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" may have placed the least in the film series in terms of box office but it still reigns as one of the top-earning movies for this year. The Jennifer Lawrence-starrer film ranked number one in the box office among Daniel Craig's "Spectre" and Seth Rogen's "The Night Before."
Lawrence has been listed as the highest paid actress in 2015 by Forbes following the hit sequels to the original "Hunger Games" film, which was released in 2012 for a weekend opening of $152 million. The movie marked the period for the actress to shine in the Hollywood when she was cast as the lead character, Katniss Everdeen.
"The Hunger Games" proved to be a massive box-office success during its debut, taking $152.5 million on its opening weekend in 2012. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "The Hunger Games" was one of the "top openings of all time and the best showing ever for a movie featuring a female lead."
Media reports speculated that the recent Paris attacks could have affected the primer figures of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" following the soft promotion of the movie during its premiere in the French capital. Lionsgate film production made an earlier statement disallowing interviews during its Paris premiere as a way of "respect for the recent events with Paris."
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" is the last movie installment based from the "Hunger Games" book series written by Suzanne Collins.
