"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" bagged the weekend box office spot three times in a row. "The Mockingjay 2" has held the box office title since its weekend debut in the last week of November.
Entertainment Weekly reported that the last installment of the "Hunger Games" series made an estimated $18.6 million on a silent post-Thanksgiving which dragged a three-peat since August with the movie "Straight Outta Compton."
On the other hand, "Krampus," the horror-comedy Christmas film took the second place with a $16 million major opening in spite of the dawdling post-Thanksgiving weekend moviegoers. "Krampus" stars Toni Collette and Adam Scott and received a B-grade from CinemaScore. It was released in over 2,900 theatres worldwide.
The holiday horror movie outperformed "Creed," putting the film in third place and "The Good Dinosaur" in fourth spot. Pixar's latest film dropped sharply after attempting to battle head-on with "Mockingjay Part 2." It was reportedly the first Pixar movie to not top the box office weekend, with only $15.51 million earnings. "The Good Dinosaur" so far has earned a total of $55.4 million worldwide.
On the other hand, while on its second weekend, Ryan Coogler's film "Creed" pulled in a $15.54 million earnings, allowing it to nab the no. 3 spot. Daniel Craig's "Spectre" also took the top five spot with more than $792 million total collections including its fifth weekend.
"The Letters," a Mother Theresa biography film starring Juliet Stevenson, debuted in 886 theatres with $802,000 gross earnings.
The Hollywood Reporter also listed a few limited film offerings which had their recent releases, including "Youth" and "Macbeth."
"Youth," a Michael Caine starrer film, opened in four theatres with an average of $20,000 per theatre and an estimate of $80,000 earnings. The next film was based on William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard. It earned $67,868 during its release with a five location average of $13,574, including the New York and Los Angeles theatres.
