The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 grossed $2.32 million on Thursday to lead the daily box office for a 14th consecutive day. The third installment of Lionsgate’s blockbuster franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence was down a slim 1 percent from Wednesday and down a sharp 79 percent from last Thursday’s inflated Thanksgiving Day performance. Mockingjay – Part 1 comfortably led the weekly box office with a weekly take of $67.42 million. That represented a reasonable 60 percent decline from the film’s opening week performance and brings the film’s two-week total to $236.13 million. Mockingjay – Part 1 is running 24 percent behind the massive $309.66 million two-week take of Catching Fire.
Horrible Bosses 2 was also down 1 percent from Wednesday to remain in second with $1.06 million on Thursday. The R-rated comedy sequel from Warner Bros. was down 65 percent from Thanksgiving Day. Horrible Bosses 2 placed in fourth for the week with $20.16 million. The film has grossed a significantly softer than expected $27.47 million in nine days, which places it 50 percent behind the $54.95 million nine-day take of 2011’s Horrible Bosses (which opened on a Friday).
Paramount’s Interstellar held steady in third place with $0.876 million. The Christopher Nolan directed sci-fi film was up 3 percent over Wednesday and down 71 percent from last Thursday. Interstellar surpassed the $150 million mark yesterday and has grossed $150.66 million after four weeks of wide release. For the week, Interstellar took fifth place with $19.36 million, which represented a decline of just 25 percent from the previous frame.
Penguins of Madagascar grossed $0.650 million to continue to claim fourth. The 3D computer animated spin-off from Fox and DreamWorks Animation was unchanged from Wednesday’s performance and down 83 percent from last Thursday. The film placed in second for the week with $28.49 million. Penguins of Madagascar continues to run below expectations with a nine-day start of $38.49 million. That places the film 15 percent behind the $45.27 million nine-day take of 2011’s The Muppets.
Fellow computer animated film Big Hero 6 rounded out the day’s unchanged top five with $0.482 million. The successful Disney release was up 2 percent over Wednesday and down 84 percent from last Thursday. Big Hero 6 took third place this week with $21.02 million. That represented a 36 percent decline from the previous week and brings the film’s 28-day total to a strong $169.42 million
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