The latest installment in the Hunger Games franchise, Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 opened with the weekend box office collections of an impressive $275 million.
Rentrak, which measures the performance of movies, announced Sunday the worldwide box office estimates for the weekend of Nov. 23, 2014, as compiled by the company’s theatrical measurement services.
“The global phenomenon that is “The Hunger Games” continues with the latest installment “Mockingjay, Part 1,” launching in 85 International markets this weekend on 17,000 screens, this is the biggest day-and-date release of the year, and Lionsgate’s widest release ever. With an estimated international weekend total of $152 million plus the North American debut of $123 million the worldwide combined total is an impressive $275 million,” said Rentrak’s senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian.
According to Rentrak, the top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, are below.
- Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 – Lionsgate – $275.0M
- Interstellar – Warner Bros./Paramount – $85.1M
- Big Hero 6 – Disney – $27.1M
- Dumb And Dumber To – Multiple – $20.3M
- Fury – Multiple – $12.9M
- Rise Of The Legend – Multiple – $11.9M
- Penguins Of Madagascar – 20th Century Fox – $8.7M
- Gone Girl – 20th Century Fox – $5.2M
- Imitation Game, The – Multiple – $3.3M
- Beyond The Lights – Multiple – $2.6M
- St. Vincent – Multiple – $2.4M
- Don’t Go Breaking My Heart 2 – Multiple – $2.3M
Rentrak is the entertainment and marketing industries’ leading provider of worldwide consumer viewership information, measuring actual viewing behavior of movies and TV everywhere.
