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Weekend Box Office Report: ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1’ Tops the Heap
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1’ Tops the Heap
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1’ Tops the Heap
There‘s going to be a lot of blood and ink spilled across the internet on the subject of the opening weekend for ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1.’ Yes, the third film in the series did open significantly lower than its predecessors. Yes, there are definitely people at Lionsgate wringing their hands and trying to figure out why the film opened below expectations. And yet, that opening weekend is still massive. It’s three day total is larger than most movies ever have a chance to make in their entire runs. So, let's have some perspective as we dive into this week’s top 10.
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Interstellar’ and ‘Big Hero 6′ Have Showdown
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Interstellar’ and ‘Big Hero 6′ Have Showdown
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Interstellar’ and ‘Big Hero 6′ Have Showdown
The showdown between 'Interstellar' and 'Big Hero 6' has got to be one of the most interesting things to happen to the box office in 2014. After all, it would be tough to find two movies that are simultaneously so different and so alike. Both are pro-science adventures that are all about using your intelligence to save your friends and family. However, one is an animated, family friendly release from Disney and the other is a three-hour epic from the ever-serious Christopher Nolan. In other words, they represent opposite ends of the blockbuster spectrum.
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Nightcrawler’ Edges Out Competition
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Nightcrawler’ Edges Out Competition
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Nightcrawler’ Edges Out Competition
Although 'Nightcrawler,' the only new wide release of the week, did end up taking the top spot at the box office this weekend, it did so in one of the tightest races we've ever seen. The top six films all came within $3 million of each other and the order could have radically changed by a stiff breeze for all we know. Heck, some titles may get swapped around by tomorrow when the studios release some more official numbers.
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Ouija’ Scares Up Top Spot Over ‘John Wick’
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Ouija’ Scares Up Top Spot Over ‘John Wick’
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Ouija’ Scares Up Top Spot Over ‘John Wick’
It feels like common sense: of course the horror movie released a week before Halloween is going to win the weekend war at the box office over the action movie. And yet, most horror movies continue to get released as far away from the season of the witch as possible. Can the recent success of 'Annabelle' and this weekend's 'Ouija' change that?

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