‘Hunger Games’ Mild Success at the Weekend Box Office

<p>The third film in the series&comma; <strong><em>The Hunger Games&colon; Mockingjay Part 1<&sol;em><&sol;strong> failed to exceed it&&num;8217&semi;s previous record&comma; but still managed to be one of the biggest openings for 2014&period; It brought in <strong>&dollar;123&comma;000&comma;000<&sol;strong> over the weekend which&comma; while impressive&comma; was a step down from <strong><em>Catching Fire<&sol;em><&sol;strong> with a  &dollar;158&comma;000&comma;000 opening&period; The rest of this week&&num;8217&semi;s movies all took logical dips from such a large take by the mega-franchise&period; <strong><em>Big Hero 6<&sol;em> <&sol;strong>has proved its strength at the box office by remaining in the &num;2 slot and may remain there over Thanksgiving weekend&period; The only big move up the list is <strong>The Theory of Everything<&sol;strong> which opened up into 99 more theaters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li><strong>The Hunger Games&colon; Mockingjay &&num;8211&semi; Part<&sol;strong> 1&colon; &dollar;123&comma;000&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Big Hero 6<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;20&comma;086&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Interstellar<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;15&comma;100&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Dumb and Dumber To<&sol;strong>&colon;  &dollar;13&comma;820&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Gone Girl<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;2&comma;815&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><b>Beyond the Lights<&sol;b>&colon; &dollar;2&comma;630&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>St&period; Vincent<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;2&comma;354&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Fury<&sol;strong> &lpar;2014&rpar;&colon; &dollar;1&comma;900&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><b>Birdman<&sol;b>&colon; &dollar;1&comma;855&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><b>The Theory of Everything<&sol;b>&colon; &dollar;1&comma;500&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>This week will see Wednesday releases of the dark comedy sequel<strong><em> Horrible Bosses 2<&sol;em><&sol;strong> and Dreamworks&&num;8217&semi; new animated spin-off film <strong><em>Penguins of Madagascar<&sol;em><&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;boxofficemojo&period;com&sol;">Box Office Mojo<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;