It may not have reached some of the lofty estimates that prognosticators put out there, but The Hunger Games: Catching Fire still broke the November record while having the #4 domestic opening of all time.
Catching Fire made $161.1 million, just outpacing the $160.8M debut of last year’s The Dark Knight Rises. This is slightly below my $166.7M estimate, which was a bit lower than many other predictions. This is still a terrific opening and was +6 higher than its predecessor in March of 2012.
Truth be told, everything grossed under what I estimated for the weekend. Thor: The Dark World was second with $14.1 million in its third weekend (lower than my $16.1M prediction) and The Best Man Holiday was third with $12.5 million in weekend #2 (lower than my $15.9M prediction).
Vince Vaughn’s Delivery Man was DOA with a fourth place opening at $8.2 million (under my $11.2M prediction). This continues a recent string of flops for the actor with titles that include The Watch and The Internship. The animated Free Birds was at the five spot with $5.3 million. I incorrectly had Last Vegas taking that spot with $6.2 million (it earned $4.4M).
Be sure to check the blog as the day rolls on when I’ll be posting predictions for SIX Thanksgiving releases: Frozen, Black Nativity, Homefront, Oldboy, The Book Thief, and Philomena.
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