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| Warner Bros.' "In the Heart of the Sea," starring Chris Hemsworth, sank on its opening weekend at the box office, earning just $11.05 million (Photo by Warner Bros.) |
LOS ANGELES - Lionsgate's "The Hunger Games:
Mockingjay Part 2" topped the weekend box office for the fourth straight
week with $11.41 million, while Warner Bros.' Chris Hemsworth starrer,
"In the Heart of the Sea" sank with a paltry $11.05 million on its
opening weekend for second place.
"In
the Heart of the Sea" tells the story of the whaling ship Essex which
was sunk by a whale and served as the inspiration for Herman Melville's
"Moby Dick." The movie, with a $100 million budget, appears destined to
crash and burn as moviegoers all but dismissed the Ron Howard film with
the apparent disdain of the ancient whale toward its human prey.
The
'Hunger Games' finale reached a total of $244.60 million after four
weeks since its release. The sci-fi adventure had little oppostion with
the only other major studio release, Paramount's "The Big Short," earned
$705,520 in just eight screens, finishing in 15th place. The film tells
the story of the financial and housing meltdown of 2008.
Third
place went to Disney's "The Good Dinosaur" with $10.31 million for a
three-week total of $89.48 million. It was followed by Warner Bros.
"Rocky" spinoff "Creed," which earned $10.12 million for a three-week
total of $79.32 million. In fifth place was Universal/Legendary
Pictures' Christmas horror tale, "Krampus," which garnered $8.42 million
for two-week total of $28.56 million.
The rest of the top 10 stacked up this way:
6. "The Night Before," (Sony) $4.13 million for a four-week total of $38.43 million
7. "SPECTRE" (Sony) $4.04 million for a six-week total of $190.81 million
8. "The Peanuts Movie (Fox) $2.68 million for a six-week total of $124.99 million
9. "Spotlight" (Open Roads) $2.51 million for a six-week total of $20.30 million
10. "Brooklyn" (Fox Searchlight) $1.99 million for six-week total of $14.35 million
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