For the third consecutive week, ‘The Hunger Games’ took the top spot at the box office. That was to be expected. What wasn’t expected was that a PG-13 Christmas horror tale came close to defeating Katniss.
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While ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2<\/strong>‘ only slipped a mild 50% in its second week, it took a major plunge in its third week. Dropping 64%, the finale added $18.6 million this weekend. There’s no denying that the film’s 17-day $227.1 million domestic and $296.8 million international totals prove this to be another huge win for Lionsgate, but compared to the previous three ‘Hunger Games’ movies, ‘Mockingjay, Part 2’ is a letdown. At this point, ‘Mockingjay, Part 1<\/a>‘ had domestically grossed upwards of $30 million more and ‘Catching Fire<\/a>‘ was up more than $100 million. ‘The Hunger Games’ has come to a successful close, but it lost a large chunk of viewership along the way. This is likely to be the last weekend that ‘Mockingjay, Part 2’ finishes in the #1 spot.<\/p>\n Although it couldn’t extinguish The Girl on Fire, to the surprise of many, ‘Krampus<\/strong>‘ came close. From 2,902 screens, the scary Christmas flick grossed $16 million and finished in second place. The film’s per-screen average ($5,520) was actually the highest of all the Top 10 movies. With a production budget of $15 million, ‘Krampus’ is a success already on its way to profitability.<\/p>\n With a 47% drop from last week’s huge Thanksgiving debut, ‘Creed<\/strong>‘ held onto the #3 spot and won $15.5 million. Its domestic 12-day total sits at $65.1 million.<\/p>\n Pixar’s ‘The Good Dinosaur<\/strong>‘ finished in fourth place, but took a massive second-week decline. Most kids’ movies drop a mild 30% to 40% over their sophomore weeks, but ‘The Good Dinosaur’ tanked more than 60%. That’s the largest decline for a Pixar title to date. After 12 days, it has earned $75.9 million in North America.<\/p>\n In its fifth week, 007’s latest outing dropped 58% and rounded out the Top 5. The $5.4 million weekend isn’t too bad \u2013 that is, if you don’t look at the per-screen average. Still playing on more than 2,800 screens, ‘Spectre<\/strong>‘ only nabbed $1,910 from each location.<\/p>\n