Mockingjay wins the weekend box office
Mockingjay Part 2 scored $51.6 million in its second weekend on release, which was enough to see off even newer films from major studios. That haul brings its worldwide total to $440 million after 10 days on release. The new film had the smallest opening to date and isn't likely to surpass the biggest earner in the series, 2013's Catching Fire which took in a massive $865 million worldwide.
Still the result was high enough to claim the top spot, even over a major new release like Pixar's The Good Dinosaur. It would be fair to say that the hype machine never really got going for this flick, maybe because it arrived so soon after the amazing Inside Out. It took in $39.19 million over the weekend, which isn't bad for this time of year but makes it one of the lowest earning openings of all time for Pixar.
