--- description: The film's box office power may also have to do with the fact that it doesn’t have much competition right now title: Box Office Report: 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay' Wins Again image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd555061fbafa6a2b/69876872e53aba573f4d5e16/hunger-games-mockingjay1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Box-Office Report: _Hunger Games: Mockingjay_ Wins Again by [Entertainment Weekly / Ariana Bacle](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly / Ariana Bacle Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 7, 2014 7:21 PM CUT  Murray Close—Lionsgate by [Entertainment Weekly / Ariana Bacle](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly / Ariana Bacle Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 7, 2014 7:21 PM CUT _The Hunger Games_ continues to win at the box office: _Mockingjay_ placed first this weekend with an estimated $21.6 million — $10 million more than the second place film, _Penguins of Madagascar. Mockingjay_ has now grossed $257.7 million domestically and $560.5 million worldwide. The _Hunger Games_ series proved its staying power with its two previous films, so it’s not surprising that _Mockingjay_ is still at number one three weeks past its release. _Mockingjay_ benefits from star power (Jennifer Lawrence! Julianne Moore! Woody Harrelson!), family friendliness, and established popularity. Even so, its box office power is less attributable to esteem for the franchise than to the fact that it doesn’t have much competition right now. _Penguins_ and _Horrible Bosses 2_ both came out last weekend, but neither have the same appeal as _Mockingjay_. _Penguins_ is a DreamWorks animated film that is splitting its audience with Disney’s _Big Hero_ 6, which reached theaters first and has generated overwhelmingly positive reviews from both critics to audiences. _Horrible Bosses 2_ is an adult-oriented sequel to a so-so original. That it’s not performing as well as its predecessor may be because it’s a crude comedy that was released during the season of taking your family to the films, or just because adult moviegoers would rather spend time watching the darker, longer _Interstellar_ and _Mockingjay._ Audiences did prove they were willing to spend the three hours watching _Interstellar_ over Thanksgiving weekend, as the Christopher Nolan film experienced a jump in ticket sales from the weekend before. It wasn’t so lucky this weekend—it saw a 50% decrease in sales, bringing its weekend total to $8 million. _Big Hero 6_ finished just ahead of _Interstellar_ with $8.1 million — meaning that when _Exodus_ and _Top Five_ hit theaters next weekend, _Hero_ and _Interstellar_ will probably be battling it out for fifth place. **1\.** [**The**](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133%5F20874139,00.html "undefined")[ **_Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1_**](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133%5F20874139,00.html "undefined") **_–_** **$21.6 million** **2\.** [**_Penguins_**](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133%5F20876861,00.html "undefined")[ **_of Madagascar_**](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133%5F20876861,00.html "undefined")**– $11.1 million** **3\.** [**_Horrible_**](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133%5F20877240,00.html "undefined")[ **_Bosses 2_**](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133%5F20877240,00.html "undefined")**– $8.6 million** **4\.** [**_Big_**](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/11/11/big-hero-6-interstellar-box-office/ "undefined")[ **_Hero 6_**](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/11/11/big-hero-6-interstellar-box-office/ "undefined")_–_ **$8.1 million** **5\.** [**_Interstellar_**](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133%5F20847346,00.html "undefined")**– $8 million** While there weren’t any films with a wide release this weekend, there were a few smaller debuts: [_Wild_](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133%5F20880017,00.html "undefined")_,_ starring Reese Witherspoon and based on Cheryl Strayed’s book of the same name, opened in 21 theaters and grossed $630,000, and [_The Pyramid_](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133%5F20880303,00.html "undefined")opened with $1.35 million in about 589 locations. [_This article originally appeared at EW.com_](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/12/07/box-office-report-hunger-games-mockingjay/?hootPostID=c53b45efca16d61d6d753aa88c17d5f0 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3622499/hunger-games-mockingjay-box-office-wins-again/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3622499/hunger-games-mockingjay-box-office-wins-again/"},"headline":"Box-Office Report: Hunger Games: Mockingjay Wins Again","datePublished":"2014-12-07T19:21:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:38:23.661Z","description":"The film's box office power may also have to do with the fact that it doesn’t have much competition right now","url":"https://time.com/3622499/hunger-games-mockingjay-box-office-wins-again/","keywords":["movies","Hunger Games","Jennifer Lawrence","Box-office","Interstellar","Mockingjay"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd555061fbafa6a2b/69876872e53aba573f4d5e16/hunger-games-mockingjay1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Entertainment Weekly / Ariana Bacle"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd555061fbafa6a2b/69876872e53aba573f4d5e16/hunger-games-mockingjay1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hunger Games: Mockingjay","caption":"Hunger Games: Mockingjay","creditText":"Murray Close—Lionsgate","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3622499/hunger-games-mockingjay-box-office-wins-again/","name":"Box-Office Report: Hunger Games: Mockingjay Wins Again"}}]}] ```