--- description: A new Pixar film and a Rocky spinoff were also well-received title: 'Mockingjay' Expected to Lead Thanksgiving Weekend Box Office image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte92c2dd09e759bb8/698872f8196cf40b16039339/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-2_dkqn9f1.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 # _Mockingjay_ Expected to Lead Thanksgiving Weekend Box Office by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2015 8:29 PM CUT  Jennifer Lawrence in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2". Jennifer Lawrence in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2".Murray Close— Lionsgate Entertainment by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2015 8:29 PM CUT A number of films are [finding success](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-box-office-mockingjay-good-dinosaur-creed-20151128-story.html "undefined") over the long holiday weekend, with the Hunger Games sequel leading the pack. _The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2_ pulled in $21.25 million on Black Friday, earning $167.9 million since its release. The film is expected to generate $73 million to $75 million for the full five-day Thanksgiving weekend, the Los Angeles _Times_ reports. Following up _Mockingjay_ is Pixar’s _The Good Dinosaur_. The animated feature made $15.7 million on Friday and is projected to earn $55 million over its first five days. The total will put the film at a significantly slower pace than Pixar’s last film, _Inside Out_, which earned $90 million in its first weekend. In third place was the Rocky spinoff _Creed_, which made $11.7 million Friday and is expected to generate $40 million over five days. Both _Creed_ and _The Good Dinosaur_ received “A” Cinemascore ratings from viewers, indicating that they could continue to generate large ticket sales through positive word-of-mouth. \[[Los Angeles _Times_](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-box-office-mockingjay-good-dinosaur-creed-20151128-story.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4128548/mockingjay-creed-the-good-dinosaur-box-office/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4128548/mockingjay-creed-the-good-dinosaur-box-office/"},"headline":"Mockingjay Expected to Lead Thanksgiving Weekend Box Office","datePublished":"2015-11-28T20:29:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:56:32.451Z","description":"A new Pixar film and a Rocky spinoff were also well-received","url":"https://time.com/4128548/mockingjay-creed-the-good-dinosaur-box-office/","keywords":["movies","Hunger Games","Box-office","Mockingjay"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte92c2dd09e759bb8/698872f8196cf40b16039339/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-2_dkqn9f1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte92c2dd09e759bb8/698872f8196cf40b16039339/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-2_dkqn9f1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"SS_D99-30382.dng","caption":"Jennifer Lawrence in \"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2\".","creditText":"Murray Close— Lionsgate Entertainment","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/4128548/mockingjay-creed-the-good-dinosaur-box-office/","name":"Mockingjay Expected to Lead Thanksgiving Weekend Box Office"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Exclusive Interview With Hunger Games Director Francis Lawrence","description":"Francis Lawrence Describes the Legacy of \"The Hunger Games\"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/1yxPVhiY/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-11-19T22:58:01.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1yxPVhiY.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4128548/mockingjay-creed-the-good-dinosaur-box-office/","duration":"PT2M41S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4128548/mockingjay-creed-the-good-dinosaur-box-office/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```