While The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 easily scored the biggest debut of 2014, the film fell short of the series’ previous installment Catching Fire. Granted, the new flick earned $123 million this weekend. However, the franchise’s last installment earned $158 million during its debut weekend in 2013, and the original Hunger Games movie earned $152 million in 2012. Meanwhile, Disney’s Big Hero 6 landed at a distant second place by earning an estimated $20.1 million during its second weekend. And Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar landed in third place with $15.1 million earned.
Weekend Box Office (in estimated millions)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – $123 million
Big Hero 6 – $20.1
Interstellar – $15.1
Dumb and Dumber To – $13.8
Gone Girl – $2.8
Beyond the Lights – $2.6
St. Vincent – $2.3
Fury (2014) – $1.9
Birdman – $1.86
The Theory of Everything – $1.5