The time has come for "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1" to pass the crown. This weekend, the charts were topped by Ridley Scott's somewhat controversial Biblical epic "Exodus: Gods and Kings". The film grossed $24.5 million over a pretty quiet weekend and managed to secure an additional $49.8 million from foreign markets. However, the film's expensive pricetag ($140 million), also means that it will have to keep performing well over the next few week.
This weekend's other major release, Chris Rock's debut as a writer and director, "Top Five", opened in fourth place with $7.2 million from 979 theaters. The film will continue to expand in more locations and the positive buzz could built it up into a box-office hit.
New Wide Releases: "Exodus: Gods and Kings", "Top Five".
Biggest Drop : "Horrible Bosses 2" (-45%)
Smallest Drop : "The Theory of Everything" (-4.6%)
Biggest Drop : "Horrible Bosses 2" (-45%)
Smallest Drop : "The Theory of Everything" (-4.6%)
| Rank | Title | Weekend | Domestic | Foreign | Budget | Days |
1
|
Exodus: Gods and Kings
|
$24.5M
|
$24.5M
|
$49.8M
|
$140M
|
3
|
2
|
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
|
$13.2M
|
$277.3M
|
$334M
|
$125M
|
24
|
3
|
Penguins of Madagascar
|
$7.3M
|
$58M
|
$116M
|
$132M
|
19
|
4
|
Top Five
|
$7.2M
|
$7.2M
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
3
|
5
|
Big Hero 6
|
$6.1M
|
$185M
|
$68M
|
$165M
|
38
|
6
|
Interstellar
|
$5.5M
|
$166.8M
|
$434M
|
$165M
|
40
|
7
|
Horrible Bosses 2
|
$4.6M
|
$43.6M
|
$23M
|
$42M
|
19
|
8
|
Dumb and Dumber To
|
$2.7M
|
$82M
|
$45M
|
$40M
|
31
|
9
|
The Theory of Everything
|
$2.5M
|
$17M
|
$2M
|
$15M
|
38
|
10
|
Wild
|
$1.5M
|
$2.4M
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
12
|
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