Just like its predecessors, The
Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 dominated during its opening weekend at the box
office. However, it debuted with a franchise-low $101 million, and many are
wondering if it will be dethroned already in its second weekend in theaters,
going up against three new releases, Pixar's The Good Dinosaur, Warner Bros.'
Creed and 20th Century Fox's Victor Frankenstein, all of which open tomorrow,
November 25, in lieu of the Thanksgiving holiday. If The Hunger Games:
Mockingjay Part 2 suffers a decrease of more than 50%, and the projections at
Pro.BoxOffice.com are accurate, than The Good Dinosaur will reign supreme this
weekend. Pixar's The Good Dinosaur, which opens in roughly 3,600 theaters, is
projected to take in $60 million, which should be more than enough to take down
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, as it will likely drop to second place
with an estimated $50.4 million. The Good Dinosaur is already a hit with the
nation's critics, earning an impressive 86% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The
Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 is still faring well with critics, with a 71%
Fresh rating, but its predecessors have all dropped more than 50% on their
opening weekend, which isn't a surprise since blockbusters like this are
normally front-loaded. The Good
Dinosaur asks the generations-old question:
What if the cataclysmic asteroid that forever changed life on Earth actually
missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? The film
is a humorous and exciting original story about Arlo, a lively 70-foot-tall
teenage Apatosaurus with a big heart. After a traumatic event rattles Arlo's
tranquil community, he sets out on a quest to restore peace, gaining an
unlikely companion along the way-a young human boy named Spot. The voice cast includes
Raymond Ochoa, Jeffrey Wright, Steve Zahn, A.J. Buckley, Anna Paquin, Sam
Elliott, Frances McDormand and Marcus Scribner. Creed is expected to open in
third place with $24 million, although the final tally may be higher, given the
incredible critical reception it has received thus far. This spinoff of the
Rocky franchise, which debuts in roughly 3,350 theaters, has an astounding 95%
"Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with Sylvester Stallone and
Michael B. Jordan's performances already being hailed as Oscar-worthy by some
critics. Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan), whose father Apollo Creed died
before he was born, heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary
match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa. Once in the City of Brotherly Love,
Adonis tracks Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) down and asks him to be his trainer.
Despite his insistence that he is out of the fight game for good, Rocky sees in
Adonis the strength and determination he had known in Apollo-the fierce rival
who became his closest friend. Agreeing to take him on, Rocky trains the young
fighter, even as the former champ is battling an opponent more deadly than any
he faced in the ring. Victor Frankenstein is expected to take fourth place with
$13 million, opening in 2,700 theaters nationwide. James McAvoy stars as Victor
Von Frankenstein and Daniel Radcliffe stars as Igor in a unique,
never-before-seen twist on Mary Shelley's classic 19th century novel. Told from
Igor's perspective, we see the troubled young assistant's dark origins, his
redemptive friendship with the young medical student Victor Von Frankenstein,
and how he becomes eyewitness to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the
man-and the legend-we know today. The supporting cast includes Jessica Brown
Findlay, Andrew Scott, Freddie Fox, Bronson Webb and Adrian Schiller. Spectre
is expected to round out the top 5 with $7.5 million in its fourth frame in
theaters. Rounding out the top 10 will be The Peanuts Movie ($6.9 million), The
Night Before ($5.8 million), Secret in Their Eyes ($3.9 million), Love the
Coopers ($2.7 million) and The Martian ($1.6 million). With no films in limited
release expanding this weekend, there shouldn't be many surprises in the bottom
half of the top 10, but there are a few notable films opening in limited
release. The Danish Girl, another awards season contender starring Eddie
Redmayne, Alicia Vikander and Amber Heard, opens alongside a pair of
documentaries, Janis: Little Girl Blue and Killing them Safely. The Danish Girl
is inspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his
California-born wife, this tender portrait of a marriage asks: What do you do
when someone you love wants to change? It starts with a question, a simple
favor asked of a husband by his wife on an afternoon chilled by the Baltic wind
while both are painting in their studio. Her portrait model has canceled, and
would he mind slipping into a pair of women's shoes and stockings for a few
moments so she can finish the painting on time. "Of course," he
answers. "Anything at all." With that, one of the most passionate and
unusual love stories of the twentieth century begins. When their portraits
become wildly popular in 1920s Copenhagen, Greta encouraged her husband to
adopt the female guise. What began as a harmless game led Einer to a
metamorphosis and landmark 1931 operation that shocked the world and threatened
their love. Looking ahead to next weekend, there is only one movie opening in
wide release, the Christmas horror comedy Krampus. Adam Scott, Toni Collette,
Allison Tolman, Emjay Anthony, David Koechner and Stefania Owen star in the
latest from Trick 'r Treat director Michael Dougherty. Also opening in limited
release are Spike Lee's Chi-Raq, Amplify's Christmas Eve, Cohen Media Group's
Hitchcock/Truffaut, Sony Pictures Classics' The Lady in the Van, Freestyle
Releasing's The Letters, Cinedigm's Life, The Weinstein Company's Macbeth,
Saban Films' Mi-5, Atlas Distribution's A Royal Night Out, Drafthouse Films'
The World of Kanako and Fox Searchlight's Youth. Be sure to check back on
Sunday for the box office estimates, and again next Tuesday for our predictions
for the first weekend of December. Until then, take a look at this week's
projections below.
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