Your American Box Office

Early turnstile figures, (and no prizes for guessing the weekend's top grosser) ...

Early Friday projections show Lionsgate’s “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1″ heading for an opening weekend of about $125 million in the U.S. — significantly lower than recent forecasts and over 20% below the first two “Hunger Games” movies.



However, international box office for the first part of the “Hunger Games” finale is up 5% to 10% above last year’s “Catching Fire” with more than $33 million in two days. ...

Big Hero 6 is projected to drop around 40%, and come in at #2. ...



Disney’s third weekend of “Big Hero 6″ is expected to lead the rest of the pack this weekend with about $24 million, followed by Paramount’s third weekend of “Interstellar” at around $16 million. ...



Add On: The Saturday stats:

1). The Hunger Games (LGF), 4,151 theaters / $55.5M Fri. / 3-day cume: $128M/ Wk 1



2). Big Hero 6 (DIS), 3,650 theaters (-123) / $4.5M Fri. / 3-day cume: $20.5M (-41%)/ Total Cume: $136.1M /Wk 3



3). Interstellar (PAR), 3,415 theaters (-146) / $4.3M Fri. / 3-day cume: $14.7M (-48%) / Total cume: $120.4M / Wk 3



4). Dumb and Dumber To (UNI), 3,188 theaters (+34) / $4.1M Fri./3-day cume: $13.8M (-62%)/ Total Cume: $57.1M /Wk 2



5). Gone Girl (FOX), 1,609 theaters (-350) / $803K Fri. / 3-day cume: $2.7M (-41%)/ Total cume: $157M / Wk 8



6). Beyond the Lights (REL), 1766 theaters (-23)/ $803K Fri. / 3-day cume: $2.5M (-60%) / Total Cume: $10M /Wk 2



7). St. Vincent (TWC), 1,707 theaters (-625) / $672K Fri. / 3-day cume: $2.25M (-40%)/ Total cume: $36.7M / Wk 7



8). Fury (SONY), 1,720 theaters (-662) / $550K Fri. / 3-day cume: $1.8M (-52%) / Total cume: $79.1M / Wk 6



Micheal Keaton in Birdman9). Birdman (FSL), 862 theaters (+5) / 502K Fri. /3-day cume: $1.7M (-31%) / Total cume: $14.3M /Wk 6



10). The Theory Of Everything (FOC), 140 theaters (+99) / $402K Fri. / 3-day cume: $1.4M (+90%)/ Total cume: $2.7M / Wk 3

Ade On Too: The Rentrak Sunday stats:

WEEKEND TOTALS -- U.S./CANADA



Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, The - Lionsgate - $123.0M



Big Hero 6 - Disney - $20.1M



Interstellar - Paramount - $15.1M



Dumb And Dumber To - Universal - $13.8M



Gone Girl - 20th Century Fox - $2.8M



Beyond The Lights - Relativity Media - $2.6M



St. Vincent - The Weinstein Company - $2.4M



Fury - Sony - $1.9M



Birdman - Fox Searchlight - $1.9M



Theory Of Everything, The - Focus Features - $1.5M



Nightcrawler - Open Road - $1.2M



Ouija - Universal - $1.0M

As you can see, Big Hero 6 came in a distant second to the JenLaw movie.



Add On: The last ... and the actual ... box office.

1). The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (LG), 4,151 theaters / 3-day cume: $121.897M/$29,366 average /Total cume: $121.897M/ Wk 1 Includes Thursday night previews.



2). Big Hero 6 (DIS), 3,650 theaters (-123) /3-day cume: $20.1M (-42%)/$5,513 average/ Total cume: $135.7M /Wk 3



3). Interstellar (PAR), 3,415 theaters (-146) / 3-day cume: $15.3M (-46%) /$4,492 average/ Total cume: $120.9M / Wk 3



4). Dumb and Dumber To (UNI), 3,188 theaters (+34)/ 3-day cume: $14.076M (-61%)/$4,415 average /Total cume: $57.7M/ Wk 2



5). Gone Girl (FOX), 1,609 theaters (-350) 3-day cume: $2.8M (-38)/$1,763 average/ Total cume: $156.8M / Wk 8



6). Beyond the Lights (REL), 1,766 theaters (-23) / 3-day cume: $2.6M (-58%)/$1,492 average /Total cume:$10.1M/Wk 2



7). St. Vincent (TWC), 1,707 theaters (-625) /3-day cume: $2.2M (-40%)/ $1,318 average/Total cume: $36.5M / Wk 7



8). Fury (SONY), 1,720 theaters (-662) / 3-day cume: $1.9M (-48%) /$1,130 average/ Total cume: $79.19M / Wk 6



9). Birdman (FSL), 862 theaters (+5) /3-day cume: $1.85M (-25%) /$2,150 average/ Total cume: $14.4M /Wk 6



10). The Theory of Everything (Focus), 140 theaters (+99) /3-day cume: $1.5M (+106%) /$10,798 average/ Total cume: $2.8M/Wk 3