'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2' Opens Worldwide, Expected to Debut at $120 Million
The recent worldwide opening of the final "Hunger Games" franchise titled "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2" had many speculating that it would debut at $120 million, just close to the $121.9 million of the previous "Hunger Games" film when it opened.
Although it might seem like the recently released film is one of the most highly anticipated movies this year, "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2" will apparently fail to break the box office numbers as it is expected to only garner average sales in its opening week.
Entertainment Weekly speculates that unlike the first two installments, the new "Hunger Games" film will just gain around what the previous one earned when it opened. However, the publication said that the film will be definitely beating this year's "Minions" film.
Furthermore, Entertainment Weekly reports that "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2," starring Jennifer Lawrence, will become the fourth biggest opening of this year. However, the numbers won't be as steep as the other "Hunger Games" films since there are already other films lined up near its opening date such as "The Night Before" and "Secret in Their Eyes."
Meanwhile, the film, which also debuted in Paris, France, had an unsurprising low percentage of viewers after the recently reported attacks that killed at least 130 people. The attacks came days before the film's premiere, resulting to an all-time down of 50 percent in Paris, The Hollywood Reporter revealed.
However, the numbers are still quite impressive despite the unfortunate incident that occurred, which rocked Paris' citizens. The Hollywood Reporter said that there were 150,000 admissions across France on Wednesday, the same day that the police were in action to search for more suspects. Not only that, including the Tuesday night preview, the total admission reached to 205,000. However, in Paris, the film merely had 26,000 admissions, the publication further reports.
"A significant part of the audience of 'Mockingjay' is 12 to 16 years old -- boys but mostly girls -- and with the events taking place all day yesterday, they have probably been told to stay home," Eric Marti, general manager of Rentrak France told The Hollywood Reporter. "They're completely missing from the numbers."
Furthermore, Marti revealed that the results are not bad considering what happened in Paris.
"Considering the circumstances, it's not a bad result. It's less than what we expected, but it's not that bad. It's just a low result in a low market," Marti said adding, "If we take 'Spectre' and 'L'Hermine' as an indicator, [the market]'s recovering. If we take 'Hunger Games,' it's still in shock and people aren't going to the movies."
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