2015 has not been the best year for the box office, with films big and small falling short of their projected gross, no one expected the last Hunger Games film to do as poorly as it did but should we have seen this coming? The latest Hunger Games: Mocking Jay Part 2, opened to the lowest opening weekend of all four films with just over 101 million dollars, which is surprising that a number that high could be a disappointment but if you look at the previous installments, maybe we should have assumed with would have hit right around there. The first Hunger Games film grossed 152 million in it's opening weekend while the 2nd and 3rd brought in 158 million and 121 million respectively. A bit surprising considering the Mocking Jay Part's 1 and 2 contain the most drama and intensity of the popular franchise but it looks like waning interest had increased over the years. Even though Mocking Jay didn't make what was projected, other newcomers like Sony's The Night Before made a measly 10 million against it's 25 million budget and the Oscar buzz worthy The Secrets in Their Eyes, made a low 6 million against a 34 million dollar budget. Hopefully the next few weeks will help this movie reach it's predecessors before Star Wars: The Force Awakens, dominates the box office in December.
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