HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE LEAD AGAIN WITH $74.5 MILLION

A scene from Hunger Games: Catching Fire[/caption]It was another beautiful outing for films at the Box Office during the week with Hunger Games: Catching Fire leading others by a very wide margin for the second time in two weeks.

Nevertheless, Home Front is number 5 at the box office. Put together for distribution by Open Road Films, Home Front made $6.970 million after having exposure in 2,570 theatres to make it to that position. At number 4 is The Best Man Holiday. Put together for distribution by Universal Studios, The Best Man Holiday made $8.491 million after featuring 1,717 theatres in the US to make it to number 4 on the box office chart.

Thor: The Dark World is number 3 during the week. A production of Buena Vista, Thor: The Dark World made $11.108 million after appearing in 3,286 cinemas in the US to make it to that spot on the chart. Frozen is number 2 at the box. Put together for distribution by Buena Vista, Frozen made $66.713 million after having a nice show in 3,742 theatres in the US to make it to that position on the chart.

And then the most watched film at the box office during the week was Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The movie which was number 1 last week, made $74.5 million after having a wonderful outing in 4,163 cinemas in the US to retain number one position on the chart.

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It might interest you to know that Hunger Games: Catching Fire was put together with a budget of $130 million yet it has grossed a total sum of $296.5 million in just two weeks at the Hollywood Box Office. What is responsible for this success and how can we move Nigerian films in that direction? Send your views to [email protected]