Sci-fi sequel The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 retained top spot at the US box office at the weekend with a haul of $21.6m (£13.8m).
In its third week of release, Francis Lawrence’s film passed the $250m mark at the US box office and now has more than $500m globally. With a total of $257.7m, it is on course to overtake Captain America: The Winter Soldier as the second highest-grossing film of the year in north America.
On the traditionally weak post-Thanksgiving weekend, there were no new wide release movies. However, the Oscar-tipped Reese Witherspoon drama Wild, about a woman who sets off on a 1,000-mile trek to try and heal following the death of her mother, did well on limited release with $677,238 from just 21 cinemas.
In second place, animated sequel Penguins of Madagascar took another $11.1m in its second week of release for a total of $49.6m. Comedy sequel Horrible Bosses 2 secured third spot with $8.6m for a second-week total of $36.1m.
The top five was rounded out by animated adventure Big Hero 6, with $8.1m in its fifth week of release for a total of $177.5m, and space drama Interstellar, with a fifth-week haul of $8m for a total of $158.7m.
US box office top 10 December 5-7
1. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, $21.6m, total: $257.7m
2. Penguins of Madagascar, $11.1m, total: $49.6m
3. Horrible Bosses 2, $8.6m, total: $36.1m
4. Big Hero 6, $8.1m, total: $177.5m
5. Interstellar, $8m, total: $158.7m
6. Dumb and Dumber To, $4.2m, total: $78.1m
7. The Theory of Everything, $2.7m, total: $13.6m
8. Gone Girl, $1.5m, total: $162.9m
9. The Pyramid, $1.4m - new
10. Birdman, $1.2m, total: $18.9m
