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Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2 narrowly beat In the Heart of the Sea to stay at the top of the box office. Ron Howard’s seafaring epic starring Chris Hemsworth capsized at the box office, opening to $11 million from 3,103 theaters. The big-budget film cost roughly $100 million to make, excluding marketing costs.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, December 13, are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | CUME REVENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, The | Lionsgate | $11,300,000 | 3,651 | 3,095 | $244,490,956 |
| 2 | In The Heart Of The Sea | Warner Bros. | $11,005,000 | 3,103 | 3,546 | $11,005,000 |
| 3 | Good Dinosaur, The | Disney | $10,497,000 | 3,606 | 2,910 | $89,661,000 |
| 4 | Creed | Warner Bros. | $10,120,000 | 3,502 | 2,889 | $79,321,018 |
| 5 | Krampus | Universal | $8,012,655 | 2,919 | 2,745 | $28,153,985 |
| 6 | Spectre | Sony | $4,000,000 | 2,640 | 1,515 | $190,767,660 |
| 7 | Night Before, The | Sony | $3,900,000 | 2,674 | 1,458 | $38,205,656 |
| 8 | Peanuts Movie, The | 20th Century Fox | $2,650,000 | 2,653 | 998 | $124,955,585 |
| 9 | Spotlight | Open Road | $2,508,853 | 1,089 | 2,303 | $20,302,802 |
| 10 | Brooklyn | Fox Searchlight | $1,975,000 | 947 | 2,085 | $14,330,423 |
| 11 | Martian, The | 20th Century Fox | $1,400,000 | 1,041 | 1,344 | $222,800,035 |
| 12 | Love The Coopers | Lionsgate | $1,350,000 | 1,610 | 838 | $24,636,242 |
