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Holiday horror-comedy Krampus outperformed expectations in its debut at the North American box office, grossing $16 million from 2,902 theaters to come in No. 2 behind The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2, which kept the number one spot with $18.6 million.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, December 6, are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | CUME REVENUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, The | Lionsgate | $18,600,000 | 4,086 | 4,552 | $227,112,000 |
| 2 | Krampus | Universal | $16,019,040 | 2,902 | 5,520 | $16,019,040 |
| 3 | Creed | Warner Bros. | $15,540,000 | 3,424 | 4,538 | $65,137,556 |
| 4 | Good Dinosaur, The | Disney | $15,512,000 | 3,749 | 4,137 | $75,951,530 |
| 5 | Spectre | Sony | $5,425,000 | 2,840 | 1,910 | $184,520,343 |
| 6 | Night Before, The | Sony | $4,920,000 | 2,794 | 1,760 | $31,988,311 |
| 7 | Peanuts Movie, The | 20th Century Fox | $3,525,000 | 2,917 | 1,208 | $121,437,699 |
| 8 | Spotlight | Open Road | $2,926,844 | 980 | 2,986 | $16,632,541 |
| 9 | Brooklyn | Fox Searchlight | $2,430,000 | 906 | 2,682 | $11,210,023 |
| 10 | Secret In Their Eyes, The | STX Entertainment | $1,950,000 | 2,147 | 908 | $17,241,088 |
| 11 | Martian, The | 20th Century Fox | $1,615,000 | 1,140 | 1,416 | $220,813,188 |
| 12 | Love The Coopers | Lionsgate | $1,500,000 | 1,639 | 915 | $22,683,626 |
