'Catching Fire' and Disney's 'Frozen' top record box office weekend
- 10 years ago
"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" continued to light up the box office through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, collecting a record $110.2 million over five days... bringing its 10-day total to nearly $300 million.
Moviegoers also flooded to theaters for Disney's new animated film "Frozen." The film... a hit among critics... recorded ticket sales of $93 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters for the five-day holiday period that began on Wednesday... far exceeding industry projections of about $63 million.
Disney's action film "Thor: The Dark World," based on the character from its Marvel comic book unit, was third with $15.5 million in ticket sales.
Rounding out the top five were strong-performing "The Best Man Holiday," with $11.1 million, and "Homefront," which collected $9.8 million in its debut weekend.
Moviegoers dropped $294 million at box offices this holiday... a new record... besting the $290 million spent a year ago over the five-day period.
Moviegoers also flooded to theaters for Disney's new animated film "Frozen." The film... a hit among critics... recorded ticket sales of $93 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters for the five-day holiday period that began on Wednesday... far exceeding industry projections of about $63 million.
Disney's action film "Thor: The Dark World," based on the character from its Marvel comic book unit, was third with $15.5 million in ticket sales.
Rounding out the top five were strong-performing "The Best Man Holiday," with $11.1 million, and "Homefront," which collected $9.8 million in its debut weekend.
Moviegoers dropped $294 million at box offices this holiday... a new record... besting the $290 million spent a year ago over the five-day period.