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'Hunger Games' still tops in N.America after 'Napoleon' invades

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/ancx/culture/2023/44/2hg.jpg" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/ancx/culture/2023/44/2hg.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Los Angeles, United States - The &quot;Hunger Games&quot; prequel stayed atop the North American box office over the long US Thanksgiving weekend, fending off an invasion by new Ridley Scott film &quot;Napoleon,&quot; industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.</p><p>Lionsgate&#x27;s &quot;The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds &amp; Snakes&quot; took in an estimated $42 million from Wednesday through Sunday -- boosted by Thanksgiving holiday moviegoers -- and $28.8 million for the usual Friday-through-Sunday period.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MOIu5vs9xMg?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>This fifth in the &quot;Hunger Games&quot; series stars Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler and Peter Dinklage in a story about the 10th Hunger Games in the dystopian state of Panem.</p><p>In second place was the latest take on the &quot;Napoleon&quot; epic, this one from Sony, with ticket sales of $32.5 million for the five-day weekend and $20.4 million for three days.</p><p>&quot;This is a good opening for a period epic action adventure,&quot; said analyst David A. Gross, who noted the &quot;pedigree&quot; of director Ridley Scott and strong leads in Joaquin Phoenix, as the French emperor, and Vanessa Kirby, as Empress Josephine.</p><p>The European setting should help the movie &quot;over-perform abroad,&quot; Gross said. But the film had an &quot;enormous&quot; production budget of $200 million, he noted, and has generated lukewarm reviews, with many French critics panning historical inaccuracies.</p><p>Disney, meantime, did not quite get its &quot;Wish&quot; with the release of the lavish animation by that name. It took in $31.7 million for five days and $19.5 for three, which Gross said was roughly half what similar films have earned in the past.</p><p>&quot;The struggle is real for the $200M animated film, and the Magic Kingdom itself,&quot; Exhibitor Relations said on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>&quot;Wish&quot; follows another disappointing opening for Disney; &quot;The Marvels&quot; recently saw the lowest debut ever in the studio&#x27;s Marvel Cinematic Universe.</p><p>Featuring the voices of Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose and Chris Pine, &quot;Wish&quot; tells the story of King Magnifico, who from his island kingdom grants one wish a month.</p><p>In fourth, down two spots from last weekend, was Universal&#x27;s animated musical comedy &quot;Trolls Band Together.&quot; Led by voice actors Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake, it sold $25.3 million in tickets for five days, and $17.6 million for three.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/17/23/movie-review-hunger-games-villain-gets-origin-story">Movie review: &#x27;Hunger Games&#x27; villain Coriolanus Snow gets origin story</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/movies/11/17/23/new-hunger-games-transforms-german-locations-into-panem">New &#x27;Hunger Games&#x27; transforms German locations into Panem</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/20/23/hunger-games-prequel-tops-box-office-weekend-marvelsdrops-to-3rd">&#x27;Hunger Games&#x27; prequel tops box office weekend; &#x27;Marvels&#x27;drops to 3rd</a></li></ul><p>And in fifth was Sony slasher film &quot;Thanksgiving,&quot; at $11 million for five days and $7.2 million for three. Patrick Dempsey and Addison Rae star.</p><div><strong>Rounding out the top 10 were:</strong></div><p>&quot;The Marvels&quot; ($9.2 million for five days; $6.4 million for three)</p><p>&quot;The Holdovers&quot; ($3.8 million; $2.8 million)</p><p>&quot;Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour&quot; ($2.3 million -- it is playing in theaters only Thursdays through Sundays)</p><p>&quot;Five Nights at Freddy&#x27;s&quot; ($2.4 million; $1.8 million)</p><p>&quot;Saltburn&quot; ($2 million; $1.8 million)</p><div><strong>bbk/mdl</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

The 'Hunger Games' prequel stayed atop the North American box office over the long US Thanksgiving weekend, fending off an invasion by new Ridley Scott film 'Napoleon.'