"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" opened with $161.1 million at the domestic weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The new film scored 2013's second-biggest debut, behind the May opening for superhero sequel "Iron Man 3" of $174.1 million, and also marked the fourth-biggest domestic film opening in history.
The original "Hunger Games" earned $152.5 million in its opening weekend in March 2012, but didn't debut until midnight screenings Thursday.
Lions Gate spent about $130 million to make "Catching Fire," plus about $55 million on a broadly aimed marketing campaign that included Facebook promotions, ads during NFL football games, and fashion and makeup lines.
The film is the sequel to The Hunger Games, and the second installment in The Hunger Games film series, produced and distributed by Lionsgate.
Here are the estimated top 10 box office figures for Friday to Sunday, courtesy Box Office Mojo:
1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* — $161.1 million
2. Thor: The Dark World — $14.1 million
3. The Best Man Holiday — $12.5 million
4. Delivery Man* — $8.2 million
5. Free Birds — $5.3 million
6. Last Vegas — $4.4 million
7. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa — $3.5 million
8. Gravity — $3.3 million
9. 12 Years a Slave — $2.8 million
10. Dallas Buyers Club — $2.77 million
*Opening weekend
The new film scored 2013's second-biggest debut, behind the May opening for superhero sequel "Iron Man 3" of $174.1 million, and also marked the fourth-biggest domestic film opening in history.
The original "Hunger Games" earned $152.5 million in its opening weekend in March 2012, but didn't debut until midnight screenings Thursday.
Lions Gate spent about $130 million to make "Catching Fire," plus about $55 million on a broadly aimed marketing campaign that included Facebook promotions, ads during NFL football games, and fashion and makeup lines.
The film is the sequel to The Hunger Games, and the second installment in The Hunger Games film series, produced and distributed by Lionsgate.
Here are the estimated top 10 box office figures for Friday to Sunday, courtesy Box Office Mojo:
1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* — $161.1 million
2. Thor: The Dark World — $14.1 million
3. The Best Man Holiday — $12.5 million
4. Delivery Man* — $8.2 million
5. Free Birds — $5.3 million
6. Last Vegas — $4.4 million
7. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa — $3.5 million
8. Gravity — $3.3 million
9. 12 Years a Slave — $2.8 million
10. Dallas Buyers Club — $2.77 million
*Opening weekend
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