Your American Box Office

Two animated features remain in the Top Ten.

WEEKEND GROSSES

1.) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (LGF), 3,651 theaters (-435) / $3.3M Fri. (-42%)/ 3-day cume: $11.1M (-41%) /Total cume: $244.3M/Wk 4

2.) In The Heart of the Sea (WB/Village Roadshow), 3,103 theaters / $3.8M Fri. / 3-day cume: $10.5M /Wk 1

3). The Good Dinosaur (DIS), 3,606 theaters (-143) / $2.2M Fri. (-34%) / 3-day cume: $10.1M (-34%)/Total cume: $89.2M/Wk 3

4). Creed (MGM/New Line/WB), 3,502 theaters (+78) $2.95M Fri. (-35%)/ 3-day cume: $9.7M (-36%)/Total cume: $78.9M /Wk 3

5). Krampus (U/Legendary), 2,919 theaters (+17) / $2.5M Fri. (-58%)/ 3-day cume: $7.6M (-53%)/Total cume:$27.7M/Wk 2

6). The Night Before (SONY), 2,674 theaters (-120)/ $1.2M Fri. (-21%)/ 3-day cume: $4M (-21%)/Total cume: $38.3M/Wk 4

7).Spectre (SONY/MGM), 2,640 theaters (-200)/ $1.1M Fri. (-30%)/ 3-day cume: $3.9M (-30%)/Total cume: $190.6M /Wk 6

8). The Peanuts Movie (FOX), 2,653 theaters (-264)/ $569K Fri. (-28%)/ 3-day cume: $2.5M (-29%)/Total cume: $124.8M /Wk 6

9). Spotlight (OPRD), 1,089 (+109) / $710K Fri. (-15%) / 3-day cume: $2.38 (-15%) /Total cume: $20.2M /Wk 6

10). Brooklyn (FSL), 947 theaters (+41) / $581K Fri. (-22%)/3-day cume: $1.9M (-21%)/Total cume: $14.3M /Wk 6

11).The Martian (FOX), 1,041 theaters (-99) / $396K Fri. (-12%)/ 3-day cume: $1.4M (-13%)/ Total cume: $222.8M / Wk 11 ...

For those keeping score at home, The Peanuts Movie opened 36 days ago in #,897 theaters, bringing in $44,213,073.

The Good Dinosaur, in release 17 days, collected $39,155,217 on its opening weekend. It was screened in 3,749 theaters, and it's been dropping a wee bit faster than Chuck Brown and associates, although the two features declines are comparable.

By contrast, Inside Out (released last June), brought in $90,440,272 in its premiere weekend across $3,946 screens. It went on to gross $356,461,711 domestically, 41.9% of its worldwide total.