Despite Interstellar’s stellar reviews and impressive opening week, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 did as expected and knocked it back down to earth.
The Hunger Games is a box office magnet. It is commonplace for the franchise and this week was no different as the the newest iteration pulled in over $11.8 million.
Interstellar didn’t do bad by any stretch of the imagination raking in just over$2 million in its 3rd week.
Reliable comedy Let’s Be Cops took a solid third spot while Gone Girl drops outside of the top 3 for the first time since its release.
| # | Film Title | Distributor | Box Office |
| 1 | THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 | ROADSHOW | $11,888,205 |
| 2 | INTERSTELLAR | WARNER BROS | $2,182,322 |
| 3 | LET’S BE COPS | FOX | $761,694 |
| 4 | GONE GIRL | FOX | $478,286 |
| 5 | MY OLD LADY | ENTERTAINMENT ONE | $380,104 |
| 6 | FURY | SONY PICTURES | $344,293 |
| 7 | PRIDE | ENTERTAINMENT ONE | $257,790 |
| 8 | LOVE, ROSIE | STUDIOCANAL | $182,835 |
| 9 | JOHN WICK | ROADSHOW | $140,879 |
| 10 | THE DROP | FOX | $102,005 |
Also opening is the Jake Gyllenhaal drama Nightcrawler. Jake plays a journalist who becomes a little too embroiled in the world of crime.
Other releases include The Bradley Cooper/Jennifer Lawrence reunion in Serena and Men, Women & Children – a drama about social networking and the internet starring Jennifer Garner & Adam Sandler.
All figures from The Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia and Box Office Mojo.
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