‘Heart Of The Sea’ Sinks At Box Office

With “The Force
Awakens” looming, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2” notched its
fourth-straight weekend atop the box office, while Ron Howard’s whaling
tale “In the Heart of the Sea” capsized.

It
was a quiet weekend at movie theaters. Few studios wanted to push out a
new release days before “The Force Awakens.” That left the final chapter
of the “Hunger Games” saga to remain no. 1 with $11.3 million according
to studio estimates Sunday.

“In the Heart of
the Sea,” starring Chris Hemsworth, was the only major new release to
test the pre-“Star Wars” waters. But its hopes sank with an estimated
$11 million despite a production budget around $100 million.

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In limited release, Adam McKay’s finance farce “The Big Short” opened strongly with $720,000 in eight theaters.