The Thanksgiving box office has brought with it an upset for the No. 1 spot, as Lionsgate’s “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” is hitting its stride and earning a stronger-than-expected $42 million over the 5-day holiday period, according to industry estimates.
There’s still a long way to go this weekend, but if that result holds, “Hunger Games” will top Sony/Apple’s biopic “Napoleon” and Disney’s animated film “Wish,” the latter of which had been expected to take No. 1.
With a B+ on CinemaScore, “Songbirds and Snakes” headed into the holiday weekend needing to buck the trend of films falling down the charts if they earn less than an A- on the audience poll.
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