US release: 25th December 2014
United Kingdom release: 14th November 2014
Ireland release: 14th November 2014
£16.4 Million $91.1 Million
$233.6 MillionThe young adult drama is big business at the moment and The Hunger Games: Mockingly Part 1 this week enters the video chart at the top.
Released in UK cinemas on 21st November 2014 the film had a massive £12.6 million debut weekend, the 31 highest ever in the UK.
The film was on the box office chart for 8 weeks taking a total gross of £20.8 million during it's run.
In the UK it is the 78th highest grossing film ever while worldwide it is the 65th highest grossing movie with $807.5 million.
The Imitation Game fell from the top into the runner up spot on it's second week of release.
Other new film on the video chart this week are: Halo Nightfall at 4, Horns at 5 and Extraterrestrial at 13.
At the UK video chart this week Oscar nominated The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch is the new number 1 film.
Released at UK cinemas on 14th November 2014 it entered the box office at number 2 with a weekend gross of £2.7 million.
The film spent 9 weeks on the official top 15 and is still floating around some cinemas on it's video release.
It is the 249th highest grossing film in the UK with a total gross of £16.2 million.
Other new films this week are: The Hundred Foot Journey at number 2, '71 at number 5, Ouija at number 6 and Assasin at number 11.
A selection of the 2015 Oscar nomination, to see the full list visit Oscars.com
Here the list of the "main" nominations:
Best Picture
American Sniper - Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Boyhood - The Grand Budapest Hotel - The Imitation Game - Selma - The Theory Of Everything - Whiplash -Best Director
Alejandro G. I��rritu, Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Richard Linklater, Boyhood - Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher - Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel - Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game -Best Actor
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher - Bradley Cooper, American Sniper - Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game - Michael Keaton, Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything -Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night - Felicity Jones, The Theory Of Everything - Julianne Moore, Still Alice - Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl - Reese Witherspoon, Wild -Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood - Laura Dern, Wild - Emma Stone, Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Meryl Streep, Into The Woods - Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game -Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall, The Judge - Ethan Hawke, Boyhood - Edward Norton, Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher - JK Simmons, Whiplash -Foreign Language Film
Ida - Leviathan - Tangerines - Timbuktu - Wild Tales -Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper - The Imitation Game - Inherent Vice - The Theory of Everything - Whiplash -Original Screenplay
Boyhood - Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Foxcatcher - The Grand Budapest Hotel - Nightcrawler -Animated Feature
Big Hero 6 - Boxtrolls - How To Train Your Dragon 2 - Song Of The Sea - The Tale Of Princess Kaguya -
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— The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 15, 2015As if there was any doubt about what would be at the top of the UK box office charts this week, and without any hassle The Hunger Games: Mockingly Part 1 has a terrific first week of release.
Taking over £12 million on it's debut weekend this is the third in The Hunger Games series, which has grown in strength as each film has been released.
The previous film in the series took almost exactly the same on it's opening weekend, but the first film, which was introducing a new franchise to cinema, took far less at just under £5 million.
Last weeks top film, Interstellar, falls to third place this week with The Imitation Game staying put in second place.
Historical Charts
A year ago - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire took over at the top of the chart knocking Gravity down to second place.
Five years ago - Another franchise, The Twilight Saga had it's second film, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, enter at the top of the box office knocking 2012 down to second place.
Ten years ago - Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason kept it's hold on the top of the box office with the highest new film entering at 3, After The Sunset directed by Brett Ratner and starring Pierce Brosnan.
Fifteen years ago - The Sixth Sense was still enjoying it's run at the top of the box office with Harrison Ford starring in the Sydney Pollack directed film Random Hearts being the highest new film right down at seven.