Katniss Everdeen may able to survive brutal combat, but she can’t make it as a four week box office victor.
In a surprisingly strong surge, Sony’s “Think Like a Man” proved estimates wrong and debuted to the tune of $33 million.
Studios expected the film to debut to almost half that amount.
Coming in behind “Think Like a Man” was Zac Efron’s “The Lucky One” with $22.3 million.
“The Hunger Games” concluded its stellar box office run as it earned $14.5 million, ending its three-week run as box office champion.
However, don’t write “The Hungers Games” off, the film still managed to be gross $357 million worldwide.
In other news, DisneyNature’s “Chimpanzee” garnered the best opening for the brand ever as it earned $10.2 million in itsopening weekend.