Weekend Box Office: Mockingjay Part 1 Biggest Opening of the Year, Not of the Franchise

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, as expected, took the box office by storm this weekend. With $123 million it was easily the number one movie of the weekend and, in what's been a slow box office year, had the largest opening of the year to date, trumping this summer's Transformers: Age of Extinction's $100 million debut. Despite that small coup, the movie's opening doesn't stand up to its franchise predecessor, Catching Fire which hit $158 million this same time last year. As young adult a...