'Catching Fire,' 'Frozen' heat up Thanksgiving film box office
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Cast member Jennifer Lawrence attends the premiere of the film ''The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'' in New York, November 20, 2013.
'Catching Fire,' the second installment of the 'Hunger Games' franchise, grossed $14.9 million on Thursday's Thanksgiving Day holiday according to studio Lions Gate. That broke the record previously held by 'Toy Story 2,' which earned $13.1 million on Thanksgiving in 1999, according to Rentrak.
The film, starring Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence as heroine Katniss Everdeen, was released on November 22 and has earned $222 million at the domestic box office to date. Industry insiders are projecting that 'Catching Fire' is likely to take $90 million from Wednesday to Sunday.
Disney's 'Frozen,' inspired by 'The Snow Queen' fairytale, is the story of a Scandinavian princess who must reconnect with her sister, the Queen, who has the power of freezing anything into ice with her hands and accidentally sets off a long winter that is destroying their kingdom. The film is projected to earn upwards of $40 million at the domestic box office according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.
Superhero film 'Thor: The Dark World,' part of Disney's Marvel universe, had ticket sales of $4.3 million between Wednesday and Thursday, bringing its cumulative domestic total to $175.6 million since its release on November 8.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Ronald Grover and Eric Walsh)
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