What 2013 movie sequel brought in $74 million during the three-day Thanksgiving weekend?

The 2013 movie sequel that brought in about $74 million during the three-day Thanksgiving weekend was The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Its reported three-day Thanksgiving gross was approximately $74.2 million, making it a major holiday box-office record at the time.

Directed by Francis Lawrence, the sequel continues Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark’s story after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games. President Snow views Katniss’s defiance as a threat, and the pair’s public Victory Tour becomes part of the Capitol’s effort to suppress growing rebellion across Panem.

The film opened in the United States on November 22, 2013, and earned $158.1 million during its opening weekend. It later grossed roughly $865 million worldwide. The Thanksgiving figure is sometimes confused with its much larger five-day holiday total of about $109.9 million. Both records were eventually surpassed by Frozen II in 2019.