Box Office: 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1' Claims 2014’s Largest Debut With $123 Million

“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1″ easily topped “Transformers: Age of Extinction” to secure the year’s biggest domestic opening weekend.

The latest installment in the futuristic franchise earned $123 million across 4,151 locations, besting “Transformers’” $100 million debut from last summer. It’s a massive number — only 14 films in history have earned more — but it’s still a low point for the blockbuster series by a significant margin.

“The Hunger Games” racked up $152.5 million when it launched in 2012, while “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” snagged $158.1 when it bowed in 2013.

Heading into the weekend Lionsgate, the company behind the series, said it expected an opening between $130 million to $150 million, but most analysts pegged a debut of $150 million or more. Lionsgate argued that the projections are difficult to make when dealing with a sequel with this level of expectation and name recognition.

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Lena Dunham And Chris Pratt Read Mean Tweets On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’

“If you don’t have anything nice to tweet, don’t tweet at all.”

That definitely wasn’t the motto last night on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” during the eighth edition of the host’s “Mean Tweets” segment, which asks celebrities to read out Twitter users’ insulting posts about them. Thursday night’s entertaining compilation featured a new batch of celebs, including Britney Spears, Lena Dunham, Chris Pratt and Scott Foley.

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Kim Kardashian Hangs With Michelle Rodriguez On A Yacht In Dubai

 

Kim Kardashian is currently in Dubai promoting her new fragrance Fleur Fatale, and the reality star took time out of her busy schedule to relax on the open seas with actress Michelle Rodriguez. Kimmy K has tons of celeb pals, but we had no idea the Fast and the Furious star was one of them! The brunette beauty's sister Kendall Jenner is friends with model Cara Delevingne, who dated Michelle last year, so we have a feeling that's the connection.

The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star was scheduled to make a trip to India, but she was forced to cancel due to reported visa issues. "To all my wonderful fans in India, I'm so disappointed I wasn't able to come to India as planned. When the opportunity presented itself to make the trip, there was a short window to coordinate all of the elements necessary to make it happen. Unfortunately, time ran out so the trip has been canceled. I look forward to rescheduling and meeting everyone soon," she wrote on Instagram.

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"The Queen Latifah Show" Has Been Cancelled

"The Queen Latifah Show" just got the ax.

The show is in its 2nd season and we're told production will be coming to a halt. Our sources say the staff was brought into an office Friday AM and given the news. The honchos weren't specific but it's all about ratings and cost.

Queen Latifah just posted a note on her Facebook page, saying to her staff, "Your dedication and sacrifice was crucial to the entire team, and in the face of intense challenges, you displayed 'True Grit.!'"

She ends by saying, "The most important thing in life is that you wake up every single day and take chances. No matter what the outcome ... believe in yourself and continue to fly."

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Moby Sells Historic Wolf's Lair Estate For $12.4 Million

Moby has sold his Beachwood Canyon estate, known as Wolf's Lair, in an off-market deal for $12.4 million, according to Variety's Dirt.

The musician bought the home in March 2010 for $3.925 million, and though he spent an estimated $2 million in renovations, he still ended up making more than twice what he put into it.

The mansion was built in the late 1920s for developer L. Milton Wolf, and rumor has it the Rolling Stones lived there for a while. The pics in this post were taken before Moby gave the place a facelift, and while it's not known what the exact square footage is, the home was last listed as having 8 bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms.

The 3.3-acre property includes a stone main house with turrets, and there are two guest houses on the property -- one sits by the pool and the other one was designed by famed architect John Lautner. The original owner had a secret tiki bar under the gate house and The New York Times reported in 2011 Moby planned to turn the lounge into an invitation-only magic theater.

Moby is no stranger to flipping homes, and in the last year alone he's made a number of moves on the real estate market. In June 2013 his Hollywood Hills pad for $2.85 million and suffered a $100,000 loss on the place but in May he unloaded his New York penthouse for $2.05 million, which was $100k more than the asking price.

Source: celebdigs.com

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