LOS ANGELES: The fourth and final "Hunger Games" movie ruled the North American box office over the weekend but failed to do as well as the two previous films in the series, industry figures showed Monday.
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2" raked in $102.7 million in ticket sales in its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations said.
But it fell short of the $121.9 million generated by last year's "Mockingjay -- Part 1," or the $158.1 million scored in 2013 by "Catching Fire," the second movie in the franchise.
In second place at the box office was "Spectre," the latest James Bond movie, with gross sales of $15 million.
The star-studded spy thriller -- with Daniel Craig as 007, and including Italian beauty Monica Bellucci and Austrian Oscar winner Christoph Waltz as the villain -- has raked in $154.1 million in its three weeks in cinemas.
Third was the computer-animated 3D cartoon "The Peanuts Movie," which pulled in $13.2 million.
The family-friendly film was the first big screen rendering in 35 years for the comic book characters created by the late Charles Schulz, who died in 2000.
Two newcomers also made the top five list.
"The Night Before," a male buddy comedy starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen, opened with $9.9 million.
"Secret In Their Eyes," a murder mystery starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman, scored $6.7 million in its first weekend.
The rest of the top 10 were:
6. "Love The Coopers," ($4.1 million)
7. "The Martian," ($3.8 million)
8. "Spotlight," ($3.5 million)
9. "The 33," ($2.3 million)
10. "Bridge Of Spies," ($2 million)
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