LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30-- "The Hunger Games 3" beat two debuts and won the North American box office at its second weekend closing November.

"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 1" scored 56.9 million U.S. dollars in tickets between Friday and Sunday, down 53 percent from last weekend but remaining in first place this weekend.

Starring Jennifer Lawrence, this Lionsgate's film took in an estimated 82.7 million dollars over the five-day Thanksgiving frame and was on track for a 225.7 million dollars total over its two weeks of exhibition, estimated Lionsgate.

While "The Hunger Games 3" has already become the seventh highest grossing in the United States and Canada so far this year, the film is still running a significant 24 percent behind the 296.3-million-dollar ten-day take of the last "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" in 2013.

"Penguins Of Madagascar" premiered at 3,764 theaters with 25.8 million dollars in the weekend's three-day sales for 20th Century Fox, or 36 million dollars in its first five days.

The 3D computer animated film received an A-rating on CinemaScore and a 69 percent of "fresh" from RottenTomatoes.com.

According to the distributor 20th Century Fox, the audience was 51 percent female and 58 percent under the age of 25, while 3D showings accounted for 24 percent of the sales.

But family audiences were also still trooping in to see Disney's "Big Hero 6," now in its fourth week of screening. It was estimated to deal 18.8 million dollars in sales over three days, which was down a slim 7 percent from last weekend. The 3D computer animated film took in an estimated 26 million dollars over the five-day frame. "Big Hero 6" has grossed 167.2 million dollars through 24 days of release.

"Interstellar" claimed the fourth place over the weekend with an estimated 15.8 million dollars. The Christopher Nolan directed sci-fi film took in an estimated 22 million dollars over the five-day frame and has grossed 147 million dollars in four weeks since it was released.

"Horrible Bosses 2," an R-rated premiere, was estimated to sell 15.7 million dollars over three days, and 23 million dollars if Thanksgiving Day was added. The film received a respectable B+ rating from first-night moviegoers and a low 35 percent of "fresh" rating from RottenTomatoes.

The Top 12 films earned an estimated 155.6 million dollars this weekend which dropped 20 percent from the same frame last year.

The rest five out of the 10 most popular movies in the U.S. and Canada, as estimated by the producers and collated by Rentrak, were "Dumb And Dumber To" (8.2 million dollars), "The Theory Of Everything" (5.1 million), "Gone Girl" (2.5 million), "Birdman" (1.9 million) and "St. Vincent" (1.8 million).

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