What happened to the box- office fire? Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in 'The Hunger Games.'(Photo: Murray Close)Don't cry for The Hunger Games. But the $1. 4. 5 billion franchise had some money problems as it ended with 2. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2. It was a finale most filmmakers would die for, a $1. But as Mockingjay — Part 2 heads for a four- film Blu- ray/DVD release Tuesday, the first two box office- crushing Hunger Games movies make the franchise conclusion seem underachieving by comparison."When you end a franchise on a high note, it's because people really love your series," says Jeff Bock, box- office analyst for Exhibitor Relations. When you end on a low note, you've reached burnout. People are exhausted by it. That's what happened here."In 2. The Hunger Games' $1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($1. Jennifer Lawrence was literally "The Girl on Fire" as the reluctant gladiatorial champion in the films depicting a dystopic future with child combatants forced to compete in battles to the death. Jennifer Lawrence portrays Katniss Everdeen in 'The Hunger Games.' (Photo: Lionsgate)The scene shifted away from the gladiatorial arena to full revolution against the oppressive Capitol in the final book, Mockingjay, which Lionsgate split into two movies. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 saw the franchise's first decline, though the $1. Then came the grand dip for Part 2, a drop of 3. Catching Fire's total. Francis Lawrence, who directed the final three films, says he's bothered that box office suffered when the gladiator contests ended."Looking back now, I think people found the first two movies fun, which is oddly disturbing," says Lawrence. "That's crazy to me, that people think of kids killing kids as fun. The tonal shift after Catching Fire is the thing that started to throw people."The last two films dealt with the ugly consequences of war, which is true to Suzanne Collins' book series, he says."That’s not an inherently fun idea. People started to tune into those themes and the politics and it started to diminish the audience some," says Lawrence. Media & Entertainment 11/22/2015 @ 10:52AM 33,327 views 'Hunger Games' Box Office: Why $101M Weekend For 'Mockingjay 2' May Be Cause For Despair. But Bock believes fans felt burnt as the final book was made into two movies."Financially, it wasn't a bad idea," says Bock. But the fan base eroded. The backlash was real with Part 2."Fans did see the book- splitting as "opportunistic," says Dave Karger, chief correspondent for movie site Fandango. But he says it was moving past the "peak" of Catching Fire that took a toll on the story."Catching Fire had everything going for it. It had the most substantive story, and it still had the games which are in the title," Karger says. The financial impact of the slowdown has been absorbed, given that Lionsgate hasn't moved forward with any further installments. Possible Hunger Games sequels or prequels haven't left the discussion phase. Karger said he believes that the completed franchise, with its respected cast around Lawrence (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Stanley Tucci, Woody Harrelson and Julianne Moore), will live on beyond box- office fluctuations."It will stand the test of time," Karger says. There's some real art in those films."Cressida, left, (Natalie Dormer) and Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2.' (Photo: Murray Close, Lionsgate)Read or Share this story: http: //usat. The Hunger Games (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Hunger Games is a 2. American dystopianscience fictionadventure film directed by Gary Ross and based on the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins. It is the first installment in The Hunger Games film series and was produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik, with a screenplay by Ross, Collins, and Billy Ray. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, and Donald Sutherland.[5] The story takes place in a dystopian post- apocalyptic future in the nation of Panem, where boys and girls between the ages of 1. Hunger Games, a televised annual event in which the "tributes" are required to fight to the death until there is only one survivor. Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) volunteers to take her younger sister's place. Joined by her district's male tribute, Peeta Mellark (Hutcherson), Katniss travels to the Capitol to train for the Hunger Games under the guidance of former victor Haymitch Abernathy (Harrelson). Development of The Hunger Games began in March 2. Lions Gate Entertainment entered into a co- production agreement with Color Force, which had acquired the rights a few weeks earlier. Collins collaborated with Ray and Ross to write the screenplay. The screenplay expanded the character of Seneca Crane to allow several developments to be shown directly to the audience and Ross added several scenes between Crane and Coriolanus Snow. The main characters were cast between March and May 2. Principal photography began in May 2. September 2. 01. 1, with filming taking place in North Carolina. The Hunger Games was shot entirely on film as opposed to digital. The film was released on March 2. European countries[6] and in the US on March 2. IMAX theaters.[8] Japan received it last, on September 2. When the film released, it set records for opening day ($6. At the time of its release, the film's opening weekend gross ($1. North America.[1. It is the first film since Avatar to remain in first place at the North American box office for four consecutive weekends.[1. The film was a massive box- office success by grossing over $6. Top Grossing The Hunger Games Movies at the Box Office. Daily Box Office (Fri.). The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: LGF: $865.0: $424.7: 49.1%: $440.3: 50.The Hunger Games is a 2012 American dystopian science fiction adventure film directed by Gary Ross and. Box office. The Hunger Games earned $408 million in. Box Office: 'Hunger Games' Nabs $82M Weekend, Tops $480M Global. Thanksgiving: Where Leftovers Top The Box Office; Review: 'The Hunger Games. Moviegoers said goodbye to Katniss Everdeen and welcomed back Rocky Balboa, a series of farewells and reunions that powered Thanksgiving box office receipts above. In 2012, the franchise exploded with The Hunger Games' $152.5 million opening weekend ($408 million total), and the fire grew with 2013's The Hunger Games. United States and ninth- highest- grossing worldwide of 2. It was released on DVD and Blu- ray Disc on August 1. With 7,4. 34,0. 58 units sold, the DVD was the best- selling DVD of 2. A sequel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, was released on November 2. United States. The Hunger Games received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its themes and messages, as well as Jennifer Lawrence's portrayal of Katniss, though there was criticism of the film's use of shaky cam in the action sequences. Like the novel, the film has been noted for its similarities to other works, such as Robert Sheckley's short story "Seventh Victim" and its Italian film adaptation The 1. Victim, the Japanese novel Battle Royale and its film adaptation, and the Shirley Jackson short story "The Lottery", with some criticizing The Hunger Games for being derivative of such works. Collins stated in an interview that her novel and screenplay drew on sources of inspiration such as the myth of Theseus, Roman gladiatorial games, reality television, and the desensitization of viewers to media coverage of real- life tragedy and war, not to think as just an audience member, "Because those are real people on the screen, and they’re not going away when the commercials start to roll."[1. The song "Safe & Sound" won a Grammy Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. For her performance, Lawrence won the Saturn Award for Best Actress, the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie, the Empire Award for Best Actress and was also nominated for the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. As punishment for a past rebellion, each of the twelve districts of the nation of Panem is forced by the victorious Capitol to annually select two tributes, one boy and one girl between the ages of 1. Hunger Games. In District 1. Katniss Everdeen volunteers after her younger sister Primrose is initially chosen by lot. She and the male tribute, Peeta Mellark, are escorted to the Capitol by chaperone Effie Trinket and their mentor Haymitch Abernathy, a past District 1. Haymitch impresses on them the importance of gaining sponsors, as they can provide gifts of food and supplies during the Games. During part of a series of televised interviews, Peeta publicly expresses his love for Katniss, which she initially takes as an attempt to earn sponsors for himself but later learns that it could help her. While training, Katniss observes the Careers: Marvel, Glimmer, Cato, and Clove, tributes from Districts 1 and 2 who have been training for the Games from a young age. At the start of the Games, Katniss ignores Haymitch's advice and grabs supplies from the ground around the Cornucopia, a place filled with food, weapons and other supplies where the contestants start, and narrowly escapes being killed by Clove; about a quarter of the tributes are killed in the initial melee, and only eleven survive the first day. Katniss tries to stay as far away from the other competitors as possible, but Head Gamemaker Seneca Crane triggers a forest fire to drive her back towards the others. She runs into the Careers, with whom Peeta has seemingly allied, and flees up a tree. The Career pack fails to kill her and Peeta advises them to wait for her to come down. She notices Rue, District 1. Rue silently draws her attention to a nest of poisonous tracker jackers, genetically modified wasps that can cause hallucinations and death. Using a serrated knife, she cuts the branch holding the wasps, causing it to fall and release them onto the Careers. Marvel, Cato and Clove escape, while Glimmer succumbs to the venom and dies. Katniss is stung, and becomes disoriented from the venom, hallucinating the death of her father. After Rue helps Katniss recover from the poison, they become friends. Katniss devises a plan to destroy the cache of supplies that the Careers have been hoarding. After Katniss succeeds, Cato angrily kills a boy from District 3 who was supposed to be watching the supplies. Marvel finds them and kills Rue with a spear, and Katniss shoots him in the heart with an arrow, killing him. Katniss comforts Rue with a song; after the girl dies, the grieving Katniss places flowers around her body. She then holds three fingers up to a camera, as a way to honor Rue towards District 1. Capitol. The people of District 1. President Snow to warn Crane that these Games are not turning out well. Haymitch persuades Crane to change the rules to allow two winners if they are from the same district, suggesting that this will quiet the unrest. When this change is announced, Katniss searches for Peeta, finding him wounded after fleeing from the Careers. He tells her Cato found out that he was intending to return to Katniss, leading him to stab Peeta with a sword. After she moves him to safety, they hear an announcement that what each survivor needs the most will be provided at the Cornucopia. Despite Peeta's strong opposition, Katniss leaves to get medicine for him. Clove attacks and pins her down; she then boasts about her part in Rue's death. Katniss is saved when Thresh, District 1. Clove. He spares Katniss's life — once — for Rue's sake. The medicine heals Peeta. The two devise a plan to leave fatal Nightlock berries out for Cato so they can kill him, but Peeta disappears and Katniss is horrified to find the berries on his jacket. Peeta is found fine, and they discover District 5's female tribute whom Katniss had dubbed "Foxface" (due to her appearance and agile nature which allowed her to escape the wrath of the Careers) dead after consuming the fruit. For the finale of the Games, Crane has wild beasts unleashed into the arena which attack and kill Thresh. The beasts chase Katniss and Peeta onto the roof of the Cornucopia where Cato is hiding, and after a long fight, the two subdue him and throw him to the beasts below, which maul him. Katniss then proceeds to shoot and kill Cato, ending his misery. Katniss and Peeta think they have won, but Crane cancels the rule change: there can be only one victor. Katniss then convinces Peeta to eat Nightlock berries with her. Just before they do, they are hastily named co- winners of the 7. Hunger Games. Afterward, Haymitch warns Katniss that she has made many enemies by her acts of defiance. Snow has Crane locked in a room where the only source of food is nightlock. As Katniss and Peeta return to District 1. Snow ponders the situation. Katniss encourages Peeta to forget what happened between them in the Games, devastating him. Production[edit]In March 2. Lions Gate Entertainment entered into a co- production agreement for The Hunger Games with Nina Jacobson's production company Color Force, which had acquired worldwide distribution rights to the novel a few weeks earlier,[2. Alli Shearmur and Jim Miller, President and Senior Vice President of Motion Picture Production at Lionsgate, took charge of overseeing the production of the film, which they described as "an incredible property.. Lionsgate".[3. 0] The studio, which had not made a profit for five years, raided the budgets of other productions and sold assets to secure a budget of $8. Collins' agent Jason Dravis remarked that "they [Lionsgate] had everyone but the valet call us" to help secure the franchise.[3. Lionsgate subsequently acquired tax breaks of $8 million for shooting the film in North Carolina.[3. The production was eventually brought in under- budget at $7. Collins adapted the novel for film herself,[2. Billy Ray and director Gary Ross.[3. The screenplay remains extremely faithful to the original novel,[3. Ross saying he "felt the only way to make the film really successful was to be totally subjective", echoing Collins' presentation of the novel in the first personpresent.[3.
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