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D.B. Barnes:
Whoa.
Box Office Report: 'Hunger Games' Posts Official Opening of $152.2 Million
--- Quote ---With every box office dollar now counted, the final opening tally for goliath The Hunger Games is $152.5 million.
That's slightly lower than Lionsgate's Sunday estimate of $155 million, but it doesn't change the movie's vaunted status.
Hunger Game shattered a number of records, and is the highest opening ever for a nonsequel or film debuting outside of summer. (Previous record-holder was Alice in Wonderland, which debuted to $116 million in March 2010.)
Just as impressive, Hunger Games delivered the third-highest opening of all time domestically, besting Spider-Man 3 ($151.1 million), The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($142.8 million) and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1 ($138.1 million).
Hunger Games ranks behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2 ($169.2 million) and The Dark Knight ($158.4 million).
Directed by Gary Ross and produced by Nina Jacobson, Hunger Games is based on Suzanne Collins' bestselling young adult novel and headlines Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth. Box office observers believe Hunger Games has a shot at ultimately earning $350 million to $400 million at the domestic box office, although fan-fueled film properties often drop off more quickly than other tentpoles.
Hunger Games isn't doing the same blockbuster business overseas, where it opened to a solid, but unspectacular, $59.3 million. The pic did best in English-speaking territories.
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They must have changed the projections at the last minute because only last week it was projected to make around $120M. This thing is a monster. To smack the shit out of well-established, super-hype machines like New Moon and Breaking Dawn is pretty amazing.
This thing is a trilogy, too. Hello, billion-dollar franchise.
mrbasehart:
Trilogy? You just know that they can Twilight/Harry Potter/Hobbit this bitch and stretch the series out. I still haven't seen it, but going by the positive word of mouth and the fact that I really enjoyed the books, I'm looking forward to it.
Relaxing Dragon:
--- Quote from: mrbasehart on March 27, 2012, 11:20:30 AM ---Trilogy? You just know that they can Twilight/Harry Potter/Hobbit this bitch and stretch the series out. I still haven't seen it, but going by the positive word of mouth and the fact that I really enjoyed the books, I'm looking forward to it.
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I think it's already been announced that they're going to split the movie of the third book into two movies: http://screenrant.com/hunger-games-trilogy-4-movies-benk-118021/
As is the style of the times, it seems.
Johnny Unusual:
If Imrahil hasn't heard this yet, I think I'm about to make him pee his pants with joy!
http://www.youtube.com/v/MrNA7RjU91I
Johnny Unusual:
This trailer has been out for a while, but I think this looks good. (Just remembered how awesome Steve Carell was in Anchorman and thought of this).
http://www.youtube.com/v/m7FKVAuDv8M
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