In what is registering as quite the surprise, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes once again had the odds in its favor as it captured $28.8 million over the weekend and $42.2 million since Wednesday.
The Hunger Games is the 21st-highest-grossing film franchise of all time, having grossed over US$3.10 billion worldwide after a prequel film, titled The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, based on the novel, was released on November 17, 2023.
The Hunger Games, based on the best-selling book by Suzanne Collins, surpassed the opening-weekend sums for the first Harry Potter and Twilight films, raking in a whopping $152 million domestically (per Box Office Mojo) when it debuted in March 2012.
The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is based on Collins' book of the same name. It opened to $44 million at the domestic North American box office, enough to win the weekend but coming in behind expectations.
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What is the problem in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes?
The main conflict of the book is that Coriolanus needs to make sure his tribute Lucy Grey wins the hunger games so he can get a university scholarship. He soon ends up embroiled in ongoing conflicts between the Capitol and rebels and must push through matters of love, control, contract, and chaos; the three C's.
Will there be another Hunger Games movie after Ballad of songbirds and snakes?
As of right now, there is no official word on whether more movies in the Hunger Games universe are being considered. But if you walked out of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes thinking that you'd watch more movies exploring the backstory of various characters, you're not the only one.
Why It Was Challenged: Depictions of violence, perceived “anti-family” messages. Passage That'll Convince You to Read It Anyway: “Tonight. After the reaping, everyone is supposed to celebrate.
The 42-second deleted scene was posted via Lionsgate UK's Twitter account with the caption: “Since you all loved the last one so much, here's a Mockingjay - Part 1 deleted scene.” In the clip, Katniss is seen getting her 'make-up' done by two Avoxes - rebels who are unable to speak as they've had their tongues cut out.
How old was Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games?
Many actresses auditioned for the role of Katniss before Lawrence, fresh off of her first Oscar nomination for Winter's Bone, was chosen. When she landed the coveted part, she was 20 years old.
Why is Jennifer Lawrence not in the new Hunger Games?
The now 32-year-old actor mentioned (via Screen Rant) that she felt "old as mold" at the idea of The Hunger Games already being continued with a new generation of actors. However, Lawrence has given Rachel Zegler, who plays the new District 12 female tribute in the prequel movie, her seal of approval.
How much money did Suzanne Collins get from The Hunger Games?
With $20 million in earnings, almost all of it from sales of her “Hunger Games” books, Collins didn't quite make the most recent edition of the FORBES Celebrity 100.
The true story is that she got the money for the goat when she and Gale killed a buck in the woods and sold it to the butcher, Rooba. She, however, doesn't want to get anyone in District 12 in trouble, so she says that she sold her mother's silver locket.
Those who lived in District 1 were some of the wealthiest citizens of Panem. Tributes from District 1 were known as "Careers" because they trained for years before competing in the Hunger Games, using their wealth and status to become elite warriors and get a leg up on the competition.
Katniss ultimately chose Peeta because he understood her trauma and she didn't want to lose him, proving her love for him. The debate between Peeta and Gale continues among fans.
The nickname "The Mockingjay" is significant in The Hunger Games franchise, representing Katniss Everdeen's fight against oppression and her defiance of the Capitol's rule. The mockingjays in the story symbolize rebellion and the Capitol's inability to control everything, just as they couldn't control Katniss.
The first and only ones who received a 12 is Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark in the 75th Hunger Games, but it is implied that they only received this score so as to make them targets to the rest of the tributes. Other tributes often use the scores to decide who will be a threat to them during the Games.
"In 2006, some parents in a Kansas school district decided that talking animals are blasphemous and unnatural; passages about the spider dying were also criticized as being “inappropriate subject matter for a children's book.”
Notably, she is responsible for feeding her family, which she does by hunting and foraging, skills she learned from her father before his death in a mine explosion years earlier. Hunting, however, is illegal and punishable by death. Katniss does it anyway, indicating a rebellious streak in her.
Will Suzanne Collins write any more Hunger Games books?
Collins has no stated plans to write another Hunger Games book — but who knows whether she'll find inspiration again? There are 75 Hunger Games in the history of the franchise, and so far, Collins has only written about three of them, so there's still plenty of fictional ground to cover.
This comes as a result of Lucy attempting to leave Snow during a rainstorm after they plot to flee the Districts, but she learns that he was responsible for killing Sejanus Plinth during the travels.
Fans also know who Katniss' mother is, so that rules out Lucy Gray being her mom. It's also important to bring back the fact that Katniss' father knows the lake well, meaning Lucy Gray and Katniss would more likely be related on her paternal side.
