We recently had the chance to sit down with Chatham at a roundtable and talk to him about working on the film, including what it was like filming in his home state, how his military background helped him prepare for his role and more.
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Those numbers dwarfed every other competitor this week, but “Mockingjay’s” gross still fell short of expectations and landed far away from the $55.1million opening day a year ago for “Mockingjay – Part 1”.
The film has opened to rave reviews in the west and the Indian Audiences are really looking forward for its release.
Lawrence is a class act, turning Everdeen in a cinematic heroine for the ages.
Mockingjay – Part 2 picks up where its predecessor left off, with our heroes living in District 13 as they form a plan to storm the Capitol.
Even the charms of Jennifer Lawrence can’t lift the fourth and final instalment of The Hunger Games franchise.
“Mockingjay – Part 1” opened on the same weekend past year at $121.9 million, considered at the time to be a necessary and expected dip while fans awaited the final installment, which, if it had mimicked “Twilight” or “Harry Potter”, would have snared at least the second-highest (if not highest) opening in the series.
In fact you could have summed up last year’s movie into about ten minutes and added it to this final part. The first picture, 2012’s “The Hunger Games”, delivered $152 million.
Lawrence may feel sentimental about Katniss, but she’s not slowing her never-ending search to secure her next job.
Despite an attempt to bring the spirit of the games on to the battlefield (marauding House of the Dead-style “mutts” and contrived booby-trapped battlefields), the brilliantly brutal gladiatorial narrative that first drove the Hunger Games series now seems a distant memory. She along with her fantastic skills won the tournament.
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Both “Mockingjay” films failed to be as lucrative as “Catching Fire” was in its 2013 opening weekend. This movie had won the hearts of viewers. Lionsgate, the studio behind the series, reportedly spent nearly $200 million for “Mockingjay 2”, including production and marketing costs. She desperately wants to kill Snow, but President Coin (Julianne Moore) doesn’t want Katniss on the frontline: she wants her to stay out of harm’s way and continue to be the face and inspiration behind the uprising. This will be the biggest blockbuster of November.
