We can all agree that the film series hit its apex with the second entry Catching Fire.
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Aside from playing Katniss Everdeen in Hunger Games, the actress has also played more mature roles in Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle.
“Part 2” raked in $102.7 million in ticket sales in its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations said.
Liron Suissa, a marketing executive for the company hanging the film’s posters in Israel, said it was far from the first time his firm has felt this “unofficial coercion” from the haredi community.
He told Entertainment Weekly that he prefers to see what happened to the world that made people come up with the Hunger Games. Overall, the initial reviews appeared to be more positive than those for Part 1.
What’s not to like about a film with Jennifer Lawrence as its star?
He attributed this weekend’s showing to a down marketplace.
“When a franchise is this popular and this successful in this short a time, expectations run very high”, said Rentrak analyst Paul Dergarabedian. We’re discussing an opening above the $100 million mark. It’s an expectedly large gross for the November blockbuster, but the internet will be quick to point out that it is the lowest opening weekend of the series, which is odd for it being marketed as the grand finale. Currently Spectre is 5th, behind Die Another Day ($160.9 million), Casino Royale ($167.4 million), Quantum of Solace ($168.4 million) and of course Skyfall ($304.4 million).
Seth Rogen’s holiday comedy “The Night Before” debuted in fourth place with $9.9 million, followed by another debut, “The Secret in Their Eyes”, which opened with $6.6 million.
Conservative blog Breitbart.com’s film critic John Nolte claimed on Sunday that the final film of the Hunger Games franchise is suffering at the box office because of actress Jennifer Lawrence’s recent remarks in the media about politics and religion. The R-rated Christmas comedy took in about $10.1 million. STX’s The Secret In Their Eyes with Julia Roberts rounded out the top 5 with just $6.6 million. The remake of an Oscar-winning Argentinian thriller of the same name earned a disappointing $6.6 million for a fifth place finish.
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For most films, the figure would be a coup, but the latest chapter of “The Hunger Games” collected the lowest opening take among the four films in the series. On its own, that’s a great accomplishment.
