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'Hunger Games' Star Josh Hutcherson: What's Next?

"The Hunger Games" shot near the top of the blockbuster list with a $152.5 million opening weekend domestically, the third-best revenue haul ever. That final figure released Monday was $2.5 million less than distributor Lionsgate estimated a day "The Hunger Games" is on its way to being the top film featuring a female action-adventure heroine, [...]

"Hunger Games" gorges on $214 million global debut

The Hunger Games is expected to pull in $155 million at the box office in North America over the weekend, making it the biggest non-sequel opening in history as well as the biggest March I think I've been stung by a trackerjacker because you look so good I must be hallucinating! If that pick-up line [...]

'Hunger Games' Ticket Sales Set Record

By Christopher Palmeri and Dan Hart on March 25, 2012 “The Hunger Games,” the action thriller from Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (LGF), collected $155 million in weekend sales in the US and Canada, a record opening for the company and for the month of Making history, Lionsgate's "The Hunger Games" opened to an astounding $155 [...]

The Hunger Games Wins $155 Million Opening Weekend!

The Hunger Games looks even more impressive when subtracting its $19.74 million midnight gross–throughout normal business hours, the movie earned $48.5 million, which is actually more than Deathly Hallows Part 2 March 23 (Bloomberg) — Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. has also produced a windfall for its bond investors, along with shareholders, with the anticipation built [...]

'Hunger Games' Exposes Myth of Technological Progress

The Lionsgate movie is on course for a record-breaking $140 million to $150 million debut. "Hunger Games" depicts a futuristic, high-tech world where reality TV showcases teens fighting to the death. Many futuristic technologies are depicted, but others — like the Internet — are not represented. Such "gaps" in technology don't necessarily When Katniss woke [...]

'The Hunger Games': What the movie missed about the book

"The Hunger Games" stars Liam Hemsworth, aka Gale, and Josh Hutcherson, aka Peeta, were all buddy buddy at an event for the movie in Toronto this week. Please check your inbox your comment will not appear until you have confirmed your identity via OH MAN. THIS is HIGHlarious! Just in time too!! Two of our [...]

'The Hunger Games' effect: Business winners and losers

The Arcade Fire-featuring soundtrack is aiming for a 175000-unit debut. Last night at midnight, “Hunger Games” fans gobbled up tickets to the tune of $19.7 million. It was the seventh biggest midnight opening in history, trailing only three of the “Twilight” sequels and three “Harry Potter” films. Both these qualities were essential to playing Clove, [...]

The Hunger Games Is Just Lions Gate's Latest Hit

By Karl Taro Greenfeld on March 23, 2012 How loud is the buzz around The Hunger Games? So powerful that my 12-year-old daughter, who stayed home from school because of a sore throat, snuck out of the house Friday to take in an opening-day screening. By Rene Lynch A trailer for "The Host" — the [...]

'The Hunger Games' earns $19.7 million at midnight screenings

The lines for the midnight showings of "The Hunger Games" are long at Edwards Cinemas in the Long Beach Town Centre. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) By Steven Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times "The Hunger Games," the teen action-adventure film that is Liberals and conservatives are embracing the film for very different reasons. By Tris [...]

Box office preview: 'The Hunger Games' is ready to fight its way into the …

Yikes!!! Don´t get us wrong. We´re pretty sure we´d love the story however they dished it to us, but c´mon – this is an EPIC tale here!! Hunger Games is meant for the BIG By JOHN REYNOLDS Savanna Shafer, 18, said she was having a pretty good time Thursday evening as she waited in line [...]