The Odds in Favour of The Hunger Games
– Local box office`s opening weekend takings for The Hunger Games among the top three in the Asian territory
Singapore, 27 March 2012 Widely regarded and much anticipated film, The Hunger Games, lived up to its reputation and opened to an impressive worldwide total of US$214.3 million, of which US$59.3 million was generated from ticket sales in 67 countries, including Singapore. The Hunger Games, the big-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins` best-selling young-adult novel starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth carved out a stellar performance at the local box office, grossing S$1.72 million for the opening weekend (Thursday 22 March Sunday 25 March). Despite being the first film in a three-part sequel, The Hunger Games has already surpassed all four installations of the Twilight film with just its opening weekend figure.
In the United States, Lionsgate (the producer and US distributor) reported a staggering US$155 million taking across 4,137 screens over the weekend. The gross constitutes the third highest opening weekend of all time, behind well-known films, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows part 2 and The Dark Knight. The Hunger Games proved to be a force to be reckoned with its gross constituting the highest opening of all time for a non-sequel film and more remarkably, a film that is shown during a non-Summer blockbuster season.
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Read our review here, or you can watch the trailer after the jump.