Locally, the movie has outshined the likes of popular film franchise, Twilight. The highest grossing title in the Twilight movie series in Singapore is The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which closed at S$3.07 million gross after a 7-week run in the local cinemas.
In the United States, The Hunger Games has been maintaining a firm foothold over its #1 spot on the box office for three consecutive weeks, bringing in a worldwide taking of US$460 million.
Based on a best-selling novel by Suzanne Collins and part of a trilogy, The Hunger Games narrates the story of how a teenage girl, Katniss, from District 12 of the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem has to decide between survival and humanity, and life and love in a bid to outlive the other ‘Tributes` in a nationally televised event.