The Hunger Games is slowly becoming one of the most enduring cinema franchises of the 21st century. Later this year, on November 20, the latest installment will hit theaters and, despite being 14 years since the first movie debuted, the excitement for the franchise has yet to pass. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, a prequel set 24 years before Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen first volunteered as tribute, will adapt Suzanne Collins’ 2025 novel of the same name, with the latest trailer promising yet another pulse-racing theatrical experience.
The next Hunger Games movie is directed by Francis Lawrence, written by Billy Ray, and will feature a typically star-studded cast. Led by Joseph Zada as a young Haymitch Abernathy, the film also features Ralph Fiennes as President Coriolanus Snow, Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket, Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman, Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner, Ben Wang as Wyatt Callow, Maya Hawke as Wiress, Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Beetee Latier, Lili Taylor as Mags Flanagan, and more. Not only that, but it was also confirmed that original stars Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson will be reprising their roles in some capacity.
Speaking of the original stars, fans have been getting into the Sunrise on the Reaping mood by heading back to where it all began. At the time of writing, 2012’s The Hunger Games is one of the ten most-streamed movies on AMC+ in the U.S., as per FlixPatrol. Between the first and this upcoming latest entry in the franchise, there have been four movies: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Mockingjay – Part 1, Mockingjay – Part 2, and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
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How Much Did ‘The Hunger Games’ Gross at the Box Office?
In total,The Hunger Gamesfranchise has made over $3.3 billion in total global revenue across five films to date with there being a strong chance this will cross the $4 billion boundary after the release ofSunrise on the Reaping. But how much of this came from the first installment? Against a reported production budget of $80 million,The Hunger Gamesbecame one of thehighest-grossing movies of2012,earning a global total of $678 million split between a domestic haul of $408 million and a further $270 million from overseas markets.
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