"Great post marks the beginning of the third best in terms of sales, for the first $ 169.2 million last year," Harry Potter "finale and the opening 158 400 000 2008" The Dark Knight. "
"Harry Potter" and "Batman" franchise was established. "Hunger Games" set the record for a non-profit package, taking more than twice, the first "Twilight" made $ 69600000 film opening weekend.
"This is the birth of the franchise. To run this way is striking," said David Spitz, head of distribution at Lionsgate, which also owns the "Twilight" franchise after its purchase of Summit Entertainment ».
Impressive sales have also received several other awards movie, Jen told Cheney Celebritology:
With just one weekend under his belt, "Hunger Games" is already very close to become a hit in 2012.
"Lorax", which was in wide release three weeks left before the start of the year with gross 177.3 million dollars in his pocket for the environment. Be prepared to give this name to "The Hunger Games" is within the next week.
"Hunger Games" has already earned about 2.5 times more money at the box office in North America as the "John Carter" for the past two weeks.
And he did it with a budget significantly less than half what it costs, "John Carter". If only Disney had less money and gave Taylor Kitsch bow and arrows, things might have turned out differently.
Benefits of good news for Lions Gate Entertainment, a production company Summit Entertainment has bought the company in January, which means yet another teenager bankruptcy "Twilight" under one roof, that the blow Collins, Associated Press reports the Hunger Games. ":
Both films can bring about $ 450 million combined profit, says analyst Cowen & Co. Doug Creutz. Adventures of a bow wielding heroine Katniss Everdeen can mean only 6-7 years old, earn more, Kreuz, adding that Lions Gate can create its first profit in five years when its fiscal year ends March 31.
More than two-thirds of revenue comes from the film Lions Gate, so that means a lot his first blockbuster. Whether he did with staples like Tyler Perry's comedy series "Saw" horror.
The remaining revenue comes from Lions Gate television productions such as "Mad Men", which began its fifth season on Sunday. Although the company does not collect advertising revenue from the popular television series, the success of the public kept him in demand in the manufacturing company. It also increases the sales of DVD and licensing income redistribution.
Opening the figures are good news for the movie with a female action hero. The success can inspire Hollywood to make more films with women's son, according to Christopher Palmeri:
"Hunger Games", which set a record for the biggest opening ever, not luxury, shows how the Hollywood sub-audiences appreciate the recognition of women's action heroes, according to Phil Contrino, editor of the researcher Boxoffice.com.
"People are hungry for something like this," Contrino said in an interview. "Now everyone will look for" Hunger Games the next, but not all, male-oriented, action movie with Will Smith, "on he said, referring to the star of" Independence Day " and "Men in Black. "
"Hunger Games" can go to the seizure of $ 400 million in the country, according to Contrino.
The film, which stars Jennifer Lawrence 21 years as a killing machine by the arrow slinging, has sold 59 million tickets outside the United States and Canada, and was the first in almost all its 67 markets in Vancouver, Lions Gate said yesterday in a statement.
