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The Hunger GamesFollow

2012 • PG-13 • 2h 22m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Lionsgate

The world will be watching.

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3.81

7.2

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$153.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$408.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$677.90M

$269.90M international

Domestic legs2.67x

Budget$78.0M

2012 rank#3

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Cast & crew

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence Starring

Josh Hutcherson

Josh Hutcherson Starring

Liam Hemsworth

Liam Hemsworth Starring

Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson Starring

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks Starring

ScreenplayGary Ross, Suzanne Collins, Billy Ray Produced byNina Jacobson, Jon Kilik CinematographyTom Stern MusicJames Newton Howard StudioLionsgate SeriesThe Hunger Games

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 23-25 1 $152.5M — 4,137 $36,871 $152.5M

2 Mar 30-Apr 1 1 $58.6M −61.6% 4,137 $14,153 $248.5M

3 Apr 6-8 1 $33.1M −43.4% 4,137 $8,003 $302.5M

4 Apr 13-15 1 $21.1M −36.3% 3,916 $5,387 $336.7M

5 Apr 20-22 3 $14.7M −30.5% 3,752 $3,908 $357.1M

6 Apr 27-29 3 $10.8M −26.3% 3,572 $3,027 $372.0M

7 May 4-6 3 $5.6M −48.3% 2,794 $1,999 $380.6M

8 May 11-13 4 $4.5M −19.4% 2,531 $1,780 $387.0M

9 May 18-20 7 $3.0M −34.5% 2,064 $1,429 $391.6M

10 May 25-27 9 $2.3M −21.7% 1,421 $1,626 $395.3M

11 Jun 1-3 11 $1.6M −32.2% 1,099 $1,426 $398.3M

12 Jun 8-10 12 $1.1M −31.6% 751 $1,427 $400.3M

13 Jun 15-17 13 $852.8K −20.5% 593 $1,438 $401.8M

14 Jun 22-24 13 $624.8K −26.7% 414 $1,509 $403.0M

15 Jun 29-Jul 1 19 $397.1K −36.4% 278 $1,428 $403.8M

16 Jul 6-8 22 $315.5K −20.6% 228 $1,383 $404.4M

17 Jul 13-15 24 $279.8K −11.3% 212 $1,319 $404.9M

18 Jul 20-22 24 $182.2K −34.9% 190 $959 $405.2M

19 Jul 27-29 16 $518.9K +184.8% 310 $1,674 $405.9M

20 Aug 3-5 19 $429.4K −17.3% 291 $1,475 $406.7M

21 Aug 10-12 22 $324.1K −24.5% 260 $1,246 $407.3M

22 Aug 17-19 30 $205.0K −36.8% 230 $891 $407.7M

23 Aug 24-26 41 $114.9K −44.0% 189 $607 $407.9M

24 Aug 31-Sep 2 50 $58.3K −49.2% 145 $402 $408.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Mar 22 $19.7M — $19.7M — — -1

Fri Mar 23 #1 $67.3M — $67.3M 4,137 $16,259 1

Sat Mar 24 #1 $50.4M −25% $117.7M 4,137 $12,181 2

Sun Mar 25 #1 $34.9M −31% $152.5M 4,137 $8,430 3

Mon Mar 26 #1 $10.8M −69% $163.4M 4,137 $2,616 4

Tue Mar 27 #1 $10.3M −4% $173.7M 4,137 $2,501 5

Wed Mar 28 #1 $8.1M −22% $181.8M 4,137 $1,946 6

Thu Mar 29 #1 $8.2M +2% $189.9M 4,137 $1,975 7

Fri Mar 30 #1 $18.7M +128% −72% $208.6M 4,137 $4,508 8

Sat Mar 31 #1 $24.7M +33% −51% $233.3M 4,137 $5,979 9

Sun Apr 1 #1 $15.2M −39% −57% $248.5M 4,137 $3,664 10

Mon Apr 2 #1 $4.5M −70% −58% $253.0M 4,137 $1,093 11

Tue Apr 3 #1 $5.3M +18% −49% $258.3M 4,137 $1,286 12

Wed Apr 4 #1 $4.6M −13% −43% $262.9M 4,137 $1,114 13

Thu Apr 5 #1 $6.4M +39% −22% $269.3M 4,137 $1,546 14

Fri Apr 6 #1 $12.8M +100% −31% $282.1M 4,137 $3,093 15

Sat Apr 7 #1 $13.0M +2% −47% $295.2M 4,137 $3,146 16

Sun Apr 8 #1 $7.3M −44% −52% $302.5M 4,137 $1,763 17

Mon Apr 9 #1 $4.1M −43% −8% $306.6M 4,137 $1,001 18

Tue Apr 10 #1 $3.3M −21% −38% $309.9M 4,137 $796 19

Wed Apr 11 #1 $2.9M −13% −38% $312.7M 4,137 $689 20

Thu Apr 12 #1 $2.8M −1% −56% $315.6M 4,137 $684 21

Fri Apr 13 #1 $6.4M +126% −50% $322.0M 3,916 $1,635 22

Sat Apr 14 #1 $9.3M +46% −28% $331.3M 3,916 $2,379 23

Sun Apr 15 #1 $5.4M −42% −26% $336.7M 3,916 $1,372 24

Mon Apr 16 #1 $1.4M −74% −66% $338.1M 3,916 $356 25

Tue Apr 17 #1 $1.6M +12% −52% $339.6M 3,916 $399 26

Wed Apr 18 #1 $1.3M −15% −53% $341.0M 3,916 $340 27

Thu Apr 19 #1 $1.4M +8% −49% $342.4M 3,916 $367 28

Fri Apr 20 #3 $4.0M +179% −37% $346.4M 3,752 $1,069 29

Sat Apr 21 #3 $6.5M +62% −30% $352.9M 3,752 $1,732 30

Sun Apr 22 #3 $4.2M −36% −23% $357.1M 3,752 $1,106 31

Mon Apr 23 #3 $1.0M −76% −28% $358.1M 3,752 $268 32

Tue Apr 24 #3 $1.1M +13% −27% $359.2M 3,752 $304 33

Wed Apr 25 #3 $944.1K −17% −29% $360.2M 3,752 $251 34

Thu Apr 26 #3 $1.0M +10% −28% $361.2M 3,752 $277 35

Fri Apr 27 #4 $3.0M +187% −25% $364.2M 3,572 $837 36

Sat Apr 28 #3 $5.0M +66% −24% $369.2M 3,572 $1,390 37

Sun Apr 29 #3 $2.9M −43% −31% $372.0M 3,572 $799 38

Mon Apr 30 #3 $721.9K −75% −28% $372.7M 3,752 $192 39

Tue May 1 #4 $864.2K +20% −24% $373.6M 3,752 $230 40

Wed May 2 #3 $712.3K −18% −25% $374.3M 3,752 $189 41

Thu May 3 #3 $709.5K n/c −32% $375.0M 3,752 $189 42

Fri May 4 #5 $1.6M +130% −46% $376.7M 2,794 $583 43

Sat May 5 #4 $2.4M +49% −51% $379.1M 2,794 $868 44

Sun May 6 #4 $1.5M −37% −46% $380.6M 2,794 $547 45

Mon May 7 #4 $424.7K −72% −41% $381.0M 2,794 $151 46

Tue May 8 #5 $535.3K +26% −38% $381.6M 2,794 $191 47

Wed May 9 #4 $461.3K −14% −35% $382.0M 2,794 $165 48

Thu May 10 #4 $465.7K +1% −34% $382.5M 2,794 $166 49

Fri May 11 #5 $1.2M +155% −27% $383.7M 2,531 $469 50

Sat May 12 #4 $1.9M +56% −24% $385.5M 2,531 $733 51

Sun May 13 #4 $1.5M −21% −5% $387.0M 2,531 $577 52

Mon May 14 #4 $398.5K −73% −6% $387.4M 2,531 $157 53

Tue May 15 #4 $464.8K +17% −13% $387.9M 2,531 $183 54

Wed May 16 #5 $376.5K −19% −18% $388.2M 2,531 $148 55

Thu May 17 #4 $384.3K +2% −17% $388.6M 2,531 $151 56

Fri May 18 #7 $824.4K +115% −31% $389.5M 2,064 $399 57

Sat May 19 #7 $1.3M +54% −32% $390.7M 2,064 $615 58

Sun May 20 #7 $855.3K −33% −41% $391.6M 2,064 $414 59

Mon May 21 #7 $353.0K −59% −11% $391.9M 2,064 $171 60

Tue May 22 #7 $346.1K −2% −26% $392.3M 2,064 $167 61

Wed May 23 #7 $329.0K −5% −13% $392.6M 2,064 $159 62

Thu May 24 #7 $399.3K +21% +4% $393.0M 2,064 $193 63

Fri May 25 #9 $600.2K +50% −27% $393.6M 1,421 $422 64

Sat May 26 #9 $881.7K +47% −31% $394.5M 1,421 $620 65

Sun May 27 #9 $829.5K −6% −3% $395.3M 1,421 $583 66

Mon May 28 #9 $702.0K −15% +99% $396.0M 1,421 $494 67

Tue May 29 #9 $249.0K −65% −28% $396.3M 1,421 $175 68

Wed May 30 #9 $235.1K −6% −29% $396.5M 1,421 $165 69

Thu May 31 #9 $267.5K +14% −33% $396.8M 1,421 $188 70

Fri Jun 1 $454.9K +70% −24% $397.2M 1,099 $413 71

Sat Jun 2 $677.4K +49% −23% $397.9M 1,099 $616 72

Sun Jun 3 $434.9K −36% −48% $398.3M 1,099 $395 73

Mon Jun 4 #10 $208.7K −52% −70% $398.5M 1,099 $189 74

Tue Jun 5 #10 $219.3K +5% −12% $398.8M 1,099 $199 75

Wed Jun 6 #10 $205.7K −6% −13% $399.0M 1,099 $187 76

Thu Jun 7 #10 $225.7K +10% −16% $399.2M 1,099 $205 77

Fri Jun 8 #12 $318.9K +41% −30% $399.5M 751 $424 78

Sat Jun 9 #12 $431.0K +35% −36% $400.0M 751 $573 79

Sun Jun 10 #12 $322.3K −25% −26% $400.3M 751 $429 80

Mon Jun 11 #12 $157.0K −51% −25% $400.4M 751 $209 81

Tue Jun 12 #12 $171.6K +9% −22% $400.6M 751 $228 82

Wed Jun 13 #12 $156.9K −9% −24% $400.8M 751 $208 83

Thu Jun 14 #12 $155.6K −1% −31% $400.9M 751 $207 84

Fri Jun 15 #13 $247.9K +59% −22% $401.2M 593 $418 85

Sat Jun 16 #13 $338.0K +36% −22% $401.5M 593 $569 86

Sun Jun 17 #13 $266.9K −21% −17% $401.8M 593 $450 87

Mon Jun 18 #12 $137.3K −49% −13% $401.9M 593 $231 88

Tue Jun 19 #12 $146.9K +7% −14% $402.1M 593 $247 89

Wed Jun 20 #12 $142.6K −3% −9% $402.2M 593 $240 90

Thu Jun 21 #12 $146.5K +3% −6% $402.3M 593 $247 91

Fri Jun 22 $184.4K +26% −26% $402.5M 414 $445 92

Sat Jun 23 $255.6K +39% −24% $402.8M 414 $617 93

Sun Jun 24 $184.8K −28% −31% $403.0M 414 $446 94

Mon Jun 25 $97.2K −47% −29% $403.1M 414 $234 95

Tue Jun 26 $107.2K +10% −27% $403.2M 414 $259 96

Wed Jun 27 $97.8K −9% −31% $403.3M 414 $236 97

Thu Jun 28 $105.0K +7% −28% $403.4M 414 $253 98

Fri Jun 29 $114.0K +9% −38% $403.5M 278 $410 99

Sat Jun 30 $158.2K +39% −38% $403.6M 278 $568 100

Sun Jul 1 $125.0K −21% −32% $403.8M 278 $449 101

Mon Jul 2 $75.2K −40% −23% $403.8M 278 $270 102

Tue Jul 3 $69.6K −7% −35% $403.9M 278 $250 103

Wed Jul 4 $81.4K +17% −17% $404.0M 278 $292 104

Thu Jul 5 $71.6K −12% −32% $404.1M 278 $257 105

Fri Jul 6 $98.2K +37% −14% $404.2M 228 $430 106

Sat Jul 7 $129.1K +31% −18% $404.3M 228 $566 107

Sun Jul 8 $88.3K −32% −29% $404.4M 228 $387 108

Mon Jul 9 $46.8K −47% −38% $404.4M 228 $205 109

Tue Jul 10 $52.5K +12% −25% $404.5M 228 $230 110

Wed Jul 11 $51.4K −2% −37% $404.5M 228 $225 111

Thu Jul 12 $52.0K +1% −27% $404.6M 228 $228 112

Fri Jul 13 $81.3K +56% −17% $404.7M 212 $383 113

Sat Jul 14 $116.2K +43% −10% $404.8M 212 $547 114

Sun Jul 15 $82.3K −29% −7% $404.9M 212 $388 115

Mon Jul 16 $42.1K −49% −10% $404.9M 212 $198 116

Tue Jul 17 $47.9K +14% −9% $405.0M 212 $226 117

Wed Jul 18 $45.6K −5% −11% $405.0M 212 $215 118

Thu Jul 19 $45.1K −1% −13% $405.0M 212 $212 119

Fri Jul 20 $55.7K +23% −32% $405.1M 190 $293 120

Sat Jul 21 $72.4K +30% −38% $405.2M 190 $381 121

Sun Jul 22 $54.1K −25% −34% $405.2M 190 $284 122

Mon Jul 23 $31.6K −42% −25% $405.3M 190 $166 123

Tue Jul 24 $36.2K +15% −25% $405.3M 190 $190 124

Wed Jul 25 $33.2K −8% −27% $405.3M 190 $174 125

Thu Jul 26 $34.7K +4% −23% $405.4M 190 $182 126

Fri Jul 27 $152.5K +339% +174% $405.5M 310 $491 127

Sat Jul 28 $203.7K +34% +181% $405.7M 310 $657 128

Sun Jul 29 $162.7K −20% +201% $405.9M 310 $524 129

Mon Jul 30 $92.7K −43% +194% $406.0M 310 $298 130

Tue Jul 31 $104.0K +12% +188% $406.1M 310 $335 131

Wed Aug 1 $93.8K −10% +182% $406.2M 310 $302 132

Thu Aug 2 $95.0K +1% +174% $406.3M 310 $306 133

Fri Aug 3 $129.2K +36% −15% $406.4M 291 $444 134

Sat Aug 4 $172.6K +34% −15% $406.6M 291 $593 135

Sun Aug 5 $127.5K −26% −22% $406.7M 291 $438 136

Mon Aug 6 $66.2K −48% −29% $406.8M 291 $227 137

Tue Aug 7 $69.6K +5% −33% $406.8M 291 $239 138

Wed Aug 8 $67.7K −3% −28% $406.9M 291 $232 139

Thu Aug 9 $69.5K +3% −27% $407.0M 291 $238 140

Fri Aug 10 $99.6K +43% −23% $407.1M 260 $383 141

Sat Aug 11 $133.0K +34% −23% $407.2M 260 $511 142

Sun Aug 12 $91.4K −31% −28% $407.3M 260 $351 143

Mon Aug 13 $46.6K −49% −30% $407.3M 260 $179 144

Tue Aug 14 $51.3K +10% −26% $407.4M 260 $197 145

Wed Aug 15 $44.6K −13% −34% $407.4M 260 $171 146

Thu Aug 16 $46.5K +4% −33% $407.5M 260 $178 147

Fri Aug 17 $66.5K +43% −33% $407.5M 230 $289 148

Sat Aug 18 $84.0K +26% −37% $407.6M 230 $365 149

Sun Aug 19 $54.4K −35% −40% $407.7M 230 $236 150

Mon Aug 20 $20.7K −62% −56% $407.7M 230 $89 151

Tue Aug 21 $21.6K +5% −58% $407.7M 230 $94 152

Wed Aug 22 $19.3K −11% −57% $407.7M 230 $83 153

Thu Aug 23 $19.4K +1% −58% $407.8M 230 $84 154

Fri Aug 24 $32.9K +70% −50% $407.8M 189 $174 155

Sat Aug 25 $50.6K +54% −40% $407.9M 189 $267 156

Sun Aug 26 $31.4K −38% −42% $407.9M 189 $166 157

Mon Aug 27 $10.0K −68% −52% $407.9M 189 $52 158

Tue Aug 28 $10.4K +4% −52% $407.9M 189 $55 159

Wed Aug 29 $9.2K −12% −52% $407.9M 189 $48 160

Thu Aug 30 $9.7K +5% −50% $407.9M 189 $51 161

Fri Aug 31 $13.2K +36% −60% $407.9M 145 $90 162

Sat Sep 1 $25.0K +90% −51% $408.0M 145 $172 163

Sun Sep 2 $20.2K −19% −36% $408.0M 145 $139 164

Mon Sep 3 $17.6K −13% +76% $408.0M 145 $121 165

Tue Sep 4 $4.2K −76% −59% $408.0M 145 $29 166

Wed Sep 5 $3.4K −19% −63% $408.0M 145 $23 167

Thu Sep 6 $3.8K +10% −61% $408.0M 145 $26 168

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$396.8M

Mar 22Apr 9Apr 26May 14May 31

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.3M

$152.5M

$58.6M

$33.1M

$21.1M

$14.7M

$10.8M

$5.6M

$4.5M

$3.0M

$2.3M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,137 → 1,421 −65.7%

4,137 open1,421 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −21.7%

−61.6%

W1→2

−43.4%

W2→3

−36.3%

W3→4

−30.5%

W4→5

−26.3%

W5→6

−48.3%

W6→7

−19.4%

W7→8

−34.5%

W8→9

−21.7%

W9→10

Steepest −61.6%Best hold −19.4%

Run milestones

$400M in 80 days

$100M

Day 2

Mar 24

$200M

Day 8

Mar 30

$300M

Day 17

Apr 8

$400M

Day 80

Jun 10

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#4 Biggest March openingsAll-time $152.5M #31 Biggest opening weekendsAll-time $152.5M

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