Thursday, March 28, 2024

Box Office Update: “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” $161.1 Mil Opening Weekend

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Box office Sunday update: Lions Gate is telling Boxofficemojo.com that “Catching Fire” did $161.1 mil for the weekend. This will probably be revised down by Monday. This makes “Catching Fire” the 4th biggest opening weekend ever. If the numbers change, it will affect the standings of the two movies that come right after it– “The Dark Knight” and “The Dark Knight Rises.”

Saturday morning: “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” caught fire Thursday and Friday. The combined total of midnight showings Thursday and all day yesterday was a whopping $70.5 million. That’s pretty damn good. The first movie did $67,263,650 on its opening night, if that gives you an idea. Can “Catching Fire” set a record? That will depend on word of mouth and tonight’s showing. Right now, $70.5 is the 7th biggest opening night of all time. It pushes the original “Hunger Games” to number 11. The first six are “Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows, Pt 2,” “The Avengers,” “Dark Knight Rises,” and three “Twilight” movies.

Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
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