The movie version of Suzanne Collins’ novel The Hunger Games is now officially the 3rd highest grossing film opening of all time, behind Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($169.2M) and The Dark Knight ($158.4M). It also beat out every opening for the Twilight films so far! The film is also the highest grossing film ever for the Vancouver-based Lion’s Gate Productions. Their last hit at this level was Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11, which grossed $119M over its entire theatre run. Even thought the film production was located in North Carolina, this can only mean good things for production here in Vancouver. If only we could get our tax situation settled…
Source: Box Office Mojo.
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