THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE Ignites Weekend Box Office with $161.1 Million
By: Tyler Peterson Nov. 24, 2013
Lionsgate's THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE came out as the victor of this weekend box office weekend, as predicted.
On Friday alone, the sequel brought in $70.5 million, by today, the film managed to earn $161.1 million, putting it ahead of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON and match its predecessor, which opened to $142 million in 2012.
Directed by Francis Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Lenny Kravitz, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, Toby Jones, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amanda Plummer, Lynn Cohen, Patrick St. Esprit, Meta Golding, Bruno Gunn, Alan Ritchson, E. Roger Mitchell, Maria Howell, Stephanie Leigh Schlund, Sam Claflin and Jeffrey Wright.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour' of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever.
DreamWorks Pictures' DELIVERY MAN, starring Vince Vaughn, also debuted this weekend. Over the course of the weekend, the film grossed $8.2 million, and took fourth at the box office. The film is written for the screen and directed by Ken Scott, based on "Starbuck," the original screenplay written by Ken Scott and Martin Petit, and also stars Chris Pratt and Cobie Smulders.
Rentrak announced the top 10 box office earners for the weekend of Nov. 22-24 - check them out bleow!
| 1 | Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The | Lionsgate | $161,125,000 | $161,125,000 | ||
| 2 | Thor: The Dark World | Disney | $14,117,000 | $167,837,000 | ||
| 3 | Best Man Holiday, The | Universal | $12,521,535 | $50,391,125 | ||
| 4 | Delivery Man | Disney | $8,215,000 | $8,215,000 | ||
| 5 | Free Birds | Relativity Media | $5,300,000 | $48,593,865 | ||
| 6 | Last Vegas | CBS Films | $4,400,000 | $53,925,749 | ||
| 7 | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | Paramount | $3,450,000 | $95,450,765 | ||
| 8 | Gravity | Warner Bros. | $3,305,000 | $245,502,604 | ||
| 9 | 12 Years A Slave | Fox Searchlight | $2,800,000 | $29,393,312 | ||
| 10 | Dallas Buyers Club | Focus Features | $2,769,989 | $6,449,603 |
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