Hunger Games Prequel Takes No. 1 at Box Office, The Marvels Crumbles – The Hollywood Reporter
Tom Blythe and Rachel Ziegler in “The Hunger Games: Song of Songbirds and Snakes.”
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Introduction Lionsgate The Hunger Games: Song of Songbirds and Snakes It’s headed for an opening of more than $45 million at the domestic box office after making $19.1 million on Friday, easily enough to win the weekend but likely coming in later than expected.
Heading into frame, tracking suggested the film would cost at least $50 million while Lionsgate tackled the difficult task of trying to create a separate franchise. The studio is still hoping the picture will cost $50 million, but rival studios are showing it at between $46 million and $47 million.
Song of songbirds and snakes It opens eight years after the last hunger Games It was released in theaters, 12 years after the first film hit the big screen. The new film received a B+ CinemaScore, the lowest in the series. Females made up the majority of Friday’s audience — or 64 percent.
The four hunger Games Movies based on Suzanne Collins’ YA dystopian novels, starring Jennifer Lawrence, all opened to north of $100 million domestically on their way to earning $2.9 billion at the global box office.
Song of songbirds and snakes It is based on Collins’ book of the same name. Rachel Ziegler and Tom Blythe lead the film’s cast, which also stars Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman and Viola Davis. Francis Lawrence, who led the previous four hunger Games films, he returns to the director’s chair.
The dystopian action adventure opens at the Thanksgiving box office this weekend alongside Universal and DreamWorks. Trolls band together And the morgue image is by TriStar and Spyglass Media Group Thanksgivingdirected by Eli Roth.
Trolls band together It earned $9.4 million on Friday for an estimated $30 million domestic opening, which was in line with expectations and more than enough for a second-place finish. The family picture may have alienated critics, but audiences gave it a CinemaScore award. Trolls band together It has already opened in a number of overseas markets, where it will likely end Sunday with $76.3 million in foreign earnings and $106.3 million worldwide.
The film brings back the trio of Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake as Poppy and Branch, who are now officially a couple. The film was sponsored by returning director Walt Dorn and producer Gina Shay. Similar to hunger Games Prequel, the film skews female (69 percent).
The outlook still looks bleak for the superhero pic Wonders, which dropped 78 percent to 80 percent in its second run to rank as Marvel Studios’ worst second weekend drop ever, as well as the worst for any superhero picture in Hollywood. Among the Marvel Cinematic Universe titles, there are three sequels Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Obsession The worst decline was previously recorded at 69 percent.
Wonders It’s expected to earn between $9 million and $10 million over the weekend, putting it in a potential race with… Thanksgivingdespite being offered by most competing studios Wonders It comes in third place, ahead of Thanksgiving.
Roth’s latest horror offering took in $3.8 million on Friday, earning a B-CinemaScore and a male-skewed score (56 percent).
At the specialty box office, he’s hoping for an Oscar Saltburn It is open in seven locations. The MGM and Amazon film is on track for a promising per-theater average of $45,400.
On November 22, Wednesday, Apple Original Films and Sony will be shown Napoleon And Disney Animation he wishes Take a seat at the Thanksgiving holiday table, among other offerings.
