The Hunger Games is racking up “gigantic” opening numbers today, both in the US and internationally (via Deadline.com):
Hollywood and Wall Street are certain that The Hunger Games can generate as much as $125M domestically this 3-day weekend, which would make it the all-time biggest opening for the month of March and possibly break other records. Right now Lionsgate and theater owners are adding screens every minute for the largest release in the history of Lionsgate with an opening weekend North American count in excess of 4,127 locations. The studio will have at least 10,000 prints playing throughout the U.S. and Canada starting Friday.The hotly anticipated movie scored a huge $1.8 million (USD) in Australia. (For the record, the gross was AUS 1,741,000 on 471 screens which is about $1.8M USD.) My sources say that’s bigger than the debuts down under for Iron Man ($1.0M) and Quantum Of Solace ($1.0M), although not Transformers 2 ($2.1M).
Wow, sounds like it will be a huge opening! If you saw the movie already and are up for sharing your thoughts on the film, please submit one here! We’ll be posting some of the best reviews over the course of the weekend…
Did you see the movie yet… and if so, how did you like it?
ranunculus / 3457 posts
Shut up I wanna see this movie so effing badly and its not available here yet
sunflower / 393 posts
I wish I could see the movie. I have a four month old and a husband who doesn’t want to be left alone for a few hours so I can go fangirl over the boy with the bread. Somehow I will convince him. Must. See. THG.
peony / 3 posts
IM OBSESSED WITH THIS EFFING MOVIE I WANT TO SEE IT SO BAD BUT IT DOESNT COME TO MY TOWN UNTIL 2 WEEKS OR SOOO!!!!
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I keep hearing about it but I have no idea what it is.
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Theaters here are sold out everywhere. I should have bought tickets weeks ago.
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I went to the premiere last night! So worth getting home at 3:30 and waking up at 6:45 for class this morning.
I loved it! The changes made to it did not take away from the book and it was just how I pictured it while reading 
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imma finish the book first before I watch it
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I haven’t read the book but the the movie does look good.
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The Hunger Games movie was amazing, thrilling, and brutal to watch. I want to watch it again and they will start filiming Catching Fire this July!
I cannot wait for the sequel.
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Just saw it this afternoon. Absolutely mesmerizing and cannot wait until the next!
It really is a powerful and emotional movie. Props and all for the Hunger Games hype!!
hydrangea / 77 posts
I loved it. It was perfect.
It had the 3rd best opening weekend of any movie!
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NOPE.
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I loved this movie. Unfortunate that the sequel doesn’t come out til Nov. 2013.