Hunger Games breaks Twilight record - 3RD HIGHEST OPENING EVER!!!

[Smithy]

The Hunger Games could have more box office success than The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, after pre-release ticket sales broke records.

The upcoming film - which opens on March 23 in the US and the UK - set a company record for advance ticketing site Fandango in the first day of sales.

The film scored 83% of sales on the website yesterday, with Act of Valor taking 7%, Tyler Perry's Good Deeds achieving 2%, plus Safe House and This Means War on 1% each.

The Lionsgate production, which stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, sold out hundreds of screenings although it does not premiere for another month.

The number of purchases broke the previous first-day advance ticket-seller record - held by The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - on Friday, May 14, 2010.

Rick Butler, who is executive vice president and general manager of Fandango, said: "The Hunger Games is off to a fantastic start.

"Yesterday we saw the biggest first day advance ticket sales in our company's nearly 12-year history – which is especially impressive for a March release and a non-sequel."


Flop ma ass :worship:

Update:

The Hunger Games is on course to open bigger than The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 in the US.

According to box office tracking numbers, audience anticipation is so high for the Suzanne Collins adaptation that analysts are predicting it will outpace the $138 million Breaking Dawn debut from last November.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 currently holds the record for the biggest ever opening weekend (with $169 million), but Hunger Games is expected to surpass the rest of the Potter franchise entries when it is released in cinemas on March 23.

Conservative estimates for The Hunger Games put it between $100 million to $120 million, though opening weekend figures are reportedly harder to predict once a film's tracking rises about the $100 million mark.


Definite interest in the Lionsgate action movie has jumped from 55% to 60% in the last week, while awareness went from 75% to 83%. The Hunger Games is also expected to catch a younger male audience, with interest from men younger than 25 sitting at 28% against the 10% for Breaking Dawn.

An anonymous studio executive told The Hollywood Reporter that Hunger Games is tracking "like a sequel, even though it isn't a sequel. It's three times higher than the first Twilight."

Jennifer Lawrence leads the Hunger Games cast as Katniss Everdeen, a teenage girl selected to take part in a televised fight to the death against other children from the 12 Districts of a post-apocalyptic America (called Panem).

[CharlieO]

I don't even see the appeal of either. :bored:

[Niamh.]

:worship:

[Black Dagger]

:worship:

Take that doubters.

[Marc]

I need to read these books.. I don't particularly have time for them though.. :-/

[Niamh.]

I need to read these books.. I don't particularly have time for them though.. :-/

READ THEM!!!! /caps

[Marc]

:bawling: It's as if you're focusing the book into my hands and holding a gun to my head whilst I blubber out the words..

[Black Dagger]

I need to read these books.. I don't particularly have time for them though.. :-/

MAKE TIME :amazed:

[Marc]

MAKE TIME :amazed:

How? :suspect:

[Black Dagger]

How? :suspect:

QUIT UNIVERSITY FOR TWO WEEKS (MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO READ THEM ALL) THEN RETURN :amazed:

[Roy Mars III]

How? :suspect:

stop eating or sleeping for a week. that should be enough

[Black Dagger]

stop eating or sleeping for a week. that should be enough

Your idea is so much more logical than mine.

[Roy Mars III]

your idea will have him turning tricks in the street after a month

[Marc]

QUIT UNIVERSITY FOR TWO WEEKS (MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO READ THEM ALL) THEN RETURN :amazed:

stop eating or sleeping for a week. that should be enough

D: I can't I can't ahhh.

Roy's is more logical though, I could probably do that. LOL

[Shaun]

they're really easy reads, Marc, I got through the trilogy in 3 days

[Niall]

:worship:

[Locke.]

This is just because Twilight's viewers were all kids that didn't know how to pre-order tickets :idc:

[Niall]

This is just because Twilight's viewers were all kids that didn't know how to pre-order tickets :idc:

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[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

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[Smithy]

It's first film opening higher than 4 twilight and 7 Potter movies :worship:

[Niall]

Omg. :worship:

It's first film opening higher than 4 twilight and 7 Potter movies :worship:

*8 potter movies.

[Smithy]

No 7 you mess it won't open higher then DHP2

[Locke.]

According to box office tracking numbers, audience anticipation is so high for the Suzanne Collins adaptation that analysts are predicting it will outpace the $138 million Breaking Dawn debut from last November.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 currently holds the record for the biggest ever opening weekend (with $169 million), but Hunger Games is expected to surpass the rest of the Potter franchise entries when it is released in cinemas on March 23.

Conservative estimates for The Hunger Games put it between $100 million to $120 million, though opening weekend figures are reportedly harder to predict once a film's tracking rises about the $100 million mark.


Anything less than $138 million is gonna have to be classed as a flop now i'm afraid

[Glenn.]

Even though I love Harry Potter I really hope it does better. As a Twilight hater I am over the moon.

I really want this movie to break records. The story is powerful and it really deserves it.

[Niall]

Well I don't know, do I. :hmph:

[Smithy]

yes, you've seen them all

[Smithy]

Anything less than $138 million is gonna have to be classed as a flop now i'm afraid

so if it doesn't become the 5th Biggest opening weekend in the US it's a flop

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[Samuel.]

D: I had no idea it was this popular. That's insane.

Even though I love Harry Potter I really hope it does better. As a Twilight hater I am over the moon.

Over the new moon? http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/2748/vkn78.png

[Callum]

This is just tracking, not actual figures. I seriously doubt it will beat Deathly Hallows Part 1's opening weekend gross.

[Saph]

I'd never even heard of Hunger Games until a couple of days ago ..and i'm still not 100% sure what it is :s

First I thought it was a game show ..then a Tibb thing ..now I know its a movie?

[Brother Leon]

lol

People(Kids) will jump on any bandwagon.

[Smithy]

I'd never even heard of Hunger Games until a couple of days ago ..and i'm still not 100% sure what it is :s

First I thought it was a game show ..then a Tibb thing ..now I know its a movie?
It's a trilogy of books, the first of which is being turned into a film being released next week.

It's about a televised fight to the death involving 24 kids between the ages of 12-18 from the 12 Districts of a post-apocalyptic America :amazed:

[Glenn.]

I'd never even heard of Hunger Games until a couple of days ago ..and i'm still not 100% sure what it is :s

First I thought it was a game show ..then a Tibb thing ..now I know its a movie?

It's the most amazing thing ever :idc:

[Smithy]

The Hunger Games has topped the US box office with $155 million.

The movie, based on the best-selling book by Suzanne Collins, has made history by earning the third biggest movie debut of all time, and the highest debut for any movie opening outside of summer.

It stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, a young girl who must fight to the death on live television in a dystopian version of the future. It also features Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Lenny Kravitz, Woody Harrelson and Elizabeth Banks.

The debut knocked out the hit Channing Tatum comedy 21 Jump Street, which fell to number two on the list, making $21.3 million.

Also still hanging on to the top spots are The Lorax in third place with $13.1 million, and the sci-fi adventure John Carter, coming in at number four with a little over $5 million.

John Carter, which stars Taylor Kitsch, Willem Dafoe and Dominic West, has proven to be a major flop for Disney, which has lost $200 million in the investment.

An even less stellar performance came from the anti-abortion movie October Baby, which debuted at number 8, earning $1.7 million.

Making $1.3 million, the Dwayne Johnson family adventure Journey 2: The Mysterious Island rounds out the top ten.

You were all saying? :idc:

You can bow now

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[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

what are the other 2 films

[Smithy]

Deathly Hallows part 2 aand the dark knight i think -checks-

[Smithy]

yeah them two

[Shaun]

:amazed: that's incredible.

[Marc]

Interesting, definitely need to watch this film :laugh:

What is 2nd highest opening ever?

HP is 1st right?

[Marc]

Can't stand Twilight, so glad that it's beaten it.

I can't see the appeal for Twilight, Robert Pattinson is one of the most overrated actors at the moment and Kristen Stewart can't even act.

[Smithy]

Interesting, definitely need to watch this film :laugh:

What is 2nd highest opening ever?

HP is 1st right?

I just ****ing said, the dark knight :nono:

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[Samuel.]

Idgi. I'd barely know of its existence if it wasn't for TiBB.

[MTVN]

Idgi. I'd barely know of its existence if it wasn't for TiBB.

Was the same for me at first but recently they've been going on about it on the radio, youtube videos have started with the trailer and the buses here have got adverts for it, even had my brother telling me last night that it's really good :bored:

Quite tempted to actually see the film now

[Smithy]

There's a reason it's performing so well :idc:

[Marc]

I just ****ing said, the dark knight :nono:

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Alright alright :idc: I find it really hard to read what you post, it's often utter rubbish.

[Locke.]

Miscount

[GypsyGoth]

I think it's purely the story that's attracting the audiences. Katniss is amazing :love:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

thanks

[GypsyGoth]

thanks

:laugh:

[Locke.]

Scott you need to change your avatar to a picture of her in real life, much better then

[Patrick]

Jesus didn't think it would be that big.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Scott you need to change your avatar to a picture of her in real life, much better then

no she has blonde hair irl katniss has brown hair :nono:

[Tom4784]

It's a great film, It's done incredibly well for the first film in a series. It'll be interesting to see how the other two films will do.

[Glenn.]

:amazed:

That's amazing. It really deserves it. It's epic :amazed:

[Brother Leon]

Not bad.


Not really a Harry Potter fan, but Batman>>>>>

[Jords]

I saw this yesterday! Very good, although I keep saying that Katniss and Peeta needed to do more whilst in The Hunger Games. They just seemed to hide way most of it. Rue (I thought it was a boy and spelt Rhu!) dying was sooo sad :sad:

8.5/10

[Brother Leon]

Spoiler alert :joker:

[Smithy]

jords :bored:

[Locke.]

:joker:

[Jords]

Hardly a spoiler the film is about a load of people having to kill each other until 1 is left looooool

Ill spoiler though xx

[MTVN]

No need to watch it now then

[Marc]

:bored: ffs Jords.. wanna go jump off a cliff? You ruin everything.

[Jords]

-doesnt care-

[Marc]

You should

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i agree that its not really a spoiler when you know that only one person can survive the games so you know everybody else is gonna die anyway o.o

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

although if i had read that before i read the book i would hunt jords down and bite his face off

[Locke.]

I thought Rui or whatever was gonna be that one survivor though

[Niall]

This is brilliant! I'm so pleased to see it do so well! :amazed:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i actually thought throughout the book

katniss would sacrifice herself for rue and the other 2 books would be about rue

/mess

[Brother Leon]

I thought Rui or whatever was gonna be that one survivor though

Me too :(


Had to be Figo instead.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

I really have never heard of Hunger games or why it's so popular. All I know at this point is that plenty of people are pissed that 3 main characters are black :joker:

shall watch this when I can

[Marc]

good film

[rk3388]

I really have never heard of Hunger games or why it's so popular. All I know at this point is that plenty of people are pissed that 3 main characters are black :joker:

shall watch this when I can

* 2 ( rue and thresh )

I know lol its pretty sad that two teen girls who were on the news for making racist tweets about rue didnt even apoligise and continued to defend themselves. If i were them i would delete my twitter account right away

[Smithy]

*3

Cinna

[GypsyGoth]

* 2 ( rue and thresh )


3, Cinna is also black, he's played by Lenny Kravitz.

[Glenn.]

I imagined Cinna to be black anyway.

I did watch the trailer before I started reading so for me he was perfect.

[Black Dagger]

Lenny <3

FFS, my mum had to cancel tonight (well we mutually agreed, I had a ton of coursework) so won't see until next week :sad:

[Glenn.]

Its online did you know? :idc:

[Black Dagger]

Its online did you know? :idc:

I am not watching The Hunger Games on a ****ing small screen, I can't believe you actually just said that :idc:

IT'S THE HUNGER GAMES, THE BIGGEST MOVIE OF 2012 (Well Dark Knight Rises will be amazing) I am not watching it anywhere but the Cinema.

[Glenn.]

Thought you were desperate thats all :hmph:

[Niall]

Its online did you know? :idc:

Where?!! And is it good quality?!!?!