Franchise
The Hunger Games
6 films•2012–2026•Lionsgate
78%average critics78%average audience$269.7Mdomestic average
Films
6
2012–2026
Domestic
$1.62B
lifetime
Worldwide
$3.32B
lifetime
Avg opening
$96.7M
3-day
Avg legs
2.92x
opening → total
Return
5.6x
on $593.0M of budget
The Hunger Games series runs to 6 films from The Hunger Games (2012) to The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026), together grossing $1.62B domestic and $3.32B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) at $865.0M worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $158.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping | 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | 0% | — |
 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | 2023 | $44.6M | $166.4M | 3.73x | $349.0M | A | 84% | — |
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | 2015 | $102.7M | $281.7M | 2.74x | $646.1M | A- | 69% | #8 |
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | 2014 | $121.9M | $337.1M | 2.77x | $766.6M | A- | 65% | #2 |
| The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | 2013 | $158.0M | $425.0M | 2.69x | $865.0M | A | 90% | #1 |
| The Hunger Games | 2012 | $153.0M | $408.0M | 2.67x | $694.0M | A | 84% | #3 |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 2.8 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
5.6x
$3.32B worldwide on $593.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.62BInternational $1.70B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven8.9x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records →#27Biggest opening weekendsThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire$158.1M#31Biggest opening weekendsThe Hunger Games$152.5M#41Biggest domestic runsThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire$424.7M
3 placings across 2 all-time charts. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
What’s next
Full schedule →
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Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
