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The Hunger Games: Catching FireFollow

2013 • PG-13 • 2h 26m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Lionsgate

Remember who the enemy is.

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3.94

7.5

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$158.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$424.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$864.80M

$440.10M international

Domestic legs2.69x

Budget$130M

2013 rank#1

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Cast & crew

Full Lawrence filmography

Francis Lawrence

Francis Lawrence Director

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence Starring

Josh Hutcherson

Josh Hutcherson Starring

Liam Hemsworth

Liam Hemsworth Starring

Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson Starring

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks Starring

ScreenplaySimon Beaufoy, Michael Arndt StudioLionsgate SeriesThe Hunger Games

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 22-24 1 $158.1M — 4,163 $37,971 $158.1M

2 Nov 29-Dec 1 1 $74.2M −53.1% 4,163 $17,818 $296.3M

3 Dec 6-8 2 $26.2M −64.7% 4,163 $6,290 $335.9M

4 Dec 13-15 4 $13.7M −47.8% 3,563 $3,837 $357.5M

5 Dec 20-22 6 $8.8M −35.9% 2,949 $2,972 $371.7M

6 Dec 27-29 8 $10.1M +14.8% 2,315 $4,346 $391.0M

7 Jan 3-5 9 $7.1M −29.9% 2,143 $3,290 $407.1M

8 Jan 10-12 12 $4.4M −37.8% 1,762 $2,487 $413.8M

9 Jan 17-19 14 $2.5M −44.1% 1,328 $1,845 $417.5M

10 Jan 24-26 18 $1.5M −37.2% 1,051 $1,465 $420.0M

11 Jan 31-Feb 2 21 $940.1K −39.0% 822 $1,143 $421.4M

12 Feb 7-9 21 $660.7K −29.7% 529 $1,248 $422.4M

13 Feb 14-16 23 $535.6K −18.9% 326 $1,642 $423.1M

14 Feb 21-23 24 $319.1K −40.4% 240 $1,329 $423.6M

15 Feb 28-Mar 2 33 $186.0K −41.7% 198 $939 $423.9M

16 Mar 7-9 34 $118.4K −36.3% 133 $890 $424.1M

17 Mar 14-16 27 $205.3K +73.3% 268 $765 $424.3M

18 Mar 21-23 37 $114.9K −44.0% 211 $544 $424.5M

19 Mar 28-30 46 $63.5K −44.7% 158 $402 $424.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Nov 21 $25.0M — $25.0M — — -1

Fri Nov 22 #1 $71.0M — $71.0M 4,163 $17,043 1

Sat Nov 23 #1 $52.6M −26% $123.6M 4,163 $12,639 2

Sun Nov 24 #1 $34.5M −34% $158.1M 4,163 $8,288 3

Mon Nov 25 #1 $12.3M −64% $170.4M 4,163 $2,959 4

Tue Nov 26 #1 $16.0M +30% $186.4M 4,163 $3,833 5

Wed Nov 27 #1 $20.8M +30% $207.2M 4,163 $4,998 6

Thu Nov 28 #1 $15.0M −28% $222.1M 4,163 $3,591 7

Fri Nov 29 #1 $31.6M +111% −56% $253.7M 4,163 $7,583 8

Sat Nov 30 #1 $28.4M −10% −46% $282.1M 4,163 $6,822 9

Sun Dec 1 #2 $14.2M −50% −59% $296.3M 4,163 $3,412 10

Mon Dec 2 #1 $3.4M −76% −72% $299.7M 4,163 $817 11

Tue Dec 3 #1 $4.0M +18% −75% $303.7M 4,163 $963 12

Wed Dec 4 #1 $3.0M −25% −85% $306.7M 4,163 $724 13

Thu Dec 5 #1 $2.9M −3% −80% $309.7M 4,163 $705 14

Fri Dec 6 #1 $7.8M +165% −75% $317.4M 4,163 $1,867 15

Sat Dec 7 #2 $11.9M +53% −58% $329.4M 4,163 $2,864 16

Sun Dec 8 #2 $6.5M −46% −54% $335.9M 4,163 $1,558 17

Mon Dec 9 #2 $1.9M −70% −43% $337.8M 4,163 $466 18

Tue Dec 10 #2 $2.4M +22% −41% $340.2M 4,163 $569 19

Wed Dec 11 #1 $1.9M −22% −39% $342.0M 4,163 $445 20

Thu Dec 12 #1 $1.8M −2% −38% $343.8M 4,163 $434 21

Fri Dec 13 $4.1M +127% −47% $347.9M 3,563 $1,152 22

Sat Dec 14 $5.7M +40% −52% $353.7M 3,563 $1,612 23

Sun Dec 15 $3.8M −34% −41% $357.5M 3,563 $1,071 24

Mon Dec 16 #3 $1.3M −65% −32% $358.8M 3,563 $370 25

Tue Dec 17 #3 $1.5M +15% −36% $360.3M 3,563 $427 26

Wed Dec 18 #4 $1.2M −18% −33% $361.6M 3,563 $348 27

Thu Dec 19 #4 $1.4M +10% −25% $363.0M 3,563 $382 28

Fri Dec 20 #6 $2.5M +84% −39% $365.5M 2,949 $849 29

Sat Dec 21 #6 $3.4M +36% −41% $368.9M 2,949 $1,153 30

Sun Dec 22 #5 $2.9M −16% −25% $371.7M 2,949 $969 31

Mon Dec 23 $2.3M −20% +73% $374.0M 2,949 $772 32

Tue Dec 24 $1.4M −40% −11% $375.4M 2,949 $460 33

Wed Dec 25 $2.5M +86% +103% $377.9M 2,949 $857 34

Thu Dec 26 #7 $3.0M +20% +123% $380.9M 2,949 $1,030 35

Fri Dec 27 #9 $3.4M +13% +37% $384.4M 2,315 $1,482 36

Sat Dec 28 #6 $3.7M +8% +9% $388.1M 2,315 $1,596 37

Sun Dec 29 #6 $2.9M −21% +3% $391.0M 2,315 $1,266 38

Mon Dec 30 $2.5M −15% +9% $393.5M 2,315 $1,075 39

Tue Dec 31 $2.1M −18% +51% $395.5M 2,315 $886 40

Wed Jan 1 #8 $2.9M +40% +14% $398.4M 2,315 $1,244 41

Thu Jan 2 #8 $1.7M −42% −45% $400.1M 2,315 $726 42

Fri Jan 3 $2.4M +45% −29% $402.5M 2,143 $1,139 43

Sat Jan 4 $3.0M +25% −18% $405.6M 2,143 $1,421 44

Sun Jan 5 $1.6M −49% −47% $407.1M 2,143 $728 45

Mon Jan 6 #9 $563.8K −64% −77% $407.7M 2,143 $263 46

Tue Jan 7 #10 $669.2K +19% −67% $408.4M 2,143 $312 47

Wed Jan 8 #9 $523.4K −22% −82% $408.9M 2,143 $244 48

Thu Jan 9 #9 $496.5K −5% −70% $409.4M 2,143 $231 49

Fri Jan 10 #13 $1.2M +143% −51% $410.6M 1,762 $685 50

Sat Jan 11 #12 $2.1M +72% −32% $412.7M 1,762 $1,182 51

Sun Jan 12 #12 $1.1M −48% −30% $413.8M 1,762 $619 52

Mon Jan 13 #12 $293.9K −73% −48% $414.1M 1,762 $166 53

Tue Jan 14 #13 $353.7K +20% −47% $414.4M 1,762 $200 54

Wed Jan 15 #12 $290.8K −18% −44% $414.7M 1,762 $165 55

Thu Jan 16 #12 $285.6K −2% −42% $415.0M 1,762 $162 56

Fri Jan 17 #15 $631.1K +121% −48% $415.6M 1,328 $475 57

Sat Jan 18 #14 $1.1M +81% −45% $416.8M 1,328 $861 58

Sun Jan 19 #14 $675.7K −41% −38% $417.5M 1,328 $508 59

Mon Jan 20 #14 $568.6K −16% +93% $418.0M 1,328 $428 60

Tue Jan 21 #15 $162.5K −71% −54% $418.2M 1,328 $122 61

Wed Jan 22 #16 $147.6K −9% −49% $418.3M 1,328 $111 62

Thu Jan 23 #16 $152.2K +3% −47% $418.5M 1,328 $114 63

Fri Jan 24 #18 $397.6K +161% −37% $418.9M 1,051 $378 64

Sat Jan 25 #17 $748.1K +88% −35% $419.6M 1,051 $711 65

Sun Jan 26 $394.2K −47% −42% $420.0M 1,051 $375 66

Mon Jan 27 #19 $105.8K −73% −81% $420.1M 1,051 $100 67

Tue Jan 28 $127.4K +21% −22% $420.3M 1,051 $121 68

Wed Jan 29 $102.8K −19% −30% $420.4M 1,051 $97 69

Thu Jan 30 $110.6K +8% −27% $420.5M 1,051 $105 70

Fri Jan 31 $277.5K +151% −30% $420.7M 822 $337 71

Sat Feb 1 $510.4K +84% −32% $421.3M 822 $620 72

Sun Feb 2 $152.2K −70% −61% $421.4M 822 $185 73

Mon Feb 3 $82.3K −46% −22% $421.5M 822 $100 74

Tue Feb 4 $101.1K +23% −21% $421.6M 822 $122 75

Wed Feb 5 $77.8K −23% −24% $421.7M 822 $94 76

Thu Feb 6 $80.9K +4% −27% $421.8M 822 $98 77

Fri Feb 7 #20 $164.6K +103% −41% $421.9M 529 $311 78

Sat Feb 8 $323.3K +96% −37% $422.2M 529 $611 79

Sun Feb 9 $172.7K −47% +13% $422.4M 529 $326 80

Mon Feb 10 $50.1K −71% −39% $422.5M 529 $94 81

Tue Feb 11 $49.5K −1% −51% $422.5M 529 $93 82

Wed Feb 12 $30.0K −39% −61% $422.5M 529 $56 83

Thu Feb 13 $34.7K +16% −57% $422.6M 529 $65 84

Fri Feb 14 $172.5K +396% +5% $422.7M 326 $529 85

Sat Feb 15 $216.4K +25% −33% $423.0M 326 $663 86

Sun Feb 16 $146.8K −32% −15% $423.1M 326 $450 87

Mon Feb 17 $91.4K −38% +82% $423.2M 326 $280 88

Tue Feb 18 $36.6K −60% −26% $423.2M 326 $112 89

Wed Feb 19 $33.9K −7% +13% $423.3M 326 $103 90

Thu Feb 20 $34.2K +1% −2% $423.3M 326 $104 91

Fri Feb 21 $88.3K +158% −49% $423.4M 240 $367 92

Sat Feb 22 $151.9K +72% −30% $423.5M 240 $632 93

Sun Feb 23 $78.9K −48% −46% $423.6M 240 $328 94

Mon Feb 24 $20.0K −75% −78% $423.6M 240 $83 95

Tue Feb 25 $25.2K +26% −31% $423.7M 240 $105 96

Wed Feb 26 $22.9K −9% −32% $423.7M 240 $95 97

Thu Feb 27 $24.6K +7% −28% $423.7M 240 $102 98

Fri Feb 28 $49.4K +101% −44% $423.8M 198 $249 99

Sat Mar 1 $92.0K +86% −39% $423.9M 198 $464 100

Sun Mar 2 $44.6K −51% −43% $423.9M 198 $225 101

Mon Mar 3 $15.8K −65% −21% $423.9M 198 $79 102

Tue Mar 4 $18.0K +14% −29% $423.9M 198 $90 103

Wed Mar 5 $14.4K −20% −37% $424.0M 198 $72 104

Thu Mar 6 $16.1K +12% −34% $424.0M 198 $81 105

Fri Mar 7 $34.7K +115% −30% $424.0M 133 $260 106

Sat Mar 8 $56.4K +63% −39% $424.1M 133 $424 107

Sun Mar 9 $27.3K −52% −39% $424.1M 133 $205 108

Mon Mar 10 $10.6K −61% −33% $424.1M 133 $79 109

Tue Mar 11 $13.3K +26% −26% $424.1M 133 $99 110

Wed Mar 12 $10.3K −23% −29% $424.1M 133 $77 111

Thu Mar 13 $11.5K +12% −29% $424.1M 133 $86 112

Fri Mar 14 $60.2K +425% +74% $424.2M 268 $224 113

Sat Mar 15 $88.0K +46% +56% $424.3M 268 $328 114

Sun Mar 16 $57.0K −35% +109% $424.3M 268 $212 115

Mon Mar 17 $18.7K −67% +77% $424.4M 268 $69 116

Tue Mar 18 $22.0K +18% +66% $424.4M 268 $82 117

Wed Mar 19 $19.7K −11% +92% $424.4M 268 $73 118

Thu Mar 20 $18.0K −9% +57% $424.4M 268 $67 119

Fri Mar 21 $32.3K +79% −46% $424.4M 211 $152 120

Sat Mar 22 $50.7K +57% −42% $424.5M 211 $240 121

Sun Mar 23 $32.0K −37% −44% $424.5M 211 $151 122

Mon Mar 24 $11.2K −65% −40% $424.5M 211 $53 123

Tue Mar 25 $13.5K +20% −39% $424.6M 211 $63 124

Wed Mar 26 $12.6K −6% −36% $424.6M 211 $59 125

Thu Mar 27 $12.3K −3% −32% $424.6M 211 $58 126

Fri Mar 28 $18.2K +48% −44% $424.6M 158 $115 127

Sat Mar 29 $28.7K +58% −43% $424.6M 158 $181 128

Sun Mar 30 $16.6K −42% −48% $424.6M 158 $105 129

Mon Mar 31 $5.2K −69% −54% $424.7M 158 $32 130

Tue Apr 1 $6.0K +17% −55% $424.7M 158 $38 131

Wed Apr 2 $5.4K −11% −57% $424.7M 158 $34 132

Thu Apr 3 $5.9K +9% −52% $424.7M 158 $37 133

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$420.5M

Nov 21Dec 9Dec 26Jan 13Jan 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M

$158.1M

$74.2M

$26.2M

$13.7M

$8.8M

$10.1M

$7.1M

$4.4M

$2.5M

$1.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,163 → 1,051 −74.8%

4,163 open1,051 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.2%

−53.1%

W1→2

−64.7%

W2→3

−47.8%

W3→4

−35.9%

W4→5

+14.8%

W5→6

−29.9%

W6→7

−37.8%

W7→8

−44.1%

W8→9

−37.2%

W9→10

Steepest −64.7%Biggest gain +14.8%

Run milestones

$400M in 42 days

$100M

Day 2

Nov 23

$200M

Day 6

Nov 27

$300M

Day 12

Dec 3

$400M

Day 42

Jan 2

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#2 Biggest November openingsAll-time $158.1M #27 Biggest opening weekendsAll-time $158.1M #41 Biggest domestic runsAll-time $424.7M

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