The Hunger Games storms to $9m at weekend box office
Following on from a huge opening day on Thursday, The Hunger Games has completed the opening weekend on top, grossing $9m.
Australia offered the adaptation of the Suzanne Collins novel the biggest opening outside of the USA, ahead of the UK’s $7m and Russia’s $6.2m.
Opening across 471 screens nationally, the film took an average of $19,218 per screen, according to the Motion Pictures Distributors Association of Australia.
About a dystopian world where teenagers must fight each other in a series of games to survive, The Hunger Games is the first in a trilogy that is expected to be as big as the Twilight series. The film is directed by Gary Ross and produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik.
Hollywood ‘Battle Royale’.
Amazing and I wonder how much in iPad / iPhone app downloads
Wouldn’t mind seeing this movie, although I’ll wait for the hype to die down first so I can get a less crowded viewing. Wouldn’t mind seeing more of these dystopian movies being made (even an update on 1984 or BNW).