The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has broken a record for the franchise. The new release is a prequel to the Hunger Games movies, adapted from the 2020 novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins. It stars Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow, the future President of the dystopian nation of Panem, and tracks his early years as a mentor for the 10th annual Hunger Games, where he trains and strikes up a relationship with District 12 tribute Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler).
Per Deadline, the Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes box office is projected to earn a 5-day Thanksgiving weekend domestic total of $41.1 million by the end of Sunday. This is more than enough to make it No. 1 for the weekend, but its 3-day Friday to Sunday total alone is $24.8 million, just a 44.4% drop from its opening weekend gross of $44.6 million. This makes it the smallest week 2 drop of the entire Hunger Games franchise.
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
- Release Date:
- 2023-11-17
- Director:
- Francis Lawrence
- Cast:
- Rachel Zegler, Josh Andrés Rivera, Hunter Schafer, Jason Schwartzman, Peter Dinklage, Viola Davis, Tom Blyth
- Rating:
- Not Yet Rated
- Main Genre:
- Action
- Genres:
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Writers:
- Michael Arndt, Michael Lesslie
- Summary:
- Based on the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel to the original Hunger Games franchise set sixty-four years before the events of the first film/book. The story follows Coriolanus Snow before his rise to power as the cold and calculating President Snow. To escape his impoverished life and secure the tuition he needs to attend the University, Snow will partner with a tribute he is assigned to mentor and help her succeed to benefit the both of them.
- Story By:
- Suzanne Collins
- Characters By:
- Suzanne Collins
- Sequel:
- The Hunger Games
- Cinematographer:
- Jo Willems
- Producer:
- Nina Jacobson, Francis Lawrence, Brad Simpson
- Production Company:
- Color Force, Good Universe, Lionsgate
- Main Characters :
- Lucy Gray Baird, Tigris Snow, Lucretius ‘Lucky’ Flickerman, Sejanus Plinth, Casca Highbottom, Dr. Volumnia Gaul, Coriolanus Snow
- Sfx Supervisor:
- Claudius Rauch
- Distributor :
- Lionsgate
- Assistant Director :
- Christopher Surgent
