The Hunger Games Breaks Records with Opening Day Gross of $68.2 Million Desensitization the Tween in WorkLife Merge Sets Friday Weekend $68.25 Mil 'Hunger Games' Is A Box Office Smash! If Were Real This $7 Ranch Where You'd Train Appeal ‘Games’ goes beyond targeted audience author Suzanne Collins IU grad who grew up Indiana ‘Hunger Games’ novel helps teachers hook young readers Scores Big At Midnight Screenings 'The Set To Open Near $150 Domestic As 2012's Best Film too violent for children Fans switch arenas from page to screen fills midnight craving $19.7M ticket sales actors coming Aurora's Fox Valley mall Let 'Games' begin On Movies inspires a cookbook Read Street pulls $68M first day sets opening record at Earns $19.7 JENNIFER LAWRENCE LAWRENCE'

'Games' fans hunger for more merchandise The popularity of 'The Hunger Games' movie and books has prompted a flood of licensed tie-ins, including nail polish, knee socks, ear buds, even a Barbie doll. Danielle Pepers is such a fan of"The Hunger Games"that she had the book's unofficial mascot — a mockingjay — tattooed on her right arm this month. But her intrigue with the books and movie, which hit theaters Friday, didn't stop there. 'Hunger Games' grosses $68 million Friday, earns 'A' CinemaScore "The Hunger Games" scored the fifth-highest opening day of all time at the box office 'Hunger Games': Jennifer Lawrence reaps praise from critics Katniss, as played by Academy Award-nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence, is the focus of many of the film's reviews, and most critics agree she's up for the task. Katniss, as played by Academy Award-nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence, is the focus of many of the film's reviews, and most critics agree she's up for the task. Utah theater chain turns 'The Hunger Games' into an event Patrons seeing 'The Hunger Games' at a Megaplex Theatre in Utah can get made up like Katniss or duel like a tribute. The chain's success has the attention of Hollywood studios. "The Hunger Games" is big enough of a draw this weekend that movie theaters don't have to do much to sell tickets — in the opening hours, hundreds of thousands of fans dropped nearly $20 million for admission. 'Hunger Games' scores big at midnight screenings Last night at midnight, "Hunger Games" fans gobbled up tickets to the tune of $19.7 million. It was the seventh biggest midnight opening in history, trailing only three of the "Twilight" sequels and three "Harry Potter" films. 'The Hunger Games' doesn't satirize reality TV — it celebrates it So "The Hunger Games" is a futuristic dystopia with a hard-edged political subtext? It implicitly tells Americans of 2012 how badly we treat our children? No. Wrong. Critics are praising the movie, in which kids are rounded up from around the country and forced to participate in a televised death... "Hunger Games" Sets Friday, Weekend Records with $68.25 Mil As expected, 'The Hunger Games" set records last night and probably for the weekend. Including its midnight sneaks, the Gary Ross directed film took in $68.25 million. It's tbe biggest ever Friday opening for a non-sequel, or as we used to call it, and original film. The total weekend take could be $140 million, and people will throw around numbers until Monday morning in the box office game ... 'Hunger Games' Exposes Myth of Technological Progress Tomorrow's world of "The Hunger Games" doesn't just showcase the reality TV spectacle of teenagers battling to the death — it also features futuristic hovercraft, force fields and bioengineered "Mutt" creatures. Those technological marvels represent tools of oppression for the dystopian nation of Panem, where the Capitol elite live in high-tech luxury supported by the old-fashioned sweat of ... Appetite for 'The Hunger Games' The premise of "The Hunger Games" is bleak: In post-apocalyptic North America, children are forced to fight each other to the death in an annual televised competition meant to entertain the ruling haves, and keep the desperately poor have-nots in line.The young-adult novel turned movie has all of th... 'Hunger Games' eyes huge US opening weekend Teen film phenomenon "The Hunger Games" could make more than $140 million on its opening weekend at the US box office, among the top 10 best debuts ever, industry bible Variety reported.
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