‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds‘ has earned $120 million worldwide, with $5.90 million on Thanksgiving Thursday. The estimated total domestic gross is $69.55 million, and the international box office stands at $57 million.
According to reports, ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ is expected to remain at #1 for a second week at the domestic box office.
Francis Lawrence directs from a screenplay by Michael Arndt and Michael Lesslie based on Suzanne Collins’ 2020 novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The film also stars Peter Dinklage as Casca Highbottom, Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow, Jason Schwartzman as Lucretius “Lucky” Flickerman, Viola Davis as Dr. Volumnia Gaul, Burn Gorman as Commander Hoff, Fionnula Flanagan as Grandma’am, Ashley Liao as Clemensia Dovecote, Max Raphael as Festus Creed, Zoe Renée as Lysistrata Vickers, Nick Benson as Jessup, Isobel Jesper Jones as Mayfair Lipp, Dakota Shapiro as Billy Taupe, Vaughan Reilly as Maude Ivory, and Honor Gillies as Barb Azure.
According to the film’s plot, Young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth), who is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family, has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from the impoverished District 12. But after Lucy Gray’s charm captivates the audience of Panem, Snow sees an opportunity to shift their fates. With everything he has worked for hanging in the balance, Snow unites with Lucy Gray to turn the odds in their favor. Battling his instincts for both good and evil, Snow sets out on a race against time to survive and reveal if he will ultimately become a songbird or a snake.
‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ holds a 61% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, making it the highest-rated movie by the audience in the entire franchise, earning a 91% approval. On IMDb, it boasts a rating of 7.2/10, and it has received a B+ on CinemaScore.
‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ will be released on VOD platforms on December 19, 2023.
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