EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate and Francis Lawrence’s return to the Suzanne Collins franchise with a pic primarily based on her prequel novel is wanting like a $50M begin on Nov. 17, which is within the neighborhood of 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes ($54.8M). While girls 17-34 are certainly the new demo for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, it’s not excessively feminine as there’s curiosity from males as properly. The pic cost round $100M.
Lionsgate opted to remain the course with Songbirds and Snakes and never transfer the film off the schedule because of the actors strike given the aggressive benefit within the market: Legendary/Warner Bros.’ Dune: Part Two jetted off the November schedule, giving Lionsgate access to extra PLF screens. In addition, with a model like Hunger Games, followers have been already coming to this film which touts a recent face forged led by Rachel Zegler; a whole reboot of the franchise which by way of 4 motion pictures has earned over $3 billion worldwide.
The Collins’ bestselling novel takes place 64 years earlier than Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen and the occasions of the unique books and movies. A brand new stage present of Hunger Games was simply introduced this week.
The Netflix Rewatch Campaign in March 2023 generated huge engagement, producing new TikTok movies posted about The Hunger Games that month, a threefold improve in comparison with February 2023. The new posts reached an estimated 83M TikTok customers and amassed 17M engagements on the platform.
Across Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, The Hunger Games weekly new follower base elevated +425% on common within the month of March. With stats like that, it made sense for Lionsgate to remain the course for the pic’s launch in November.
The new film additionally stars Tom Blyth, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, Jason Schwartzman, and Oscar winner Viola Davis. Realize that if the actors ink a brand new contract within the close to future with studios, the skies the restrict with regard to how a lot the field workplace might be overrated; because the forged could be allowed to advertise on social media and late night time TV reveals. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the spinoff of Harry Potter, had a $74.4M home begin.
On the day of the pic’s theatrical launch, Geffen Records will launch the soundtrack. Last Friday marked the premiere of “The Hanging Tree,” the primary track launched from the soundtrack. In the upcoming movie (a prequel to the unique Hunger Games trilogy), audiences will witness the origin of the storied track when Lucy Gray Baird (Zegler) sings it for the very first time. Also heard within the second official trailer for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, “The Hanging Tree” has been handed down by way of generations and was beforehand carried out by Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1.
