We won't find out for almost three weeks just how big a blockbuster “The Hunger Games” will be at the box office, but tracking on the film (which is Hollywood shorthand for awareness and interest) suggests this will be a monster of a money-maker.
According to the Los Angeles Times, speculation suggests that the movie, which opens on March 23, could have an opening weekend of close to -- and possibly
more than -- $100 million.
On Rotten Tomatoes, 98 percent of more than 30,000 users who responded say they want to see "The Hunger Games." Hollywood Stock Exchange is currently predicting close to a $250 million box office take in the first four weekends of release. Already, “The Hunger Games” has broken the record for most first-day sales from online ticketing service Fandango, the LA Times reported.
A $100 million opening weekend would put the movie in the Top 20 on the all-time list. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" holds the record, with a $169.2 million opening last summer.
Meanwhile, movie writer Barry Koltnow of the Orange County Register recently put "The Hunger Games" at the top of his list of "the most over-hyped movies of 2012." Read his article here.
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I'd be curious to know how much it'd gross without all this advance hype. Guess it's too late to find out now, huh? No, I haven't bought my tickets yet.
The trailer looks horrible. I haven't seen anything here in Charlotte about it. May catch it as a DVD rental, but that's it.
Running Man come to mind Rollerball? Logan's Run?
Seems like we've been there and done that before.
Wiley C., there's only 7 original plots in literature, so yeah, you've seen it before. Just like everything else.
Can't wait to see the Capitol styles.
Wow, this film that hasnt even opened yet warrants an entire blog devoted to it? Pitiful. Somebody find Theoden James a real job.
The Avengers will blow it out of the water.
In all the hype, I have not seen any previews that could make me want to go to the movies... maybe in 2013... if the Mayans are wrong.
Opening weekend is one thing, but for $200 million, it had better be good, or it will die a quick death.
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