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The Hunger Games Theatrical release poster Directed by Gary Ross Produced by Nina Jacobson Jon Kilik Screenplay by Gary Ross Suzanne Collins Billy Ray Based on The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Starring Jennifer Lawrence Josh Hutcherson Liam Hemsworth Woody Harrelson Elizabeth Banks Lenny Kravitz Stanley Tucci Donald Sutherland The Hunger Games (film) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Hunger Games is a 2012 American adventure film directed by Gary Ross and based on the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins. The picture is the first installment in The Hunger Games film series and was produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik, with a screenplay by Ross, Collins and Billy Ray. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland. [5] The story takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future in the nation of Panem, where boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 18 must take part in the Hunger Games, a televised annual event in which the "tributes" are required to fight to the death until there is one remaining who will be crowned the victor. Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) volunteers to take her younger sister's place in the games. Joined by her district's male tribute Peeta Mellark (Hutcherson), Katniss travels to the Capitol to train for the Hunger Games under the guidance of former victor Haymitch Abernathy (Harrelson). Development of The Hunger Games began in March 2009 when Lions Gate Entertainment entered into a co-production agreement with Color Force, which had acquired the rights a few weeks earlier. Collins collaborated with Ray and Ross to write the screenplay. The screenplay expanded the character of Seneca Crane to allow several developments to be shown The Hunger Games (film) - Wikipedia, the free en... http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_H... 1 of 46 2014-05-04 11:31

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The Hunger Games

Theatrical release poster

Directed by Gary Ross

Produced by Nina Jacobson

Jon Kilik

Screenplay by Gary Ross

Suzanne Collins

Billy Ray

Based on The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

Starring Jennifer Lawrence

Josh Hutcherson

Liam Hemsworth

Woody Harrelson

Elizabeth Banks

Lenny Kravitz

Stanley Tucci

Donald Sutherland

The Hunger Games (film)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Hunger Games is a 2012American adventure film directed byGary Ross and based on the novel ofthe same name by Suzanne Collins.The picture is the first installment inThe Hunger Games film series andwas produced by Nina Jacobson andJon Kilik, with a screenplay by Ross,Collins and Billy Ray. The film starsJennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson,Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson,Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz,Stanley Tucci and Donald

Sutherland.[5] The story takes place ina dystopian post-apocalyptic future inthe nation of Panem, where boys andgirls between the ages of 12 and 18must take part in the Hunger Games,a televised annual event in which the"tributes" are required to fight to thedeath until there is one remaining whowill be crowned the victor. KatnissEverdeen (Lawrence) volunteers totake her younger sister's place in thegames. Joined by her district's maletribute Peeta Mellark (Hutcherson),Katniss travels to the Capitol to trainfor the Hunger Games under theguidance of former victor HaymitchAbernathy (Harrelson).

Development of The Hunger Gamesbegan in March 2009 when Lions GateEntertainment entered into aco-production agreement with ColorForce, which had acquired the rights afew weeks earlier. Collins collaboratedwith Ray and Ross to write thescreenplay. The screenplay expandedthe character of Seneca Crane to allowseveral developments to be shown

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Music by James Newton Howard

Cinematography Tom Stern

Editing by Stephen Mirrione

Juliette Welfling

Studio Color Force

Distributed by Lionsgate

Release dates March 12, 2012

(Los Angeles premiere)

March 23, 2012

(United States)

Running time 142 minutes[1][2]

Country United States

Language English

Budget $78 million[3]

Box office $691,247,768[4]

directly to the audience and Rossadded several scenes between Craneand Coriolanus Snow. The maincharacters were cast between Marchand May 2011. Principal photographybegan in May 2011 and ended inSeptember 2011, and filming tookplace in North Carolina. The HungerGames was shot entirely on film asopposed to digital.

The film was released on March 21,

2012, in France[6] and in the US on

March 23, 2012,[7] in bothconventional theaters and digital

IMAX theaters.[8] Japan received itlast, on September 28. When the filmreleased, it set records for openingday ($67.3 million) and opening

weekend for a non-sequel.[9] At thetime of its release, the film's openingweekend gross ($152.5 million) was the third-largest of any movie in North

America.[10] It is the first film since Avatar to remain in first place at the North

American box office for four consecutive weekends.[11] The movie was a massivebox-office success by grossing over $691 million worldwide against its budget of$78 million, making it the third-highest-grossing film in the United States and

ninth-highest-grossing worldwide of 2012.[4] It was released on DVD and Blu-ray

Disc on August 18, 2012.[12] With 7,434,058 units sold, the DVD was the

best-selling DVD of 2012.[13]

The Hunger Games received positive reviews, with praise for its themes andmessages, as well as Jennifer Lawrence's portrayal of Katniss. Like the novel, thefilm has attracted criticism for its similarities to other works, such as theJapanese novel Battle Royale and its film adaptation, and the Shirley Jacksonshort story "The Lottery". Collins' novel and screenplay drew on sources ofinspiration such as the myth of Theseus, Roman gladiatorial games, realitytelevision, and the desensitization of viewers to media coverage of real-lifetragedy and war, not to think as just an audience member, "Because those are realpeople on the screen, and they’re not going away when the commercials start to

roll."[14] The song "Safe & Sound" won a Grammy Award and was nominated for aGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song. For her performance, Lawrence wonthe Saturn Award for Best Actress, the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awardfor Best Actress in an Action Movie, the Empire Award for Best Actress and was

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also nominated for the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. Asequel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was released on November 22, 2013 inthe United States.

Contents

1 Plot

2 Cast

3 Production

3.1 Casting

3.2 Filming

3.3 Music

3.3.1 Soundtrack

3.3.2 Score

4 Reception

4.1 Critical response

4.2 Box office

4.3 Themes

4.4 Precedents in film and literature

4.5 Controversies

4.6 Accolades

4.7 Home media

5 Sequels

6 References

7 External links

Plot

The nation of Panem consists of a wealthy Capitol ruling twelve poorer districts.As punishment for a past rebellion, each district must provide two "tributes" - oneboy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 selected by lottery (the"Reaping") - every year to compete in the Hunger Games; they must fight to thedeath in a vast arena, with the sole survivor rewarded with fame and wealth.

In District 12, when Primrose Everdeen is chosen in her first Reaping, her oldersister Katniss, an expert archer, volunteers to take her place. Peeta Mellark, a

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baker's son, is selected as the other district tribute. Katniss and Peeta are takento the Capitol accompanied by their mentor, Haymitch Abernathy, a past District12 victor and heavy drinker, and chaperone Effie Trinket.

During a TV interview with host Caesar Flickerman, Peeta reveals his love forKatniss. She is outraged, believing it to be a ploy to gain favor with Sponsors whocan provide gifts during the Games, but discovers Peeta is sincere.

The televised Games begin with the tributes positioned in front of weapons andsupplies piled in and around a structure called the Cornucopia. Katniss ignoresHaymitch's advice to avoid the temptation, and barely escapes death in theinevitable melee over the supplies; eleven others are not so lucky.

She tries to get as far away from the others as possible in the forest, but iseventually run up a tree and surrounded by the Careers (Marvel, Glimmer, Catoand Clove; tributes from Districts 1 and 2 who almost always win the Games dueto their training at special academies) and Peeta, who has temporarily allied withthe Careers to stay alive. Rue, the young female tribute from District 11, is hidingin a nearby tree and quietly draws her attention to a tracker jacker nest. Katnissdrops the nest on her besiegers; the poisonous flying insects kill Glimmer anddrive the rest away. Stung herself, Katniss loses consciousness. When she wakesup, she finds that Rue has taken care of her for days. They become friends andallies.

Katniss devises a plan to destroy the pile of supplies the Careers have gatheredtogether. With Rue acting as a decoy to draw their enemies away, Katniss sets offmines planted around the supplies. Afterward, she hears Rue's call for help. WhenKatniss frees Rue from a trap, she has to dodge a spear thrown by Marvel, whichimpales Rue. Katniss shoots and kills Marvel with an arrow, then tearfullycomforts the dying Rue, whose televised death sparks a riot in Rue's district.Panem's President, Coriolanus Snow, summons head gamemaker Seneca Crane toexpress his displeasure at how these Games are turning out; instead of providinga safety valve for social unrest, they are having the opposite effect.

Haymitch convinces Crane to make a rule change to appease the anger in thedistricts. It is announced that tributes from the same district can win as a team.Katniss then searches for Peeta and finds him with a badly infected leg from asword wound. When a feast is proclaimed at the Cornucopia, with the promisethat each tribute will find what they need there, Peeta insists that Katniss not riskherself to get medicine for him. However, when he falls asleep, she heads there.Upon arrival, she is ambushed and pinned by Clove. But when Clove boasts thatshe killed Rue, Thresh appears behind her and throws Clove's head into theCornucopia, snapping her skull, killing her. Thresh tells Katniss that he will lether go this one time, for Rue's sake.

Crane eventually unleashes a pack of hound-like creatures, which kill Thresh.

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Jennifer Lawrenceportrays KatnissEverdeen, and dyed her

hair dark for the role.[15]

Katniss and Peeta flee to the roof of the Cornucopia, where they find Cato, theonly other survivor. After a struggle, Katniss wounds Cato with an arrow andPeeta hurls him to the creatures below. With Peeta and Katniss apparentlyvictorious, the rule change is suddenly revoked. Peeta tells Katniss to shoot him.She instead gives him half of the Nightlock (poisonous berries) they collected.Before they can commit suicide, the couple is hastily proclaimed the victors of the74th Hunger Games.

Haymitch warns Katniss that she has made powerful enemies with her display ofdefiance. Crane is locked in a room with a bowl of Nightlock. As Peeta and Katnissreturn to District 12, President Snow ponders the situation.

Cast

Jennifer Lawrence as

Katniss Everdeen[16]

Josh Hutcherson as

Peeta Mellark[17]

Liam Hemsworth as

Gale Hawthorne[17]

Woody Harrelson as

Haymitch

Abernathy[18]

Elizabeth Banks as

Effie Trinket[19]

Lenny Kravitz as

Cinna[20]

Stanley Tucci as

Caesar

Flickerman[21]

Donald Sutherland

as President

Coriolanus Snow[22]

Wes Bentley as

Seneca Crane[23]

Toby Jones as

Claudius

Templesmith

Alexander Ludwig as

Cato[24]

Isabelle Fuhrman as

Clove[24]

Amandla Stenberg

as Rue[25]

Jack Quaid as

Marvel[26]

Leven Rambin as

Glimmer[26]

Dayo Okeniyi as

Thresh

Jacqueline Emerson

as Foxface

Willow Shields as

Primrose Everdeen

Paula Malcomson as

Mrs Everdeen

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Production

In March 2009, Lions Gate Entertainment entered into a co-production agreementfor The Hunger Games with Nina Jacobson's production company Color Force,which had acquired worldwide distribution rights to the novel a few weeks earlier,[27][28] reportedly for $200,000.[29] Alli Shearmur and Jim Miller, President andSenior Vice President of Motion Picture Production at Lionsgate, took charge ofoverseeing the production of the film, which they described as "an incredible

property... a thrill to bring home to Lionsgate".[30] The studio, which had notmade a profit for five years, raided the budgets of other productions and sold

assets to secure a budget of $88,000,000—one of its largest ever[31]—for the

film.[29][32] Collins' agent Jason Dravis remarked that "they [Lionsgate] had

everyone but the valet call us" to help secure the franchise.[32] Lionsgatesubsequently acquired tax breaks of $8 million for shooting the film in North

Carolina.[32] The production was eventually brought in under-budget at

$78 million.[33]

Collins adapted the novel for film herself,[27] in collaboration with screenwriter

Billy Ray and director Gary Ross.[34][35] The screenplay remains extremely

faithful to the original novel,[36] with Ross saying he "felt the only way to makethe film really successful was to be totally subjective", echoing Collins'

presentation of the novel in the first person present.[37] Instead of Katniss'internal monologue about the Capitol's machinations, the screenplay expandedthe character of Seneca Crane, the Head Gamemaker, to allow severaldevelopments to be shown directly to the audience. Ross explained, "In the book,Katniss speculates about the game-makers manipulations... in the film, we can'tget inside Katniss’s head, but we do have the ability to cut away and actuallyshow the machinations of the Capitol behind the scenes. I created the gamecenter and also expanded the role of Seneca Crane for those reasons. I thought it

was tonally important."[37] Ross also added several scenes between Crane andCoriolanus Snow, the elderly President of Panem, noting that "I thought that itwas very interesting that there would be one generation [of Panem citizens] whoknew that [the Games] were actually an instrument of political control, and therewould be a successive generation who was so enamoured with the ratings and theshowbiz and the sensations and the spectacle that was subsuming the actual

political intention, and that's really where the tension is".[38]

The Gamemakers' control center, about which Katniss can only speculate in thenovel, was also developed as a location, helping to remind the audience of theartificial nature of the arena. Ross commented that, "so much of the film happensin the woods that it's easy to forget this is a futuristic society, manipulating these

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Josh Hutcherson playsPeeta Mellark in the film.

events for the sake of an audience. The look of the control center, the antisepticfeeling of it and the use of holograms were all intended to make the arena feel

'constructed' even when you weren't seeing the control room."[37] Ross and visualeffects supervisor Sheena Duggal were keen to use the omniscient view that thesetting provided to justify the literal dei ex machina Katniss experiences in thearena; Duggal explained that "we really didn't want to have to explain things...how do you get compelled by these [animals] that just appear at the end of themovie? We wanted to find a way to introduce them without having to explainspecifically and exactly what they were and the game room was a really great

opportunity for us to be able to do that."[39]

Casting

Lionsgate confirmed in March 2011 that about 30actresses auditioned or read for the role of KatnissEverdeen, including Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin,Emma Roberts, Saoirse Ronan, Chloë Grace Moretz,Jodelle Ferland, Lyndsy Fonseca, Emily Browning,

Shailene Woodley, and Kaya Scodelario.[3][40] OnMarch 16, 2011, it was announced that Jennifer

Lawrence had landed the coveted role.[41] Rossdescribed Lawrence as having "an incredible amountof self-assuredness, you got the sense that this girlknew exactly who she was. And then she came in andread for me and just knocked me out; I'd never seenan audition like that before in my life. It was one ofthose things where you just glimpse your whole

movie in front of you."[39]

Though Lawrence was 20 when filming began, four years older than the

character,[42] Collins said that the role demanded "a certain maturity and power"

and said she would rather the actress be older than younger.[43] She added thatLawrence was the "only one who truly captured the character I wrote in the book"

and that she had "every essential quality necessary to play Katniss".[44] Lawrence,a fan of the books, took three days to accept the role, initially intimidated by the

size of the production.[3][45]

Jeremy Irvine was originally offered the role of Peeta Mellark but he turned it

down for Now Is Good.[46][47] Contenders for the role of Peeta other thanHutcherson included Alexander Ludwig (who was later cast as Cato), Hunter

Parrish, Lucas Till, and Evan Peters.[48] Other actors considered for the role of

Gale included David Henrie, Drew Roy, and Robbie Amell.[48] In April 2011, John

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C. Reilly was in talks with Lions Gate Entertainment to portray Haymitch

Abernathy.[49] The following month Lionsgate announced that the role had gone

to Oscar nominee Woody Harrelson.[18] The casting of Lenny Kravitz as Cinna,Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman, and Toby Jones as Claudius Templesmith,soon followed. Multiple-Golden Globe award winner Donald Sutherland was cast

as President Coriolanus Snow in late May 2011.[50]

Filming

Gary Ross became director in November 2010.[51] Fireman's Fund InsuranceCompany insured the production, but as part of the underwriting process insistedon a thorough risk analysis of hazards as diverse as wayward arrows, poison ivy,

bears, bugs, and a chase across fast-running water.[52]

Lawrence dyed her blonde hair dark for the part of Katniss.[53] She alsounderwent extensive training to get in shape for the role, including archery, rock

and tree climbing, combat, running, parkour, and yoga,[54] and had an accident onthe last day of her six week training phase, in which she hit a wall while runningat full speed, but was not seriously injured. Other stars who dyed their hair for

the movie include Josh Hutcherson as Peeta, and Liam Hemsworth as Gale.[3]

Lionsgate hired archer (and Olympic bronze medalist) Khatuna Lorig to teach

Lawrence how to shoot.[52]

With an initial budget of $75 million,[55] principal photography began near

Brevard in Transylvania County in Western North Carolina in May 2011[56] andconcluded on September 15, 2011, with a final budget reported as between $90

and $100 million, reduced to $78 million after subsidies.[3] Steven Soderbergh

served as a second unit director,[57] and filmed much of the District 11 riot

scene.[58] The movie was shot on film as opposed to digital due (in part) to thetightness of the schedule; as Ross said in an interview with The New York Times,"I didn't want to run the risk of the technical issues that often come with shooting

digitally—we simply couldn't afford any delays."[59]

Virtually all production photography took place in North Carolina, with Lionsgatereceiving tax credits of around $8 million from the state government to do so.Forbes magazine estimated that the state economy gained up to $60 million fromthe production, with over 5,000 people employed as extras, crew and support

staff.[60] Most outdoor scenes, both from the arena and from the outskirts ofDistrict 12, were filmed in DuPont State Forest; the Little River, with its multiplewaterfalls, provided several locations for shooting the river running through the

arena.[61] The production team built a walkway across the top of Triple Falls for

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The scene where Katnisstracks down Peeta was filmedat Bridal Veil Falls in DuPontState Forest.

Lawrence to run over the rapids during Katniss'

pursuit by the Career tributes.[62]

Many of the urban and interior locations, in theCapitol and elsewhere, were filmed in Shelby andCharlotte. Ross and production designer PhilMessina drew on the buildings of the 1939 NewYork World's Fair and symbols of political powerincluding Tiananmen Square and Red Square,when designing the Capitol architecture, whichthey wanted "to be set in the future but have asense of its own past... it's festive and alluring andindulgent and decadent but it also has to have the

kind of might and power behind it".[63][64] ForKatniss' neighborhood in District 12, the

production team found Henry River Mill Village, an abandoned mill town whichRoss said "just worked perfectly for the movie to evoke the scene"; Messinaexplained that "originally we talked about maybe building one house and thefacade of the house next door and redressing it, and maybe doing some CGextensions... we ended up finding a whole abandoned mill town... it was absolutely

perfect".[64]

Music

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album for The Hunger Games contains songs inspired by the film;only three of them ("Abraham's Daughter", "Safe & Sound", and "Kingdom Come",

respectively) appear in the film itself, during the closing credits.[65] The firstsingle from the film's companion album, "Safe & Sound" by Taylor Swift featuring

The Civil Wars, was released on December 23, 2011.[66] It reached number one on

the iTunes overall charts in 12 hours.[citation needed] The music video for "Safe &Sound" was released on February 13, 2012. Along with separate songs from Swiftand The Civil Wars, the soundtrack also features songs by The Decemberists,

Arcade Fire, The Secret Sisters, Miranda Lambert featuring The Pistol Annies,[67]

Neko Case, Kid Cudi[67] Academy Award winner Glen Hansard,[67] The Low

Anthem,[67] Punch Brothers,[67] Birdy,[67] Maroon 5, Jayme Dee,[67] and Carolina

Chocolate Drops.[67] The soundtrack was released on March 20, 2012.[68] Thesoundtrack track list was revealed on iTunes on February 13, 2012, and on the14th "One Engine" was released as the second single. Jennifer Lawrence singing"Rue's Lullaby" was not included on the soundtrack. The album debuted at No. 1on the Billboard Top 200 chart, having sold 175,000 copies in its first week. It was

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The Hunger Games: OriginalMotion Picture Score

Film score by James Newton Howard

Released March 26, 2012

Genre Soundtrack

Label Universal Republic

Producer T-Bone Burnett

James Newton Howard chronology

The HungerGames:

Songs fromDistrict 12and Beyond

TheHungerGames:OriginalMotionPictureScore

Professional ratings

Review scores

Source Rating

Allmusic [69]

Film Score Reviews [70]

the first since Michael Jackson's This Is It to debut at #1. It is one of just 16soundtracks to grace the top slot in the history of the Top 200.

Score

Lionsgate originally announced thatDanny Elfman and T-Bone Burnett wouldscore The Hunger Games, with Burnettalso acting as the film's executive musicproducer to produce songs for the

soundtrack.[71] Due to schedulingconflicts, Elfman was replaced by James

Newton Howard.[72] The score album was

released on March 26, 2012.[73]

Arcade Fire also contributed to themovie's original score. The groupcomposed the grand, fascistic-inspired,ominous Panem national anthem, entitled"Horn of Plenty", an important andsignature leitmotif appearing throughout

the film.[74][75] "We were interested inmaking music that would be more integralin the movie, just as a mental exercise,"Butler, who co-wrote the song withChassagne, explained. "And there's ananthem that runs throughout the books,the national anthem of the fascist Capitol.So as a thought experiment, we tried towrite what that might sound like. It's likethe Capitol's idea of itself, basically."[74][75] He further added that "it's not apop song or anything. More of an anthem that could be playing at a big sportingevent like the [Hunger] Games. So we did a structure for that, and then JamesNewton Howard made a movie-score version of it that happens in several places

in the film."[74][75] Arcade Fire's Panem national anthem has received strongreviews. According to Spin, "'Horn of Plenty' pulls off the neat feat of soundingboth exactly like Arcade Fire and exactly like a futuristic anthem. It still has onefoot in the band's uncorrupted neighborhoods, but another is up on the podium atthe end of Star Wars accepting an Olympic gold medal or something. Horns blare,a choir booms, strings swell, the martial percussion steals the show, and we just

realized how much we love Big Brother."[76]

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The film also featured a rather obscure analog track from the 1970s composed byLaurie Spiegel for its "cornucopia scene", as well as music by Steve Reich, Ólafur

Arnalds, and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.[77] These do not appear on thesoundtrack or score releases.

No. Title Length1. "The Hunger Games" 1:102. "Katniss Afoot" 1:493. "Reaping Day" 1:354. "The Train" 1:275. "Entering the Capitol" 2:286. "Preparing the Chariots" 1:057. "Horn of Plenty" 1:598. "Penthouse/Training" 3:369. "Learning the Skills" 1:41

10. "The Countdown" 1:5811. "Booby Trap" 2:3712. "Healing Katniss" 3:0413. "Rue's Farewell" 5:0014. "We Could Go Home" 1:1515. "Searching for Peeta" 1:2716. "The Cave" 3:1317. "Muttations" 4:4518. "Tenuous Winners/Returning Home" 3:25

Total length: 42:16

The album reached a peak of 71st on the Canadian Albums Chart.[78]

Reception

Critical response

The Hunger Games received positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes givesthe film holds an 84% approval rating, based on 275 reviews, and a ratingaverage of 7.2 out of 10. The site's consensus states "thrilling and superbly acted,The Hunger Games captures the dramatic violence, raw emotion, and ambitious

scope of its source novel".[79] On Metacritic, the film has a 67 out of 100,

indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on reviews from 44 critics.[80]

Many critics praised Jennifer Lawrence for her portrayal as Katniss Everdeen, aswell as most of the main cast. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lawrence

embodies Katniss, "just as one might imagine her from the novel".[81] Empiremagazine said "Lawrence is perfect as Katniss, there's very little softness abouther, more a melancholy determination that good must be done even if that

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requires bad things."[81] Several critics have reviewed the film favorablycompared with other young-adult fiction adaptations such as Harry Potter andTwilight. Justin Craig of Fox News rated the film as "[e]xcellent" and stated:"Move over Harry Potter. A darker, more mature franchise has come to claim your

throne."[82] Rafer Guzman of Newsday referred to The Hunger Games as being

"darker than 'Harry Potter,' more sophisticated than 'Twilight'."[83] David Sextonof The Evening Standard stated that The Hunger Games "is well cast and pretty

well acted, certainly when compared with Harry Potter 's juvenile leads".[84]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars out of four,praising the movie as "effective entertainment" and Lawrence's performance.Despite being a largely positive review, he criticized the film for being too long

and noted that the film misses opportunities for social criticism.[85] SimonReynolds of Digital Spy gave the film four stars out of five, calling it "enthrallingfrom beginning to end, science fiction that has depth and intelligence to match itspulse-racing entertainment value". Reynolds also spoke highly of Lawrence'sperformance and director Gary Ross, whose "rough and ready handheldcamerawork" meant that viewers were "with Katniss for every blood-flecked

moment of her ordeal in the combat arena".[86] However, film critic DavidThomson of the magazine The New Republic called it a "terrible movie",criticizing it for a lack of character development and unclear presentation of the

violence, describing the latter as "un-American".[87]

Eric Goldman of IGN awarded the film four out of five stars, stating that directorGary Ross "gets the tone of The Hunger Games right. This is a grounded,thoughtful and sometimes quite emotional film, with its dark scenario given dueweight. Ross doesn't give the film a glossy, romanticized 'Hollywood' feel, butrather plays everything very realistically and stark, as Katniss must endure these

outrageous and horrible scenarios."[88] The film received some criticism for its

shaky camera style, but it was said to "add to the film in certain ways".[88] Theviolence drew commentary as well. Time critic Mary Pols considered that the filmwas too violent for young children, even though the violence had been toned down

compared with the novel,[89] while critic Théoden Janes of the Charlotte Observer

found that "[...] the violence is so bland it dilutes the message".[90] Also writing inTime, psychologist Christopher J. Ferguson argued that parents' fears of the effectof the film's violent content on their children were unnecessary, and that children

are capable of viewing violent content without being psychologically harmed.[91]

On February 22, 2012, The Hunger Games broke the record for first-day advanceticket sales on Fandango, topping the previous record of Eclipse. The sales were

reported to be 83 percent of the site's totals for the day.[92] According to firsttracking, unaided awareness for The Hunger Games was 11%, definite interest

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was 54%, first choice was 23% and total awareness was 74%.[93] In the weekleading up to its release, the film sold-out over 4,300 showings via Fandango and

MovieTickets.com[94] On Fandango alone it ranks as the third-highest advanceticket seller ever behind New Moon and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows –

Part 2.[95] Finally, according to Fandango it broke the site's single-day salesrecord (March 23), the mobile sales record for a weekend (March 23–25, 2012)and the site's highest share of a film's opening weekend (Fandango sold 22% of

the film's opening weekend tickets).[96]

Box office

The Hunger Games earned $408,010,692 in North America, and $283,237,076 in

other countries, for a worldwide total of $691,247,768.[4] It made the largestworldwide opening weekend for a film not released during the summer or theholiday period, earning $211.8 million, which was just ahead of Alice in

Wonderland 's previous record ($210.1 million).[97]

In North America, The Hunger Games is the 14th-highest-grossing film, the

highest-grossing film released outside the summer or holiday period,[98] and the

highest-grossing film distributed by Lionsgate.[99] The film set a midnight-grossrecord for a non-sequel ($19.7 million), which is also the tenth-highest midnight

gross overall.[100] On its opening day, it topped the box office $67.3 million(including midnight showings), setting opening-day and single-day records for anon-sequel. The film also achieved the tenth-highest opening-day and eleventh-

highest single-day grosses of all time.[101][102][103] On its opening weekend, themovie retained the No. 1 spot and grossed $152.5 million, breaking Alice inWonderland 's opening-weekend records for a film released in March, for any

spring release, and for a non-sequel.[99][104][105][106] Its opening weekend gross isalso the largest for any film released outside the summer season and the eighth-

largest overall.[107] It remained in first place at the North American box office forfour consecutive weekends, becoming the first film since Avatar to achieve

this.[11][108][109] On June 10, 2012 (its 80th day in theaters), it became the 14th

movie to pass the $400-million-mark.[110] On April 20, 2012, Lionsgate and IMAXCorporation announced that due to "overwhelming demand", The Hunger Gameswould return to North American IMAX cinemas on April 27 for a further one-week

engagement.[111]

Outside North America, the film was released in most countries during March and

April 2012,[112] with the exception of China, where it was released in June

2012.[113] On its first weekend (March 23–25, 2012), the film topped the boxoffice outside North America with $59.25 million from 67 markets, finishing at

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first place in most of them.[114] The largest opening weekends were recorded in

China ($9.6 million),[113] Australia ($9.48 million), and the UK, Ireland and Malta

($7.78 million).[112][115] In total earnings, its highest-grossing markets afterNorth America are the UK ($37.3 million), Australia ($31.1 million) and China

($27.0 million).[112]

Themes

Interpretations of the film's themes and messages have been widely discussedamong critics and general commentators. In his review for The Washington Times,Peter Suderman expressed that "[m]aybe it's a liberal story about inequality andthe class divide. Maybe it's a libertarian epic about the evils of authoritariangovernment. Maybe it's a feminist revision on the sci-fi action blockbuster. Maybeit's a bloody satire of reality television", but concludes the film only proposes

these theories and brings none of them to a reasonable conclusion.[116]

Reviewers and critics have differing views on whether the film represents feministissues. Historically, among the "top 200 worldwide box-office hits ever

($350 million and up), not one has been built around a female action star".[117]

Manohla Dargis sees Katniss Everdeen as a female hero following in the lineageof "archetypal figures in the literature of the American West" such as NattyBumppo, as well as characters portrayed by American actors such as John Wayne

and Clint Eastwood.[118] Katniss is also seen as defying normative gender roles:

she exhibits both "masculine" and "feminine" traits equally.[118] Dargis also notesthat Katniss is a female character with significant agency: "Katniss is a fantasyfigure, but partly what makes her powerful—and, I suspect, what makes her soimportant to a lot of girls and women—is that she's one of the truest feeling, mostcomplex female characters to hit American movies in a while. She isn't passive,she isn't weak, and she isn't some random girl. She's active, she's strong and

she's the girl who motivates the story."[118] Similarly, Shelley Bridgeman of TheNew Zealand Herald wrote that because the characteristics of "athleticism,strength, courageousness and prowess at hunting" are not given to a maleprotagonist, but to Katniss, her character is an abrupt departure from the

stereotypical depiction of women as being innately passive or helpless.[119]

Mahvesh Murad of The Express Tribune said that the film's triumph is "a youngfemale protagonist with agency", comparing her with Joss Whedon's Buffy

Summers.[120]

The film has drawn varying interpretations for its political overtones, includingarguments in favor of left-wing, right-wing, and libertarian viewpoints. BobBurnett of The Huffington Post observed the film displays a general distrust of

government, regardless of the audience's political party affiliation.[121] Steven

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Zeitchik and Emily Rome, in the Dallas Morning News, also stated that someviewers formed an opinion about The Hunger Games as a parable of the Occupy

Wall Street activity.[122] The Huffington Post reported that Penn Badgley, asupporter of Occupy Wall Street, saw the film as a social commentary on the

movement.[123] Burnett also states that "Collins doesn't use the terms 1 percentand 99 percent, but it's clear that those in the Capitol are members of the

1 percent and everyone in the Panem districts is part of the 99 percent".[121]

Steven Zeitchik and Emily Rome, in the Los Angeles Times and the DallasMorning News reported that, among other disparate interpretations, some

viewers saw The Hunger Games as a Christian allegory.[124][125] Jeffrey Weiss ofReal Clear Religion, published in the Star Tribune has remarked on what he sawas the intentional absence of religion in The Hunger Games universe, and hascommented that whilst the stories contain no actual religion, people are "find[ing]

aspects that represent their own religious values" within it.[126]

Donald Brake from The Washington Times, as well as pastors Andy Langford andAnn G. L. Duncan, wrote that the film has Christian themes, such as that ofself-sacrifice, which is found in Katniss' substitution for her younger sister,

analogous to the sacrifice of Jesus as a substitute for the atonement of sins.[127]

Brake, as well as another reviewer, Amy Simpson, both find that the film alsorevolves around the theme of hope, which is exemplified in the "incorruptible

goodness of Katniss' sister, Primrose".[128] She also describes that Peeta Mellark

is "a Christ figure" in the film.[129] Similar to the events in the passion, death, andresurrection of Jesus, in the Games, Peeta is stabbed and left for dead after savingKatniss' life—taking the wound that was initially meant for her—and is thenburied in the ground and placed in a cave for three days before emerging with a

new lease on life.[130] Moreover, the Christian image of the Bread of Life is usedthroughout The Hunger Games; in the film, Peeta shows up "bearing a warm loaf

of bread", and Katniss slowly comes "back to life".[131] A news video starringJonathan Morris aired on Fox News discussed the religious themes in the film

further.[132] One reviewer, Fr. Robert Barron, interpreted the film as "disturbinglyprophetic" that "the instinct for human sacrifice is never far from the surface...aswe in the West enter increasingly into a secular, post-Christian cultural space."[133][134] In addition, many pastors have written Bible studies discussing the

Christian allegories in the film.[135][136]

Precedents in film and literature

Charles McGrath, writing for The New York Times, said that the film will remindviewers of the television series Survivor, a little of The Bachelorette, and of theshort story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson published in 1948 by The New

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Yorker.[137] David Sexton of The Evening Standard compared The Hunger Gamesunfavourably to Kinji Fukasaku's Japanese film Battle Royale, as did several other

critics;[84][138][139][140] the novel had earlier faced criticism for its similarities to

the novel Battle Royale by Koushun Takami.[141] Jonathan Looms of The OxfordStudent argues that it is "unfair that the film is only drawing comparisons withBattle Royale" but that it "is a veritable pastiche of other movies" as well,comparing it to The Truman Show, Death Race, the Bourne films, and Zoolander,and that it is common for artists to borrow from and "improve on many sources.

Quentin Tarantino has built his career on this principle."[142] It reminded an

author at Salon of the 1932 film The Most Dangerous Game.[143]

Wheeler Winston Dixon, a film professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,listed several precedents: Battle Royale, Jackson's "The Lottery", WilliamGolding's Lord of the Flies, Metropolis, Blade Runner, Death Race 2000, and

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.[144] Manohla Dargis in The New YorkTimes compares it to Battle Royale, Ender's Game, and Twilight, but contrastsThe Hunger Games in terms of how its "exciting" female protagonist Katniss

"rescues herself with resourcefulness, guts and true aim".[145] Steve Rose of TheGuardian refers to the film as "think Battle Royale meets The Running Man meets

Survivor ".[146] Writing in The Atlantic, Govindini Murty made a list of touchstonesthe film alludes to, from the ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian civilizations tomodern references such as the Great Depression, the Vietnam and Iraq Wars, and

reality television.[147] For her part, author Collins cites the myth of Theseus,

reality television and coverage of the Iraq War as her inspiration.[148][149][150]

Controversies

During the film's opening weekend, controversial statements about variousmembers of the cast arose, sparking open dialogue about issues of racism, sexismand unrealistic body image. In a Jezebel article published March 26, 2012, DodaiStewart reported that several users on Twitter posted racist tweets, criticizing the

portrayals of Rue, Thresh and Cinna by African American actors.[151][152] In a2011 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Collins stated that while she did nothave any ethnic background in mind for lead characters Katniss and Gale becausethe book is written in "a time period where hundreds of years have passed" andthere would be "a lot of ethnic mixing", she explains "there are some characters inthe book who are more specifically described", and states that both Rue and

Thresh are African American.[153] Lyneka Little of The Wall Street Journal statesthat although it is easy to find bigoted or offensive postings online, "the racist'Hunger Games' tweets, because they are so shockingly ignorant even by the

standards of the fringes of the internet, have kicked up a storm".[154] FahimaHaque of The Washington Post, Bim Adewunmi of The Guardian, and Christopher

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Rosen of The Huffington Post all reiterate the fact that Rue and Thresh aredescribed in The Hunger Games as having dark brown skin, as well as Collins'assertion that they were intended to be depicted as African Americans.[151][155][156] Adewunmi remarked that "it comes to this: if the casting of Rue,Thresh and Cinna has left you bewildered and upset, consider two things. One:you may be a racist—congrats! Two: you definitely lack basic reading

comprehension. Mazel tov!"[156]

Erik Kain of Forbes saw the controversy as a way to appreciate the value of freespeech. He states that while society may never be free of racism, "racistcomments made on Facebook and Twitter quickly become public record.Aggregations of these comments, like the Jezebel piece, expose people for whatthey are. Sure, many hide under the cloak of anonymity, but many others cannotor choose not to. And as the internet becomes more civilized and its denizens

more accountable, this sort of thing carries more and more weight."[152] AmandlaStenberg responded to the controversy with the following statement: "As a fan ofthe books, I feel fortunate to be part of The Hunger Games family... It was anamazing experience; I am proud of the film and my performance. I want to thankall of my fans and the entire Hunger Games community for their support and

loyalty."[157] Dayo Okeniyi was quoted saying "I think this is a lesson for people tothink before they tweet" and "It's sad... We could now see where society is today.

But I try not to think about stuff like that."[158]

A number of critics expressed disappointment in Lawrence's casting as Katnissbecause her weight was not representative of a character who has suffered a lifeof starvation. Manohla Dargis, in her review of the film for The New York Timesstated "[a] few years ago Ms. Lawrence might have looked hungry enough to playKatniss, but now, at 21, her seductive, womanly figure makes a bad fit for a

dystopian fantasy about a people starved into submission".[159] Todd McCarthy ofThe Hollywood Reporter said that in certain scenes, Lawrence displays "lingering

baby fat".[160] These remarks have been rebuked by a number of journalists for

pushing unrealistic body image expectations for women.[161]

L.V. Anderson of Slate states that "[j]ust as living in a world with abundantcalories does not automatically make everyone fat, living in a dystopian world likePanem with sporadic food access would not automatically make everyone skinny.

Some bodies, I daresay, would be even bigger than Lawrence's."[162] Since noneof Lawrence's male co-stars have come under the same scrutiny, Anderson

concludes complaints about Lawrence's weight are inherently sexist.[162] MTVasked for responses from audiences on the controversy and reported that most

found criticism of Lawrence's weight "misguided".[163] One response pointed toCollins' physical description of Katniss in The Hunger Games novel which reads "Istand straight, and while I'm thin, I'm strong. The meat and plants from the

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woods combined with the exertion it took to get them have given me a healthier

body than most of those I see around me."[164] Los Angeles Times writerAlexandra Le Tellier commented that "[t]he sexist commentary along with theracist barbs made by so-called fans are as stomach-churning as the film's culturalcommentary, which, in part, shines a light on the court of public opinion and its

sometimes destructive power to determine someone else's fate".[165]

Screening of The Hunger Games has been delayed indefinitely in Vietnam.[166]

The film was to be released on March 30, 2012, but, according to a member of theVietnamese National Film Board, the Board considers the film to be too violent

and unanimously voted for the indefinite delay. It is, in fact, banned.[167]

The film has been rated 12A by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) in

the UK for "intense threat, moderate violence and occasional gory moments".[2]

To achieve that rating, Lionsgate had to cut or substitute seven seconds of film by"digitally removing blood splashes and the sight of blood on wounds and

weapons".[168] In the United States, the movie was granted a PG-13 rating from

the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)[169] for "intense violentthematic material and disturbing images—all involving teens"; as Collins had

originally anticipated.[170]

There have also been comparisons between The Hunger Games premise ofchildren killing each other, and the child soldiers of the Lord's Resistance Army

led by Joseph Kony.[171][172][173]

Accolades

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List of awards and nominations

Award CategoryRecipients and

nominees Result

Virgin MediaMovie Awards

2012[174]

Most Wanted Movie of2012

The Hunger Games Won

Next Big Thing of 2012

Josh Hutcherson

Nominated

CinemaCon

Awards 2012[175]Breakthrough Performerof the Year

WonNewNowNext

Awards 2012[176] Next Mega Star

Australians inFilm Awards

2012[177]Breakthrough Liam Hemsworth

Golden Trailer

Awards 2012[178]

Best Action Trailer 2 Nominated

Best Action Poster Teaser Poster Won

Best Action TV Spot Family Nominated

Best Animation/FamilyPoster

Final Poster Won

Best Drama TV Spot Big Event CountdownNominatedBest Motion/Titel

GraphicsTrailer 1

Best Standee forFeature Film

StandeeWon

Best Teaser Poster Teaser Poster

Best Thriller Poster Final Poster

NominatedBest Thriller TV Spot Big Event Countdown

Best Wildposts Character Posters

Most InnovativeAdvertising for aBrand/Product

Faux Motion Ad – SmileAway

Won

Most InnovativeAdvertising for aFeature Film

Faux Motion Ad –Cutting Edge

NominatedFaux Motion Ad – LiquidSkyliner

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MTV Movie

Awards 2012[179]

Best Cast

Jennifer Lawrence, JoshHutcherson, LiamHemsworth, ElizabethBanks, AlexanderLudwig, WoodyHarrelson & LennyKravitz

Best FemalePerformance

Jennifer Lawrence

Won

Best FightJennifer Lawrence &Josh Hutcherson vs.Alexander Ludwig

Best Hero Jennifer Lawrence

NominatedBest Kiss

Jennifer Lawrence &Josh Hutcherson

Best Male Performance Josh Hutcherson

WonBest On-ScreenTransformation

Elizabeth Banks

BreakthroughPerformance

Liam Hemsworth

NominatedMovie of the Year The Hunger Games

CMT Music

Awards 2012[180]

Collaborative Video ofThe Year Safe & Sound

Video of the Year

Kerrang! Awards

2012[181] Best FilmThe Hunger Games

Won

Poptastic Awards2012

Movie

Movie ActorJosh Hutcherson

Liam Hemsworth

NominatedMovie Actress

Amandla Stenberg

Jennifer Lawrence

Willow Shields

Teen Choice

Awards 2012[182]

Choice Fashion: MaleHottie

Liam Hemsworth

Choice Movie Actor:Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Josh Hutcherson Won

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Choice Movie Actress:Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Jennifer Lawrence

Choice Movie:Chemistry

Jennifer Lawrence &Amandla Stenberg

Choice Movie: LiplockJennifer Lawrence &Josh Hutcherson

Choice Movie SceneStealer: Female

Elizabeth Banks Nominated

Choice Movie SceneStealer: Male

Liam Hemsworth

WonChoice Movie:Sci-Fi/Fantasy

The Hunger Games

Choice Movie: Villain Alexander Ludwig

Total Film Hotlist

Awards 2012[183]

Hottest Actress Jennifer LawrenceNominated

Hottest Film The Hunger Games

Hottest Newcomer –Male

Liam Hemsworth Won

Hottest Scene Farewell Rue Nominated

Do Something

Awards 2012[184] Movie Star: MaleJosh Hutcherson Won

Liam Hemsworth

Nominated

Nickelodeon Kids'Choice Awards

Mexico 2012[185]

Película favorita(Favorite Movie)

The Hunger Games

Artios Awards

2012[186]

OutstandingAchievement in Casting:Big Budget Feature –Drama

Debra Zane & JackieBurch

Teen Icon Awards

2012[187]

Icon of Tomorrow Willow Shields

Iconic Female Star Jennifer Lawrence

Iconic KissJennifer Lawrence &Josh Hutcherson

Iconic Male Star Josh Hutcherson

Iconic Movie The Hunger Games

Iconic Movie ActorJosh Hutcherson

Liam Hemsworth

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Iconic Movie Actress Jennifer Lawrence

Country MusicAssociation

Awards 2012[188]

Musical Event of theYear

Safe & Sound

BAFTA Children's

Awards 2012[189] Feature Film The Hunger Games Won

EW Entertainersof the Year

2012[190]

Best Dressed Star Jennifer LawrenceNominated

Favorite Movie Actor Liam Hemsworth

Favorite Movie Actress

Jennifer Lawrence

WonSexiest FemaleEntertainer

New York FilmCritics Circle

Awards 2012[191]Best Actress

Nominated

Capricho Awards

2012[192]

Filme do Ano (Film ofthe Year)

The Hunger Games

Melhor AtorInternacional (BestInternational Actor)

Josh Hutcherson

Melhor AtrizInternacional (BestInternational Actress)

Jennifer Lawrence

Billboard.comReader's Choice

Polls 2012[193]

Favorite No. 1 Billboard200 Album

The Hunger Games:Songs from District 12and Beyond

Village Voice Film

Polls 2012[194]Actress Jennifer Lawrence

Film The Hunger Games

EDA Awards

2013[195]

Kick Ass Award for BestFemale Action Star

Jennifer Lawrence

Won

This Year's OutstandingAchievement by aWoman in the FilmIndustry

Nominated

People's Choice

Awards 2013[196]

Favorite Action Movie The Hunger Games

WonFavorite Face ofHeroism

Jennifer Lawrence

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Favorite Movie The Hunger Games

Favorite Movie Actress Jennifer Lawrence

Favorite Movie FanFollowing

Tributes Nominated

Favorite MovieFranchise

The Hunger Games

WonFavorite On-ScreenChemistry

Jennifer Lawrence, JoshHutcherson & LiamHemsworth

Critics' Choice

Awards 2013[197]Best Actress in anAction Movie

Jennifer Lawrence

Golden Globe

Awards 2013[198] Best Original Song Safe & Sound Nominated

Santa BarbaraInternationalFilm Festival

2013[199]

OutstandingPerformance of the Year

Jennifer Lawrence Won

NAACP Image

Awards 2013[200]

Outstanding SupportingActor in a MotionPicture

Lenny Kravitz

Nominated

Outstanding SupportingActress in a MotionPicture Amandla Stenberg

Black Reel

Awards 2013[201]Best BreakthroughPerformance

Grammy Awards

2013[202]

Best Country Duo/GroupPerformance

Safe & Sound

Best Song Written forVisual Media

Abraham's Daughter

Safe & Sound

WonCostumeDesigners Guild

Awards 2013[203]

Excellence in CostumeDesign for Film –Fantasy Judianna MakovskyExcellence in FantasyFilm

Nominated

JIM Awards

2013[204] Beste Film (Best Film) The Hunger Games Won

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Kids' Choice

Awards 2013[205]

Favorite FemaleButtkicker

Jennifer Lawrence Nominated

Favorite Movie The Hunger Games Won

Favorite Movie Actress

Jennifer Lawrence

Nominated

Empire Awards

2013[206] Best Actress Won

Bravo Ottos

2013[207]Super-Kino-Star (SuperMovie Star)

Nominated

Josh Hutcherson

Liam Hemsworth

Nebula Awards

2013[208]

Ray Bradbury Award forOutstanding DramaticPresentation

The Hunger Games

Saturn Awards

2013[209]

Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence Won

Best Science FictionFilm

The Hunger Games

Nominated

Bram Stoker

Awards 2013[210]Superior Achievementin Screenplay

Gary Ross, SuzanneCollins and Billy Ray

Hugo Awards

2013[211]

Best DramaticPresentation, LongForm

The Hunger Games

Constellation

Awards 2013[212]

Best FemalePerformance in a 2012Science Fiction Film, TVMovie, or Mini-Series.

Jennifer Lawrence

Best Science FictionFilm, TV Movie, orMini-Series of 2012.

The Hunger Games

Home media

The film was released in North America and the Netherlands on DVD and Blu-rayDisc August 18, 2012, and in the rest of Europe on September 3, 2012. Extrasinclude 'The World is Watching: The Making of The Hunger Games', numerousfeaturettes, the propaganda video in its entire form, a talk with the director GaryRoss and also Elvis Mitchell and a marketing archive.

In its first weekend on sale, Lionsgate reported that 3.8 million DVD/Blu-ray Disccopies of the movie were sold, with more than one-third in the Blu-ray Disc

format.[213] Three weeks after the release of the movie to home media formats in

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the US, over 5 million DVD units and 3.7 million Blu-ray Disc units have been

sold.[214][215] With 7,434,058 units sold, the DVD became the top-selling DVD of

2012.[13]

Sequels

On August 8, 2011, while still shooting the film, Lionsgate announced that a filmadaptation of the second novel in The Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games:

Catching Fire, was scheduled to be released on November 22, 2013.[216] InNovember 2011, Lionsgate entered negotiations with screenwriter Simon Beaufoyto adapt the novel for screen, since the post-production schedule for The HungerGames was too crowded for Ross and Collins to adapt the next film as originally

planned.[217] The Hunger Games: Catching Fire began production in the summer

of 2012.[218] Gary Ross will not return for Catching Fire, and instead Francis

Lawrence will direct.[219][220][221][222] On May 6, 2012, it was reported that

Michael Arndt was in talks to re-write the script for Catching Fire.[223] Arndt

officially signed on as the new script writer on May 24, 2012.[224] The HungerGames: Catching Fire began filming September 10, 2012, and concluded

December 21, 2012.[225]

In July 2012, release dates were confirmed for two films based on the last bookMockingjay. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 will be released November21, 2014, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 will be released November

20, 2015.[226] Lawrence, Hutcherson, Hemsworth, and Harrelson have all signed

on to the whole franchise.[3][227]

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