Rachel Zegler hopes to return to the Hunger Games franchise. The 22-year-old actress played Lucy Gray Baird in the prequel film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes but is uncertain about her future in the series. Referencing Olivia Rodrigo’s “Can’t Catch Me Now” track that features in the movie’s end credits, Rachel … Read more
According to a viral TikTok, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes shares nearly the same plot as the Star Wars prequels. In a video uploaded back in November, TikTok user and musician @the_moonrocks explains how the Hunger Games prequel film focusing on Coriolanus Snow (AKA the future President Snow) follows story beats … Read more
Taking down Napoleon & Wish, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes pulled off a surprising Thanksgiving weekend victory. Last week it seemed the writing was on the wall: audiences weren’t very interested in the latest Hunger Games offering. Opening to a less than expected $44.6 million combined with the general front loaded … Read more
Snow lands on top! The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes topped the Thanksgiving box office in its second weekend, hauling in $28.8 million (3-day, -35%) and $41.1M (5-day) to bring its domestic total to $98.3M per Deadline. The prequel remained atop the charts despite high-profile newcomers, namely Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, which finished … Read more
The Hunger Games prequel has a lot to be thankful for this weekend as it pulls off the upset victory over two new releases. Well, this weekend sure got interesting! A movie that had a softer than anticipated debut and had been written off as dead and buried, is making a triumphant comeback during this … Read more
After a rocky showing last weekend, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, is rebounding at the box office. After a mediocre showing at the box office last weekend, which seemingly put a damper on Lionsgate’s franchise plans, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is rebounding with an excellent Thanksgiving … Read more
There are plenty of pros and cons at the box office this week. We’ll start with the good news. The Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, opened with a decent but not spectacular $44 million, enough to propel the Francis Lawrence-directed pic to No. 1 domestically, per Deadline. Internationally, Songbirds collected $54.5M, … Read more
The Hunger Games prequel came in under expectations while The Marvels ties with Shaquille O’Neal for worst second week drop ever for a comic book movie. The popcorn has been popped, the drinks have been drunk and the box office numbers for this last weekend before Thanksgiving have been tallied and standing at the top … Read more
The first entry in The Hunger Games series without Jennifer Lawrence has an uphill battle and reaches a humble $6 million on early showings. The pre-Thanksgiving fall movie season continues, and after the struggling start The Marvels had for a newly premiered Marvel movie, the new Hunger Games chapter is showing similar numbers for its … Read more
Jason Schwartzman, meanwhile, offers some delightful zingers as schmaltzy emcee/weatherman Lucky Flickerman, a predecessor to Stanley Tucci’s blue-haired game show host Caesar Flickerman. His bemused mantra, “See what happens when you do stuff?” is an all-too-relevant commentary on our attention-hungry times. And the retro-futurism of the mid-century modern TV studio suggests a promise of prosperity … Read more