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Jennifer Lawrence’s popular film franchise,The Hunger Gameshas extended its universe with a newly released prequel titled,The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.However, this prequel is unable to impress the film market in China despite having a successful box-office run in Hollywood.
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Starring Rachel Zegler alongside Tom Blyth, the dystopian action film received mixed critical response but praised the cast for their performance. However, the franchise faces a major setback due to his lukewarm performance in China.
Jennifer Lawrence’sThe Hunger GamesPrequel Becomes a Disappointment in China
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Rachel Zegler‘s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,which debuted at $44 million in the domestic market topped the box office bringing an overall worldwide collection of $98.5 million. Meanwhile, the overseas earnings currently stand at $54.5 million.
But, these box-office figures lack much contribution from one nation i.e., China.As perThe Hollywood Reporter, Jennifer Lawrence’sThe Hunger Gamesprequel became a disappointment in China’s box office as it opened in third place over the weekend with an earnings of $4.6 million. Unlike the prequel, all other Lawrence movies in the franchise performed incredibly well at the box office surging past $100 million in its first weekend.
The previous movies have earned a lot better withThe Hunger Games(2012) earning a total of $27 million at China’s box office. As forThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire(2013), it brought $28 million whileThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1andPart 2brought an overall of $58 million.
Meanwhile, the vice chair of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, Adam Fogelson addressed the box office figures sharing as perUSA Today,
“The fact that we’re sitting here at basically $100 million on opening weekend around the world is, I think, a testament to the quality of the movie, the quality of the talent that worked on the movie and a campaign that was both successful and efficient.”
In the evergrowing cinematic world, the major downfall of Chinese audiences for US-generated movies is affecting the overall profits and revenues generated.This weekend’s score is by far down due to the ongoing struggles of US movies witnessed in the Chinese film market.Whereas, the first and second positions at the Chinese box office were occupied byWho’s the SuspectandBe My Family.
A Brief Note onThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
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Set 64 years before the events of Jennifer Lawrence’s 2012 movie,The Hunger Games,it follows young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) before he becomes the future tyrant of Panem. He teams up with Lucy Gray Baird during the year of the 10th Hunger Games.
Based on Suzanne Collins’s 2020 novel of the same name,The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakesfeatures a notable cast including Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, and Viola Davis. Meanwhile, director Francis Lawrence who helmed the threeHunger Gamesmovies returned once again in the director’s chair.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakesis running in theatres.
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