The Hunger Games

Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.

Summary Details
Distributor
Opening$358,146
79 theaters
Budget$78,000,000
Release DateMar 22, 2012
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 22 min
GenresAction Adventure Sci-Fi Thriller
In Release285 days/40 weeks
Widest Release79 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Mar 22-251$358,146-79-$4,533$423,4261
Mar 29-Apr 13$309,742-13.5%79-$3,920$865,9012
Apr 5-85$212,156-31.5%79-$2,685$1,288,9593
Apr 12-156$125,360-40.9%79-$1,586$1,553,6864
Apr 19-227$73,182-41.6%70-9$1,045$1,672,2695
Apr 26-2910$21,259-71%46-24$462$1,711,6786
May 3-619$16,475-22.5%32-14$514$1,726,3597
May 10-1324$6,378-61.3%20-12$318$1,745,9258
May 17-2023$4,407-30.9%15-5$293$1,757,3189
May 24-2725$3,579-18.8%11-4$325$1,763,61710
May 31-Jun 335$1,390-61.2%8-3$173$1,767,87511
Jun 7-1034$2,069+48.8%7-1$295$1,663,50312
Jun 14-1736$793-61.7%5-2$158$1,664,98113
Jun 21-2443$628-20.8%5-$125$1,665,72114
Jun 28-Jul 138$776+23.6%8+3$97$1,667,10615
Jul 5-836$480-38.1%3-5$160$1,687,78716
Jul 12-1539$482+0.4%3-$160$1,688,73017
Jul 19-2232$975+102.3%4+1$243$1,689,70518
Jul 26-29
London Olympics
25$960-1.5%3-1$320$1,691,87919
Aug 2-5
London Olympics
27$544-43.3%2-1$272$1,647,28120
Aug 9-12
London Olympics
30$331-39.2%2-$165$1,648,10821