| Movie Summary |  The Hunger Games |  Harry Potter / Deathly Hallows (P2) |
| Genre | Action / Adventure | Fantasy |
| Studio | Lionsgate | Warner Bros. |
| Release Date | March 23, 2012 | July 15, 2011 |
| Domestic Gross | $408,010,692 | $381,011,219 |
| Running Time | 2 hrs. 22 min. | 2 hrs. 10 min. |
| MPAA Rating | PG-13 | PG-13 |
| MPAA Reason | intense violent thematic material and disturbing images - all involving teens. | some sequences of intense action violence and frightening images. |
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| Domestic Summary | The Hunger Games | Harry Potter / Deathly Hallows (P2) |
| Total Gross | $408,010,692 | $381,011,219 |
| Opening Weekend* | $152,535,747 | $169,189,427 |
| Theaters | 4,137 | 4,375 |
| Average | $36,871 | $38,672 |
| Opening % of Total | 37.4% | 44.4% |
| Second Weekend Drop | -61.6% | -72.0% |
| Widest Release | 4,137 | 4,375 |
| Close Date | September 6, 2012 | November 24, 2011 |
| In Release | 168 days / 24 weeks | 133 days / 19 weeks |
| *Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used. |
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| Worldwide Summary | The Hunger Games | Harry Potter / Deathly Hallows (P2) |
| Worldwide Gross | $691,247,768 | $1,341,511,219 |
| Foreign Gross | $283,237,076 | $960,500,000 |
| Foreign % of Worldwide | 41.0% | 71.6% |
| Domestic Gross | $408,010,692 | $381,011,219 |
| Domestic % of Worldwide | 59.0% | 28.4% |
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| Genres & Franchises | The Hunger Games | Harry Potter / Deathly Hallows (P2) |
| Genre: IMAX (Feature-length) | #6 | #8 |
| Genre: Young-Adult Book Adaptations | #1 | #2 |
| Showdown: Katniss Vs. Potter | #1 | #2 |
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| Chart Rankings | The Hunger Games | Harry Potter / Deathly Hallows (P2) |
| All Time Domestic | #13 | #17 |
| All Time Adjusted | #93 | #105 |
| All Time Worldwide | #58 | #4 |
| Worldwide Openings | #26 | #1 |
| Foreign Opening Weekends | #58 | #1 |
| Opening Weeks | #7 | #3 |
| Opening Day Gross | #9 | #1 |
| Single Day Gross | #10 | #1 |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross | #81 | #40 |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross | #27 | #7 |
| Non-Opening Wednesday Gross | #50 | #18 |
| Single Day Friday Gross | #8 | #1 |
| Single Day Monday Gross | #60 | #12 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross | #4 | #14 |
| Single Day Sunday Gross | #10 | #7 |
| Single Day Thursday Gross | #99 | #53 |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross | #33 | #10 |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross | #92 | #43 |
| Non-Holiday Monday Gross | #24 | #6 |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time | #5 | #4 |
| Theater Averages - Opening Weekends | #162 | #147 |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends | #5 | #4 |
| Friday Share of Opening Weekends | #55 | #3 |
| Friday to Saturday Drops on Opening Weekends | #56 | #3 |
| Opening Weekends | #6 | #3 |
| Top 10-Day Grosses | #8 | #5 |
| Top 3-Day Grosses | #6 | #3 |
| Top 4-Day Grosses | #7 | #2 |
| Top 6-Day Grosses | #9 | #4 |
| Top 7-Day Grosses | #10 | #4 |
| Top 8-Day Grosses | #8 | #4 |
| Top 9-Day Grosses | #8 | #5 |
| Top 5-Day Grosses | #7 | #3 |
| Second Weekends | #11 | #27 |
| Biggest 2nd Weekend Drops | #304 | #42 |
| Third Weekends | #12 | #59 |
| Fourth Weekends | #14 | #98 |
| Fifth Weekends | #10 | #176 |
| Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) | #571 | #637 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) | #1164 | #1271 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) | #1696 | #1845 |
| Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases | #3528 | #3794 |
| Rated PG-13 | #7 | #11 |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends | #6 | #3 |
| Widest Releases | #25 | #6 |
| Widest Opening Releases | #22 | #4 |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Openings | #17 | #4 |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Releases | #18 | #4 |
| Fastest to $100 million | #5 | #2 |
| Fastest to $150 million | #6 | #3 |
| Fastest to $200 million | #8 | #3 |
| Fastest to $250 million | #9 | #5 |
| Fastest to $300 million | #9 | #7 |
| Fastest to $350 million | #11 | #10 |
| Slowest to $100 million | #504 | #507 |
| Slowest to $200 million | #117 | #122 |
| Opening Weeks Adjusted | #10 | #5 |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted | #125 | #67 |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #63 | #14 |
| Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #91 | #30 |
| Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted | #11 | #1 |
| Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted | #98 | #25 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted | #9 | #23 |
| Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted | #16 | #14 |
| Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted | #144 | #81 |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #72 | #18 |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #140 | #68 |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted | #17 | #11 |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted | #16 | #10 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted | #9 | #5 |
| Second Weekends Adjusted | #34 | #50 |
| Third Weekends Adjusted | #38 | #158 |
| Rated PG-13 Adjusted | #23 | #28 |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted | #9 | #5 |
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