Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More The blockbuster second film of The Hunger Games franchise that took the world by storm ignites once again when The Hunger Games: Catching Firearrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD UltraViolet), DVD (plus Digital UltraViolet), Digital HD, Video on Demand and Pay-Per-View Friday, March 7 from Lionsgate. Academy Award winning Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence (2012’s Silver …
Read More »‘Catching Fire,’ ‘Frozen’ Serve Up Box Office Records For Thanksgiving
Thanks to a pair of shrewd female heroines, Hollywood enjoyed its most prosperous Thanksgiving on record as holdover The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and new animated tentpole Frozen turned in ferocious performances, each earning more than any previous holiday title. Catching Fire grossed $110.2 million from 4,163 theaters over the five-day holiday (Wednesday-Sunday), becoming the top Thanksgiving …
Read More »Box Office Catches Fire
Moviegoers propelled Lionsgate’s sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire to a $307.7 million global opening, easily outpacing the first film’s $211.8 million debut in March 2012. Catching Fire scored the top November opening of all time with $161.1 million, slaying the record set by fellow YA film adaptation The Twilight Saga: New Moon($142.8) and marking the …
Read More »The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Begins Production
Lionsgate announced the start of principal photography on The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will shoot primarily in existing locations in and near Atlanta, Georgia. The film will subsequently be shot on location in the beaches and jungles of Hawaii before wrapping in late December, 2012. The Hunger …
Read More »Hunger Games Sells 3.8 million DVDs In Debut Weekend
Lionsgate announced that the home entertainment release of the first installment of its blockbuster franchise “The Hunger Games” sold an estimated 3.8 million DVD and Blu-ray units in its first weekend of release, continuing the momentum it demonstrated in generating more than $407 million at the North American box office, the 13th highest …
Read More »Sequels and Release Dates Firmed Up
Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man hits theaters until July 3, 2012, and the studio is already mapping out plans for a sequel, The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The studio penciled in a release date for the second film in the rebooted franchise, putting a marker down on May 2, 2014. Lionsgate has claimed the …
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