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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 …

“The Possession,” the new horror film from director Sam Raimi,  scared up a winning weekend at the domestic box office, where it’s poised to capture one of the top Labor Day openings of all time. The film took in an estimated $17.7 million, as of Sunday. The top 12 films as of …

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 …

A crush of new films — led by The Expendables 2 — opened on the softer side as the dog days of August gripped the North American box office. Expendables 2 easily topped the box office with $28.8 million, but came in $6 million behind The Expendables, which debuted to $34.8 million on the same …

The Hunger Games will arrive on home entertainment at 12:01 A.M. on Saturday, August 18, as the first film in Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games franchise, which has already grossed nearly $400 million at the North American box office and is approaching $650 million at the worldwide box office, debuts on 2-disc DVD (plus digital copy), 2-disc Blu-Ray (plus digital copy), …

Tonner Doll Company, an award-winning designer and manufacturer of high-end collectible dolls and figures, has been granted the license for character figures based on the film The Hunger Games, which arrived in theaters nation-wide on March 23, 2012. Sculpted in the likenesses of the film’s lead characters – Katniss Everdeen …

“Hunger Games” grossed $21.5 million, becoming the first film since James Cameron’s “Avatar” to place at No. 1 for four consecutive weekends, putting its total gross at $337.1 million. It has earned $531.1 globally. The record run kept it in front of second place “The Three Stooges,” which brought in a respectable $17.1 …

Moviegoers continue to feast on Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games, which easily topped the domestic box office in its third weekend, falling a narrow 43 percent to $33.5 million for a cume of $302.8 million. The pic jumped the $300 million mark in only 17 days, the fastest for any non-summer …

Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games opened to an astounding $155 million at the domestic box office, the third-best debut of all time and the best for any film opening outside of summer. Hunger Games — the big-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins’best-selling young-adult novel starring Jennifer Lawrence,Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth — also reeled in the biggest opening for a non sequel. …

Lionsgate has added some serious muscle – along with high-octane action and martial arts – to its family home entertainment division. In a licensing agreement with Saban Brands, the studio announced today that it has acquired the North American home entertainment distribution rights to the #1 rated kids action series Saban’s Power Rangers …