‘Catching Fire’ Scorches Box Office Competition

24 Nov, 2013

“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” blazed straight to the top of weekend movie charts, setting a U.S. and Canadian record for November ticket sales and hauling in a huge $307.7 million around the world.

Fans poured into theaters for the second installment in the series starring Jennifer Lawrence as scrappy heroine Katniss Everdeen, the skilled archer who becomes a beacon of hope for the oppressed residents of the fictional nation of Panem.

“Catching Fire” collected an estimated $161.1 million from Thursday night through Sunday in the United States and Canada, a record domestic debut for the month of November. It topped the $152.5 million opening for “Hunger Games” in March 2012 that established the series as a blockbuster franchise.

The new film scored 2013’s second-biggest debut, behind the May opening for superhero sequel “Iron Man 3” of $174.1 million, and also marked the fourth-biggest domestic film opening in history.

The original film earned $691.2 million worldwide.

Reuters

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