The hunger games to open with about $ 66 million at 4137 locations in North America on Friday, according to Deadline.com. West Coast performances not yet counted, so numbers may go down or slightly before the official studio estimates released Saturday morning.
According to Deadline's "sources" The Hunger Games is likely to sign for $ 138 million by Sunday night, placing it on a level with the most recent Twilight movie, Bill Condon, the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, while easily surpassing (both in box office receipts and ticket sales) Tim Burton / Johnny Depp / Mia Wasikowska fantasy Alice in Wonderland - $ 116.1 million in 3728 locations in 2010 - the biggest blockbuster ever in March.
Now, as the hunger games actually $ 138 million range, it has collected less than 50% of its total weekend on the first day, a rarity for such big openers, although the vast majority of early then like to Harry Potter and the Twilight movies.
Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight is an exception to the rule. The sequel to Nolan's Batman begins grossed $ 67.16 million on Friday (including $ 18.5 million from midnight screenings), or approximately 42% of the film's $ 158 million on its debut weekend to take. Daniel Radcliffe / Ralph Fiennes's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Friday gross represents 54% of the movie on opening weekend, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1's represent 52%.
A non-sequel, Alice in Wonderland's Friday represented 35% of the fantasy / adventure opening weekend gross - but it was mainly because Kiddie flicks perform infinitely better on the weekend properly. Even the first twilight, a non-drop like the hunger games based on a bestselling novel for young adults earning 52% of the total opening weekend on the first day.
One of the most important difference - the hunger games expected box-office stamina to just be in generally positive reviews and solid word-of-mouth. The Gary Ross-directed The futuristic adventure drama received much better notices than Catherine Hardwicke / Kristen Stewart / Robert Pattinson romance fantasy Twilight: 82% vs 53% approval rating among rotten tomatoes top critics. Back in November 2008, Twilight opened with $ 69 million (approximately $ 77 million today) in 3419 theaters - 700 fewer locations than the hunger games.
Distributed by Fox, the hunger games set on the studio's biggest box-office hit ever - by a wide margin. It reportedly cost $ 78 million addition to $ 45 million in distribution / marketing costs. The production budget is credible, but the reported marketing expenses seem suspiciously modest.
Director Gary Ross (Seabiscuit, Pleasantville) co-wrote the screenplay written by Shattered Glass / the Breach's Billy Ray, and the novel's author, Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games stars Winter's bone / X-Men: First Class / Devil you know Jennifer Lawrence, The expendables 2 / AWOL / The Last Song's Liam Hemsworth, and Red Dawn / Carmel / Journey 2: The Mysterious Island's Josh Hutcherson .
Also in the hunger games cast: Movie 43 / What to Expect When you're expecting / Zack and Miri Make a Porno Elizabeth Banks's, 2012 / Friends with benefits / The Messenger's Woody Harrelson, The Devil Wears Prada / The Lovely Bones / Gambit's Stanley Tucci, and the redemption Boulevard / The Physician's Isabelle Fuhrman.
Plus: The Seeker: The dark Is Rising / race to Witch Mountain's Alexander Ludwig sit Babies / with Game's Jack Quaid, Fellini's Casanova / Horrible Bosses / The Mechanic's Donald Sutherland, American Beauty / loveless / The Time Being's Wes Bentley and Snow White and the Huntsman / Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets / the girl's Toby Jones.
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