How 'Hunger Games' Box Office Haul Impacts Lionsgate's Bottom Line (Analysis)

The Hunger Games has been a monumental box office hit, making over $155 million in its opening weekend domestically. No one benefits from this more than Lionsgate, who released the film. This is by far its biggest film and its biggest success, so this article analyzes how that could affect the future of the company.

'Hunger Games' likely to continue B.O. killing

For a short time last year, Warner's planned for the "Titans" sequel to go head-to-head with"Hunger Games." When buzz for the Lionsgate pic grew, Warner ultimately moved "Wrath" back a week. Wrath of The Titans claims to be nipping at the heels of 'Hunger Games" but other studios took several titles out of the way months ago when they saw "Hunger" on the horizon. With "Wrath of The Titans" up next do you think B.O. sales will shift?

Racist Hunger Games Fans Are Disappointed

Casting Cinna, Rue and Thresh with black actors has made a lot of fans very disappointed. Cinna, who was not really depicted in the book, could be any ethnicity, so it really doesn't matter. Suzanne refers to Rue as having "dark brown skin and eyes" along with Thresh. This depiction could be a really tan person, Native American, etc but Gary Ross chose to cast black actors. I didn't think anything about that when watching the film, personally, I think the actors fit the characters pretty well. Apparently other fans of the book didn't think the same though; here's the article.

What 'The Hunger Games' Movie had that the book did not

Going into the movie I was concerned with how they would portray Katniss without her seeming cold. In the first book her inner thoughts really give an in depth sense to her character and why she does the things she does, but in the movie, none of those inner thoughts would be there. I think they did an overall good job explaining the game as well as developing Katniss into an empowering, sensitive, and vulnerable girl.

I have had many conversations the past few days about what the book had that the movie didn't. Whether or not the movie held true to the book well enough and if it really worked. In the end though, every one I have talked to enjoyed the movie and thought it did a better job as an adaptation than many other book to movie films.

But a conversation I have not had yet was what the movie had that the book did not. There were many adaptations that helped move the story along and really worked. This article includes many of the scenes that were only in the movie.