While the supply of movies was able to keep the two-week holiday box office up over 2022’s by 13%, the lack of a mega tentpole carrying over into the New Year — ala Avatar: The Way of Water — is being felt. The first weekend’s box office of 2024 looks to be down -18% from the same period in 2023, with an estimated $87M. If … Continue reading ‘Wonka’ Drowns ‘Night Swim’ for Top Spot at the BO!!
Wonka had a very strong hold on Saturday with $14M, just -3% off from Friday/Thursday previews’ $14.4M resulting in an estimated $39M opening, which is slightly north of the $35.3M start that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse did back in the same mid-December slot in 2018. For family movies opening at this point in time, it’s a marathon, not a sprint, and there’s a lot of … Continue reading ‘Wonka’ Debuts with Sweet $39M at the BO!!
GKIDs’ and Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron posted a $12.8M opening after a near $4M Saturday, giving both studios, and esteemed animated filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, their biggest openings ever in the U.S./Canada marketplace. While a soft weekend with around $72.8M for all titles, the second weekend of December was +93% over the same period a year ago, +66% over the second frame of … Continue reading ‘The Boy and the Heron’ Sets Record for Japanese Animated Films at the BO!!
The gonzo Indian crime epic, Animal, delivered huge numbers at the box office in its opening weekend, scoring the biggest-ever start for star Ranbir Kapoor, and the third-biggest in the history of Hindi (or Bollywood) cinema. The movie grossed $42 million worldwide across its first three days of release, which was enough to secure the top spot on the global chart, ahead of holdovers such … Continue reading ‘Animal’ Dominates with $42M Opening at the Worldwide BO!!
AMC’s second concert movie, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, though clearly frontloaded in its previews/Friday with a Saturday tumble of -48% ($6M), remains solid enough to hit a $22M opening, per industry sources. AMC is calling the weekend at $21M. For a movie opening during the listless first weekend of December, that’s fantastic, not far behind Tom Cruise’s 2003 The Last Samurai, which still holds … Continue reading ‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ Tops Opening Weekend with $22M at the BO!!
Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes won Black Friday and Saturday at the box office, respectively with $11.4M and $11.2M, soaring above a Disney animated movie (Wish) which are typically the champs of Thanksgiving weekend, and big streamer Apple’s $200M war epic, Napoleon, for a No. 1 win over the holiday stretch with a 3-day $28.8M and 5-day of $42M. The … Continue reading ‘Hunger Games 5’ Holds Top Spot Over ‘Napoleon’ and ‘Wish’ at the BO!!
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is coming in at the bottom of where we were seeing it yesterday, with a $44M opening. The hope was that this Suzanne Collins prequel was bound to file $50M+. Overseas was better at $54.5M, for a $98.5M Global opening. Saturday stateside for Songbirds & Snakes was $15M, coming off of a $19.1M Friday, -21%, with … Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games 5’ Sets Mid $44M Opening as ‘Marvels’ Sees Worst MCU Drop at the BO!!
Synopsis – Coriolanus Snow mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the 10th Hunger Games. My Take – It is time to return to Panem in this latest installment of the The Hunger Games which are focused on bizarre televised survival contests and sees children fight to the death in dangerous arenas, while gaining the favor of a vapid, privileged audience. Adapted … Continue reading The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023) Review!!
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has reached an interim agreement with SAG-AFTRA to promote the movie, while the strike organized by the guild continues the fight for better working rights for its members. According to Variety, the cast of the upcoming prequel will be able to promote the release in interviews, as well as freshly recorded material for the studio’s social … Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Cast Cleared for Promotion by SAG-AFTRA!!
The audience will soon return to the Capitol with Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes, featuring new faces ready to stand in the arena. The movie is helmed by returning franchise director Francis Lawrence and has a very familiar feel to it despite telling a new story following Tom Blyth as Coriolanus and Rachel Zegler as Lucy. The movie will take us back … Continue reading ‘Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes’: New Clip Reveals a Menacing Viola Davis!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Coriolanus Snow mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the 10th Hunger Games. Directed – Francis Lawrence Starring – Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Viola Davis Check out the trailer: It’s the things we love most that destroy us. Witness the beginning of the Games in #TheHungerGames: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes – in theaters & IMAX November 17. pic.twitter.com/wZNZcbUXeG … Continue reading ‘Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: New Teaser Proclaims Love Destroys Everything!! Check It Out!!
Audiences will soon get to make their long-awaited return to the world of Panem when The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes hits the big screen next month. Now fans can get a closer look at the upcoming film as a brand-new featurette has been revealed, teasing what to expect from the prequel. The sneak peek, which initially debuted during the theatrical re-release … Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: New Featurette Showcases a Reinvented Panem!! Check It Out!!
The much-anticipated prequel of Francis Lawrence and Gary Ross’s The Hunger Games series, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes has dropped a quirky new Capitol-News clip featuring Lucky Flickerman (played by Jason Schwartzman) as he “patches up the hole” and reflects on why the Hunger Games actually began. Lucky Flickerman, who is an ancestor of Caesar Flickerman (played by Stanley Tucci) in … Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: New Clip Reflects On Why the Games Began!! Check It Out!!
It’s about time we returned to the Capitol for another round of Hunger Games with The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. Set 64 years before the events of the original movie, the upcoming prequel centers on a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) and his tribute Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler). Fans of the franchise have been waiting long for another iteration in the franchise and … Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Reveals New Images!! Check It Out!!
A return to Panem is imminent, as seen in new image from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes released by Empire Magazine. An entire society will change when Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) realizes the potential the cruel tradition his community has established has for establishing order between all the Districts. Fans of the original series will know that he eventually becomes the … Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Reveals a New Image!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Coriolanus Snow mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the 10th Hunger Games. Directed – Francis Lawrence Starring – Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Viola Davis Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: New Trailer Sees a Young Coriolanus Snow Defying Odds!! Check It Out!!
The official X (the platform previously known as Twitter) handle of The Hunger Games franchise has dropped four fresh new images of The Hunger Games prequel that is set 64 years before the events of the original series. The prequel is titled The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and is based on the book of the same name written by Suzanne Collins … Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Gets New Images!! Check It Out!!
It’s almost time to head back to Panem, and Fandango has shared new character posters for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The main cast of the upcoming prequel is front and center in the new images, preparing audiences for their introduction on the big screen later this year. Decades before Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) changed the world when she decided to … Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Gets New Character Posters!! Check It Out!!
This November, The Hunger Games fans can return to the dystopian nation of Panem and its multiple districts with The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. In anticipation of the film’s release, Empire has revealed an exclusive image of Tom Blyth’s Coriolanus Snow and Rachel Zegler’s Lucy Gray Baird. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is set 60 years before the events of the … Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Gets a New Image!! Check It Out!!
It’s been almost a decade since the last entry in The Hunger Games franchise arrived in theaters. However, Lionsgate is not done with that world, and you’re needed for the journey ahead. Are you ready to become what Panem needs you to be? Ready to be part of a grand legacy that spans generations? If yes, then you are ready for the highly anticipated prequel, … Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: New Promo Wants Us to Join The Academy!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Coriolanus Snow mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the 10th Hunger Games. Directed – Francis Lawrence Starring – Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Viola Davis Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Trailer Takes Us Back to Panem!! Check It Out!!
As CinemaCon 2023 continues, fans and media members are getting a glimpse at the near future of the film industry. On Wednesday, Lionsgate was able to unveil official logos for four of its most-anticipated films including Saw X, The Expendables 4, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and Ordinary Angels. Although the event wasn’t open to the public, Collider‘s own Steve Weintraub … Continue reading CinemaCon 2023 Debuts New Logos of ‘Expendables 4,’ ‘Saw X’ and More!! Check It Out!!
While audiences can currently catch Rachel Zegler in Shazam! Fury of the Gods, it won’t be much longer before we get to see her take on a whole new kind of role, as the charming and musically-inclined Lucy Gray Baird in the upcoming Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. While the film won’t hit theaters until November, excitement is beginning to mount, … Continue reading ‘Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Gets a First Poster!! Check It Out!!
The Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has officially wrapped filming. Rachel Zegler marked the production milestone on Twitter. The actor shared images from the movie’s set with the caption, “I have loved every second and that’s a wrap.” Filming began in Berlin, Germany in June, earlier this year. The movie is helmed by Hunger Games franchise director Francis Lawrence. Based on … Continue reading ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: Rachel Zegler Wraps Filming on ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel!!
The cast for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, grows even larger as eleven additional actors join the highly anticipated prequel based on the Suzanne Collins novel of the same name, according to a report from Deadline. The large cast of additional actors includes Fionnula Flanagan (The Others), set to play the grandmother of future President Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth), who Donald … Continue reading ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Film Adds Fionnula Flanagan, Burn Gorman, and More!!
A new first look image has been released for the highly anticipated Hunger Games prequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, showing us a completely new side to the original series’ President Snow. The new image was released exclusively to Vanity Fair, along with an interview with the prequel film’s director Francis Lawrence. The new film is based on the 2020 prequel … Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: First Image Teases the Upcoming Prequel!! Check It Out!!
All is looking ready and set for the take-off of the Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes as the cast has been expanded to include Oscar winner Viola Davis. Davis is set to further fortify an already formidable cast that includes Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), Hunter Schafer (Euphoria), Tom Blyth, and Rachel Zegler. Davis will be portraying the villain, Dr. Volumnia … Continue reading ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Film Adds Viola Davis!!
Lionsgate announced today that four-time Emmy Award winner Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) will be joining the expansive cast of the upcoming feature film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ bestselling novel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Dinklage will be joining the production as Casca Highbottom, dean of the Academy, and will star opposite Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler. The announcement was made … Continue reading ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Film Adds Peter Dinklage!!
Lionsgate‘s upcoming prequel film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has added another round of tributes and mentors to its extensive ensemble cast. The latest additions include Irene Boehm, Cooper Dillon, Luna Kuse, Kjell Brutscheidt, Dimitri Abold, Athena Strates, Dakota Shapiro, George Somner, and Vaughan Reilly. They join a cast led by Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler. Boehm will play Lamina, a … Continue reading ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Film Adds Nine More to Ensemble Cast!!
Panem has gained a new citizen. Jason Schwartzman has joined the upcoming prequel film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Schwartzman will play Lucretius “Lucky” Flickerman, the host of the 10th annual Hunger Games and dubbed the “voice of Panem.” Lucretius is the ancestor of Caesar Flickerman, who was played by Stanley Tucci in the original series of films. Schwartzman joins a … Continue reading ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Film Adds Jason Schwartzman!!
From the halls of East Highland High School to the gritty streets of the Capitol, Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer has been tapped to join the ever-growing ensemble of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The casting will see Schafer step into the role of Tigris Snow, the cousin and close companion of Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth), the latter of whom will eventually rise … Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Adds Hunter Schafer!!
A week following the announcement of the first round of tributes and mentors that will be appearing in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Lionsgate has announced another collection of starts that will be starring in the upcoming Hunger Games prequel film. The five new actors that have joined the cast are Nick Benson, Laurel Marsden, Lilly Cooper, Luna Steeples, and Hiroki … Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Adds Laurel Marsden!!
The next mentor for Lionsgate‘s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has joined the Games. It was just announced that West Side Story‘s Josh Andrés Rivera is joining the growing cast, opposite Tom Blyth and fellow West Side Story alum Rachel Zegler, as Sejanus Plinth, a citizen of District 2 before joining the ranks of the infamous Capitol. Rivera is set to … Continue reading ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Film Adds Josh Andrés Rivera!!
It has just been announced that Lionsgate‘s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has gained five new stars in Jerome Lance, Ashley Liao, Knox Gibson, Mackenzie Lansing, and Aamer Husain. The five actors will be portraying newly introduced tributes and their mentors. Lance, Gibson, and Husain are essentially newcomers, while Liao has appeared in the films Always Be My Maybe and Secret … Continue reading ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Film Adds Ashely Liao, Mackenzie Lansing and More!!
The odds were ever in our favor during the 2022 MTV Movie & TV awards. During the ceremony, an exclusive first look at the upcoming Hunger Games prequel was released. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes marks the fifth film installment of the franchise and is adapted from the Suzanne Collins novel that initially released in 2020. While the teaser doesn’t reveal … Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ First Look Teases the Upcoming Prequel!! Check It Out!!
Last month it was announced that The Hunger Games series would be getting a prequel film. Now, fans can get excited as the female lead in the film has been announced to be West Side Story breakout star Rachel Zegler. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, based on the prequel novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins, will take fans back to Panem about … Continue reading ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Film Adds Rachel Zegler!!
Lionsgate‘s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has found its young Coriolanus Snow. Tom Blyth, recently known as the titular outlaw in Epix‘s Billy the Kid, will step into the role of the young president-to-be in the prequel film to one of the biggest film franchises out there. Based on Suzanne Collins‘ most recent #1 New York Times bestseller, the film is … Continue reading ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: Tom Blyth Set to Play Young Coriolanus Snow in Prequel!!
Lionsgate has laid claim to November 17, 2023, which will see the release of their Hunger Games prequel film, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The film will adapt the novel of the same name, which was written by the original trilogy author Suzanne Collins and released in May 2020. The book covers the early days of the Hunger Games universe, with a young Coriolanus … Continue reading ‘Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’: ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Sets November 17, 2023 as Release Date!!
A prequel film to the Hunger Games series is in the early stages of development, and Lionsgate hopes to start production in the first half of 2022. Based on Suzanne Collins‘ book, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” the film will be about Coriolanus Snow at 18, years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem. The news comes from Lionsgate‘s chairman Joe Drake, … Continue reading ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Film to Begin Production in 2022!!
It’s officially official: the Hunger Games prequel movie is happening. Ever since Lionsgate wrapped up its four-movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ bestselling book trilogy, there’s been talk of some sort of continuation. The franchise grossed over $3 billion at the box office, and you don’t leave that kind of money on the table. So when Collins announced she had written a prequel book called The … Continue reading ‘Hunger Games’: Francis Lawrence Returning to Direct Prequel Movie!!
