Long Range Forecast: 'The Hunger Games'
Featured Stories - on January 28, 2012 by Phil Contrino
We've added The Hunger Games to our Long Range Forecast this week. The sci-fi flick is scheduled to open on March 23rd.
It's very clear that Lionsgate's The Hunger Games is poised to become a massive franchise. Harry Potter fanatics and Twihards have latched on to Suzanne Collins' novel in droves now that their beloved franchises are finished and close to finished, respectively. It's reassuring to see a film with blockbuster potential released before the summer, and The Hunger Games is expected to post incredibly healthy numbers as it builds up a fanbase for inevitable sequels.
Check out our predictions in the table below.
| Title | Release Date | Distributor | Opening Weekend | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hunger Games | Mar 23, 2012 | Lionsgate |
$67,000,000 | $185,000,000 |
| 21 Jump Street | Mar 16, 2012 | Sony / Columbia |
$24,000,000 | $65,000,000 |
| John Carter | Mar 9, 2012 | Disney |
$21,000,000 | $60,000,000 |
| Silent House (2012) | Mar 9, 2012 | Open Road |
$9,000,000 | $22,000,000 |
| Project X (2012) | Mar 2, 2012 | Warner Bros. |
$8,000,000 | $22,000,000 |
| Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | Mar 2, 2012 | Universal |
$38,000,000 | $130,000,000 |
| Good Deeds | Feb 24, 2012 | Lionsgate |
$21,000,000 | $45,000,000 |
| Gone | Feb 24, 2012 | Summit |
$6,000,000 | $15,000,000 |
| Wanderlust | Feb 24, 2012 | Universal |
$13,000,000 | $35,000,000 |
| Act of Valor | Feb 24, 2012 | Relativity Media |
$8,000,000 | $22,000,000 |
| The Secret World of Arrietty | Feb 17, 2012 | Disney |
$5,000,000* | $15,000,000 |
| Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Feb 17, 2012 | Sony / Columbia |
$32,000,000* | $70,000,000 |
| This Means War | Feb 14, 2012 | Fox |
$14,000,000* | $40,000,000 |
| Safe House | Feb 10, 2012 | Universal |
$22,000,000 | $75,000,000 |
| Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D | Feb 10, 2012 | Fox |
$19,000,000 | $58,000,000 |
| The Vow | Feb 10, 2012 | Sony |
$29,000,000 | $87,000,000 |
| Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | Feb 10, 2012 | Warner Bros. |
$16,000,000 | $68,000,000 |
| The Woman in Black | Feb 3, 2012 | CBS Films |
$16,000,000 | $43,000,000 |
| Chronicle | Feb 3, 2012 | Fox |
$10,000,000 | $25,000,000 |
| Big Miracle | Feb 3, 2012 | Universal |
$7,000,000 | $22,000,000 |
*four-day weekend
Additional reporting by Daniel Garris and Alex Edghill.
DuderJ on 31 January 2012
I doubt The Hunger Games will make that much.
I see it having a frontloaded opening weekend where (like the Harry Potter and Twiligght movies) it makes a lot of money on its opening weekend and then free falls the week after, I see the same thing for Games.
$130-145 million total for that movie sounds more realistic.