This is going to be the highest
grossing film in the series, so expect another installment - soon.
Not exact matches
The three subsequent
films in the
series grossed more than $ 310 million on a total budget of $ 55 million, according to the movie finance site The Numbers.
Though it was last year's # 2 movie overall (domestically), it looks like it will be the lowest -
grossing film in the Hunger Games
series.
In fact, PA3 opened bigger and though it had the
series» weakest legs to date, it still ended up with a domestic
gross close to the first
film and a franchise - high worldwide take of $ 203 M. And while the production budget again rose, it was still kept to just $ 5 million, well under the competition and far less than the marketing costs of such a high - profile wide release.
There are many things
in common between the two
films, each a summer Columbia Pictures release
grossing in the neighborhood of $ 250 million domestically (Ghostbusters» slightly lesser take obviously meaning much more when thirteen years of inflation are accounted for) and spawning a hit titular theme song, an animated TV
series, and a sequel.
In the latest episode of my new Deadline video series Behind The Lens, in which I explore the art and style of directors in one - on - one conversations, I talk to a relative newcomer to helming, Stephen Chbosky whose third feature film, Wonder, has turned into an out - of - the - b0x hit for Lionsgate since it opened in November, so far grossing well over $ 100 million domestically and going stron
In the latest episode of my new Deadline video
series Behind The Lens,
in which I explore the art and style of directors in one - on - one conversations, I talk to a relative newcomer to helming, Stephen Chbosky whose third feature film, Wonder, has turned into an out - of - the - b0x hit for Lionsgate since it opened in November, so far grossing well over $ 100 million domestically and going stron
in which I explore the art and style of directors
in one - on - one conversations, I talk to a relative newcomer to helming, Stephen Chbosky whose third feature film, Wonder, has turned into an out - of - the - b0x hit for Lionsgate since it opened in November, so far grossing well over $ 100 million domestically and going stron
in one - on - one conversations, I talk to a relative newcomer to helming, Stephen Chbosky whose third feature
film, Wonder, has turned into an out - of - the - b0x hit for Lionsgate since it opened
in November, so far grossing well over $ 100 million domestically and going stron
in November, so far
grossing well over $ 100 million domestically and going strong.
His first two Potter
films (Order of the Phoenix and Half - Blood Prince) became the highest -
grossing entries
in the
series after the first instalment, which was later surpassed by Yates» Deathly Hallows, making him the most commercially successful British director
in recent years.
Okay, so Ramsay is still a pretty reckless choice for a studio
in need of a billion - dollar hit — and not only because the cumulative
gross of her previous
films is less than Daniel Craig's personal speedo budget from «Casino Royale» — but her elliptical style could play to the
series» recent strengths.
Gray will be replacing the director of Furious 7, James Wan, who decided not to come back to the
series for another installment; Furious 7 was the highest
grossing film in the Fast & Furious franchise, bringing
in over $ 1.5 billion worldwide on a $ 190 million budget.
Jennifer Lawrence famous roles include her starring as Katniss Everdeen
in the Hunger Games
film series (2012 — 2015) which established her as the highest -
grossing action heroine of all time.
How did a book
series that started 12 years ago become one of the highest
grossing franchises
in film history?
Gregory Poirier, screenwriter for the also bad
films See Spot Run and Gossip, takes his first turn
filming one of his screenplays with Tomcats, another
in a
series of
gross - out comedies to come down the pike since the success of American Pie and Scary Movie.
(The
film would also go on to
gross more than $ 1.6 billion worldwide, making it the most successful installment
in the
series.)
That was followed by Star Wars (1977), which became the third - highest -
grossing film series in history behind James Bond and Harry Potter.
At the time of writing, the first movie of the
series, released
in 1993, is still the 24th highest -
grossing film of all time.
Still, the
film fell short of 2012's Skyfall, which
grossed $ 1.1 billion worldwide to become the biggest
film in the
series» 55 - year history that started with 1962's Dr. No.