The 2023 film Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes was a surprising box office hit! the film got a 7.2/10 on IMDb and was rated a 64% in rotten tomatoes.

The film had a weekend opening of $44 million domestically and $100 million worldwide but why is it so successful?

A lot of critics was predicting this movie to have a very low opening weekend and make very little money throughout it’s time through the theaters. the $3 billion franchise was at risk and everyone was concerned but the audience pulled through. having a successful opening weekend and has grossed worldwide of $243,000,000 which is the 8th highest grossing film of all time in North America

I am PNN reporter Walter Samples

“Nothing you can take from me was ever worth keeping.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes