After a lot of anticipation, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes finally hit the theatres last week, and it’s doing a pretty great job reviving this franchise. This prequel topped the box office during its opening weekend and grossed $98.5 million worldwide.
The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes narrowly missed the $100 mark during its opening weekend, but it came really close to earning back its budget after grossing $98.5 million, including $44 million domestically and $54.5 million in international markets.
Despite managing to top the box office, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes struggled to meet the box office projections during its opening weekend. It also had the lowest start of the franchise, but still helped The Hunger Games series reach the $3 billion mark on the box office.
This highly-anticipated prequel is set over six decades before the original series, during the 10th Hunger Games. It centers on the young Coriolanus Snow before he became the tyrannical leader of Panem.
The ensemble cast of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is led by Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler, while Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, and Viola Davis star in supporting roles. Francis Lawrence returned to direct it, while Michael Lesslie and Michael Arndt wrote the script.
