DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” topped the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters with $44 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. “The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” is an interesting case study for a franchise that’s been dormant for 8 years and is testing the waters for a new era. Its $44 million from 3,776 locations, including 1,610 premium screens, marks a low for films carrying “The Hunger Games” in the title. With an added $54.5 million from 87 international markets, the film has already earned $98.5 million out of the gates. “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” $44 million.

Persons: ”, Jennifer Lawrence, Katniss Everdeen, Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Adam Fogelson, Suzanne Collins, Collins, Coriolanus Snow, Paul Dergarabedian, “, Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Eli Roth, Patrick Dempsey, Addison Rae, Michael Fassbender, Taika Waititi, Paul Giamatti, “ Priscilla, Sofia Coppola, Disney's, ” Ridley, Napoleon ”, ” Dergarabedian, Comscore, “ Taylor Swift Organizations: American, Lionsgate, Rotten, SAG, Universal, DreamWorks Animation, Marvel, TriStar Pictures, Spyglass Media, Walt Disney Co, Searchlight Pictures, Toronto Film Locations: Germany, Plymouth , Massachusetts

☆ Hunger Games prequel heads for $50 million opening weekend
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler star as Coriolanus Snow and Lucy Gray Baird in Lionsgate's "Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes." It's the mantra of the main character Coriolanus Snow in the upcoming "Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" and the hope of its distributor Lionsgate . "There has always been a certain magic surrounding the Hunger Games franchise," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore. It sheds light on what sparked his rise to become the tyrannical ruler seen in later Hunger Games stories. Each of the other four films in the Hunger Games franchise debuted with more than $100 million in ticket sales at the domestic box office.

Persons: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Coriolanus Snow, Lucy Gray Baird, Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen, Shawn Robbins, Paul Dergarabedian Organizations: Lionsgate, Hunger Games, Hunger, BoxOffice.com, Disney, Marvel Studios, Panem Locations: Lionsgate's, United States

Everyone had resigned themselves to the fact that “The Hunger Games” ended in 2015. But Suzanne Collins’ Katniss Everdeen saga was over. And while the team was excited about the possibility of working together again, there were some nerves about whether or not there was an appetite for Hunger Games movies “without Katniss,” Lawrence told The Associated Press in a recent interview. And he felt like a star.”For Lucy Gray Baird, the District 12 tribute Snow is assigned to mentor for the 10th Hunger Games, Lawrence already had someone in mind. “Rather than seeing it as a pressure cooker just waiting to explode, I see it as a really big blessing.”Blyth, in his first starring role in Hollywood, felt some pressure.

Persons: ”, Jennifer Lawrence skyrocket, Suzanne Collins, Katniss, Collins, Francis Lawrence, Nina Jacobson, “ Mockingjay, Lawrence, Jacobson, Coriolanus Snow, ” Lawrence, they'd, ” Jacobson, “, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman, Snow, Donald Sutherland, Tom Blyth, He’s Juilliard, Lucy Gray Baird, Rachel Zegler ’, Maria, Steven Spielberg’s “, ” Zegler, ” Blyth, “ Suzanne, Trish Summerville, ColorForce, Barbie ’, ‘ Oppenheimer Organizations: Hunger, Associated Press, Lionsgate, 10th Hunger Locations: Hollywood, Germany

☆ Rachel Zegler’s dress nods to this famous ‘Hunger Games’ moment
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —“West Side Story” breakout Rachel Zegler is set to join the blockbuster “Hunger Games” franchise with the release of prequel “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” on November 17. Fans have compared Zegler's dress with another key "Hunger Games" moment. Jorg Carstensen/dpa/APFans were quick to compare Zegler’s look with another famous “Hunger Games” frock. Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (2013). From left: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer and Josh Andres Rivera attend the premiere of "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes" in Berlin.

Persons: CNN —, Rachel Zegler, Zegler, Lucy Gray Baird, Katniss, Alexander McQueen, Jorg Carstensen, Suzanne Collins ’, Jennifer Lawrence, Katniss Everdeen, Sarah Slutsky, Tom Blyth, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andres Rivera, Gerald Matzka, Zegler’s, Schafer Organizations: CNN, AP, Lionsgate, Capitol Locations: Berlin

☆ 'The Hunger Games' to be turned into London stage play
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A fan waits at the premiere of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2" in Los Angeles, California November 16, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - "The Hunger Games" is set to open at a London theatre next year in the first live stage adaptation of Suzanne Collins' novels and the hugely successful film franchise. "To receive Suzanne Collins’ blessing to adapt ‘The Hunger Games’ for the stage is both humbling and inspiring. "In a world where the truth itself seems increasingly up for grabs, ‘The Hunger Games’ beautifully expresses values of resilience, self-reliance and independent moral inquiry for younger people especially. Collins said she was "very excited" to be collaborating with McPherson and Dunster "as they bring their dynamic and innovative interpretation of ‘The Hunger Games’ to the London stage".

Persons: Mario Anzuoni, Suzanne Collins, Conor McPherson, Oscar, Jennifer Lawrence, Katniss Everdeen, Matthew Dunster, Suzanne Collins ’, McPherson, Collins, Dunster, Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Viola Davis, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Nick Macfie Organizations: Lionsgate, Shakespeare's Globe, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, Irish, Panem

☆ Jennifer Lawrence did not have a ‘secret fling’ with Liam Hemsworth
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Jennifer Lawrence is setting the record straight about speculation she and Liam Hemsworth had a “secret fling” while he was with Miley Cyrus. Here’s the backstory: Lawrence costarred with Hemsworth in the “Hunger Games” franchise in which their characters, Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen and Hemsworth’s Gale Hawthorne, were romantically involved. When Cyrus released her song “Flowers” earlier this year, many of her fans believed the lyrics were about her split from Hemsworth. Given that the franchise released between 2012 to 2015, there was speculation that Cyrus was suggesting Hemsworth had been unfaithful to her with Lawrence. During a recent appearance on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,” Lawrence was asked if the music video was “referencing a secret fling” she had with Hemsworth.

Persons: Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Miley Cyrus, Lawrence costarred, Katniss Everdeen, Hemsworth’s Gale Hawthorne, Hemsworth, Cyrus, Lawrence, Andy Cohen, ” Lawrence, ”, “, ” Cohen, It’s Organizations: CNN, Hemsworth Locations: Hemsworth, Lawrence

☆ Jennifer Lawrence sparks backlash by falsely claiming to be the first woman in the lead of an action movie
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Jennifer Lawrence is sparking backlash after falsely claiming to be the first woman in the lead of an action movie. Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games." Others said while Lawrence's comment was technically incorrect, she accurately pointed to a larger issue of gender bias in Hollywood. "It is untrue that no one had ever put a woman in an action movie before Jennifer Lawrence in Hunger Games," Franklin Leonard, producer and founder of "The Black List," a platform for film and TV writers, said in a tweet. "It is absolutely true that Hollywood had and has a real bias against women driven action movies because of this ridiculous belief about who identifies with whom."

☆ See inside the $3.6 million Gilded Age Newport mansion Jennifer Lawrence just got married in
▼ + stars: | 2019-10-21 | by ( Irene Jiang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Jennifer Lawrence married art dealer Cooke Maroney at the historical Belcourt Mansion on Saturday. Belcourt Mansion is a Gilded-Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island that was modeled after 17th-century French King Louis XIII's hunting lodge at Versailles. Before the Lawrence-Maroney wedding, the mansion already had a star-studded history full of Vanderbilts, ghosts, and women's suffrage. AdvertisementJennifer Lawrence married art dealer Cooke Maroney at the Belcourt Mansion in Newport, Rhode Island on Saturday. Built by Gilded Age architect Richard Morris Hunt for socialite Oliver Belmont, the Belcourt Mansion was modeled after Louis XIII's hunting lodge at Versailles and is now owned by Alex and Ani founder Carolyn Rafaelian.

Persons: Jennifer Lawrence, Cooke Maroney, Belcourt, King Louis XIII's, Carolyn Rafaelian, Lawrence, Maroney, —, Richard Morris Hunt, Oliver Belmont, Louis XIII's, Alex, Ani, Katniss Everdeen, Read, Jennifer Lawrence's Organizations: Service, Gilded Locations: Newport , Rhode Island, Versailles

Search resuls for: "Katniss Everdeen"

8 mentions found