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The Hunger Games(2012)
Released
2012 · FILM

The Hunger Games

Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her sister's place in the deadly Hunger Games, where she must outwit and outlast other tributes in a televised battle for survival, while navigating the Capitol's manipulation and the dangerous truth behind Peeta Mellark's sudden declaration of love.

“The world will be watching.”

Directed by
Gary Ross
Written by
Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
142 min
ActionAdventureSci-Fi

Synopsis

In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.

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A crew of 67+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Christopher S CappShot by Tom SternScored by James Newton HowardDesigned by Philip Messina

Box Office

2012 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 9.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$694.0M

Budget$75.0M
Worldwide gross$694.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $408.0M — 59% of worldwide · International: $286.0M (41%)

Opening weekend: $152.5M — 37% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $189.9M — 47% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,137 theaters

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Also known as

  • Die Tribute von Panem - The Hunger Gamesde
  • Die Tribute von Panem - Tödliche Spielede
  • Die Tribute von Panem 1 - The Hunger Gamesde
  • Die Tribute von Panem. Tödliche Spielede
  • Los juegos del hambrees
  • Hunger Gamesfr

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