TheQuartering [10/24/2023]

According to BoundingIntoComics:

Bow Office Pro recently shared their long-range predictions for the Rachel Zegler film predicting the film will gross between $35 million and $45 million in its domestic opening weekend.

The outlet also predicted the film would only gross between $90 million and $142 million in its entire run at the domestic box office.

The previous worst opening weekend in the Hunger Games franchise was 2015’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. The film grossed a total of $102.6 million in its opening weekend. It went on to earn $281.7 million in its domestic run.

The original The Hunger Games film had an opening weekend of $152.5 million back in 2012. It went on to gross $408 million at the domestic box office.

The sequel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire had the biggest opening weekend in franchise history with a $158 million haul in 2013. It went on to gross a total of $424.6 million at the domestic box office.

Finally, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 had an opening weekend of $121.8 million. It grossed a total of $337.1 million domestically.

Production budgets for the previous four films have ranged between $80 million for the first film to $160 million for Mockingjay Part 2. Catching Fire had a budget of $130 million and Mockingjay Part 1 had a $125 million budget.

If you take the original film’s production budget of $80 million. The movie would likely need to gross around $200 million worldwide. Looking at the low end total estimates for the film’s domestic box office, it’s possible the film does not break even if you add in global totals.

The first two Hunger Games film made more domestically than it did internationally. The original film grossed $269.9 million internationally. Catching Fire did $440.2 million internationally.

However, both Mockingjay films did bring in more internationally than domestically. Part 1 did $429.4 million while Part 2 did $364.8 million.

If you take the trends from both Mockingjay films, which saw just shy of a 30% increase in the international box office compared to the domestic, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will only bring in $207 million globally.

However, if you take the split from the original film, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will only bring in around $151 million globally.

Finally, if you look at the split for Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes should bring in $177 million globally.