“Mockingjay, Part 1” didn’t catch fire like the previous installments of “The Hunger Games,” but it still had the biggest opening of the year with $123 million at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.
We have a recurring dystopian nightmare about 99-percenters fighting to the death for the entertainment of 1-percenters. Think of early Christians getting thrown to the lions for the viewing pleasure of the Roman aristocracy.
Hoping to continue its record-setting box office pace, The Hunger Games opened in China this week. Some of Chinese social media-goers saw it as a valid depiction of the current Chinese political situation.
“The Hunger Games” successfully portrays Suzanne Collins’s heavyweight message of sacrifice and survival, sparking the strong beginning of a new cultural phenomenon and definitely living up to the hype.
“Mockingjay, Part 1” didn’t catch fire like the previous installments of “The Hunger Games,” but it still had the biggest opening of the year with $123 million at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.
We have a recurring dystopian nightmare about 99-percenters fighting to the death for the entertainment of 1-percenters. Think of early Christians getting thrown to the lions for the viewing pleasure of the Roman aristocracy.
Hoping to continue its record-setting box office pace, The Hunger Games opened in China this week. Some of Chinese social media-goers saw it as a valid depiction of the current Chinese political situation.
“The Hunger Games” successfully portrays Suzanne Collins’s heavyweight message of sacrifice and survival, sparking the strong beginning of a new cultural phenomenon and definitely living up to the hype.