The $158 million “Catching Fire” took in over the three days is just slightly below the $160.9 million that last summer’s “The Dark Knight Rises” managed. Christopher Nolan’s epic was shot in the same combination of 2D and Imax as “Catching Fire” was, and that lack of 3D price premiums may well have kept them from the record heights of “Iron Man 3,” 2013’s top opener at $174 million, and “Marvel’s The Avengers,” which exploded for the all-time best box-office debut of $207 million last year. Some preliminary calculations suggest “Catching Fire” may even have outsold “Iron Man 3″ in terms of admissions by nearly a million. But the filmmakers, producers Nina Jacobson and John Kilik and Lionsgate never seriously considered the format for “Catching Fire,” and made the decision that 2D and Imax better served this series. The studio wasn’t talking Monday, and whether they’ll consider converting to 3D for the next two films remains to be seen — but it seems highly unlikely. The records aren’t what it’s all about, though. It’s bigger than that, and the effects of what was accomplished this weekend will reverberate for years, starting next Thanksgiving with “Mockingjay Part 1” and a year after that with “Mockingjay Part 2.” thewrap/hunger-games-catching-fire-whats-better-box-office-records/
Posted on: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 02:30:17 +0000
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