The Hunger Games (film series)

The Hunger Games
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Directed by	Gary Ross (1) Francis Lawrence (2–5)
Written by	Gary Ross (1) Billy Ray (1) Suzanne Collins (1) Simon Beaufoy (2) Michael deBruyn (2, 5) Peter Craig (3–4) Danny Strong (3–4) Michael Lesslie (5)
Based on	The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
Produced by	Nina Jacobson Jon Kilik (1–4) Francis Lawrence (5) Brad Simpson (5)
Cinematography	Tom Stern (1) Jo Willems (2–5)
Edited by	Stephen Mirrione (1) Juliette Welfling (1) Alan Edward Bell (2–4) Mark Yoshikawa (3, 5)
Music by	James Newton Howard (1–5)
Production companies	Color Force Studio Babelsberg (3–4) Good Universe (5)
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release date	2012–2015, 2023
Running time	705 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$593 million[1]
Box office	$3.3 billion

The Hunger Games film series is composed of science fiction dystopian adventure films, based on The Hunger Games series of novels by American author Suzanne Collins. The films are distributed by Lionsgate and produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik. The series feature an ensemble cast including Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark, Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne, Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy, Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket, Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman, and Donald Sutherland as President Snow. In the prequel film, Tom Blyth stars as Coriolanus Snow, Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth, Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow, Peter Dinklage as Casca Highbottom, Viola Davis as Dr. Volumnia Gaul and Jason Schwartzman as Lucretius "Lucky" Flickerman.

The first three films set various box office records. The Hunger Games (2012) set records for biggest opening day and biggest opening weekend for a non-sequel. Catching Fire (2013) set the record for biggest opening weekend of November. Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014) had the largest opening day and weekend of 2014. The films, including Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015), were praised for their themes and Lawrence's performance. The prequel film The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), received mixed reviews and had the lowest opening weekend of the series. The series is the 20th-highest-grossing film franchise of all time, having grossed $3.3 billion worldwide.