The Hunger Games
The world will be watching.
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.
- Director
- Gary Ross
- Worldwide
- $694M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
35 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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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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The record
Awards
4 wins
BAFTA Awards
1 win
- WinnerBAFTA's Children & Young People Award - Feature Film
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
1 win
- WinnerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
Saturn Awards
1 win
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Actress
Teen Choice Award for Best Villain
1 win
- WinnerTeen Choice Award for Best Villain
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Hunger Games returned 9.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $75M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $694M
- Release date
- Mar 12, 2012
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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