THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE Breaks Box Office Records; Watch Josh Hutcherson on SNL

Lionsgate’s THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE set box office records this weekend with a $307.7 million haul worldwide. Directed by Francis Lawrence, the film took in an astounding $161.1 million domestically and $146.6 million internationally.

Below is a list of the top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates.

1. Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The – Lionsgate – $161.1M
2. Thor: The Dark World – Disney – $14.1M
3. Best Man Holiday, The – Universal – $12.5M
4. Delivery Man – Disney – $8.2M
5. Free Birds – Relativity Media – $5.3M
6. Last Vegas – CBS Films – $4.4M
7. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Paramount – $3.5M
8. Gravity – Warner Bros. – $3.3M
9. 12 Years A Slave – Fox Searchlight – $2.8M
10. Dallas Buyers Club – Focus Features – $2.8M
11. Ender’s Game – Lionsgate – $2.2M
12. Captain Phillips – Sony – $1.8M

Warner Bros. Pictures’ GRAVITY and Marvel Studios’ THOR: THE DARK WORLD have each passed the $500 million mark worldwide.

Meanwhile, HUNGER GAMES star Josh Hutcherson had some fun with CATCHING FIRE during Saturday Night Live’s monologue.

Check out Melissa Howland’s review here: http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2013/11/hunger-games-catching-fire-review/

The blockbuster first installment of THE HUNGER GAMES franchise is the 14th highest-grossing North American release of all time and grossed nearly $700 million at the worldwide box office.  The second film, THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE, opened worldwide on November 22, 2013.

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 will be released worldwide on November 21, 2014 and THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 2 opens November 20, 2015.