It looks like the 'Hunger Games' prequel may slither its way to a solid box office start. Lionsgate's 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes' earned $5.8 million Thursday previews at the domestic box office with tracking shows the film opening in the $50 million range.
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00:00 "I have summoned you all here for the 10th annual reaping ceremony,
00:03 in which we choose two children from each district to fight to the death in the Hunger Games."
00:08 It looks like the Hunger Games prequel may slither its way to a solid box office start.
00:12 Lionsgate's The Hunger Games The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes earned $5.8 million in
00:18 Thursday previews at the domestic box office, with tracking showing the film opening in
00:22 the $50 million range.
00:24 This would be viewed as a solid start, considering that it's been more than a decade since the
00:28 first Hunger Games hit the big screen, and eight years after the fourth title in the
00:32 core series wrapped.
00:34 The four original Hunger Games films, based on Suzanne Collins' dystopian YA novels, raked
00:39 in $2.9 billion at the global box office and cemented Jennifer Lawrence's status as one
00:44 of the world's biggest female stars.
00:47 The prequel stars Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth, and follows a young Coriolanus Snow, before
00:51 he's known as the antagonist President Snow, as he mentors a tribute from impoverished
00:56 District 12 for the 10th Hunger Games.
00:59 The film also stars Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman, and Viola Davis.
01:03 "How wonderful that we all get to be here for someone's final performance."
01:07 "It's not just about winning."
01:10 "Everything is about winning."
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