{"id":44486,"date":"2023-11-14T14:15:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T14:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/?p=2038223"},"modified":"2023-11-14T14:15:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T14:15:44","slug":"is-hunger-games-prequel-a-bust-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/14\/is-hunger-games-prequel-a-bust-already\/","title":{"rendered":"Is \u2018Hunger Games\u2019 Prequel a Bust Already?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you can’t make a sequel, try a prequel.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It worked for Norman Bates and the “Psycho” franchise. AMC’s “Bates Motel” ran for five seasons and spun a credible tale from the tortured soul’s teen years.<\/p>\n

“Hannibal Rising,” the precursor to “Silence of the Lambs?” Not so much.<\/p>\n

Now, we have “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” with an equally bloated running time – two hours and 37 minutes.<\/p>\n

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The prequel stars Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth in a tale set decades before the events of the film series starring Jennifer Lawrence. The movie opens Friday and, so far, has earned tepid approval from critics at 67 percent “fresh.”<\/a><\/p>\n

The numbers share a more ominous story.<\/p>\n

BoxOfficePro.com, a reliable projection site, says Lionsgate’s “Songbirds & Snakes” will earn between $38 to $50 million<\/a> in its opening frame. Those numbers project to a $97 to $157 million stateside run.<\/p>\n

Those are impressive figures for many movies, but hardly for a prequel to a beloved saga.<\/p>\n

Here are the opening weekend figures from the first four films in the saga.<\/p>\n