Lionsgate Entertainment funded and distributed The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which had a budget of $130-140 million. It was directed by American director Nina Jacobson. Starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, the film was a commercial and critical success, grossing $861 million worldwide and receiving numerous award nominations. Reviews praised the film, with an 89% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes and it was the 4th highest grossing film of 2013.

2. Production Companies
• Color Force
▫ 2007 – Present
▫ American
▫ Focus on novel adaptations (Hunger
Games, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, One Day)
▫ Is an independent company

3. Production Companies
• Lionsgate Films
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1997 – Present
American
Famous for their action, thriller, and horror films
Owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Inc.

4. Lions Gate Entertainment Inc.
• This is a conglomerate as they own several
companies, spanning a number of different
sectors of media
• Lionsgate Films
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment
• Lionsgate Music & Publishing
• Lionsgate Television

5. Funding
• The Hunger Games : Catching Fire was funded
by an independent studio named ‘Lionsgate
Entertainment’. However, it is very debated
whether Lionsgate is really an independent film
studio as it is very wealthy and is considered a
‘mini-major’. Lionsgate is not a conglomerate
meaning it works fundamentally as a studio and
passes exhibition on to another company.
However, the film was distributed by Lionsgate
as well as funded.

6. Distribution Company
• Lionsgate UK
▫ Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. own their own
distribution companies so as they can cut down on
external expenses
▫ This is a form of synergy

7. Budget
• Catching Fire was given a budget of $130–140
million, which is seen as a very high budget at a
Hollywood range too. As this is a very large budget it
means that lots of special effects, renowned actors
and high budget sets were afforded. This made the
film’s impact a lot stronger due to this Hollywood
sense that struck the audience, even in this British
film. However, this budget can be seen as a lot
smaller to other films at it’s calibre. For
example, Avatar’s budget reached $237
million, almost double that of Catching Fire.

8. Box Office Gross
• Total Budget
▫ $185,000,000 (£110,474,143)
• Opening Weekend
▫ $158,074,286 (£94,395,250)
• Total Domestic Gross
▫ $422,575,819 (£252,344,332)
• Worldwide Gross
▫ $861,854,554 (£514,662,937)

9. Director
• The film was directed by an American woman
named Nina Jacobson, the same woman who
owned the studio it was filmed on. Nina is from
Los Angeles and is heavily associated with The
Walt Disney Company. Nina is also responsible
for films like The Sixth Sense, Pearl
Harbour, Narnia and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Although the film is British, the director is
American meaning that it is likely that a number
of other factors in the film’s production is
associated with Britain.

10. Main Actors
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Jennifer Lawrence – Katniss Everdeen
Josh Hutcherson – Peeta Mellark
Woody Harrelson – Haymitch Abernathy
Elizabeth Banks – Effie Trinket

11. Supporting Actors
• Liam Hemsworth – Gale Hawthorne
• Lenny Kravitz – Cinna
• Phillip Seymour Hoffman – Plutarch
Heavensbee
• Stanley Tucci – Caesar Flickerman
• Donald Sutherland – President Snow

12. Cinema Releases
• Catching Fire was shown in 4,163 theatres
upon its release. For a film of this standard, that
is an incredibly large number compared to films
like Avatar, which was only shown in
3,461, about 700 less than Catching Fire. This
shows that demand for Catching Fire was very
high as it was requested in so many theatres. It
also explains why the box office gross was so
high as well, due to high amount of exhibition.

13. Promotion
A fake website, http://capitolcouture.pn/, was
created as promotion for the film’s universe.
It features fashion advice, profiles on what the
characters are wearing and the season’s best furniture
Part of the film’s uniqueness lays in its extravagant
culture, and this furthers it in a way that fans will
enjoy
The website was later nominated for an award

14. Promotion
• Playing on the futuristic
setting even further, a
motion poster was
created to promote the
film

15. Genre
• The genre is mainly a hybrid of Sci-Fi and Thriller.
The elements of sci-fi we can see are the use of new
technology and gadgets not yet invented and seem
almost alien like, for example, creating real fire out of
nothing to attack contestants. Also the
setting, Panem, which is a fictional country, unlike any
real country on this planet. This style clearly suggests a
sci-fi genre. The styles we see that connote thriller
include suspense, mystery and tension. Throughout
the film tension is high when Katniss is literally fighting
for survival and at the same time Peeta, her friend, is
also fighting for survival but there can only be one
survivor, so tension is high and mystery starts to erupt
when the audience must think of how they can both

16. Success - Awards
Award Association
Won
Nominated
Golden Globes, USA
Best Original Song –
Motion Picture (Atlas)
Broadcast Film Critics
Association Awards
•Best Action Movie
•Best Actress in an
Action Movie (Jennifer
Lawrence)
•Best Song (Atlas)
Costume Designers
Guild Awards
Excellence in Fantasy
Film
Golden Trailer Awards
Best Action Poster
Grammy Awards
Hollywood Film Festival
Hollywood Makeup
Artist and Hair Stylist
Guild Awards
Song of the Year (Atlas)
Best Special Makeup
Effects – Feature Films

17. Success – Awards Cont.
Award Association
Won
Nominated
Key Art Awards
•Best Audio/Visual
Technique
•Best Digital Marketing
London Critics Circle
Film Awards
Technical Achievement
of the Year
People’s Choice Awards
San Diego Film Critics
Society Awards
Favourite Year End
Movie
•Best Supporting Actress
(Elizabeth Banks)
•Best Editing

18. Success - Reviews
• Rotten Tomatoes
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89% from critic reviews
Average rating of 7.5/10 from 243 ratings
91% from audience feedback
Average rating of 4.4/5 from 324,470 ratings
• Metacritic
▫ Metascore of 75/100 based on 47 critics
▫ User score of 8/10 based on 833 ratings

19. Success – Box Office
• Iron Man 3 (Marvel Studios) grossed
$1,214,713,994 (£725,375,609) worldwide
making it the highest grossing film of 2013
• Hunger Games: Catching Fire was the
fourth highest that year with $861,854,554
(£514,662,937)

20. Was it successful?

21. yes