The Hunger Games has already collected more than $620 million worldwide, with fans of Suzanne Collins’ bestselling trilogy seeing the film multiple times and newbies to the story catching on to Collins’ characters via this first film of the series. Now Lionsgate’s announced the audience for The Hunger Games will be growing in June with the film’s release in China.
According to Lionsgate, the film will be dubbed and subtitled for release in China. And per a new agreement, Lionsgate will be able to collect up to 25% of the film’s receipts making it one of the first major studio releases benefiting from this new revenue sharing agreement.
The Plot:
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains.
Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
Source: Lionsgate Films
