BOX OFFICE: THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE Closing In On $500 Million Worldwide

Saw frozen last night. Great Disney movie

Hunger Games, I mean.

Surprisingly good movie. Much better then the first. I'm actually glad Oldboy is flopping I loved the original and I don't want to see the studios start taking every classic foreign film and remaking it. Oldboy flopping should cut this off hopefully.

We'll deserved for a great movie.

Catching Fire wiped the shit stain Thor 2 left in my mouth, which is interesting because I hated the first Hunger Games.

Catching Fire had all the right dramatic, humor, action, and character beats.

Thor: The Dark World, if anything, had all the wrong everything. Better take a subway and smile when a girl hugs me while the universe is on the brink of destruction.

Some of you guys are so full of shit. You'd have to be a got damn fool if you actually believe that everyone hating on Catching Fire is a "Marvellite."

@batman1216, I recall all of 2 users saying Thor would gross $1B. Most of the people calling Thor a failure for not reach that ridiculous goal are only saying it to twist the knife for the overzealous fanboys that made the claim. Unless, BboiBlack and desrow are Marvel lunatics, I have yet to see any Marvel fanboys call it a failure. Even if they did, they would be wrong, because "success" and "failure" unlike quality is measurable, and it is a fact that T:TDW is a success.

To say that Thor: The Dark World is done after it has grossed $561,055,000 in only 22 days just because Catching Fire is on its way to making more money is not only ignorant, but also reeks of trolling and a pathetic attempt at starting a flame war.

"Guess people here are accepting of the fact that these movies are comic books on the screen. As a fan of comic books and the film medium in general, it's hard for me to accept something so lazy"

Funny, because movies based on The Hunger Games and Harry Potter get praised for how they closely they stick to the source material and "bring it to life." But, for comic books it seems to be a different standard for quality which is geared towards making it seem more realistic and less like a comic book. Why is there a double standard across mediums for adaptations? Catching Fire captures the tone of the book and it's "brilliant" but for CBMs it's "just lazy?"

@batman1216 - 11/30/2013, 10:52 AM

"@ Enphlieuwince Some of Marvels most remembered and beloved classics, such as Death of Gwen Stacy, Demon in a Bottle, The Dark Phoenix Saga, Days of Future Past, Born Again, etc. are not exactly known for their humor."

Very true, but, there are more comics with situational humor and jokes than not I'd bet. Why does a CBM have to be serious to be taken seriously? Movies like Snatch and Pulp Fiction have humor everywhere and they are classic.

Thor TDW is a success for Marvel. Marvel might be slightly disappointed by the domestic total but overseas it's doing amazing compared to the first film. I think the bar has been set for CA:WS. Thor TDW is going to wind up over 600 million, I'm not sure CA plays as well overseas but if it goes over 500 million I think that's really good. I'm intersted to see if Catching Fire out grosses TDKR from last year.

@batman1216, I agree, and I believe MS WILL go into more serious territory, but, I believe they want it to be special. Like, if every villain is the "badass-take-the-world" type, it becomes repetitive fast. When you.re connecting so many movies with so many different threats, it becomes hard to outdo yourself i think the audience will know Thanos is the threat of all threats when the jokes cease. Like Chris Pratt said, humor helps bring it back and take you on more of an emotional ride with lesser stakes. I think it's brilliant.

She'd be an awesome Wonder Woman!

@ 0megaDaGod - 11/30/2013, 11:16 AM

"@Enphlieuwince

Do not do my GIF the injustice of calling it funny. That GIF is emotionally gripping, dark, serious and dramatic. lol"