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For ordinary audiences, the handsome men and beautiful women, fierce fighting, cool archery, and murderous environment in the film are all attractive.

Critics will focus more on the deeper aspects of the film, such as political metaphors, cultural metaphors, and institutional discussions.

For example, Kevin Thomas saw the cultural metaphor of the film.

There is a long paragraph in his notebook: "The story takes place in Panem, and the word Panem comes from the Latin phrase Pan

"Also, we can see in the film that the capital of Panem has a large number of ancient Roman buildings. The name of the capital Capito1 is the ancient Roman Temple of Jupiter. Even the players parade in ancient Roman chariots. The place where weapons and food are snatched at the beginning of the game is called the Horn of Zeus. Obviously, the story created by Martin is deeply influenced by Greek and Roman mythology. The rulers are more like emperors and gods, which are all contrary to modern society. ”

His good friend James Blen, however, paid attention to the political metaphors in the film.

He wrote in his notebook: “Whether it is the Hunger Games, Katniss or Mockingjay, they are just tools of political propaganda. Every word spoken by the protagonist represents the political interests of a certain group…”

“In addition to the discourse power game of various interest groups for political propaganda, the story of The Hunger Games also emphasizes the possibility of resistance in the public domain. Just as the death of Lucy, a little girl in District 11, awakened the people of District 11…”

“The story also implies the various problems caused by the polarization of the gap between the rich and the poor. Celebrities in the metropolitan area need to deliberately vomit to enjoy more food, while children in other areas must participate in the death game in exchange for food. This injustice will inevitably usher in resistance…”

“It is worth noting that the residents of the metropolitan area regard this killing as a game, that is, an annual entertainment program. Killing has become a game and entertainment, without any discomfort. This reminds me of a reality show called "Survivor" broadcast by CBS in 2000. Isn't the intrigue, confrontation, lies and deception in the show a weakened version of the Hunger Games? "

"The moral bottom line of modern society has been broken again and again. The scale of entertainment programs is getting bigger and bigger, and the scale of people's hearts is getting bigger and bigger. Perhaps this is what "The Hunger Games" wants to warn us. "

As the movie came to an end, warm applause rang out in the theater.

In the interview, Jennifer Lawrence recited the lines that had been prepared long ago:

"This is not a simple commercial entertainment film. There are wars, hunger, ideological propaganda organs, destroyed governments, authoritarian governments, abuse of power and other elements in the story. I know very well that some people come for the love story. I don't object to you watching the love story, but I hope you can eventually pay attention to the war in it. "

And in the filmDonald Sutherland, who plays President Snow in the film, said: "When I got the script, I felt that this was a story that could bring about change. If handled properly, it might stimulate and encourage a whole generation of young people who are indifferent to politics to care about politics."

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"The Hunger Games" was successful, more successful than its predecessor.

After premiering on Thursday night, it was released in 4,139 theaters across North America on Friday. After two rest days on Saturday and Sunday, this non-sequel, non-3D movie earned 155 million US dollars in the first weekend, ranking first in the week and the month.

The box office of a single theater exceeded 37,000 US dollars.

A rather amazing number.

And the production cost of this movie was only less than 80 million US dollars.

"The Hunger Games" showed its extraordinary strength when it was released at midnight last Thursday.

The film earned 1,974 US dollars at the midnight show, breaking the midnight show box office record for non-sequel movies.

And its opening weekend box office broke records.

First, the film surpassed the 2010 3D film Alice in Wonderland (opening weekend box office of $116.1 million) to become the highest-grossing non-sequel film in the opening weekend.

Second, in film history, The Hunger Games beat Spider-Man 3 in 2007 (opening weekend box office of $151 million) to become the third highest-grossing film in the opening weekend. The top two are Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2) in 2011 and The Dark Knight in 2008.

In the opening weekend box office rankings of March movies, The Hunger Games beat Alice in Wonderland and 300 (opening weekend box office of $70.88 million) to become the king of March.

On the "fastest box office to $100 million list", "The Hunger Games" ranked second, and it took two days to do the same as the first-ranked "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)". On the "fastest box office to $150 million list", the film ranked third, and it took three days, just like the top two "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)" and "Batman: The Dark Knight".

And Jennifer Lawrence's performance has also won public recognition.

"The Hollywood Reporter" praised her as if she had walked out of the novel, and her performance was very attractive from beginning to end.

"Rolling Stone" even suggested that the audience "keep their eyes firmly on her, Lawrence is the key to the success of this movie."

Of course, as a "fan movie" adapted from a best-selling book, "The Hunger Games" also has the common problem of fan movies - the box office is extremely high in the first weekend, and there will be a plunge in the second week.

For example, among the eight films in the Harry Potter series, only the first Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (with a total North American box office of 408 million US dollars) and the last Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2) (with a total North American box office of 381 million US dollars) have a box office of 100 million US dollars.=|

The box office of the movie "Twilight" has exceeded 350 million US dollars.

The Twilight series has a huge momentum, but no movie has ever exceeded 300 million US dollars, even though its original author is Martin Meyers.

Will "The Hunger Games", which is also adapted from a best-selling novel, also fail to break the "curse" of 300 million US dollars?

Both "The Hollywood Reporter" and BoxOfficeMojo believe that it will not!

First of all, the biggest difference between "The Hunger Games" and "The Twilight Saga" is the composition of the audience. Although both are dominated by female audiences, the proportion of female audiences in the opening weekend of "The Hunger Games" was 61%, while the proportion of female audiences in the opening weekend of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" was 80%.

Moreover, the audience of "The Hunger Games" is older than that of "Twilight", with 56% of the audience over 25 years old. Moreover, these audiences are much more rational than the young girls in "Twilight". They gave "The Hunger Games" an A on CinemaScore, proving that the quality of the film is recognized.

In addition, a big data company carefully analyzed the box office trend of "The Hunger Games" in the four days since its release. The box office for the four days was US$19.74 million (midnight show), US$68 million, US$51 million and US$36 million respectively. Not counting Thursday, the declines on the other three days were 25% and 29.4% respectively. This is a very stable decline curve, which is completely different from the "Twilight" movie that only relies on the box office on the first day.

The second-day revenue of 51 million US dollars also made "The Hunger Games" rank second on the "second-day single-day box office rankings", second only to "Spider-Man 3" with 51.33 million US dollars, and the third-ranked "The Dark Knight", with a single-day box office of 47.65 million US dollars on the second day of its premiere.

All these signs show that the box office of "The Hunger Games" should not be just a flash in the pan.

"The Hollywood Reporter" is even optimistic that the film's total North American box office can exceed 4 US dollars.

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