The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Surprises Over Thanksgiving
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Reports say that The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes remained dominant at the box office over Thanksgiving.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes had a budget of $100 million before marketing costs and domestic earnings hit $100 million this weekend. Deadline reports that overseas earnings have also matched that, leading to a total of $200 million on its 11th day of release.
It stayed top of the box office over the weekend, beating new releases, Ridley Scott's Napoleon and Disney's Wish.
The film, a prequel to The Hunger Games series, is based on the book by Suzanne Collins, which tells the story of Coriolanus Snow, who mentors a District 12 girl during the 10th Hunger Games.
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Tom Blyth stars as Coriolanus Snow opposite Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird in a film that has Hunger Games fans in a flurry.
Our review described it as an undeniably captivating tale of fear and power, and audiences seem to agree, giving it an 89% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
