The Hunger Games
2012 film by Gary Ross
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| 2022 | Quentin Tarantino appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and publicly accused The Hunger Games of plagiarizing Battle Royale. |
| November 8 2016 | The entire Hunger Games film series was released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray. |
| November 20 2015 | 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2' was released. |
| November 21 2014 | 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1' was released. |
| 2013 | Grammy Awards: The song 'Abraham's Daughter' was nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media. |
| 2013 | Golden Globe Awards: 'Safe & Sound' was nominated for Best Original Song. |
| 2013 | Grammy Awards: The song 'Safe & Sound' was nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and won Best Song Written for Visual Media. |
| November 22 2013 | 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' premiered in the United States. |
| November 11 2013 | 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' premiered in London. |
| 2012 | Arcade Fire composed the fascistic-inspired Panem national anthem 'Horn of Plenty', a leitmotif for the film. |
| 2012 | Sells 100,000 digital copies in the second week, setting a record for highest one-week total for a theatrically released movie soundtrack in digital history. |
| 2012 | Soundtrack debuts at number 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 175,000 copies in its first week. |
| 2012 | Sells 463,000 copies in the US, becoming the best-selling soundtrack album of the year. |
| 2012 | The film became the top-selling video of 2012, with a total of 10,336,637 units sold by the end of the year. |
| December 21 2012 | Filming concluded for 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'. |
| September 10 2012 | Filming began for 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'. |
| August 18 2012 | The Hunger Games film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in North America and the Netherlands, with extras including 'The World is Watching: Making The Hunger Games', featurettes, propaganda video, and a talk with director Gary Ross and Elvis Mitchell. |
| July 2012 | Release dates were confirmed for two 'Mockingjay' films: Part 1 and Part 2. |
| June 10 2012 | On its 80th day in theaters, the film became the 14th movie to pass the $400-million box office mark. |
| May 24 2012 | Michael Arndt officially signed on as the new scriptwriter for 'Catching Fire'. |
| May 6 2012 | Michael Arndt was reported to be in talks to re-write the script for 'Catching Fire'. |
| April 27 2012 | The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond soundtrack is certified Gold by the RIAA. |
| April 20 2012 | Lionsgate and IMAX Corporation announced the film would return to North American IMAX cinemas on April 27 for a one-week engagement due to overwhelming demand. |
| March 30 2012 | The Hunger Games film was originally scheduled for release in Vietnam, but was delayed indefinitely by the Vietnamese National Film Board due to concerns about the film's violent content. |
| March 27 2012 | Taylor Swift released 'Eyes Open' as the first official single from The Hunger Games soundtrack. |
| March 26 2012 | James Newton Howard's original motion picture score for The Hunger Games was released by Universal Republic Records. |
| March 26 2012 | Jezebel article by Dodai Stewart reported racist tweets criticizing the portrayals of Rue, Thresh, and Cinna by African American actors during the film's opening weekend. |
| March 23 2012 | The film had its first international weekend, topping the box office outside North America with $59.25 million from 67 markets. Fandango also broke its single-day sales record on this date. |
| March 23 2012 | The film was released in the United States by Lionsgate. |
| March 20 2012 | The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond soundtrack was officially released. |
| March 20 2012 | The Hunger Games official soundtrack album is released, featuring songs by multiple artists including Taylor Swift, The Civil Wars, The Decemberists, and others |
| March 12 2012 | The Hunger Games premiered at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. |
| February 22 2012 | The Hunger Games broke the record for first-day advance ticket sales on Fandango, topping the previous record held by The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. |
| February 13 2012 | The soundtrack track listing for 'The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond' was revealed on iTunes. |
| 2011 | Suzanne Collins gave an interview with Entertainment Weekly clarifying the intended ethnic backgrounds of characters in The Hunger Games, specifically stating that Rue and Thresh were written as African American. |
| 2011 | Arcade Fire composed the Panem national anthem 'Horn of Plenty', a fascistic-inspired leitmotif for the film, collaborating with James Newton Howard to create a movie-score version. |
| December 26 2011 | Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars releases the first single 'Safe & Sound' from The Hunger Games film soundtrack |
| November 2011 | Lionsgate began negotiations with screenwriter Simon Beaufoy to adapt 'Catching Fire' for the screen. |
| September 2011 | Principal photography for the film concluded in North Carolina. |
| September 15 2011 | Principal photography concluded, with the final budget reported between $90 and $100 million, later reduced to $78 million after subsidies. |
| August 8 2011 | Lionsgate announced the film adaptation of 'Catching Fire', the second novel in The Hunger Games trilogy, scheduled for release on November 22, 2013. |
| June 2011 | Danny Elfman was replaced by James Newton Howard due to scheduling conflicts. |
| June 2011 | Lionsgate initially announced Danny Elfman and T-Bone Burnett would score The Hunger Games, with Burnett to serve as executive music producer. |
| May 2011 | Woody Harrelson was cast as Haymitch Abernathy after initially passing on the role and being convinced by director Gary Ross. |
| May 2011 | Donald Sutherland was cast as President Coriolanus Snow. He wrote a letter to Ross about the role's narrative significance, which impressed the director and led to incorporating Sutherland's suggestions into Snow's scenes. |
| May 2011 | The main cast was finalized, completing the film's casting process. |
| May 2011 | Principal photography for The Hunger Games began in North Carolina. |
| April 2011 | John C. Reilly was in talks with Lionsgate to portray Haymitch Abernathy. |
| March 16 2011 | Jennifer Lawrence was announced as the lead actress for Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games, despite being 20 years old and four years older than the character. Suzanne Collins supported her casting, believing Lawrence captured the character's essence. |
| November 2010 | Gary Ross was confirmed as the director of The Hunger Games film adaptation. |
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