Ticket office: ‘Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ Slithers to $5.8 M in Thursday Previews

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Lionsgate’s prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & & Snakes crawled its method to $5.8 million in Thursday sneak peeks at the domestic ticket office

Tracking programs The Ballad of Songbirds & & Snakes opening in the $50 million variety, which would be considered as a strong start thinking about that it’s been more than a years given that the very first Cravings Games strike the cinema and 8 years considering that the 4th title in the core series covered.

The 4 Cravings Games movies, based upon Suzanne Collinsdystopian YA books, generated $2.9 billion at the worldwide ticket office and sealed Jennifer Lawrence’s status as one of the world’s greatest female stars. The Ballad of Songbirds & & Snakes is similarly based upon Collins’ book of the exact same name.

Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth lead the cast of the prequel, which likewise stars Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman and Viola Davis. Francis Lawrence, who helmed the previous 4 Cravings Games motion pictures, returns in the director’s chair.

The Ballad of Songbirds & & Snakes begins the Thanksgiving ticket office this weekend together with Universal and DreamWorks’ Trolls Band Together and TriStar and Spyglass Media Group’s slasher picture Thanksgivingdirected by Eli Roth.

Trolls Band Together earned $1.3 million in Thursday sneak peeks and is tracking to make in the high $20 million to $30 million variety. The threequel returns Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake in the functions of Poppy and Branch, who are now formally a couple. The film was shepherded by returning director Walt Dohrn and manufacturer Gina Shay.

Roth’s Thanksgiving earned $1 million in sneak peeks.

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