List of accolades received by The Hunger Games film series
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The Hunger Games film series consists of five dystopian action films based on The Hunger Games novels by the American author Suzanne Collins. The five films, entitled The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, were released serially worldwide between March 2012 and November 2023. The first film was directed by Gary Ross, while the other four were directed by Francis Lawrence. Distributed by Lionsgate and produced by Nina Jacobson, it stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth as the three leading characters, Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne, in the four films with Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler as the lead characters, Coriolanus "Coryo" Snow and Lucy Gray Baird in the prequel.
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Every film was a financial success and achieved blockbuster status. The Hunger Games grossed over $694 million worldwide against its budget of $78 million, making it the third-highest-grossing film in the United States, only behind The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises, and ninth-highest-grossing worldwide of 2012.[1] The Hunger Games: Catching Fire topped the highest-grossing film at the domestic box office of 2013. It also grossed over $865 million worldwide and is currently the highest-grossing entry in The Hunger Games series.[2] The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 ranked second at the domestic office of 2014, grossing $337 million, while over $755 million worldwide.[3] Part 2 has grossed $281 million in North America, with a total of $652 million worldwide.[4] The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes has grossed $165.9 million in United States and Canada and $336.5 million worldwide.[5][6]
Overall, the film series received positive reception from critics. The Hunger Games scored an 84% rating based on a sample of 277 reviews on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes with an average of 7.2/10.[7] The second entry performed even better with critics, garnering an approval rating of 89%, with an average of 7.5/10.[8] The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 scored a 69% rating based on 293 reviews,[9] while Part 2 had a 70% rating, with average of 6.5/10, based on 231 reviews.[10] The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes scored a 64% rating based on 233 reviews, the lowest score in the franchise.[11]
The Hunger Games film series received awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for its direction, screenplay and the performances of Jennifer Lawrence. The series won nine MTV Movie Awards out of twenty-six nominations, nine People's Choice Awards out of thirteenth nominations and received three Grammy Awards and Golden Globe Awards nominations, winning a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media for "Safe & Sound".