Production Companies•Color Force

▫2007 – Present▫American▫Focus on novel adaptations (Hunger

Games, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, One Day)▫Is an independent company

Production Companies•Lionsgate Films

▫1997 – Present▫American▫Famous for their action, thriller, and horror

films▫Owned by Lions Gate Entertainment

Inc.

Lions Gate Entertainment Inc.•This is a conglomerate as they own

several companies, spanning a number of different sectors of media

•Lionsgate Films•Lionsgate Home Entertainment•Lionsgate Music & Publishing•Lionsgate Television

Funding•The Hunger Games : Catching Fire was funded

by an independent studio named ‘Lionsgate Entertainment’. However, it is very debated whether Lionsgate is really an independent film studio as it is very wealthy and is considered a ‘mini-major’. Lionsgate is not a conglomerate meaning it works fundamentally as a studio and passes exhibition on to another company. However, the film was distributed by Lionsgate as well as funded. 

Distribution Company•Lionsgate UK

▫Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. own their own distribution companies so as they can cut down on external expenses

▫This is a form of synergy

Budget• Catching Fire was given a budget of $130–140

million, which is seen as a very high budget at a Hollywood range too. As this is a very large budget it means that lots of special effects, renowned actors and high budget sets were afforded. This made the film’s impact a lot stronger due to this Hollywood sense that struck the audience, even in this British film. However, this budget can be seen as a lot smaller to other films at it’s calibre. For example, Avatar’s budget reached $237 million, almost double that of Catching Fire.

Box Office Gross•Total Budget

▫$185,000,000 (£110,474,143)•Opening Weekend

▫$158,074,286 (£94,395,250)•Total Domestic Gross

▫$422,575,819 (£252,344,332)•Worldwide Gross

▫$861,854,554 (£514,662,937)

Director•The film was directed by an American woman

named Nina Jacobson, the same woman who owned the studio it was filmed on. Nina is from Los Angeles and is heavily associated with The Walt Disney Company. Nina is also responsible for films like The Sixth Sense, Pearl Harbour, Narnia and Pirates of the Caribbean. Although the film is British, the director is American meaning that it is likely that a number of other factors in the film’s production is associated with Britain.

Main Actors•Jennifer Lawrence – Katniss Everdeen•Josh Hutcherson – Peeta Mellark•Woody Harrelson – Haymitch Abernathy•Elizabeth Banks – Effie Trinket

Supporting Actors•Liam Hemsworth – Gale Hawthorne•Lenny Kravitz – Cinna•Phillip Seymour Hoffman – Plutarch

Heavensbee•Stanley Tucci – Caesar Flickerman•Donald Sutherland – President Snow

Cinema Releases•Catching Fire was shown in 4,163

theatres upon its release. For a film of this standard, that is an incredibly large number compared to films like Avatar, which was only shown in 3,461, about 700 less than Catching Fire. This shows that demand for Catching Fire was very high as it was requested in so many theatres. It also explains why the box office gross was so high as well, due to high amount of exhibition.

Promotion

A fake website, http://capitolcouture.pn/, was created as promotion for the film’s universe.It features fashion advice, profiles on what the characters are wearing and the season’s best furniturePart of the film’s uniqueness lays in its extravagant culture, and this furthers it in a way that fans will enjoyThe website was later nominated for an award

Promotion• Playing on the

futuristic setting even further, a motion poster was created to promote the film

Genre• The genre is mainly a hybrid of Sci-Fi and Thriller.

The elements of sci-fi we can see are the use of new technology and gadgets not yet invented and seem almost alien like, for example, creating real fire out of nothing to attack contestants. Also the setting, Panem, which is a fictional country, unlike any real country on this planet. This style clearly suggests a sci-fi genre. The styles we see that connote thriller include suspense, mystery and tension. Throughout the film tension is high when Katniss is literally fighting for survival and at the same time Peeta, her friend, is also fighting for survival but there can only be one survivor, so tension is high and mystery starts to erupt when the audience must think of how they can both survive.

Success - AwardsAward Association Won NominatedGolden Globes, USA Best Original Song –

Motion Picture (Atlas)

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

•Best Action Movie•Best Actress in an Action Movie (Jennifer Lawrence)•Best Song (Atlas)

Costume Designers Guild Awards

Excellence in Fantasy Film

Golden Trailer Awards

Best Action Poster

Grammy AwardsHollywood Film Festival

Song of the Year (Atlas)

Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards

Best Special Makeup Effects – Feature Films

Success – Awards Cont.Award Association Won NominatedKey Art Awards •Best Audio/Visual

Technique•Best Digital Marketing

London Critics Circle Film Awards

Technical Achievement of the Year

People’s Choice Awards

Favourite Year End Movie

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

•Best Supporting Actress (Elizabeth Banks)•Best Editing

Success - Reviews•Rotten Tomatoes

▫89% from critic reviews▫Average rating of 7.5/10 from 243 ratings▫91% from audience feedback▫Average rating of 4.4/5 from 324,470

ratings•Metacritic

▫Metascore of 75/100 based on 47 critics▫User score of 8/10 based on 833 ratings

Success – Box Office•Iron Man 3 (Marvel Studios) grossed

$1,214,713,994 (£725,375,609) worldwide making it the highest grossing film of 2013

•Hunger Games: Catching Fire was the fourth highest that year with $861,854,554 (£514,662,937)

Was it successful?

yes