‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Cost $50 Million More Than The Original; Plus New IMAX Poster
Next month’s release ofThe Hunger Games: Catching Firehas an interesting parallel to the film itself. When the original movie came out, expectations were high but impressive results raised them even higher. Because of that success, the release of the second film has fans and executives alike expecting nothing short of a mega-blockbuster. Sounds a lot like the film’s characters. Katniss and Peeta were thrust into the spotlight out of obscurity but after ultimate victory, their second trip to the arena is magnified one hundred fold.
To film something with huge expectations both on, and off, screen, directorFrancis Lawrencereportedly spend about $50 million more than Gary Ross did on the original film. One of those budget bumps was because of filming with IMAX cameras and, below, you may read about the budget and see the new IMAX poster.
First up, here’s the eye-catching new IMAX poster for the film, courtesy ofBadass Digest:
As for the budget, the original film cost $78 million and the sequel cost over $130 million, according to theHollywood Reporter. The reasons? Bigger spectacle, more locations, IMAX, all stuff dictated by the story to increase the stakes. Also, the actors all got raises. Primary among those was Jennifer Lawrence, whose salary went from $500,000 to $10 million.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, directed by Francis Lawrence and written by Simon Beaufoy and Michael Arndt, stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland. It opens November 22.
