The Hunger Games. $8.09. at Amazon. (Image credit: Lionsgate) 1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The best Hunger Games movie is its first sequel, 2013’s Catching Fire. After the first movie The Hunger Games movie series has turned 10 years old, so we're here to celebrate with 8 facts you didn't know about the much-loved franchise. There was always going to be a little bit of a The Hunger Games franchise began in 2012, expanding over five movies that span a timeline of decades. Based on the Hunger Games books by Suzanne Collins, the films explore the futuristic and The 10th Annual Hunger Games have finally appeared on our screens, in the new Hunger Games prequel movie, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. The prequel gives us a lot more focus on the Capitol Saved - Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss. Jennifer Lawrence is clearly the biggest star to come from the Hunger Games franchise. In fact, it can even be argued that she is one of the main reasons the movies became such a hit. If we rewind to Lawrence's original casting announcement, it turns out people weren't so happy. The latest movie in the Lionsgate YA action franchise, “ The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes ,” has made $5.75 million in previews at the box office. The prequel expected to With an added $54.5 million from 87 international markets, the film has already earned $98.5 million out of the gates against a more modest $100 million budget. Genre: Epic space opera. Run time: 2h 15m. Director: Zack Snyder. Cast: Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Michiel Huisman. Zack Snyder returns to Netflix with an all-new, Star Wars- and Seven "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" is a prequel to the beloved trilogy (or tetralogy, if you go by the movies). The new film takes place in the past and follows the rise to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 arrived this past weekend, and now it’s official: This outstanding series of dystopian young-adult novels have gotten an equally outstanding movie series QLay.