Catching Fire Makes Massive Contribution to A Bumper Year For Hollywood

Catching Fire makes $800 million worldwide

According to Yahoo Movies UK, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has made a more than significant contribution to what seems a bumper year for Hollywood.

2013 will be the most successful in commercial terms for Hollywood in its entire history, with the takings in the United States alone exceeding any figure ever achieved. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has made a massive contribution to the roughly $11 billion worth of takings that Hollywood managed in 2013, the biggest in the history of cinema in the United States.

The second Hunger Games movie has been a significant part of this success story, with the US takings for the Francis Lawrence directed movie nearing $400 million. The film will finish 2013 as the second most successful movie of the year in commercial terms, and may yet top the $1 billion barrier worldwide which was considered an extremely optimistic and ambitious target for the movie.

Additionally, the performance of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire worldwide has been excellent, with the film penetrating major markets all over the globe. For example, it was announced this week that Catching Fire was the second most successful movie in Australia this year, just passing the third movie on the list, Despicable Me 2, with literally days left in the calendar year.

After initially experiencing something of a soft landing in the Far East, Catching Fire has also started to make good money in Japan, which has helped the movie exceed the $400 million in international takings, and the $800 million overall. Catching Fire remains in the top five or six movies in most countries in the world, showing that is has been an extremely durable performer.

With takings in Hollywood having sunk in recent years, the excellent takings from 2013 will be a great relief to studios who now have to compete with a multitude of other entertainment. With Catching Fire having done so well in 2013, it will be hoped that Mockingjay makes a similarly big splash next year.

Reporting by Christoper Morris - YahooUK

Josh Hutcherson at the University of Kentucky Basketball Game on 12/28

A blonde Josh Hutcherson attended the annual UK vs. U of L rivalry basketball game on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY. Fans in the "eruption zone" gave Josh a three finger salute as Kentucky defeated Louisville 73-66.

 

Photos courtesy Kentucky.com and JoshHutchersonNews

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Jena Malone Covers February Foam Magazine

Jena Malone is Foam magazine's February cover girl. In the issue, which hits newsstands on January 14th, Malone talks about her passion for photography and music, her start in the business and how she maintains a level head in Hollywood.

All Photos by Andrew Stiles for FOAMUPDATE: Photos and Article from Jena Malone's February Foam Magazine Cover Issue

If Hollywood were high school—and let’s face it, it pretty much is—Jena Malone would be the cool, artsy chick who marches to the blissed-out beat of her own drum. Off the red carpet, the 29-year-old actress eschews fancy designer labels in favor of $15 Etsy finds. And in her free time, she’s apt to be shooting dreamy photographs or tinkering around on The Shoe, a zany-looking instrument she jerry-rigged out of an old steamer trunk.

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New Outtakes From Jennifer Lawrence's Time 100 Photoshoot

All photos by Mark Seliger Thanks to our friends at Jennifer Lawrence Daily, we've got a peek at some outtakes from Jennifer Lawrence's Time 100 photoshoot by photographer Mark Seliger. Back in April, Time's annual 100 Issue hit newsstands, and Jen was selected as one of the 100 most influencial people of the year. Check out a few of the photos that didn't make the issue.

Phot by Mark Seliger. Courtesy ManagementArtists

Vote 'Catching Fire' as Favorite Year End Movie in The People's Choice Awards

People's Choice Awards have added a new category this year, Favorite Year End Movie, and Catching Fire is among the eligible movies. You can vote for Catching Fire through the first hour of the People's Choice Awards, which airs Wednesday, January 8th at 9/8c on CBS.

Click HERE to vote for Catching Fire!

Two New Photos of Jennifer Lawrence for Dior

Photos by Daniel JacksonTwo never before seen photographs have been circling the internet from Jennifer Lawrence's Dior campaign shoot with photographer Daniel Jackson. Similar photos were published in French magazine Madame Le Figaro in November.

Jennifer Lawrence named Entertainer of the Year by Associated Press

U.S. editors and news directors took their annual vote on who had the most influence on entertainment and culture in 2013, and Jennifer Lawrence came out on top of The Associated Press' Entertainer of The Year poll.

From Huffington Post:

The battle for AP entertainer of the year came down to the Girl on Fire and the Queen of Twerk.

Jennifer Lawrence edged out Miley Cyrus by one vote in The Associated Press' annual survey of its newspaper and broadcast members and subscribers for Entertainer of the Year.

There were 70 ballots submitted by U.S. editors and news directors. Voters were asked to consider who had the most influence on entertainment and culture in 2013.

Lawrence won 15 votes. Cyrus had 14. Netflix was a close third, earning 13 votes for altering the TV landscape with its on-demand format and hit original series.

But Lawrence — who started the year with an Academy Award for best actress, fueled a box-office franchise as The Hunger Games heroine Katniss Everdeen, and wrapped 2013 with a critically acclaimed performance in American Hustle that just earned Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations — charmed fans everywhere with her candid sincerity.

She was also a fashion darling — a muse for Dior — who made headlines with her pixie haircut. ("That was the weirdest thing that ever happened to me," she recently told Jon Stewart.)

The 23-year-old actress "is not only talented and beautiful, but comes off as incredibly intelligent, genuine, funny and well-spoken in her public appearances and interviews," writes Kristi Runyan of The Derrick and The News-Herald Newspapers in Oil City, Pa. "It's refreshing to see a young woman not squandering her talent and success by succumbing to the temptations many do in Hollywood and who actively speaks about the ridiculous behavior of some of her peers."

VIDEO: Jennifer Lawrence Talks About American Hustle on Good Morning America

Jennifer Lawrence discusses "American Hustle" and what happened after her Oscar moment with the iconic actor., Jack Nicholson on Good Morning America.