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Catching Fire Takes Theaters By Storm

Have any of you seen The Hunger Game's second movie Catching Fire? If any of you went to the premiere or the midnight showing, props to you! I still have yet to go myself, as I am waiting for the long lines to die down so the theaters won't be as crazy with die-hard fans and parents who were dragged along to pay for the tickets and movie theater popcorn. But here are some interesting stats about Catching Fire that have raised since the movie was aired in theaters on November 22, 2013.

Stats:
  • Paul Dergarabedian, an analyst for the box office tracking firm Rentrak, believes Catching Fire may be placed in the top movies of all time category, which includes: Lord of the Rings, all the Harry Potter movies, the Twilight Saga, etc. 
  • Catching Fire is supposedly going to surpass The Hunger Games by a huge difference in the amount of money it has earned
      • The Hunger Games: earned about $700 million worldwide
      • Catching Fire earned $25.3 million on the opening day and is still increasing
  • The first film got an 84% positive critical review, while Catching Fire is already at a 94%
  • There is a love triangle between 3 characters that revolves around lust, romance, and betrayal
  • There are many new characters introduced that fight in the 75th annual Hunger Games with Katniss and Peeta.
Now you may be thinking, what team am I on? Or what team are your peers on? I would like to say what team I am supporting, but I do not want to upset any of my readers who disagree with me, so I will claim that I am unbiased. But what team are you guys on? Team Peeta? Gale? Katniss? And are you supportive of the romance budding between Peeta and Katniss? 

I am stoked to go and see this movie soon. I'm positive it will live up to my expectations as it has for everyone else's, and it will be just as great as the first movie was. Although my favorite character had an unfortunate death in the first movie (hint hint, Cato, eaten by the wolves/dogs) I am sure I will love all the new characters introduced in Catching Fire.

If you haven't seen the movie, people are highly recommending it, so go out and see it in your local theater soon!






data taken from these sites:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/11/21/hunger-games-catching-fire/3456911/
http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/11/catching_fire_earns_25_million.html

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