"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" named top earner at 2013 box officeJanuary 11, 2014 - 18:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" celebrates a milestone. The sequel to 2012's "The Hunger Games" beats "Iron Man 3" to become the top earner at domestic box office. The Jennifer Lawrence starrer has collected $409.4 million, while the Robert Downey Jr.-led flick garnered $409 million, AceShowbiz said. The Francis Lawrence-directed pic marks the first time a film headlined by a woman finished first in the domestic year-end list, since "The Exorcist" in 1973 although Linda Blair's and Ellen Burstyn's roles in the vintage film were on par with the priest characters portrayed by actors Max von Sydow and Jason Miller. Additionally, it's the first time since 2008 that a non-3D title ruled the yearly domestic chart. Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer says, "The success of 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' is a testament to the vision of author Suzanne Collins, the sure hand of director Francis Lawrence, the brilliant performances of a remarkably talented cast led by the amazing Jennifer Lawrence, and superb execution by our motion picture production, marketing and distribution teams." In the worldwide year-end list, "Catching Fire" sits at the third place with $832.8 million while "Iron Man 3" still at the top spot with over $1.2 billion and "Despicable Me 2" at the runner-up place with $921.2 million globally. Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |