Is The Hunger Games a good series?

Despite being over a decade old, Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games remains one of the best YA series of all time. It’s been over a decade since Suzanne Collins published the first book in The Hunger Games trilogy, but Katniss’ story remains beloved and relevant even today.

Why was Hunger Games so successful?

The Hunger Games books were giant best-sellers, and the movie adaptations were blockbusters. Together, the two series kicked off the YA dystopian boom of the late 2000s. They became a pop culture shorthand for stories of inequality and scarcity. They created slogans that were used in actual protest movements.

Was The Hunger Games a best seller?

When “The Hunger Games” was released, in 2008, it became an instant best seller. Two more books followed, and the trilogy was translated into 54 languages, with more than 100 million copies in print, and remained on The New York Times best-seller list for more than five consecutive years.

What happened to the first Hunger Games movie?

Gary Ross directed the first film (The Hunger Games), and despite initially stating otherwise on April 10, 2012, Lionsgate announced that Ross would not return to direct the sequel.

How many Hunger Games movies are there in total?

The Hunger Games (film series) The Hunger Games film series consists of four science fiction dystopian adventure films based on The Hunger Games trilogy of novels, by the American author Suzanne Collins.

Is the Hunger Games movie based on a true story?

The Hunger Games (film) The Hunger Games is a 2012 American dystopian science fiction-adventure film directed by Gary Ross and based on Suzanne Collins’s 2008 novel of the same name.

Will there be a Hunger Games prequel movie?

A prequel film titled The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, based on the novel of the same name, is currently in development. The Hunger Games is the 21st-highest-grossing film franchise of all time, having grossed over US$2.97 billion worldwide.