Hunger Games: Catching Fire in Italy
Universal Pictures, one of the world’s leading producers and distributors of filmed entertainment, has acquired distribution rights in Italy to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the next installment of Lionsgate’s (NYSE: LGF) blockbuster Hunger Games franchise.
It was announced today, June 12, by Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-chairs Patrick Wachsberger and Rob Friedman.
The first film in the franchise, the global blockbuster The Hunger Games, has already grossed $400 million at the North American box office, the 14th highest-grossing film of all time, and is nearing $650 million at the worldwide box office with a nationwide launch in China later this week. (Read: Lionsgate to Release The Hunger Games in China)
[ Also Visit: RMN Company – Connecting Communities ]“We are delighted to expand our successful international partnership with Universal to Italy on this exciting franchise,” said Lionsgate international president Helen Lee Kim, who orchestrated the deal along with Wachsberger.
“We have enjoyed a productive relationship with Universal in several territories on such recent Lionsgate and Summit films as the Step Up franchise, What to Expect When You’re Expecting and The Cabin in the Woods. The Hunger Games has emerged as a truly global phenomenon, and we believe that The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will elevate the franchise to a new level of performance at the international box office.”
[ Also Read: How 3D Is Making Inroads in the Entertainment World ]The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will go into production in September and will be released worldwide on November 22, 2013.
Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms and international distribution and sales.
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