With “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1” arriving in theaters nationwide this weekend, the young adult series is about to become the fastest-starting movie franchise ever at the box office.
Should the first installment of the final chapter of Lionsgate’s young adult franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence top $150 million in its domestic opening this weekend — and most analysts believe it will — it would be the first time ever that the initial three movies in a series have opened north of that number. It will also beย by far the biggest debut of 2014, ahead of the $100 million summer opening of “Transformers: Age of Extinction.”