
Sophomore outing struggles a bit domestically in the box office
by MICHAEL HINMAN
May-19-2013 - No Comments
Is this genius for Lionsgate, or a disaster waiting to happen?
Lionsgate has not had a lot of luck competing with the big studios in terms of box office dollars in recent years. But with "The Hunger Games" already pulling in $300 million domestically, the studio is looking for this to be the start of something good. So good, in fact, that it not only wants t ...
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