The Hunger Games 2012 movie poster

The Hunger Games (2012) : 16 Impressive Facts To Know About The Movie!!

The Hunger Games (2012) is an action packed Sci-fi/thriller movie directed by Gary Ross and based on the novel written by Suzanne Collins. The movie stars Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Stanley Tucci, Wes Bentley and Elizabeth Banks in the lead roles.

The Hunger Games (2012) tells the brave story of Katniss Everdeen, who voluntarily takes her younger sister’s place in the Hunger Games. Hunger games is a televised fight to the death in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of nation Panem are chosen at random to compete.

The movie was an instant blockbuster at box-office and also won several awards including a nomination of Golden Globe Award. Let’s see the interesting facts and details about movie The Hunger Games (2012).

The Hunger Games 2012 movie poster
The Hunger Games 2012 movie poster
16. Lead actress Jennifer Lawrence was paid her highest fee of that time $500,000. For the next sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), she was paid $10 million which was 20 times more than the initial offer.
Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence
15. Actor Woody Harrelson is a vegetarian in real life. In scenes where his character Haymitch is seen eating, he eats either dessert or vegetables, or just drinks.
Woody Harrelson as Haymitch
Woody Harrelson as Haymitch
14. Actors Liam Hemsworth and Jennifer Lawrence are both natural blondes. They dyed their hair brown for their roles in the film while Josh Hutcherson is naturally dark-haired. He dyed his hair blonde for his role in The Hunger Games (2012).
Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson
Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson
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13. The four-note melody that Katniss uses as her signal with Rue (and that plays at the end of most trailers) is G-Bb-A-D.
The Hunger Games 2012
The Hunger Games 2012
12. The Hunger Games (2012) is the first film in Hollywood to not be released by a big six studio (Fox, Disney, Paramount, WB, Columbia or Universal) and to gross over $400 million in the United States. 
The Hunger Games 2012
The Hunger Games 2012 


11. The fictional nation in The Hunger Games (2012) is called Panem. This is derived from "Panem et Circenses," or "Bread and Circuses,". This comes from the latter days of the Roman Empire, in which the government would keep the masses satisfied not by performing their public services well, but by providing violent and deadly entertainments for the people to watch.
Nation Panem and it's districts
Nation Panem and it’s districts
10. In the Extras on the 2 DVD edition of The Hunger Games (2012), Director Gary Ross explains, "We were under tremendous financial pressure for this movie. It's under 80 million dollars, and it's a really really big movie. Other blockbusters cost twice or three times as much."
Jennifer Lawrence and Gary Ross
Jennifer Lawrence and Gary Ross

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One thought on “The Hunger Games (2012) : 16 Impressive Facts To Know About The Movie!!”

  1. Ooh. I never considered that aspcet of Foxface’s death. How horrible would that be? That among her last thoughts would be, Well, at least these two won’t do anything bad to my body. Sadness. Now I want to give Foxface a hug again. Wonderful review. Like many, this movie and associated book series has eaten my brain and I mull it over in my head frequently. (And I’ve got a movie pass that I intend to use to watch it again, if the stars align.) Thanks, by the way, for reiterating the underlying message of children dying is bad, m’kay?’, because that’s something that has such potential to get lost in the telling of the story. How terrible of an upbringing must a Career tribute have, to be raised from an early age knowing they’re going to have to kill or be killed? Worst. Birthday parties. Ever. Augh. This series breaks my heart a little bit, each and every time I go back through it.

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