Highest-grossing dystopian book movie adaptation
- Who
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
- What
- 864,868,047 US dollar(s)
- Where
- Not Applicable
- When
- 03 April 2014
Dystopian plots have become a popular theme in young adult fiction in recent years, with more books in this genre being picked up and given the big-screen treatment than ever before. The most successful in terms of global box-office ticket sales to date is The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013, USA), based on the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins (USA). Debuting on 22 November 2013, the movie screened until 3 April 2014, by which time it had grossed $864,868,047 (£519.8 million) worldwide, according to The-Numbers.com.
As of April 2016, this makes Catching Fire the 44th highest-grossing movie of all time, according to The-Numbers.com.