The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Passes $300 Million Globally

Compared to last year, when there were a handful of billion dollar movies and The Hunger Games, the year’s #3 movie at the domestic box office, generated more than $400 million here in the U.S., it’s felt like a fairly slow year at the box office.Of course, a surprisingly strong November and December, with Thor: The Dark World, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug could help change those perceptions significantly, and that seems to be what’s happening. Not only did The Hunger Games: Catching Fire apparently surpass the massive $152.5 million opening weekend of its predecessor in the U.S., but it’s already generated more than $300 million at the global box office, according to Deadline‘s weekend estimates.$307.7 million, in fact, which means that unless Deadline’s numbers are fairly off, the film will have no problem crossing that $300 million threshold for its opening weekend, even if it does make a little less than expected.