Despite a slew of new movies opening on Christmas Day, 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' is projected to outsell them all at the box office this weekend.
2013 was a highly successful year at the box office for blockbuster movies, including the latest installments of some of the biggest franchises in the world.
Distributor Lions Gate Entertainment Corp's shares fell as much as 8.5 percent after the 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' failed to match the sky-high expectations of some box office forecasters despite a chart-topping domestic debut.
Disney star Zendaya, Olympic gold medal gymnast Nastia Liukin, and Rutgers football star Eric LeGrand attended Subway's advanced screening of The Hunger Games.
One teenage girl and her bow and arrow become a mighty symbol for revolution in 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,' as Hollywood's reigning young adult franchise goes deeper and darker to explore the impact of violence on a community.