The Hunger Games (film) not a pop song or anything. More of an anthem that could be playing at a big sporting event like the [Hunger] Games. So we did a structure for that, and then James Newton Howard made a movie-score version of it that happens in several places in the film." Arcade Fire's Panem national anthem has received strong reviews. According to "Spin", "'Horn of Plenty' pulls off the neat feat of sounding both exactly like Arcade Fire and exactly like a futuristic anthem. It still has one foot in the band's uncorrupted neighborhoods, but another is up on the podium at
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Dark Knight", as well as the first film with a female lead since 1973's "The Exorcist", to top the yearly box office. It is also the top-selling film in Fandango history, surpassing previous record-holder "Avatar". The film earned $25.3 million during Thursday late-night showings. It topped the box office on its opening day with $71.0 million (including Thursday late-night showings), which is higher than its predecessor's opening-day gross ($67.3 million) and is also the seventh largest single-day and opening-day gross. During its opening weekend, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" claimed first place with $158.1 million, opening higher than its predecessor