'Hunger Games' prequel film shows strong ROI

The Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Snakes and Songbirds, earned $300 million worldwide. This impressive result was achieved just a month after the film's release on November 17. The budget for the film was $100 million.

The prequel's plot focuses on the early life of Coriolanus Snow, the future ruler of Panem, the protagonist of the original Hunger Games series. In the film, he acts as a mentor to Lucy Gray Baird, one of the participants in the Hunger Games.

The project was directed by Francis Lawrence, the creator of previous films in the franchise. The cast includes Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Viola Davis, Hunter Schaefer and many others.