is the second installment in the blockbuster film franchise, directed by Francis Lawrence and based on the novel by Suzanne Collins. Core Movie Information Release Date: November 22, 2013 (USA). Director: Francis Lawrence . Runtime: 2 hours 26 minutes. Budget: Approximately $130–140 million. Box Office: $865 million worldwide.
The genius of Catching Fire is the discovery that the 3rd Quarter Quell wasn’t a fair fight. President Snow ordered the arena to be rigged so that no one could win unless Katniss died. But Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the new Head Gamemaker, is secretly a rebel. He builds a fail-safe into the arena: the lightning tree. -CM- The Hunger Games - Catching Fire -2013- 72...