Millions of Teens Show a Taste for "The Hunger Games"
22 March 2012
Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in the movie 'The Hunger Games'
JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.
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I’m June Simms. On the program today, we hear about a new album from jazz musician Esperanza Spalding…
We also talk to a relationship expert…
But first, a report about a new movie that millions of book fans are hungry for.
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“The Hunger Games”
JUNE SIMMS: The book “The Hunger Games” became an international best seller following its release in two thousand eight. It was the first in a three-book series.
“The Hunger Games” appeared on the New York Times’ Best Sellers list for almost two years. Currently, there are more than twenty-three million copies in print in the United States alone. Now the book has made into a movie, which opens on Friday. Faith Lapidus has more.
FAITH LAPIDUS: More than fifteen million tickets to “The Hunger Games” were sold before the film even opened. And the ticket sales website, Fandango, says “The Hunger Games” has become its top selling movie opener of all-time. It says that, by the middle of the week, more than two thousand show times were sold out.
Jennifer Lawrence attends the world premiere of "The Hunger Games" in Los Angeles, California
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