article_snippet.sent: The Hunger Games film franchise has grossed over $2 billion after three movies - and the final chapter is due out at the end of the year.
article_snippet.sent: Before that, the Twilight saga managed $3.3 billion over five films from 2008.
article_snippet.sent: When it comes to Hollywood's primary concern - banking a major box office - a series or superhero adaptation is largely seen as a surefire success, in a benchmark set in the early 2000's by Harry Potter and The Lord Of The Rings, and followed by The Pirates Of The Caribbean and Spiderman.
article_snippet.sent: However, while original screenplays and independent projects are being edged out and overlooked as a result, there is still a small group of stars considered capable of pulling people into theaters in droves.
article_snippet.sent: And, despite a shaky return once the series wrapped up, with the disappointing performances of The Adjustment Bureau, Margaret, Invictus, Green Zone, We Bought a Zoo and Promised Land
article_snippet.sent: End-of-the-world blockbuster Elysium became a big movie for Sony in 2013, not just for End-of-the-world blockbuster Elysium global takings of $286 million, but for being an original screenplay - a follow-up to Neill Blomkamp's sleeper hit District 9 - and not an adaptation.