Internationally , `` Catching Fire '' is already doing double the numbers of `` The Hunger Games , '' which pulled in $ 283.2 million overseas for a $ 691.2 million worldwide total . ` ` The Hunger Games : Catch Fire '' trounced the film 's competition . It earned an estimated $ 161.1 million . Only three films have opened higher at the box office . That sum also makes ` ` Catch Fire '' the best November debut of all time .
` ` The Hunger Games : Catch Fire '' trounced the film 's competition . It earned an estimated $ 161.1 million . Only three films have opened higher at the box office . That sum also makes ` ` Catch Fire '' the best November debut of all time .