CREDIT: Murray Close The newest installment of the Hunger Games film reaped in the biggest opening day box office sales of the year on Thursday. The $17 million Mockingjay drew in from North American audiences solidifies the series’ place in Hollywood history — although its grisly plotline is one few would have pegged for such mass appeal. Part of its success might have to do with a hunger for the news among young people to make sense of a world — without having to pick up a newspaper. The Hunger Games series reflects on major issues of our times...
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