Every Hunger Games Movie: Critics vs Audience #shorts

Every Hunger Games movie, critics vs audience, from the 2012 original to The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, before The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping opens on November 20 (US release date on its Rotten Tomatoes page). Critics = Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer. Audience = the Rotten Tomatoes audience score (Popcornmeter) exactly as each page shows it: for the four older films it comes from all audience ratings, for The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes from verified ratings.

The receipts (Rotten Tomatoes, all read November 13, 2026):
- The Hunger Games (2012): critics 85% (317 reviews: 268 liked, 49 didn't), audience 81% (250,000+ ratings) - https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hunger_games
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013): critics 90% (294 reviews: 265 liked, 29 didn't), audience 89% (250,000+ ratings) - https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hunger_games_catching_fire
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014): critics 70% (302 reviews: 211 liked, 91 didn't), audience 71% (100,000+ ratings) - https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hunger_games_mockingjay_part_1
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015): critics 70% (292 reviews: 204 liked, 88 didn't), audience 66% (100,000+ ratings) - https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hunger_games_mockingjay_part_2
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023): critics 64% (243 reviews: 155 liked, 88 didn't), audience 89% (2,500+ verified ratings) - https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hunger_games_the_ballad_of_songbirds_and_snakes
- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026): no critic reviews and no audience score yet on November 13 - https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hunger_games_sunrise_on_the_reaping

Scores move over time; these are the numbers on the pages on the date above. We report published scores only: we haven't seen these films and don't pretend to.

Footage: official trailers from Lionsgate Movies and LionsgateFilmsUK, used for commentary. No film audio is used.
Music: "Duty Calls" by Rod Kim (YouTube Audio Library).

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