Overview

• The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes debuted on Netflix in early July 2025 and entered the platform’s Top 10 within days
• Viewers on social media have praised it as “phenomenal” and the franchise’s strongest entry to date
• The film adapts Suzanne Collins’s 2020 prequel novel and follows Coriolanus Snow as he mentors tribute Lucy Gray Baird in Panem’s 10th Hunger Games
• The ensemble cast includes Tom Blyth as the young Snow alongside Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, Peter Dinklage and Jason Schwartzman
• Originally released in late 2023, the movie grossed $349 million worldwide on a $100 million budget and holds a 64% Rotten Tomatoes score