Things You Don't Know About 'The Hunger Games' Movies, Such as the Scene Jennifer Lawrence 'Hated' & Her Massive Pay Raise

The Hunger Games movies are such solid hits that they still hold up in 2024. They’re as bingeable as ever.

However, no matter how often you’ve watched the movies, there’s still a lot that you probably don’t know about what happened behind the scenes.

Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth, the franchise tells its story across four movies.

The original run was so successful that it spawned a spinoff movie The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which premiered in 2023. Another newly announced spinoff, called Sunrise on the Reaping, was recently announced. It will arrive in theaters in 2026.

In honor of the big news, we did some digging and rustled up facts from the franchise – including details about Jennifer‘s pay and the scene she hated to film, on-set injuries, roles that almost went to other actors and the moment that resulted in damage to a sacred site – that you probably weren’t aware of.

Take a look and let us know if anything surprised you!

Scroll through the slideshow to check out 10 secrets from the set of The Hunger Games…