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Alan Ritchson's dystopian hit is catching fire all over again, proving the odds are ever in its favor.
Though he became a household name as the star of Prime Video's Reacher, beginning in 2022, Ritchson has also appeared in many movies, from bringing Raphael to life in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014, 2016) to standout roles in Fast X (2023), Ordinary Angels (2024), The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024), Playdate (2025), Netflix's War Machine (2026), and more. Now, a $865 million dystopian hit in which he appeared is blazing up Netflix's streaming charts in the United States.
Over a decade after its release, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) is burning up Netflix's charts. Based on the novel by Suzanne Collins, the second film in the franchise finds Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark in the Capitol's crosshairs after their victory sparks rebellion across Panem. Ritchson plays Gloss, the formidable male tribute from District 1 and a previous victor.
Now, 13 years after its release, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is No. 7 on Netflix's Top 10 movies in the United States for today, July 21. It ranks below Wicked: For Good, Desire, The Body in the Locker, The Hunger Games, Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea, The Boss Baby, and above The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, 23 000 Lives, and Voicemails for Isabelle.
Other than Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen and Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire cast also includes Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, and Donald Sutherland. It was directed by Francis Lawrence, with a script written by Simon Beaufoy and Michael deBruyn based on the 2009 novel.
At the time of its release in 2013, Catching Fire received rave reviews, resulting in a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score, with critics calling it intelligently crafted, expertly directed, and claiming that it offers a more profound examination of the series' complex themes, standing as a captivating and powerful follow-up in TheHunger Games franchise. It also has an 89% audience score.
At the box office, Catching Fire was also a big hit that grossed $865 million worldwide against its $130–140 million budget, making it the highest-grossing Hunger Games movie and the fifth highest-grossing film of 2013 behind Frozen ($1.28B), Iron Man 3 ($1.21B), Despicable Me 2 ($971M), and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ($958M).
Over a decade after its release, it looks like The Hunger Games: Catching Fire still has plenty of fuel left in the tank.
