Just over a month after The Hunger Games prequel opened in theaters, Lionsgate has announced that the film will be released on Premium Video on Demand (PVOD) in the U.S. on December 19. It will Within a month of its run, the movie has now grossed $300 million globally, helping push the Hunger Games films to a combined worldwide gross of $3 billion. While its numbers pale in comparison to The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: release date and plot for Hunger Games prequel The new film is set 64 years before the events of the main series. Lionsgate/ YouTube The upcoming film takes place 64 years before Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) volunteered as tribute in The Hunger Games, and decades before Snow became the tyrannical President of Panem. The latest release in the blockbuster franchise based on the novels by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes takes place 64 years before Katniss Everdeen volunteered Fans will finally get the chance to venture back into the Hunger Games cinematic universe with the prequel film, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which officially releases in theaters today.But When is 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes' theater release date? "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes" will have a live IMAX fan event in select theaters on Nov. 13. Apr 28, 2022 11:15 pm. The Hunger Games prequel film The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will be released in theaters on November 17, 2023. Revealed at CinemaCon 2022, the prequel story will be V6GR3.