4 out of 6

The number of all-time opening weekends now held by films based on children’s and young-adult novels written by women. Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games ($155M) joins the top ranks. The other top three include J.K. Rawling’s Harry Potter finale ($169.2M), and Stephenie Meyer’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($142.8M) and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn ($139M).

(ALSO: All-TIME 100 Movies)

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