"Mockingjay," the final film installment of the blockbuster book series, "The Hunger Games," will be split into two parts, with the movies to be released in 2014 and 2015, the Lionsgate studio said on Tuesday.?Lionsgate, a unit of Lions Gate Entertainment, said "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1" will hit theaters on November 21, 2014, and "Part 2" on November 20, 2015.

"The Hunger Games" film franchise is based on a best-selling science-fiction trilogy by author Suzanne Collins and follows the story of rebel heroine Katniss Everdeen, who tries to fight the oppressive regime ruling the nation of Panem.

The first film, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth, smashed box office records with its release in March and has became a pop culture hit with ticket sales of $678 million worldwide.

The second installment of the film, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," is set for release on November 23, 2013 and will be directed by Francis Lawrence.

The splitting of the final film into two parts follows the pattern of the "Harry Potter" and "Twilight" franchises, which were also in two parts and released roughly a year apart from each other.

滬江娛樂快訊：《暮光》系列之后再掀青少年電影高潮的《饑餓游戲》在票房上大放異彩，這讓片方獅門公司賺得盆滿缽滿。日前獅門宣布將《饑餓游戲》最終篇章《饑餓游戲：自由幻夢》（The Hunger Games: Mockingjay）分為上下兩部，分別在2014年11月21日和2015年11月20日上映。而該系列的第二部《饑餓游戲：火星燎原》之前已確定于2013年11月23日上映。

獅門的做法與此前《暮色4：破曉》與《哈利·波特與死亡圣器》如出一轍?！娥囸I游戲》作為今年北美第一部引發(fā)現(xiàn)象級觀影熱潮的影片，狂收4.044億美元的票房，全球票房也高達6.78億美元。將第三部《饑餓游戲：自由幻夢》分為上下兩集，也是獅門影業(yè)希望能夠最大限度攫取利潤的手段之一。

《饑餓游戲》改編自美國作家蘇珊·柯林斯同名三部曲小說。