What is the iRankMovies score for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes?

Name: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Director: Francis Lawrence
Genre: action, science-fiction
Released: 2023
Duration: 2 h 37 min
Rating: 6.6

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes has an iRankMovies score of 63.6/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)

Everyone hungers for something.

Release:2023

Runtime:2h 37m

Country:Germany

Director:Francis Lawrence

Language:English

Genre

ActionScience Fiction

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Keywords

DaughterBased On Novel Or BookArenaFightMentordystopiaRiotExploration

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.6/10· 180K votes

Rotten Tomatoes64%

Metacritic54%

TMDb7/10· 3K votes

With 64% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.6/10 on IMDb and 54/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.

Cast of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Tom Blyth
as Coriolanus Snow
Rachel Zegler
as Lucy Gray Baird
Peter Dinklage
as Dean Casca Highbottom
Jason Schwartzman
as Lucky Flickerman
Hunter Schafer
as Tigris
Josh Rivera
as Sejanus Plinth
Viola Davis
as Dr. Volumnia Gaul
Fionnula Flanagan
as Grandma’am
Burn Gorman
as Commander Hoff
Dexter Sol Ansell
as Young Coriolanus
Rosa Gotzler
as Young Tigris
Clemens Schick
as Respectable Man

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes facts

Budget: $100M
Box office: $337.4M
Collection: The Hunger Games – New Trilogy Collection

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026Methodology Data sources

Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Young adult novel adaptation maintains serious dystopian stakes and dark tone
•Battle arena concept delivers action spectacle and character survival tension
•Prequel narrative explores character origin and moral complexity effectively

What the audience disliked

•Young adult source material occasionally limits mature thematic exploration scope
•Creature encounters feel secondary to political drama development focus overall

Saga: The Hunger Games – New Trilogy Collection