"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" lights up the box office with $161 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales.<br/> <br />That makes it the second-largest seller at movie theaters for 2013 during an opening weekend.<br/> <br />It's the sequel to the 2012 blockbuster "The Hunger Games."<br/> <br />The New York Times writes, "It's largely satisfying as far as screen adventures go, and comes fully loaded with special effects and action scenes, and embellished with the usual brand-name character actors."<br/> <br />The movie is based on a series of novels.<br/> <br />It stars Jennifer Lawrence as the heroine playing a skilled archer who becomes a symbol of hope for an oppressed society.
