I thought this was sweet.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20771457,00.html

2013 Wrapup: Jennifer Lawrence’s Silver Linings Yearbook

The Hunger Games sequel was the first top-grossing film of the year with a female star since The Sound of Music

The 23-year-old had quite a calendar year in 2013. Her quirky romance Silver Linings Playbook, a holdover from Nov. 2012, earned $103.7 million from Jan. 1 through its journey to an Oscar-night win for Lawrence as Best Actress. Catching Fire took in $395.5 million from its opening on Nov. 22 through New Year’s Eve. And American Hustle, her second weird kind-of-comedy with writer-director David O. Russell and co-star Bradley Cooper, racked up $67.5 million in a few weeks in December. That’s a total of $566.5 million for one blockbuster and two less-than-sure things. And American Hustle, now at $105.8 million, could easily surpass $150 million before it’s done.

How impressive is Lawrence’s feat with Catching Fire? It’s damned near unique. No film that was the biggest earner in its year has had a top-billed female lead since… drum roll… 1965, when The Sound of Music with Julie Andrews was no. 1. The year before that, the highest-grossing movie was Mary Poppins, also starring Andrews. (They were the actress’s first and third films.) In the 48 years since the Rodgers and Hammerstein smash, no woman has had her name at the top-billed lead in the year’s most popular movie. (Asterisks: Kate Winslet may be the anchor of Titanic, but Leonardo DiCaprio’s name appeared before hers in the credits. And Dee Wallace, the mom in E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, was billed first, but 10-year-old Henry Thomas was the leading player.) And now J.Law has done it.

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That's interesting. I didn't realize it had been that long, especially since for quite a while Sandra Bullock had hit after hit after hit.

I wonder how they will handle Phillip Seymour Hoffman's death….

I wonder how they will handle Phillip Seymour Hoffman's death….

I read about this earlier and 2014 is complete. Only a few scenes from 2015 were not complete by PSH so they have to make very little changes.

Oh okay, I didn't know they had filmed so much already. I was thinking they were gonna have to recast/re-shoot.

My guess is Hoffman's scenes were among the first to be shot which turned out to be a good thing. I think they began filming in beginning of December.

That's interesting. I didn't realize it had been that long, especially since for quite a while Sandra Bullock had hit after hit after hit.

Jennifer Lawrence has a very good chance at doing it again this year, and can likely emerge as the top grossing film star (male or female) this year. American Hustle still isn't done at the box office, she has another film paring with Bradley Cooper coming out in the spring, X-Men: Days of the Future Past is coming out this summer, and of course the third installment of the Hunger Games franchise will be released at the end of the year.

Granted, she's part of an ensemble for most of these films, but they will all contribute to her credibility as a box office star. Her career is on fire right now, where she's not only a favourite at the box office, but also during award show season. She's in a unique position where both popcorn films and serious films are being offered to her, and she's towing the line amazingly right now.

Remember a few years ago when everyone thought Emma Stone was going to be the THE actress of her generation in Hollywood? Not only did she never live up to the hype, Lawrence came out of nowhere and surpassed in her a short amount of time.

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It's funny you should say that, I was JUST thinking about how Emma Stone really fizzled out quick. I still love her, but her career seems to have fizzled. Maybe the new Spiderman will boost it again.

http://www.theguardian.com/film/shortcuts/2014/jun/02/hunger-games-salute-fighting-oppression-thailand-panem

I guess, as expected, Lawrence was the #1 box office star this year.

Jennifer Lawrence Is The Top-Grossing Actor Of 2014

I saw this last week and loved it! Much better than the first

I saw this last week and loved it! Much better than the first

And the third.

And the third.

Aww man, that doesn't give me much hope as I was pumped for Mockingjay after the end to CF. It seemed as if they were setting things up to go bigger and move the story forward

Aww man, that doesn't give me much hope as I was pumped for Mockingjay after the end to CF. It seemed as if they were setting things up to go bigger and move the story forward

Well the third and fourth are based on the same book. I think the third was just setting up things for the big finale. It wasn't really bad. It was just setting the groundwork for the climactic conclusion.