Hunger Games To Boost Lions Gate, Taylor Swift

Swift Profits: The Hunger Games will enrich a number of musicians, including Taylor Swift.

The Hunger Games debuted with a whopping $155 million at the box office in its opening weekend, trailing only the Harry Potter finale and The Dark Knight in the domestic record book.

The performance is already reverberating on Wall Street. Shares of Lions Gate Entertainment, the movie's producer and distributor, opened the trading day up 3% on assumptions that the long-awaited flick will provide a...