--- description: Lionsgate has confirmed The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 will be released in China on Feb. 8. title: 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1' Gets Feb. Release in China image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9cb05fa87f48cf12/6987787c0b72e3a8126dcfb5/rtr4eioz.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1_ to Open in China Next Month by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 7, 2015 4:35 AM CUT  Cast member Jennifer Lawrence poses at the premiere of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" in Los Angeles, California November 17, 2014. Cast member Jennifer Lawrence poses at the premiere of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" in Los Angeles, California November 17, 2014.Mario Anzuoni—Reuters by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 7, 2015 4:35 AM CUT _The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1_ will be released in China on Feb. 8, Lionsgate confirmed Tuesday. Set in a dystopian, totalitarian state where dissent is brutally crushed, the movie will debut on more than 4,000 screens across the world’s most populous nation, making it biggest rollout for the _Hunger Games_ franchise in China to date, according to _The Hollywood Reporter_. The film had been set to screen on Nov. 21 but was pushed back to January. Then Lionsgate announced the February release, which coincides with the Chinese New Year holiday. To promote the movie, a Chinese language trailer is being released and Jennifer Lawrence has even recorded a special greeting for _Hunger Games_ fans in Mandarin. \[[_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/official-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-761470?utm%5Fsource=twitter "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3657102/hunger-games-mockingjay-part-1-debut-china/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3657102/hunger-games-mockingjay-part-1-debut-china/"},"headline":"Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 to Open in China Next Month","datePublished":"2015-01-07T04:35:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:21:12.741Z","description":"Fans in China will have to wait until Feb. 8","url":"https://time.com/3657102/hunger-games-mockingjay-part-1-debut-china/","keywords":["movies","Jennifer Lawrence","China","release"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9cb05fa87f48cf12/6987787c0b72e3a8126dcfb5/rtr4eioz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9cb05fa87f48cf12/6987787c0b72e3a8126dcfb5/rtr4eioz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Cast member Lawrence poses at the premiere of \"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1\" in Los Angeles","caption":"Cast member Lawrence poses at the premiere of \"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1\" in Los Angeles","creditText":"Mario Anzuoni—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3657102/hunger-games-mockingjay-part-1-debut-china/","name":"Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 to Open in China Next Month"}}]}] ```