As expected, The Hunger Games is a huge box-office hit. As in, really huge.

The first film in the much-anticipated Katniss Everdeen franchise brought in $155 million over the weekend, making it the No. 1 movie in America and the film with the third-biggest opening weekend of all time.

Jennifer Lawrence, hitting a box-office bulls eye. (Murray Close - Associated Press)

And thats only one of the designations that can now be assigned to The Hunger Games courtesy of its mega-revenue over the past few days.

Lets look more closely at some of its accomplishments in numerical terms, shall we?

The Hunger Games sits at No. 3 on the list of all-time biggest opening weekends.

When considered with no adjustment for inflation, The Hunger Games is in third place on this list, according to Box Office Mojo, right behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (at No. 1, with $169.1 million) and The Dark Knight (at No. 2, with $158.4 million). Its also the only movie in the top 10 releases on that list that isnt a sequel.

The Hunger Games also had the biggest midnight opening ever for a non-sequel.

Ticket sales for the Thursday night/early Friday screening brought in $19.74 million, giving it the seventh-biggest midnight debut of all time, behind various Harry Potter and Twilight sequels.

The Hunger Games is off to a much stronger start than either the Harry Potter or Twilight films.

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‘The Hunger Games’ opens with $155 million: A look at its box-office success by the numbers