Hunger Games is breaking pre-sales records at the US box office (Video preview)

Word from the US …Just in case you hadn’t realised yet, this Hunger Games thing is going to be a pretty big deal.

It will be in our eyes; it will be in our ears; it will be in our malls; it will on some lady’s back as a full-tortso tattoo; when children scream, their voices will carry the name Peeta, as if Peeta is a ******* name; it will be everywhere.

Like Twilight before it, it’s airborne young-adult feces–particles are probably drifting into your nose and mouth all the time, right now, but you have to just kind of ignore that thought or you’ll go crazy futilely trying keep it out. And like Twilight before it, Hunger Games is breaking pre-sales records at the box office, including the records set by The Twilight Saga itself.

Fandango reports the film just had “the biggest first day advance ticketing sales in our company’s nearly 12-year history – which is especially impressive for a March release and a non-sequel.” Congratulations, Lenny Kravitz. Shhhhh.

Where the movie was shot

Fans of “The Hunger Games” are already turning up in North Carolina, seeking out places where the movie was shot, from old-growth forests to an abandoned mill town.

And the tourism industry is prepared to cash in on them, with everything from hotel packages and zip lines tours, to re-enactments of scenes from the film and lessons in survival skills.