Lionsgate’s CEO has revealed that The Hunger Games has been approved for release in China!

Only 20 foreign films are approved each year for Chinese release. Reports Bloomberg:

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (LGF) won approval to release “The Hunger Games” in China, Chief Executive Officer Jon Feltheimer said, gaining access to the world’s third-biggest movie market.

“We got approved to be in China in cinema and that’s a big move for that movie,” Feltheimer said in a May 2 interview at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California.

It’ll be interesting to see how this affects the worldwide box office number. The film currently does not have a release date.