Hunger Games Star Scores Payday,With a record-breaking worldwide weekend haul of more than $214 million, The Hunger Games ' prospects seem anything but anemic -- not just for the franchise but also for stars Jennifer Lawrence , Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth . Its domestic gross of $152.5 million ranks only behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and The Dark Knight in all-time opening weekends, which should also mean a big financial windfall for its three stars. Although Lawrence was paid only $500,000 to play Katniss Everdeen in the film, she is set to receive "escalators," bonuses that kick in when the movie crosses certain box-office thresholds (which by all accounts it already has crossed). She stands to bring in more than $1 million by the time the film finishes its theatrical run and can expect greater rewards going forward. By comparison, sources say she was paid scale -- somewhere in the range of $3,000 a week -- for her breakthrough role as ...