That was well ahead of Wall Street analysts consensus forecast of 21 cents.
The arrival of the new installment also energized priorHunger Gameslibrary titles, the company said in its earnings release.
Lionsgate last Novemberupped its majority stakein 3 Arts, following an initial investment in 2018.

Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth in ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes’Lionsgate
Comparisons with the year-earlier period were also daunting, as that was when the company licensedSchitts Creek.
