![]() Ball is an exquisite action director) uses his capital for passion projects or franchise plays and/or whether or not Fox goes ahead with the two prequels that have been released or will be released in book stores next year. All that matters at this point is whether or not the surprisingly talented Wes Ball (Mr. We're already getting a Maze Runner: The Death Cure in February of 2017, which the third and final book in the series. Sadly this one will be a fan's only affair going forward. It's closer to the Divergent franchise, which ironically was my chief critical complaint with this second installment. So yeah, it's definitely a hit, but it might play more like a conventional young adult fantasy installment as opposed to the really leggy original that played nine weekends before it dipped below 50% on a weekend-to-weekend basis. The better news is that the film already debuted overseas last weekend and has already earned $73.6m overseas as of today, for a strong $108m worldwide cume. But they did have 270 PLF screens, which made up 9% of the overall gross. Also of note, Fox doesn't have the IMAXscreens this time out, as they are all devoted to Everest which is getting a week-long "sneak preview" release in the large-format screens before going wide next week. Its multiplier (2.75x) wasn't overly worse than the first film's 2.9x weekend multiplier. But that's a hearty budget increase, so merely doing the same as last time or over/under the last film will only count as "pretty darn good" as opposed to "super-duper awesome." To be fair it has a larger scale and scope than the first film which mostly took place on a deserted island and within the monstrous iron maze of death. Now The Scorch Trials, which is again directed by Wes Ball and again stars Dylan O'Brien , cost $61m to produce. All of this came with a budget of just $34m. To wit, The Maze Runner earned strong reviews and nabbed a $32.5 million domestic debut on its way to a $102m domestic total and whopping $340m worldwide cume. That compares to the $32.5m opening weekend of The Maze Runner last September. So the bad news is that, with a likely $30m weekend, Maze Runner part 2 of 3 is doing a little worse than Maze Runner part 1 of 3.īut considering that The Maze Runner did pretty darn well last year, that's not exactly a loss. And yes, 20th Century Fox's Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials earned $30.3 million in its debut weekend. Maze Runner 2 basically plays exactly like Maze Runner 1. The original was well-reviewed, well-liked, and had a remarkably leggy run last September. I like that we’re doing something different, and if that pisses some people off, then I like it even more.That Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials didn't break out as big as I hoped is a judgment on my own optimism, not the film's actual performance. I really thought that Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials would open on a genuine uptick compared to its predecessor. No one wants to see the same movie for the rest of their lives. “Everything is so one-sided and done one way. “We’re so stuck in our ways as a society, especially in Hollywood,” she said in response to confused critics. Kaya Scodelario welcomes the sequel’s genre variety, and hopes it isn’t just a single occurrence. Our audience from last year has grown up a little bit, so they need a little bit more of a grown-up movie.” Thomas Brodie-Sangster added, “It’s giving teens the respect they deserve.” “They want things that are as dangerous and as scary as they can get, and still be allowed to go see the movie. “With YA, we gotta keep finding things that are original,” said producer Wyck Godfrey of surprising viewers, pointing to his three teenage sons. Ball said he wasn’t directing particularly for the (pre)teenage ticketholder - “I certainly didn’t make it as a YA thing, I just made it as a movie, and young people are in it,” he said - and the film just barely escaped its initial R-rating (it is rated PG-13).
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