Marketing for the action sequel Insurgent will have you believe that it is a worldwide phenomenon but in fact the first film had a lukewarm commercial response at $290 million, outgrossed by the less hyped and far less expensive The Maze Runner ($340 million), and was mainly reliant on the US box-office. Critics particularly picked up on the unoriginality of the film, drawing major similarities to the far more popular Harry Potter, Matrix and Hunger Games franchises. Insurgent, under the new leadership of RIPD’s Robert Schwentke, may not succeed in fooling audiences once more.
US:
- Insurgent – Director: Robert Schwentke – $52.3 million
- Cinderella – Kenneth Branagh – $35 million
- Run All Night – Jaume Collet Serra – $5 million
- The Gunman – Pierre Morel – $5 million
- Kingsman: The Secret Service – Matthew Vaughn – $4.6 million
UK:
- Home – Tim Johnson – £6 million
- Insurgent – Robert Schwentke – £2.9 million
- The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – John Madden – £0.6 million
- Focus – Glenn Ficarra, John Requa – £0.5 million
- The Gunman – Pierre Morel – £0.4 million
By no means a disappointment, Insurgent’s takings are actually slightly down from its previous instalment ($54 million) and is nowhere near the blockbusting triumph of Catching Fire, whose financial success this is desperately trying the replicate. While Cinderella keeps up its money making, the rip-off-of-Taken-from-the-director-of-Taken The Gunman has flopped despite boasting the cast of Sean Penn, Idris Elba and Javier Bardem. In the UK, animated adventure Home has had a surprisingly profitable opening and easily surpassed Insurgent. This week I’ve scored 4/10.
US:
- Home – Tim Johnson
- Get Hard – Etan Cohen
- Insurgent – Robert Schwentke
- Cinderella – Kenneth Branagh
- While We’re Young – Noah Baumbach
UK:
- Cinderella – Kenneth Branagh
- Home – Tim Johnson
- Insurgent – Robert Schwentke
- Get Hard – Etan Cohen
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – John Madden
Theo James, Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller in Insurgent, this week’s US number one.
The characters of Rihanna and Jim Parsons in Home, this week’s UK number one.
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