Are the "endless days" of teenage movie brands coming?

Are the "endless days" of teenage movie brands coming?

Twilight, Divergent, Hunger Games screenshots, etc., seem to have come to fruition from teenage novels.

This week, Maze Runner: The Death Cure - the last film in the Maze Runner series to officially launch a global audience. Currently, the movie is holding the box office with sales opening nearly 24 million dollars in the domestic market. Although this figure is slightly higher than the original estimate, it is very modest compared to the previous two.

Perhaps The Death Cure also made a cameo appearance in the "Hunger Games" series of Mocking jays, the last Divergent movie, and the sequel to Percy Jackson: Sea of ​​Exit. Monsters. Whether it comes from the quality of the downside of the majority of the later films, the tastes of change viewers or the fact that producers do not grasp the tastes of the new generation of audiences, it is clear that the trend The film adaptation of the current teenage novel has come to an end.

The Maze Runner and Divergent series are all set to go on sale in 2014, following the success of The Hunger Games series and Twilight Saga. According to aggregate statistics from the box office, each of the above film brands have collected more than three billion dollars.

At that time, the production team at the big film studios hoped that the adaptation of the novel for teenagers would become the trend of the future and fully able to compete directly with the superhero movie or other fiction in attracting young audiences who love romance-themed action films.

However, these film brands did not achieve full success as expected. The Twilight series ended in 2012 with five films receiving relatively poor reviews of quality and behind-the-scenes gossip. That same year, The Hunger Games series went on to win box office and received global acclaim with the huge success of the first two films (The Hunger Games and Catching Fire), bringing the character Katniss Everdeen of Jennifer Lawrence became the new hero of many young audiences.

Unlike the "little girl" Bella (Kristen Stewart) plays in Twilight, Hunger Games Katniss is a true warrior who fights for the family, for the ones who love and change the face of society. she lives. The "triple love" factor is the main theme in the Twilight also exploited in the Hunger Games but in this series, the heroine is in control of the relationship rather than simply "sit still. be the scramble object of the two boys ".

That reflects the tremendous influence of the feminist movement on the entertainment industry as more and more female characters are leading the way in big projects and have a place in the great culture. they.

Unfortunately, after the successful debut of Catching Fire, the Hunger Games brand has gradually lost its appeal to the public. The reason could be explained by Lionsgate's decision to split Mocking jay's end into two films and Hunger Games loyal viewers from the first two as well as from the pre-eminent teen series. and shifted attention to the heavier genres. The Hunger Games box office duel ended with Mocking jay: Part 2, Maze Runner and Divergent series immediately jumping into the air.

The first part of the Maze Runner series directed by Wes Ball directed and starring Dylan O'Brien - the actor impressed the audience from the hit TV series Teen Wolf was impressed with 32 million The dollar opened in the domestic market and grossed $ 348 million globally in 2014.

The film received positive reviews from A-rated critics on Cinemascore and a score of 65% on Rotten Tomatoes - an extremely positive result compared to similarly-rated films of the same genre. Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, The Host and Vampire Academy.

However, the Maze Runner brand quickly "cooled down" quickly when the following film The Scorch Trials (2015) earned only 30.3 million opening credits with B + on Cinemascore. The Scorch Trials' total sales were 36 million less than The Maze Runner and received only 46% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

The reason for this failure is attributed to the complex plot, the boring dialogue, and the lack of a unique humor from James Dashner's original novel. The negative rating clearly affected the sales of the third movie - Maze Runner: The Death Cure.