Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (stylized onscreen simply as The Scorch Trials) is a 2015 American dystopianscience fiction film based on James Dashner's novel The Scorch Trials, the second novel in The Maze Runner book series. The film is the sequel to the 2014 film The Maze Runner and the second installment in The Maze Runner film series. It was directed by Wes Ball, with a screenplay by T.S. Nowlin. Adding to the original film's cast of Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dexter Darden, Alexander Flores, Ki Hong Lee, and Patricia Clarkson, the new supporting cast includes Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Jacob Lofland, Barry Pepper, Rosa Salazar, Lili Taylor, and Alan Tudyk.

The plot of The Scorch Trials takes place immediately after the previous installment, with Thomas (O'Brien) and his fellow Gladers, who have just escaped from the facilities of the powerful World Catastrophe Killzone Department (WCKD), which had imprisoned them. On the run in the desert and in ruined cities, they must escape WCKD soldiers and face the perils of the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with dangerous obstacles. Filming began in Albuquerque, New Mexico on October 27, 2014, and officially concluded on January 27, 2015.

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials was released in select international territories starting September 9, 2015 in 2D, 3D, 4DX and Barco Escape, and was released on September 18, 2015, in the United States in 2D and premium large format theaters by 20th Century Fox. It was originally set to be released in IMAX, but this was cancelled, as Everest had all worldwide IMAX screens booked until the release of the film The Walk. The Scorch Trials received mixed reviews: some commended its action sequences and performances; others criticized the film for its lack of plot and character advancement. Like its predecessor, the film was a commercial success grossing $30.3 million on its opening weekend, making it the ninth-highest grossing debut in September.^[5] The film went to the number one spot at the box office during its opening weekend, and grossed $312 million worldwide.

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The concluding entry, titled Maze Runner: The Death Cure, was released on January 26, 2018.

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Plot[edit]

A mother drops off her son, Thomas, with scientist Ava Paige and troops of an organization called WCKD. Thomas and other abandoned children are placed in a walled maze in a glade as part of its scientific testing.

Years later, shortly after being rescued from the Maze, Thomas and the remaining Gladers – Teresa, Newt, Minho, Frypan, and Winston – are taken to a facility run by Mr. Janson. He says the facility is a safe haven, protecting them from WCKD, the Flare virus and the 'Cranks', and provides them supplies. Thomas becomes suspicious and investigates. With help from Aris, the first maze survivor to arrive in the facility, Thomas discovers that WCKD's leader, Ava, is still alive and that Mr. Janson is working for WCKD, when they discuss experiments on the Immunes and that Janson has yet to find the Right Arm, a resistance group located in the mountains. The group, including Aris, escapes the facility to the deserted outside world – the Scorch. Janson orders WCKD troops to track them down.^[6]

The group arrive at an abandoned shopping mall, where they encounter the Cranks, humans zombified by the Flare virus. Winston gets infected by one of them. When morning comes, they find the city in ruins and the WCKD still searching for them. Winston's infection becomes worse, forcing the others to leave him to die by suicide to prevent his transformation. While crossing the desert, Thomas wakes to discover a distant civilization. During a thunderstorm, Minho is struck by the lightning but survives. They take shelter in an abandoned facility, only to find out it is filled with chained Cranks. The group meets Brenda and Jorge, who leads a dangerous band of survivors and have used the Cranks as guard dogs. Brenda and Jorge agree to take them to the Right Arm, abandoning their group of survivors. Moments later, WCKD, led by Janson, storms the place, only for the facility to be destroyed by Jorge's explosives. Thomas and Brenda are left behind, as the rest escape with Jorge. As Thomas and Brenda escape the Cranks, Brenda is infected. Thomas experiences a flashback of when he and Teresa were formerly working for WCKD, in which Thomas tries to warn Teresa of WCKD's plans, only for the two to be separated by WCKD's troops. As Thomas and Brenda reunite with the rest of the group, Jorge interrogates Marcus, a survivor who secretly works for WCKD, into revealing the whereabouts of the Right Arm.^[6]

The group eventually arrive at the Right Arm's outpost relief camps, where other immune survivors are present. Vince, who leads the Right Arm, greets them. As Brenda's infection gets worse, Vince threatens to shoot her, only to be stopped by Mary Cooper, a former WCKD scientist who reveals that Thomas was their informant, which also helped the Right Arm in taking down WCKD's illegal major operations ever since. As Mary halts Brenda's infection using an enzyme cure, Mary explains that the enzyme can only be harvested from an Immune's body, not manufactured, and that arguments over the methods of manufacturing the cure with Ava led to Mary's departure from WCKD. That evening, Teresa tells WCKD of her location, believing that WCKD's motivations are good, leading to an ambush by WCKD, where Ava and Janson arrive and confront the Right Arm. Janson shoots Mary dead, while WCKD troops capture survivors for experimentation, including Minho. After Thomas and the Right Arm fend the WCKD troops off, Ava, Janson and Teresa retreat with their captured survivors. With only a fraction of survivors left at the site, Thomas plans an infiltration into WCKD.^[6]

Cast[edit]

• Dylan O'Brien as Thomas
• Kaya Scodelario as Teresa
• Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Newt
• Dexter Darden as Frypan
• Nathalie Emmanuel as Harriet
• Giancarlo Esposito as Jorge
• Alexander Flores as Winston
• Aidan Gillen as Janson
• Ki Hong Lee as Minho
• Jacob Lofland as Aris
• Barry Pepper as Vince
• Rosa Salazar as Brenda
• Lili Taylor as Mary Cooper
• Alan Tudyk as Marcus (credited as 'Blondie')
• Patricia Clarkson as Ava Paige

Production[edit]

Pre-production[edit]

On October 13, 2013, almost a year before The Maze Runner's release, it was reported that Fox had started work on The Scorch Trials. It was revealed that T.S. Nowlin – who had recently worked on the Fantastic Four reboot – would adapt Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, taking over from Noah Oppenheim, with returning director Wes Ball supervising Nowlin's script.

The early development of Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials suggested to many that Fox was confident in the potential success of The Maze Runner.^[7][8] On November 19, 2014, John Paesano was confirmed to return to score the film.^[2] Creature designer Ken Barthelmey returned to design the 'Cranks' for the film.^[9]

Casting[edit]

On September 26, 2014, Aidan Gillen was cast as Janson, also known as Rat-Man.^[10] On September 30, 2014, Rosa Salazar signed on to the cast as Brenda.^[11] Within the next few days, Mud star Jacob Lofland^[12] and Giancarlo Esposito^[13] joined the cast, playing Aris Jones and Jorge, respectively. Nathalie Emmanuel was cast as Harriet, co-leader of Group B, on October 22, 2014,^[14] and Katherine McNamara as the other co-leader on December 22.^[15] On November 3, 2014, there were two additions to the cast, with Lili Taylor as Mary Cooper, a 'doctor who helps Thomas and the Gladers',^[16] and Barry Pepper as Vince, 'a survivalist who is one of the last remaining soldiers of a legendary unit called the Right Arm'.^[17]

Filming[edit]

On July 25, 2014, Ball announced at San Diego Comic-Con International that the studio wanted to start shooting in fall 2014, should its predecessor become a success when it hit theaters.^[18]

On August 31, 2014, Ball announced they were 'about nine weeks out from shooting'. He also revealed 'we are in New Mexico right now. We've got a crew and stages. We are rapidly approaching our shoot time. The sets are being built. A lot of the same crew is coming back. Most of the cast is coming back, except for the ones who were killed [in the first film]. The script is really coming along'.^[19] A week later, Ball told BuzzFeed that 'we've got stages, we've got crews coming in, Dylan [O'Brien] will be back in a few weeks, we're building sets, and the script is being written. It's a bit of a race this time because we're cautiously optimistic, but we're feeling excited we're about to do something that's way more sophisticated, way more grown up, and really set up a saga here.'^[20]

Principal photography commenced on October 27, 2014 in and around Albuquerque, New Mexico.^[10][21] Filming finished on January 27, 2015, lasting 94 days.^[22][23]

Soundtrack[edit]

Composed by John Paesano, the soundtrack was released on September 11, 2015.^[24]

Release[edit]

On August 31, 2014, Ball revealed he is hoping 'the movie will be out in about a year'.^[19] On September 21, 2014, it was announced the film would be released on September 18, 2015 in the United States.^[25] The film was released in Barco's multi-screen immersive movie format Barco Escape in across 25 countries with approximately 20 minutes of the film converted into the format.^[26] It was also released in the Dolby Vision format in Dolby Cinema in North America.^[27]

Marketing[edit]

At San Diego Comic-Con International 2014, Ball released the first piece of concept art for the film.^[28] Six stills were released on March 11, 2015.^[29][30]

The first official trailer was released on April 23, 2015, at 20th Century Fox's CinemaCon.^[31] It was not released online at the same time, but the 1 minute and 44-second teaser trailer premiered before Pitch Perfect 2 in May 2015.^[32] The trailer was released publicly on May 19, 2015.^[33] On July 10, 2015, a 30-minute sneak peek was screened at San Diego Comic Con International, with Ball, Dashner, and O'Brien also at the screening.

Home media[edit]

The Scorch Trials was released on Blu-Ray and DVD on December 15, 2015.^[34]

Reception[edit]

Box office[edit]

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials grossed $81.7 million in North America and $230.6 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $312.3 million, against a budget of $61 million.^[5]

North America[edit]

In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Black Mass and Captive, and was projected to gross $34–36 million in its opening weekend.^[35][36] It made $1.7 million from its late night screenings—55% ahead of the first film's $1.1 million—from 2,900 theaters^[37][38] and an estimated $11 million on its opening day, which is lower than its predecessor's opening day.^[39] It finished off the weekend with $30.3 million from 3,796 theaters, which is lower than its predecessor's $32.5 million (−7%) opening in 2014. Nevertheless, the film opened at No. 1 at the box office ahead of its competitor Black Mass.^[40] Premium large formats comprised $2.75 million (9%) of the opening gross from 270 PLF screens, while Cinemark XD contributed $825,000 of that figure in 87 screens.^[41] The film relied on younger audiences, with 65 percent of the audience under the age of 25 and women making up 53 percent of ticket buyers.^[40] Also noteworthy was that Fox did not release the film in IMAX format as it had with the first installment, as all IMAX screens at the time were devoted to Everest, which was receiving a week-long 'sneak preview' release in IMAX and large-format screens. But Fox did release the film on 270 PLF screens, which made up 9% of its overall gross.^[42]Deadline Hollywood reported that Fox was nevertheless happy with the result.^[41] The franchise followed a similar box-office trajectory as The Divergent Series, which dipped slightly from its first installment ($54.6 million) to second ($52.2 million).^[43] Still, both the movies proved 'the consistency of the young-adult audience,' said Paul Dergarabedian, Rentrak's senior analyst. 'They're not growing at a huge rate, but we're also not seeing a massive drop-off.'^[43] In its second weekend, the film's box office revenues fell by 53% to $14 million, slipping to third place behind Hotel Transylvania 2 ($47.5 million) and The Intern ($18.2 million). In comparison, The Maze Runner dropped 46% in its second weekend. The Scorch Trials's 10-day gross stood at $51.69 million in relation to its predecessor's $57.9 million 10-day gross.^[44]

Outside North America[edit]

Internationally, The Scorch Trials was released in a total of 76 countries.^[45] It was released overseas a week before it opened in the U.S., and earned $26.7 million in its opening weekend from 21 markets in 5,586 screens and in all markets, outperforming its predecessor. It debuted at second place at the international box office, behind Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.^[46] In its second weekend, it expanded to 41 additional markets and earned a total of $43.2 million from 12,699 screens in 66 markets, opening at No. 1 in 34 of the 41 markets as well as topping the international box office charts.^[47] In South Korea, it had the biggest opening for Fox of 2015 with $7.2 million from 804 screens. That's 41% higher than its predecessor's opening.^[47] France posted the highest opening for the film with $8.5 million followed by South Korea ($7.2 million) Russia and the CIS ($5.2 million), the United Kingdom, Ireland and Malta ($4.9 million), and Mexico ($4.4 million).^[45][47][48] In terms of total earning, its largest market outside of the U.S. are France ($25 million), South Korea ($19 million) and the United Kingdom ($13.2 million).^[49] It opened in China—its last market—on November 4^[45][50] and grossed an estimated $19.77 million on 4,945 screens in its five opening weekend ($14.6 million over three days) which is 60% above its predecessor's opening.^[51][52] It has grossed a total of $29.5 million in China making it the biggest market for the film, followed by France ($25.3 million) and South Korea ($19 million).^[49]

Critical response[edit]

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials received mixed reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 46%, based on 145 reviews, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The website's critical consensus states, 'Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is an action-packed sequel at the cost of story, urgency, and mystery that the original offered.'^[53]Metacritic gives the film a score of 43 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'.^[54] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of 'B+' on an A+ to F scale.^[55]

The main criticisms of the film were its narrative, particularly its changes from the source material, and lack of character development.^[56][57]Forbes said the film suffered from 'middle movie syndrome', claiming that it did not offer an introduction nor a finale.^[58]The Wrap stated that, 'it doesn't offer much plot or character development'.^[59] Stephen Kelly of Total Film said, 'Scorch Trials ambitiously opens up its world with mixed results: gripping action, so-so script.'^[60] Walter Addiego of the San Francisco Chronicle said, 'there's lots of eye candy, and the pace is fast, but somehow the movie falls short.'^[61]

Some critics considered it to be an improvement over its predecessor, highlighting its action sequences and performances.^[62][63] John Williams of The New York Times wrote, 'the many chases and ludicrous narrow escapes offer respectable doses of adrenaline',^[64] and Brian Truitt of USA Today said, 'Maze Runner's action, suspense and twists give movie fans of all ages a chance to embrace their inner on-the-run teenager.'^[65] Rafer Guzman of Newsday said, 'the teen dystopian franchise continues to play rough, and now even rougher, with satisfying results.'^[66] Bilge Ebiri of Vulture said 'essentially, The Scorch Trials makes up for the humdrum Apocalypse of its first half by going a little bonkers in its second.'^[67]

Accolades[edit]

Sequel[edit]

In March 2015, it was confirmed that Nowlin, who co-wrote the first and wrote the second film, has been set to adapt the third book, The Death Cure.^[70] Ball confirmed that, if he returns to direct, the film will not be split into two films.^[71] On July 9, 2015, it was revealed that filming is set to begin in February 2016.^[72] On September 16, 2015, it was confirmed that Ball would return to direct the third film.^[73]

Filming was scheduled to start in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on March 14, 2016. Following lead Dylan O'Brien's severe accident on set,^[74] it was later rescheduled to film between March and June 2017 in South Africa for a January 26, 2018 release.^{[75][76][77][78]}

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External links[edit]

• The Scorch Trials on IMDb
• Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials at Box Office Mojo
• Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials at Rotten Tomatoes
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The Maze Runner is a 2014 American dystopianscience fictionactionthriller film directed by Wes Ball, in his directorial debut, based on James Dashner's 2009 novel of the same name. The film is the first installment in The Maze Runner film series and was produced by Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, and Lee Stollman with a screenplay by Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers, and T.S. Nowlin. The film stars Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Aml Ameen, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Will Poulter, and Patricia Clarkson. The story follows sixteen-year-old Thomas, portrayed by O'Brien, who awakens in a rusty elevator with no memory of who he is, only to learn he's been delivered to the middle of an intricate maze, along with a large number of other boys, who have been trying to find their way out of the ever-changing labyrinth — all while establishing a functioning society in what they call the Glade.

Development of The Maze Runner began in January 2011 when Fox purchased the film rights to Dashner's novel with film studios Temple Hill Entertainment and TSG Entertainment.^[3]Principal photography began in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on May 13, 2013 and officially concluded on July 12, 2013.

The Maze Runner was released on September 19, 2014 in the United States by 20th Century Fox. Critics considered it to be better than most young adult book-to-film adaptations. The film topped the box-office during its opening weekend with a $32.5 million debut, making it the seventh-highest grossing debut in September. The film earned over $348 million worldwide at the box-office, against its budget of $34 million.

A sequel, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, was released on September 18, 2015 in the United States. A third and final film, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, was released on January 26, 2018.

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Plot[edit]

A teenager wakes up inside an underground elevator with no memory of his identity. A group of male youths greet him in a large grassy area called the 'Glade' enclosed by tall stone walls. The boys ('Gladers') have formed a rudimentary society, with each assuming specialized tasks. Their leader, Alby, says that every boy eventually recalls his name but not his past. The boy learns that a vast Maze surrounding them is the only way out. During the day, designated Runners search the Maze for an escape route, returning before nightfall when the entrance closes. No one has ever survived a night in the Maze.

While in a competition with another boy named Gally, the boy suddenly remembers his name: Thomas. The next day, he is attacked by Ben, a Runner who has been stung and left delirious by a Griever – deadly techno-organic creatures that roam the Maze at night. Ben is forced into the Maze and left to die, as there is no cure for his condition. Alby and Minho, the lead Runner, later retrace Ben's steps inside the Maze. Minho reappears at dusk dragging Alby, who is stung, but they are unable to reach the closing entrance in time. Thomas runs into the Maze to help, leaving all three trapped. Thomas lures a Griever into a closing passageway, causing it to be crushed. The trio manages to survive the night, returning the next morning.

The first-ever girl arrives in the elevator, with a note saying that she is the last one to enter the Glade. She recognizes Thomas, though he cannot remember her. Thomas, Minho, Frypan, Winston, and Zart enter the Maze, locate the Griever corpse, and remove a beeping mechanical device from inside it. Gally claims Thomas has jeopardized the fragile peace between the youths and the Grievers and wants him punished, but Newt, the group's second-in-command, instead designates Thomas as a Runner. Minho shows Thomas a hand-constructed model of the Maze based on previous exploration. The Maze's numbered sections open and close in a regular sequence. Thomas realizes that the device corresponds to a section within the Maze.

The girl, Teresa, has two syringes filled with an unknown substance. One is used on Alby, and he recovers from the Griever sting. Minho and Thomas venture back into the Maze with the device and discover a possible exit. A laser then scans the two, and the exit closes. Thomas and Minho start to run away as traps activated by lasers nearly kill them. That night, the Maze entrance does not close while others open, letting Grievers pour in. A massacre ensues as the Gladers struggle to fight back or hide. Alby, Zart, Clint, and several others are killed.

Afterwards, Gally punches Thomas and blames him for everything that happened. Thomas, who has been having disconnected memory flashes since arriving, stabs himself with a severed Griever stinger in an attempt to revive his memory. The others inject him with the last anti-venom. Unconscious, he recalls that he and Teresa worked for the organization that created the Maze, W.C.K.D.; the boys unknowingly have been test subjects for an experiment. Thomas awakens and shares this information with Newt, Minho, Chuck, and Teresa. Thomas then reveals himself and Teresa, confessing that they worked with W.C.K.D. and studied the boys for years.

Meanwhile, Gally has taken command and intends to sacrifice Thomas and Teresa to the Grievers to restore peace. However, several Gladers form a group and free them. They then approach the Maze in an attempt to find an escape, while Gally and a few others refuse to leave. Fighting Grievers as they go, Jeff and several other Gladers are killed. The Gladers eventually enter a laboratory strewn with corpses. In a video recording, a woman named Ava Paige explains that the planet has been devastated by a massive solar flare, followed by a pandemic of a deadly virus called the Flare. The teens learn that they were part of an experiment studying for a cure. Paige is seen shooting herself on the screen as the lab is attacked by armed men.

Gally suddenly appears with a gun. Having been stung by a Griever, he insists they must stay in the Maze and aims at Thomas, but is pierced through the chest by Minho's spear, but not before Chuck is fatally shot. Masked armed men then rush in and take the rest of the group to a helicopter. It flies over a vast desert wasteland and approaches a ruined city. The scene ends with the supposedly-dead scientists meeting in a room. Paige notes that the experiment is successful; the survivors are now entering Phase Two.

Cast[edit]

• Dylan O'Brien as Thomas, the last male to enter the Glade
• Kaya Scodelario as Teresa, the first and only female Glader
• Aml Ameen as Alby, the first male to enter the Glade and the leader of the Gladers
• Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Newt, second-in-command of the Gladers
• Ki Hong Lee as Minho, the head runner
• Will Poulter as Gally, the muscle of the Gladers.
• Patricia Clarkson as Ava Paige, the Head of W.C.K.D.
• Blake Cooper as Chuck, a very young Glader
• Dexter Darden as Frypan, a cook
• Jacob Latimore as Jeff
• Chris Sheffield as Ben, a runner
• Joe Adler as Zart
• Randall D. Cunningham as Clint
• Alexander Flores as Winston
• Don McManus as Masked Man, an armed soldier who rescues the Gladers

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

In an interview with Collider, director Wes Ball stated he had made a 3Dcomputer-animatedscience fictionpost-apocalypticshort film, titled Ruin, which he intended to use in order to gain access to Hollywood. He presented the short in 3D to 20th Century Fox. The studio initially considered a film adaptation of the short film, as it had the same tone of The Maze Runner novel they already planned to bring to the screen. Ball was then offered the chance to direct the novel adaptation.^[4]

Pre-production[edit]

Creature designer Ken Barthelmey designed the monsters called Grievers for the film.^[5]

Casting[edit]

For the role of Teresa, Kaya Scodelario was Ball's first choice as she was 'fantastic' and because he loved her in the TV show Skins. Dylan O'Brien, the lead role, was initially rejected by Ball. Ball recounts, 'Dylan was actually.. I saw him early on, very early on and I overlooked him. It was a big learning experience there, because I overlooked him because of his hair. He had Teen Wolf hair and I couldn't see past that and so we were looking for our Thomas and it's a tough role to make, because he comes in as a boy and he leaves as a man, so it can't be like this badass action star that comes into this movie. It's about vulnerability up front and then he comes out of it and comes into his own and then the next movies are about the leader that emerges from the group. So finally Fox says 'We just did this movie, The Internship. There's this kid that's in this thing. He's like 20 years old. We think he's kind of got something.' So I watched his tape and was like 'Wait a minute, I've seen this kid before.' I looked him up online and there was one picture of him with a totally shaved head and it's this sweet vulnerable looking kid and I was like 'Whoa, interesting.' I said, 'Wait a minute, he's just so familiar' and I looked back at my old audition tapes, which we had thousands of, and there's Dylan. That guy I said 'No, definitely not him.' So we brought him back in and we started to talk with him and I'm like 'he's the coolest dude ever.' Blake Cooper entered the film via Twitter. Ball revealed a lot on Twitter, and many kids wanted to be Chuck. Cooper constantly bugged Ball, until Ball told him to give his tape to his casting director, and Ball was impressed by Cooper's tape and cast him.^[4]

Filming[edit]

Principal photography started in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on May 13, 2013,^[6] and officially ended on July 12, 2013.^[7]

Post-production[edit]

The film was completed in June 2014.

Soundtrack[edit]

Composed by John Paesano, the soundtrack consists of 21 tracks and was released on September 16, 2014.^[8]

Release[edit]

The film was originally set to be released on February 14, 2014.^[9] On October 5, 2013, the film was pushed back.^[10]IMAX theaters released the film on September 19, 2014.^[11]

Marketing[edit]

Eleven character cards for the film were released in July 2013. Starting in January 2014, director Wes Ball released one image from the film once a week, leading up to the film's first trailer release on March 17, 2014.^[12] A viral marketing campaign launched by 20th Century Fox began on April 16, 2014. The campaign is a website featuring the main characters while focusing on W.C.K.D, an organization in Dashner's novel series of the same name. The website has the domain wckdisgood.com.^[13]

On June 26, 2014, Dylan O'Brien tweeted that the original The Maze Runner book would be re-released with a new book cover based on the film's poster.^[14] On July 29, 2014, the second trailer for the film was released exclusively on Yahoo! Movies.^[15]

The popularity of the film has resulted in many fan projects, the most prominent being Maze Runner Chat, a podcast featuring news discussions and occasional cast interviews. The podcast is produced by MazeRunnerFans.com, a popular fan website for the series.^[16]

Reception[edit]

Box office[edit]

The film grossed $102,427,862 in North America and more than $245.8 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $348.3 million.^[17]

Prior to its release in the U.S. and Canada, box office analysts predicted the film would be a box office success, citing effective marketing, good word-of-mouth publicity and a solid release date. Preliminary reports predicted the film would open with takings of over $30–32 million in North America.^{[18][19][20][21]} According to movie ticket sale website Fandango, The Maze Runner was the biggest seller accounting for more than 50% of early tickets sales.^[22] The film was released on September 19, 2014 in the United States and Canada across 3,604 locations and over 350 IMAX theaters.^[23][24] It earned $1.1 million from Thursday night shows,^[25] and $11.25 million on its opening day.^[26] It topped the box office on its opening weekend with $32.5 million of which 9% of the gross came from IMAX theaters.^[27] Its opening weekend gross is the seventh-highest for a film released in September,^[28][29] and the 18th highest for a young-adult book adaptation.^[30] The film earned a total of $102,272,088 at the North American box office becoming the twenty sixth highest-grossing film of 2014 in the U.S. and Canada.^[31]

Outside North America, the film debuted in five countries a week prior to its North American release and earned a total of $8.3 million.^[32] The film had a similar success overseas during its wide opening second weekend earning $38 million from 7,547 screens in 51 markets. It opened in South Korea with $5.5 million which is higher than the openings of The Hunger Games and Divergent,^[33] the UK, Ireland and Malta with $3.4 million behind Gone Girl,^[34][35] and China with $14.58 million behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.^[36] Other high openings were witnessed in Russia and the CIS ($5.75 million), France ($5.2 million), Australia ($3.4 million), Mexico ($2.6 million), Taiwan ($2.2 million) and Brazil ($2 million).^[32][33][37]

It became the third highest-grossing film of all time in Malaysia for Fox (behind Avatar and X-Men: Days of Future Past).^[38][39][40]

Critical response[edit]

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes assigns the film a score of 65% based on 163 reviews, with an average rating of 5.9/10. The site's consensus states: 'With strong acting, a solid premise, and a refreshingly dark approach to its dystopian setting, The Maze Runner stands out from the crowded field of YA sci-fi adventures'.^[41]Metacritic gives the film a score of 57 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'.^[42] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of 'A-' on an A+ to F scale.^[43] According to Tim Ryan of The Wall Street Journal, critics considered the film better than most young adult book-to-film adaptations due to its 'strong performances and a creepy, mysterious atmosphere'.^[44]

Rafer Guzman of Newsday gave the film a three out of four and described it as 'solid, well crafted and entertaining'.^[45] Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com said she found the film intriguing, writing that 'it tells us a story we think we've heard countless times before but with a refreshingly different tone and degree of detail'.^[46] The Seattle Times's Soren Anderson said the film was 'vastly superior to the book that inspired it' and gave it a score of 3/4.^[47] Tony Hicks of the San Jose Mercury News was 'hooked by the combination of fine acting, intriguing premise and riveting scenery'.^[48] Matthew Toomey of ABC Radio Brisbane gave the film a grade of A−, giving praise to its intriguing premise saying that 'it held [his] attention for its full two hour running time'.^[49] Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter said it was 'consistently engaging',^[50] and Ella Taylor of Variety wrote 'as world-creation YA pictures go, The Maze Runner feels refreshingly low-tech and properly story-driven'.^[51]

Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post said 'The Maze Runner unravels a few mysteries, but it spins even more', giving it a 3/4.^[52] Stephen Whitty of the Newark Star-Ledger wrote 'it does leave you wanting to see the next installment. And that's one special effect that very few YA movies ever pull off'.^[53] Isaac Feldberg of We Got This Covered awarded the film 8/10 stars, calling it 'dark, dangerous and uncommonly thrilling', while extolling it as 'one of the most engaging YA adaptations to hit theaters in quite some time.'^[54] Rick Bentley of the Fresno Bee praised Wes Ball's direction, saying that he 'created balance between a thin but solid script and first-rate action – and he doesn't waste a frame doing it'.^[55] Bill Zwecker of the Chicago Sun-Times called it 'a well-acted and intelligent thriller/futuristic sci-fi romp'.^[56]Bilge Ebiri of New York magazine said he 'was quite riveted'.^[57]Michael Sragow of the Orange County Register gave it a grade of 'B' and said, 'Ball is deft, though, at evoking claustrophobia of every kind, whether in the open-air prison of the Glade or the actual tight spaces of the Maze. And he elicits a hair-trigger performance from O'Brien'.^[58]

Claudia Puig of USA Today said 'a sci-fi thriller set in a vaguely post-apocalyptic future must create a fully drawn universe to thoroughly captivate the viewer. But Maze Runner feels only partially formed', giving it a score of 2/4.^[59]Time magazine's Richard Corliss said 'like Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit-tentialism, but more crowded and with the musk of bottled-up testosterone'.^[60]Wesley Morris of the website Grantland said 'I think I have a touch of apocalepsy – excessive sleepiness caused by prolonged exposure to three and four-part series in which adolescents rebel against oppressive governments represented by esteemed actors'.^[61]Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film a 2.5 out of 4 rating and said 'it's bleak business, and as it hurries toward its explosive, expository conclusion, the film becomes nonsensical, too'.^[62] Film critic Ethan Gilsdorf of The Boston Globe said 'teens should eat up this fantasy's scenery-chewing angst and doom, and the hopeful tale of survival and empowerment (to be continued in the inevitable sequel or sequels)'.^[63]

Accolades[edit]

Sequels[edit]

On October 11, 2013, it was reported that Twentieth Century Fox had acquired the rights to the second book, The Scorch Trials. A screenplay was written by T. S. Nowlin, with director Wes Ball supervising the scriptwriting.^[68] The sequel was released on September 18, 2015.^[69][70] On July 25, 2014, Ball announced at San Diego Comic-Con International that filming for the sequel would commence sometime between March and May 2015, should The Maze Runner become a success when it hits the theaters.^[71] However, two weeks prior to the film's release 20th Century Fox decided to move ahead with the sequel and pre-production began in early September 2014 in New Mexico.^[72] Cast members Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki-Hong Lee and Patricia Clarkson reprised their roles for the sequel, as did director Wes Ball. It was announced that Aidan Gillen would be joining the film to play Janson ('Rat-Man'),^[73] as was Rosa Salazar who portrayed Brenda,^[74]Jacob Lofland who starred as Aris Jones,^[75] and Giancarlo Esposito who played Jorge Gallaraga.^[76]

A second sequel, Maze Runner: The Death Cure was released on January 26, 2018.

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External links[edit]

• The Maze Runner on IMDb
• The Maze Runner at Box Office Mojo
• The Maze Runner at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Maze Runner at Metacritic