--- description: But the film still topped the box office with $54 million title: 'Insurgent' Tops Weekend Box Office, Misses 'Divergent' Mark image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltead8fdbe19dc84b0/698784a7f887dc180ee8ab7b/insurgent1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Insurgent_ Tops Weekend Box Office but Misses _Divergent_ Mark ## Video: The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far) [Watch (HLS stream): The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far)](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/S3M25t5U.m3u8) (4:16)  _Published 2012-05-17. TIME movie critic, Richard Corliss lists his top films of the millennium (Thus Far). For the full, list go to time.com/entertainment_  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 22, 2015 9:13 PM CUT  Four (Theo James) and Tris (Shailene Woodley) in The Divergent Series: Insurgent Four (Theo James) and Tris (Shailene Woodley) in The Divergent Series: InsurgentAndrew Cooper—Lionsgate  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 22, 2015 9:13 PM CUT _Insurgent_ produced [mixed results](http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/03/22/insurgent-disappoints-somewhat-with-54-million-at-weekend-box-office/ "undefined") at this weekend’s box office. The movie, based on novelist Veronica Roth’s _Divergent_ young-adult dystopian series, came in No. 1 with $54 million in the U.S. and Canada, the _Wall Street Journal_ reports. But the figure is slightly less than the $54.6 million earned last year by its predecessor, _Divergent_. The results, while successful, raise questions about the trajectory of the four-part _Divergent_ film series. Lionsgate had hoped _Insurgent_, starring _The Fault in Our Stars_’ Shailene Woodley, would post a higher opening weekend than its predecessor, as did the second installments of _Hunger Games_ and _Twilight_. With a $120 million budget, _Insurgent_ was a more expensive film than _Divergent_, which had an $85 million budget. Meanwhile, Disney’s live-action film _Cinderella_ fell to second place with a domestic weekend gross of $34.9 million. _Cinderella_, which stars Cate Blanchett as the stepmother, had earned $70 million during its [debut](http://time.com/3745267/cinderella-liam-neeson/ "undefined") last weekend. \[[_WSJ_](http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/03/22/insurgent-disappoints-somewhat-with-54-million-at-weekend-box-office/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3753522/insurgent-box-office/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3753522/insurgent-box-office/"},"headline":"Insurgent Tops Weekend Box Office but Misses Divergent Mark","datePublished":"2015-03-22T21:13:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:20:38.330Z","description":"But the film still topped the box office with $54 million","url":"https://time.com/3753522/insurgent-box-office/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltead8fdbe19dc84b0/698784a7f887dc180ee8ab7b/insurgent1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltead8fdbe19dc84b0/698784a7f887dc180ee8ab7b/insurgent1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Insurgent","caption":"Insurgent","creditText":"Andrew Cooper—Lionsgate","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3753522/insurgent-box-office/","name":"Insurgent Tops Weekend Box Office but Misses Divergent Mark"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far)","description":"TIME movie critic, Richard Corliss lists his top films of the millennium (Thus Far). 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