--- description: The author thinks beating a big budget summer film would send a necessary message to Hollywood title: John Green Wants The Fault in Our Stars to Beat the Tom Cruise Movie This Weekend image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a70eeab96c47cd5/698695e7adae4454b254383d/fault-in-our-stars.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&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 # John Green Wants _The Fault In Our Stars_ to Beat Tom Cruise's Movie This Weekend by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2014 8:43 PM CUT  Daniella Graham—Fox 2000 Pictures/Cineplex by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2014 8:43 PM CUT John Green’s young adult novel-turned-movie will hit theaters Friday, and even though the highly anticipated film already [broke some pre-sales records](http://time.com/2819213/the-fault-in-our-stars-sales-records/ "undefined"), Green has his eyes on another target. During a [live streaming Google Hangout on Wednesday](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBoOpXOJ8ic "undefined"), the author admitted to fans that he _really_ wants to beat [Tom Cruise’s _Edge of Tomorrow_](http://time.com/2822587/edge-of-tomorrow-movie-review/ "undefined") in box-office sales this weekend. “I don’t think we have a real chance, but I think it would be really cool to beat the Tom Cruise movie that’s coming out this weekend,” Green said. “_Fault in our Stars_ cost $12 million to make—it’s a tiny, tiny movie from a Hollywood perspective—and that Tom Cruise movie cost like $185 million to make. I think it would be a really great statement if we won.” Green, who said he won’t make more money based on movie ticket sales, said that while _Edge of Tomorrow_ looks great, a low-budget book adaptation’s summer success “would be a big thing to say to Hollywood.” You can watch the live stream below. Green talks opening weekend numbers at the 30-minute mark: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2823166/john-green-tom-cruise-fault-in-our-stars-edge-of-tomorrow/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2823166/john-green-tom-cruise-fault-in-our-stars-edge-of-tomorrow/"},"headline":"John Green Wants The Fault In Our Stars to Beat Tom Cruise's Movie This Weekend","datePublished":"2014-06-04T20:43:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:13:14.704Z","description":"The author thinks beating a big budget summer film would send a good message to Hollywood","url":"https://time.com/2823166/john-green-tom-cruise-fault-in-our-stars-edge-of-tomorrow/","keywords":["movies","Box-office","film","The Fault In Our Stars","tom cruise","john green"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a70eeab96c47cd5/698695e7adae4454b254383d/fault-in-our-stars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a70eeab96c47cd5/698695e7adae4454b254383d/fault-in-our-stars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"fault in our stars","caption":"","creditText":"Daniella Graham—Fox 2000 Pictures/Cineplex","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/2823166/john-green-tom-cruise-fault-in-our-stars-edge-of-tomorrow/","name":"John Green Wants The Fault In Our Stars to Beat Tom Cruise's Movie This Weekend"}}]}] ```