--- description: But it still falls short from the original 'Maze Runner' debut title: 'Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials' Wins Weekend Box Office image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89159150e87a09fd/69886477196cf436e10381d1/maze-runner-the-scorch-trials.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 # _Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials_ Wins Weekend Box Office by [Devan Coggan/EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan/EW Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 20, 2015 11:27 PM CUT  Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) in "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) in "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials"Richard Foreman Jr.—Twentieth Century Fox by [Devan Coggan/EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan/EW Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 20, 2015 11:27 PM CUT A busy weekend at the box office saw a slew of new openings and some solid debuts, as _Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials_ easily won the weekend with an estimated $30.3 million. Although most expected _Scorch Trials_ to earn about $35 million, it actually fell short of the original _Maze Runner_’s $32.5 million debut. Still, it’s a strong opening for the adaptation of James Dashner’s young adult novel, which earned a B+ CinemaScore and stars Dylan O’Brien as a teenager struggling to survive in a scorched wasteland. In second place, _Black Mass_ opened to $23.4 million and a B CinemaScore. Starring Johnny Depp as the legendary Boston gangster Whitey Bulger, _Black Mass’_ debut puts it on par with other Boston crime flicks like _The Departed_, which opened to $26.9 million in 2006, and _The Town_, which opened to $23.8 million in 2010. Fifth place went to _Everest_, which opened exclusively on 3-D, IMAX, and premium screens and earned a whopping $7.6 million in only 545 locations. Based on the [true story](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/18/everest-director-baltasar-kormakur "undefined") of a 1996 disaster, _Everest_ stars [Josh Brolin](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/18/everest-josh-brolin-fear-of-heights "undefined"), Jason Clarke, and Jake Gyllenhaal and will go wide next weekend. _Everest_ also opened in 36 international territories, bringing its worldwide total to an estimated $35.8 million. M. Night Shyamalan’s _The Visit_ topped the holdovers, earning an estimated $11.4 million. The thriller’s domestic total is now at an estimated $42.3 million after 10 days. _The Perfect Guy_, which debuted in first place last weekend, came in just behind, earning $9.7 million for a domestic total of $41.4 million. This weekend’s other new wide release, the faith-based drama _Captive_, opened to an estimated $1.4 million in 800 theaters. Based on a true story, _Captive_ stars Kate Mara as a woman taken hostage by an escaped convict (David Oyelowo). At the specialty box office, _Pawn Sacrifice_, starring Tobey Maguire as chess legend Bobby Fischer, earned an estimated $206,879 in 33 theaters, while _Sicario_, starring [Emily Blunt](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/18/emily-blunt-sicario "undefined") as an FBI agent taking on the drug war, earned $390,000 in just six theaters. For _Sicario_, that’s an average of $65,000 per theater — the best so far this year._Sicario_ will go wide on Oct. 2. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/20/box-office-report-maze-runner-scorch-trials-black-mass-everest-sicario "undefined") _originally appeared at_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4041897/maze-runner-scorch-trials-black-mass-weekend-box-office/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4041897/maze-runner-scorch-trials-black-mass-weekend-box-office/"},"headline":"Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Wins Weekend Box Office","datePublished":"2015-09-20T23:27:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:05:44.063Z","description":"But it still falls short of the original Maze Runner debut","url":"https://time.com/4041897/maze-runner-scorch-trials-black-mass-weekend-box-office/","keywords":["movies","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89159150e87a09fd/69886477196cf436e10381d1/maze-runner-the-scorch-trials.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Devan Coggan/EW"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89159150e87a09fd/69886477196cf436e10381d1/maze-runner-the-scorch-trials.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) is about to make some major noise. 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