Exactly one year after Veronica Roth’s bestselling young-adult novel Divergent was brought to the screen starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ansel Elgort and Miles Teller, Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment released the sequel The Divergent Series: Insurgent, co-starring Kate Winslet, Octavia Spencer, Naomi Watts, Jai Courtney, Zoe Kravitz and more.
It grossed an estimated $21.3 million on Friday including $4.1 million from Thursday previews, both numbers lower than Divergent‘s opening last year, and according to weekend estimates, it ended up with $54 million in its first three days, just slightly below the $54.6 million grossed opening weekend by Divergent.
Internationally, the movie brought in $47 million from 76 territories with France being the top-grossing market with $5.8 million, followed by the UK with $4.5 million and Brazil with $4.2 million. Although the North American debut was down slightly, many of the other countries saw an increase from the opening of Divergent with Brazil showing the most growth, followed by France and the UK.
$5.3 million of Insurgent‘s $101 million global opening (or 5%) came from IMAX screenings with $3.6 million of that amount coming from 356 IMAX screens, accounting for 8 of the top 10 showings in North America.
