The Maze Runner Trilogy Dominates Netflix Charts After Fourth Movie Announcement

“The Maze Runner” is climbing the key streaming charts at breakneck velocity. This younger grownup movie sequence is about in a dystopian future the place youngsters are uncovered to a sequence of mysterious challenges, and is predicated on the e book sequence of the identical identify by James Dashner. The Maze Runner film stars Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter, and Giancarlo Esposito.

All three movies arrived on Netflix on October ninth and instantly appeared on the highest 10 chart of most-watched films in the USA. As of this writing, 2014’s The Maze Runner is in second place (behind solely the brand new Netflix unique, The Girl in Cabin 10), 2015’s The Redemption is in fifth place, and 2018’s The Dying Treatment is in eighth place.

This unfold on the charts is to be anticipated for a binge-watching sequence, as not all viewers who plan to look at all three movies in a row have the chance to take action, so the third and closing movie is considerably behind the curve at this level.

Except for the 1995 horror comedy Casper (No. 9), the primary two Maze Runner movies are the oldest on the checklist, probably because of the Halloween season and the movie’s latest thirtieth anniversary.

The roster contains 2017’s Despicable Me 3 (No. 7), in addition to fashionable titles resembling KPop Demon Hunters (No. 3), My Father, BTK Killer (No. 4), Caramelo (No. 6), and About My Father (No. 10).

The franchise’s robust streaming efficiency comes on the heels of the announcement of the upcoming Maze Runner 4. The mission, which is in improvement as of Could 2024, is alleged to be neither a reboot nor a direct sequel, however a brand new installment set in the identical universe.

The mission does not appear to have gathered a lot traction but, however the streaming success of the unique trilogy on Netflix might assist the mission transfer ahead. This means that the movie linked nicely with fashionable audiences regardless of persistently declining field workplace receipts, and this can be why the sequence didn’t proceed past its core trilogy.

Nonetheless, the ending of Maze Runner: The Dying Treatment did not essentially must imply the top of the movie sequence. That is as a result of Dashner has written fairly a number of different books within the sequence, together with two prequels and a sequel trilogy titled The Maze Cutter, which takes place 70 years later.

Whereas the timeline of the e book makes it unlikely that the forged will proceed within the new movie, Dylan O’Brien has expressed some curiosity in reprising the function of Thomas, telling ScreenRant: [a new Maze Runner movie] If that could possibly be delivered to me,” he stated in an interview concerning the 2025 movie “Ponyboy.”

Though the sequence fizzled throughout its unique run, the renewed public curiosity in The Maze Runner, each behind the scenes and domestically, might finally revive the sequence and change into a longtime long-running sequence for younger adults in the identical manner as a few of the hottest sequence of its period, resembling The Starvation Video games and Harry Potter.