Maze Runner Sequel Races TO Top Of Box Office

Fox’s YA film adaptation Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials won the North American box-office race with $30.3 million from 3,796 theaters, while Johnny Depp‘s violent crime drama Black Mass delivered the actor a needed win with $23.4 million from 3,186 locations as awards season gets underway.

Scorch Trials came in just behind the first film, which debuted to $32.5 million on the same weekend a year ago. The movie also won the international box-office contest, earning another $43.3 million from 66 markets for a foreign total of $78 million and early worldwide cume of $108.3 million (it opened a week ago in some territories).