Despite being forecast to open slightly larger than Divergent, Insurgent made a little less over its opening weekend.

The second film in the Divergent Series made $54.03 million domestically and $101 million worldwide. By comparison, Divergent made $54.6 million in the United States when it opened on the same weekend last year.

Insurgent’s opening is even less impressive than its predecessor because the sequel opened in 3D (thus higher ticket prices), whereas Divergent did not.

This means a significantly smaller number of people saw Insurgent than Divergent. The question now is, will the downward trend continue as we look toward Allegiant, which is being split into two parts?

Summit/Lionsgate will have to think up ways to appeal to an audience larger than the book’s readership for the remaining two films for two reasons: 1) The changes made between the Insurgent book and film are significant to the point where they may’ve alienated readers, and 2) the Allegiant book was denounced by a large number of fans.

We think it’ll be an uphill battle if the studio asks the readership to carry the remaining two films to successful openings.

Insurgent director Robert Schwentke is returning to direct Allegiant, Part 1, which is set to open in theaters March 2016. The studio hasn’t announced who’ll helm Part 2, but history would suggest it’ll be Schwentke.

Why do you think ‘Insurgent’ made less than expected?

And how can Summit/Lionsgate ensure a successful openings for the two-part Allegiant finale?

Elsewhere at the weekend box office, Disney’s Cinderella made $34.4 million in its second weekend while Liam Neeson’s Run All Night made $5.1 million.