12 AWFUL Sequels That Made More Money Than Blade Runner 2049

8. The Divergent Series: Insurgent

Insurgent Shailene Woodley
Lionsgate

Box Office: $297.3 million

Before the Divergent series cratered at the box office with Allegiant grossing an embarrassing $179.2 million, the franchise's first sequel, Insurgent, turned in an OK-Ish $297.3 million against its $110 million budget.

Now, to be clear, none of the Divergent movies are any good, but you know this one sucks in particular when the only real high point is the fact that Jai Courtney's character gets satisfyingly shot in the head half-way through.

Well, alright, Shailene Woodley gives a decent enough performance, but her talents are thoroughly squandered in yet more tedious Young Adult nonsense, while Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer and Daniel Dae Kim join the cast yet are given little of mention to do.

It's dull, it's overly self-serious and often visually ugly, and somehow not even the worst Divergent movie. Yikes.

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