The Fifth Wavewas far more profitable overseas than it was domestically, and Moretz tweeted an encouraging box office update on Feb.

The trilogy concluded in 2016 with the final book, The Last Star. A sequel titled The Infinite Seawas published in 2014. The beings who only look human, who roam the. Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. The series started in May 2013 with the first book, The 5th Wave. After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. The 5th Wave 's future earning potential seems even smaller when those numbers are compared to the success of the first Hunger Games film, which cleared over $150 million in its first weekend alone and also far scored better with critics.īut that's not to say a sequel is impossible. The 5th Waveis a trilogyof young adultpost-apocalypticsci-finovels written by American author Rick Yancey.

IMDB shows that, as of a month after its opening, the first film had failed to recoup its budget of $38 million in U.S. There are countless reasons why a movie might not be moved into in-production status, but it's a decent bet that the studio's hesitancy to move forward with The 5th Waveseries has a lot to do with box office. Sounds cool, right? Well, the only problem is that The Infinite Sea movie hasn't been greenlit just yet. The next book in the Rick Yancey series is called The Infinite Sea, and if it stayed true to the novel, the next film adaptation would follow spunky heroine Cassie Sullivan (Chloe Grace Moretz) and her allies into a new life continually threatened by an occupying alien force. Still, fans of the latter's movie and novels are hoping to see The 5th Wave sequel become a reality. : G.P.Could it be that Young Adult book series don't have the box office clout that they used to? The third Divergent movie, Allegiant, failed to hit number one on its opening weekend, and January's The 5th Wave seemed to disappear from theaters fairly quickly.“Everyone I trust is telling me to read this book.”. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.”-Justin Cronin, As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others’ ultimate goal: the extermination of the human race.Ĭassie and her friends haven’t seen the depths to which the Others will sink, nor have the Others seen the heights to which humanity will rise, in the ultimate battle between life and death, hope and despair, love and hate. Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity. Now, with the human race nearly exterminated and the 5th Wave. , hailed by Justin Cronin as “wildly entertaining.” Cassie Sullivan and her companions lived through the Others four waves of destruction.

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