“Insurgent” is diverging from the most recent estimates that had pegged it to take about $45 million in its opening weekend. “The Divergent Series: Insurgent” is still trailing the first installment, last year’s “Divergent,” but is closing the gap as it looks to be headed for an opening weekend of $50 million-plus. However, the film is short of initial estimates of nearly $60 million. “Insurgent” is also annihilating this weekend’s other major new entry, Sean Penn’s “The Gunman.” “Insurgent” made $21.3 million on Friday at the U.S. box office — just $1.5 million shy of the Friday numbers delivered by “Divergent” this weekend last year, when the film opened to No. 1 with $54.6 million. It went on to haul in $151 million at the domestic box office ($288.7 million worldwide). Read more http://variety.com/2015/film/news/b...railing-divergent-with-50-million-1201457435/
