Following the successful box office opening of YA film adaptation The Maze Runner, 20th Century Fox has quickly set a date for the sequel.
Maze Runner: Scorch Trials, based on the second entry in James Dashner's book series, will hit theaters Sept. 18, 2015.
Over the weekend, The Maze Runner opened to a pleasing $32.5 million at the North American box office. Overseas, Maze Runner also impressed, taking in another $37.6 million for an early worldwide total of $81.5 million (the film began rolling out in several territories last weekend).
Maze Runner, grabbing an A- CinemaScore, cost $34 million to make the thriller. Dylan O'Brien (Teen Wolf) Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Kaya Scodelario and Will Poulter star.
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