![]() So, why couldn’t the sci-fi movie recreate the success of her earlier series? Only a year after the final Twilight movie Breaking Dawn Part 2 made a whopping $829 million, The Host earned woeful reviews and barely recouped its considerable budget, earning $63 million despite costing $40 million. ![]() However, despite its director having an impressive pedigree in thoughtful sci-fi fare and the genre going through a mainstream renaissance at the time, The Host performed disastrously upon release. Starring an up-and-coming Saoirse Ronan and screen veteran Diane Kruger, the adaptation seemed set for blockbuster success. Related: Twilight: Why Emmett’s Eggs Aren’t A Cullen Plot HoleĪfter this massive and unanticipated success, expectations were understandably sky-high for the 2013 movie adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s YA sci-fi novel The Host. Despite this, Twilight was a blockbuster hit and soon spawned a string of sequels, each of which earned hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office. ![]() Even after these plans were scrapped, original Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke claimed she only got the job because the studio producing the movie had low expectations for the franchise’s potential. ![]() ![]() Twilight could've been altered by Paramount, as it was unsure whether audiences would want a movie faithful to Meyers’ novel. ![]()
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