Hollywood is having a rough summer. In fact, it’s been a terrible year for many high-budget, big-profile, star-driven projects. Aside from comic book movies and family-friendly features, there have dozens of disappointments at the box office.
One of the most dramatic examples of this concerns the Divergent series, a dystopian book series that was adapted for the big screen. The cinematic series, which launched in 2014, stars Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and Miles Teller — three strong young actors. According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, the original Divergentfilm earned 150 million at the box office and in the following year, the sequel Insurgentearned a respectable 130 million. But instead of simply adapting the last book of the book series into one final movie, the studio decided...