By most standards, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple was not a major success when it came out in theaters this past January. In retrospect, it was something of a gamble; while 28 Years Later was a long-gap sequel capitalizing on the nearly two decades since the previous installment of the zombie film series (and over two decades since the first and best-known film), The Bone Temple went in the exact opposite direction, arriving less than a year after its predecessor. Given the divisive nature of 28 Years Later – in the sense that it took genuine artistic risks rather than serving a nostalgic legacy sequel – it’s not surprising that a $150 million global hit was followed by one that made just over a third of that.
Still, perhaps the severity of the drop is a little sobering. As a reaction to Danny Boyle’s earlier film, it shows just
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