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Percy jackson movies in order

Ever wondered what happened to the Percy Jackson movies? Percy Jackson is a publishing phenomenon, and the author, Rick Riordan, has been named several times as the heir of J.K Rowling’s legacy. However, while J.K Rowling ’s wizarding story transcended the world of literature, seems like Rick Riordan’s s movie adaptation didn’t work that well. Anyway, you will find the Percy Jackon movies in order here.

After the second movie, the adaptations were canceled, so for those wondering when is Percy Jackson 3 coming out I have bad news for you. What happened to the Percy Jackson movie adaptations? Will Percy Jackson have a reboot now that Disney announced their own streaming service (Disney Plus)? Why did the percy jackson movies stop? and mostly, Why are the Percy Jackson movies so bad? let’s answer these questions.

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A bit about the story that inspired  Percy Jackson movie series

This series, Percy Jackson & the Olympians, was written by American author Rick Riordan. This is a pentology and has sold a million copies around the world, this saga translated into 34 languages. If you want to know how the story goes on, we recommend you read at least the original book series, the books are amazingly good! here you have them all:

This, being a bestseller saga, was easily expected to be a success on the big screen. The author made up Percy Jackson’s adventure as a bedtime story for his son, who enjoyed so much the story that suggested his father put such a story into the paper. We talk more about this series, in this post where you will also find the Percy Jackson books in order.

What happened to Percy Jackson movies?

Like Harry Potter, Percy Jackson is addressed to a children audience. The producers knew this, so they hired the same director who directed the first two Harry Potter movies, Chris Columbus. But Percy Jackson film series didn’t do as well as Harry Potter, let’s see why:

🌊 How many Percy Jackson movies are there?

Here goes the Percy Jackson movies in order: Only the first two volumes, The Lightning Thief and Sea of Monsters, made the leap to the big screen. So, sadly, the Percy Jackson movie series is composed of only two films.

Percy Jackson box office

Lighting Thief was released in 2010, the movie was directed by Chris Columbus and cast Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson.  The film had a $95 million Budget and grossed $226.4 million.

Percy was played by  Logan Lerman, while  Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood were played by  Alexandra Daddario and Brandon T. Jackson  respectively. Jake Abel casted as Luke Castellan, and Pierce Brosnan as Chiron, the activities director at Camp Half-Blood.

The sequel, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, was released in 2013 this time directed by Thor Freudenthal. Both Budget and grossing were lower than the first movie, being $90 million and $199.8 million respectively.

Probably, the best part of the sequel was the special effects. The CGI was actually pretty convincing, but this was not enough to compensate the flaws of the plot.

🌊 Do the Percy Jackson movies follow the books?

No, and that is one of the main reasons the movie adaptations flopped. The films not only don’t follow the books but also they changed the age of Percy and the other main characters in order to adress the movie to a more adult audience.

Where to watch the Percy Jackson movies?

You can find Percy Jackson movies on Neflix, both Lighting Thief and its sequel are available to watch in this media-services provider.

Comparing Percy Jackson’s film numbers with other fantasy series

As you can see, both movies recouped their production budgets. But where profits as high as expected? As said before, Percy Jackson was expected to be the next Harry Potter, a media phenomenon such as J.K Rowling’s saga, The Lord of the Rings or The Hunger Games.

Now, compare Percy Jackson’s numbers with the first movie adaptations of these other known sagas:

  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Budget. $125 million. Box office: $974.8 million
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Budget $93 million. Box office $871.5 million
  • The Hunger games: Budget $78 million. Box office $694.4 million
  • Mortal Engines: Budget $100–150 million. Box office $102.6 million

Why is there no Percy Jackson 3?

As you can see on these other movie adaptations, despite having a fairly similar budget those other films had a way better reception and grossing that Percy Jackson movie series.

There is an exception though, the Mortal Enginess Movie, which, well, being such a flop I guess the movies will share Percy Jackson’s destiny… as a result, I’m afraid there won’t be a Titan’s Curse movie unless Percy Jackson’s film series is rebooted. Which might happen.

In summary, you can stop trying to find the Percy Jackson 3 movie all around the internet, because it was never filmed. Let’s see how did the fans receive Percy Jackson’s movie adaptation:

Fans reception of the Percy Jackson movies

Percy Jackson movies were profitable, true, but not as successful as expected. The critics didn’t rate the movies very high, Rotten tomatoes ranked these movies with 49% and 42% in their Tomatometer. Same goes for Metacritic scores, most of the reviews for Percy Jackson film series were unfavorable and both movies scoring 47 and  39  respectively. Too low.

When you make a movie adaptation you want the original fanbase, that is, the readers, to love it. At the same time, you want people who have never read the novels to enjoy what they are watching. This gets tricky sometimes, and the formula applied for Percy Jackson’s movie adaptation didn’t work. Percy Jackson’s fans didn’t like it, and the rest of the audience wasn’t captivated either.

Fans thought the Percy Jackson movie series was quite disappointing, the story does not follow the books, there are major changes along the plot and the character development is not proper enough. Yes, the Greek gods and so are the demigods (obviously), but not like in the novels.

This is the reason why lots of Percy Jackson wondered why are the Percy -Jackson movies so bad.

The author’s impression

But not only the fans didn’t like it, but also the author, Rick Riordan, shares his movie experience on his website. Here are some Excerpts of the emails the author sent to the movie producers:

“The core readership for Percy Jackson is age 9-12. There are roughly a million kids that age, plus their families, who are dying to see this film because they want to see the pictures in their imagination brought to life.”

“I understand that you want to appeal to teens because they are a powerful demographic, and conventional wisdom says that teens will not see movies about kids younger than themselves. Harry Potter proved this wrong, but aside from that, deviating so significantly from the source material risks pleasing no one – teens, who know the books are meant for younger kids, and the younger kids, who will be angry and disappointed that the books they love have been distorted into a teen movie.”

And there is more, here is the reason why Percy jackson movies failed:

“The script as a whole is terrible. I don’t simply mean that it deviates from the book, though certainly it does that to point of being almost unrecognizable as the same story. Fans of the books will be angry and disappointed. They will leave the theater in droves and generate horrible word of mouth. That is an absolute given if the script goes forward as it stands now. But the bigger problem is that even if you pretend the book doesn’t exist, this script doesn’t work as a story in its own right”.

As you see, the author was right, it didn’t work and Percy Jackson 3  never had a release date. He saw it coming, he was brutally honest with the producers. Even so, the movies were an absolute flop.

What does Percy Jackson cast say about this?

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percy jackson movie cast
percy jackson movie cast
percy jackson movie cast
percy jackson movie cast
percy jackson movie cast

Logan Lerman, the actor who played the title role in Percy Jackson films, stated in 2014 during a press conference for the film Noah that a third Percy Jackson movie was not going to happen. These were his words:

“It’s been a great experience for me. It’s opened up a lot of doors for me, but I don’t think (Percy Jackson 3) it’s happening.” Logan Lerman, Percy Jackson.

Also, notice that Logan Lerman played the lead role in Percy Jackson when he was 16 years old. The first film, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,  was filmed in 2009, so Logan Lerman is now 27 years old, maybe too old to keep playing the role of Percy?

It would be cool, wouldn’t it? we made some Fantasy characters becoming Lol champions, you can check which spells Percy would have clicking on the following link: Percy Jackson League of Legends.

Will Percy Jackson have a reboot?

If you checked the author’s website you will see he theorizes about this. Right now, there is no date for a Percy Jackson reboot. As Riordan says, Disney acquired the rights from Fox, so if Disney decides Percy Jackson to be rebooted it will. Logic says that it won’t be Percy Jackson 3 but the saga itself would be rebooted. For all those Percy Jackson fans who wish there is a good movie adaptation for their beloved saga do not despair, this series has a lot of potential and maybe one day it will have a proper movie adaptation. If Percy Jackson had a reboot what would be your dream cast?

What about a Percy Jackson Tv series?

Now, this might be the solution. Fans want a remake for this saga and a tv show might be a different approach. This is exactly what has happened with another fantasy series whose film adaptation went wrong: His dark materials. This fantasy series didn’t do as well as expected at the box-office either and now His Dark Materials is having a tv adaptation.

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percy jackson movies 3

Same happened with Shadowhunters, but in this case, both the film and the tv series adaptation were canceled so maybe not the best comparison. With several internet platforms such as Netflix, HBO and even Amazon PrimeVideo likely that some of them might be interested in making a new adaptation. Of course, let’s not forget Disney owns the rights now. Would you want Percy Jackson to have a tv adaptation?

🌊 Will Disney make Percy Jackson movies?

There has not been any official announcement made by Disney about this. However, there is hope: Disney is having its own streaming service, Disney+. As a result, Disney is working on a series based on different projects such as Avengers, Star Wars or Monsters among others. Disney has several multimillionaire franchises (Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars…) will Percy Jackson join them?

If this happened, if Percy Jackson cinematographic universe was rebooted by Disney, a new Percy Jackson film series would be released sooner or later. A new cast and probably a different approach, which actor do you think would be a great Percy Jackson?

Percy Jackson Disney plus update 2020

Recently, the author of Percy Jackson’s novels, Rick Riordan, tweeted on his account that he was in Los Angeles (in Hollywood obviously) trying to convince Disney that Percy Jackson needs a new adaptation. Could this just mean Percy Jackson’s reboot is closer than we think it is?

There are still no any news in 2020 about a Percy Jackson reboot, but this article will keep updtated.

One day we will have a new Percy Jackson movie, for sure. Meanwhile, we will always have the novels. So, here you have the answer to why did the Percy Jackson movies stop, did you expect this? why are the Percy Jackson movies so bad in your opinion?

If you have already read the books and you would like to read something that has the same vibe, here you have a list with books similar to Percy Jackson.

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14 Comments on "Percy jackson movies in order"

  • I really hope Percy Jackson gets a reboot, I love this series and I want a good adaptation. Pls Disney do this!

  • Oh Riordan hope you convince Disney! Disney Percy Jackson gooooooo!

  • The scene with the Minotaur is nicely crafted. I liked the Minotaur appearing out of the field of cows. The gate with words that rearrange themselves as “Camp Half-Blood” was a nice touch. Having said that, here’s the bad news: The script as a whole is terrible. I don’t simply mean that it deviates from the book, though certainly it does that to point of being almost unrecognizable as the same story. Fans of the books will be angry and disappointed. They will leave the theater in droves and generate horrible word of mouth. That is an absolute given if the script goes forward as it stands now. But the bigger problem is that even if you pretend the book doesn’t exist, this script doesn’t work as a story in its own right.

  • Seeing that Riordan had a meeting with Disney makes me dream, a Percy Jackson reboot is possible pals

  • Thanks for this post, I was wondering why Percy Jackson movies were cancelled now that I know I feel sad

  • Ι love your blog.. vеry nice colors. Regarding Percy Jackson 3, it won’t happen of course, maybe a reboot is possible.
    thɑnks

  • So that’s why the Percy Jackson movies were cancelled? Damnn…

  • I mean, like honestly, the movies had great animation. But the script just made me and my friends quite angry. It would have been as popular as Harry Potter (potter head right here) cause the plot is just aMaZiNg and Lerman is the so far best impersonation of Percy ( im sad he cant continue T^T) . I really hope Percy Jackson movies reboot cause Uncle Rick is on his way to Disney request for all of us. Although in 2020? That might be hard.

  • Percy Jackson works better as an animated film series like Kung Fu Panda.

  • I understand fully why Rick Riordan doesn’t want another Percy Jackson movie to come out, but I just wish that he would understand that many people (including myself) loved the first two movies and were really hoping for a third one to come out soon. I do also understand if he still will not change his mind. I am only one 12-year-old girl in seventh grade trying to help one of my favorite movie series ever, and I also understand that they do not follow the books, but the movies are very, very good and fun to watch. So please, please give them a chance and at least finish the first series of movies. Please. Thanks!

  • A “Percy Jackson” series is in development at Disney+ and could become one of the platform’s next standout hits.

  • came out, Logan Lerman was 21 and if the movie was to stay true to the books, Percy was supposed to be around 16. Whomp, whomp.

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