"Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" placed first in the box office charts, earning a $28.5 million on its first week. The Tim Burton film has had fans arguing whether whether or not "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" book is better than the film.
'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' Tops Box Office
"Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" is based on the best-selling novel by Ransom Riggs that tells the story of Jack (Asa Butterfield), who follows clues from the old photographs the character's grandfather left him. Eventually, Jake finds a mysterious orphanage in an island in Welsh where Miss Peregrine (Eva Green) resides with the children who has extraordinary powers.
Aside from hitting the box office, Rotten Tomatoes gave the Tim Burton movie a 63% approval rating on the Tomatometer. With the good feedback from the movie, many fans are now arguing whether "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" is better in the movie screen than in the books.
The Guardian reports that "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" is a blend of "X-men" meets "Groundhog Day" with monsters that were created from the offcuts of a Guillermo Del Toro Film. A film "full of baroque curlicues and a macabre steampunk supernatural vibe" that was constructed in Tim Burton's "prism of cobwebby weirdness."
Meanwhile, there are rumors that the Tim Burton film adaptation will be having a sequel and will expand to a franchise. Chris Aronson, the Fox domestic distribution Chief stated that the studio is open for a sequel as "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" has a number of books that all are best-sellers.
The verdict on whether the movie is better than the book remains unknown as of yet. However, with Tim Burton's eccentric directorial style in play, it will give justice to the novel's reputation as a masterpiece. Stay tuned to Gamenguide for more "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" news and updates!
