With the Martian ($600M gross) set to become his second biggest success, Weir now tops the list of highest grossing "runner-up" novel adaptation for books not in a franchise. He moves ahead of King (Green Mile $300M, second to It) and Crichton (Disclosure $200M, second to JP). Note that these successes are far lower than runner-ups that are part of a single franchise (Harry Potter, LOTR, etc), but this is esteemed company for writing multiple compelling, but fully independent, stories. submitted by /u/voac4y55bpuc [link] [comments]