Los Angeles: "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" debuted at the top of the box office in its first weekend, with an estimated $30.3 million in ticket sales in North America.


Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials. Pic/Santa Banta 

Showing at 3,791 locations, the Fox's young-adult sequel "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" released below expectations and 7 percent lower than the $32.5 million debut of last year's dystopian sci-fi original, Xinhua reported.