The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian received nominations at the Young Artist Awards. In 2010, Mark Johnson, a producer from all of the "Narnia" movies, admitted that "We made some mistakes with "Prince Caspian" and I don't want to make them again." He also said "Caspian" lacked some of the "wonder and magic of Narnia," was "a little bit too rough" for families, and too much of a "boys' action movie." When released on May 16 in the United States and Canada, the film grossed $55 million from 8,400 screens at 3,929 theaters in its opening weekend, ranking #1 at the box office. Disney said it
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader draft written by Richard LaGravenese and Steven Knight. The previous two films have been described as remaining more faithful to the original stories than the third installment. Apted noted the episodic and disconnected nature of the story would need to be revised for a film version, such as the material involving the Dark Island, the Sea Serpent, and Eustace. They even discussed combining "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" with "The Silver Chair", much as the BBC combined "Dawn Treader" and "Prince Caspian" in its television serial. As a result, some elements were borrowed from "The Silver Chair", where Narnians