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 Magician's Nephew six-year period between 1949 and 1954. He started in the summer of 1949 after finishing "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", but came to a halt after producing 26 pages of manuscript and did not resume work until two years later. This may be as a result of the autobiographical aspects of the novel, as it reflects a number of incidents and parallels very close to his own experiences. He returned to "The Magician's Nephew" late in 1950, after completing "The Silver Chair". He managed to finish close to three-quarters of the novel, and then halted work once again