Its possible because the movie was panned by critics it deterred others from seeing the movie Only those loyal to the book the book series itself went to see it apart from the few that like dragons For me the movie was good but its just my opinion I read the entire series and its my second favorite book series But the first book dragged on for several chapters basically at some point where Brom Eragon are on their journey up till the point where Eragon Murtagh arrived at the Vardan camp From that point forward the series is a fantastic read Perhaps because of the slow start of the story where it dragged could have played a part in the film s lack of success Just my opinion