Regardless of whether it is Twilight, The Hunger Games or Divergent - most of the young adult movies turn out to be great hits at the moment. The same goes for The Maze Runner which grossed over 340 million dollars worldwide. The studio already announced sequels.

Yet, some of those movies include visual violence that might not always be appropriate for the targeted audience. In the UK, The Hunger Games had to be cut to get a lower rating (BBFC-12). This version was not only shown in theatres but also released on DVD. A similar thing happened to The Maze Runner. Since the uncut version would have gotten a BBFC-15 rating, 20th Century Fox decided to cut a few sequences out in order to get a more target-audience-friendly rating.

Roughly 40 seconds of violence or seemingly unpleasant scenes were cut out in order to get the movie into theatres with a BBFC-12 rating. Additionally, some of the action scenes include a scensored soundtrack which, however, is actually hard to hear. Unfortunately, this is the only version that was released on the regular DVDs and Blu-Rays. The only uncut version - which among other places is available at HMV - is the steelbook version.

This is a comparison between the cut BBFC 12 version and the uncit PG-13 version, both released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

The comparison revealed 16 differences:
*15 shortened scenes in the BBFC-12 version
*1 scene with alternative footage

Overall, the BBFC-12 version is 41.88 seconds shorter.

21:55 minutes
The infected stomach is shown again.
1.48 sec.

24:06 minutes
The camera pans down to Ben who by now is infected.
2.4 sec.

24:12 minutes
Ben is kneeling on the floor and gasps.
5.2 sec.

36:47 minutes
The Griever plants himself in front of Thomas and hisses at him.
2.4 sec.

37:46 minutes
Again, the Griever screams at Thomas.
1.24 sec.

1:13:50 minutes
A Griever kills one of the camp residents.
2.12 sec.

1:13:56 minutes
Thomas and the ohters turn around and see a boy being pulled away by a Griever.
3.56 sec.

1:14:01 minutes
Another attack by the Griever.
2.36 sec.

1:14:35 minutes
The group flees from the Griever. Another Griever comes from the side and grabs one of the boys.
4.48 sec.

1:27:19 minutes
They push the Griever away with sticks. He hisses at the group.
2.12 sec.

1:28:40 minutes
We can see the Grievers in action. Then we can see Thomas, Minho and Jeff a little earlier.
2.56 sec.

1:29:22 minutes
The Griever take a bite of Jeff.
3.12 sec.

1:31:31 minutes
A dead scientist.
2.16 sec.

1:33:43 minutes
We can see a few corpses.
1.64 sec.

1:33:50 minutes
The video shows the virus and an unpleasant sequence of an autopsy.
4.48 sec.

1:33:57 minutes / 1:33:20 minutes
The uncut version shows an infected person, while the UK version instead shows the shot of the virus.
4.12 sec. / 1.4 sec.