Question about opening the box
Wasn't the box hard to open?
He just sort of rubbed it and it opened by itself
Hellseeker Merchant: Some are destined to master the puzzle immediately, while others will spend a lifetime trying to solve it.
That's about the best explanation you could expect, but in reality, the directors are impatient and tend to rush the box-solving scenes. This is especially true of the DTV sequels.