Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Franchises often have a shelf life with an expiration date, and it only takes one movie to turn a fanbase away from an expansive franchise. Hollywood is currently in the era of franchises and big IP expansions. Almost every movie that strikes big at the box office belongs to a larger franchise of films, but no franchise lasts forever.
2:40 Related 10 Movies That Were Perfect Endings To Long-Running Franchises Most long-running franchises keep making movies as long as they’re profitable, but this means that they pass up their chance at a perfect ending. Instead, the film focused on political drama and minimal action sequences with over-the-top flashy explosions. This was a clear departure in tone and expectations on the cutting room floor. With such big changes, fans didn't trust the series for a short time after, but now, the franchise is rapidly growing and creating all new death-defying stunts.
6 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift The Fast & Furious franchise has become hugely popular in the latter half of the series, from movie seven onward. However, the series is also widely discussed because of the intense change between the early films and the later ones. But even among the first few entries, fans of the series were wavering, particularly the first, second, and third entries.
For die-hard fans of the MCU, and even casual viewers, keeping up to date and on top of new Marvel stuff was tough. Endgame was a natural stopping point for the franchise, and many people thought it was finished. Despite the incredible success of the movie, and it's briefly getting the number one all-time highest box office earnings, the MCU finished at Endgame for many people.
3 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen When the live-action Transformers movies, directed by Michael Bay, started coming out in 2007, fans flocked to see the childhood heroes paraded on the big screen. However, the first movie gained generally positive reviews, with some more lukewarm, and failed to do anything truly innovative. This already made the franchise appear weaker, and it wasn't helped when the sequel came out 2 years later in 2009.
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