10 Movie Franchises That Just Kept Getting Worse

10. The Chronicles Of Narnia

The Chronicles of Narnia franchise was never held in as much esteem as many of its peers in the big-budget fantasy genre and while it was never flat-out terrible, it did suffer from an alarmingly rapid descent into mediocrity that has seen a potential fourth entry stuck in development hell for the last six years.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe got the franchise off to a strong start, and did a solid job of world-building backed by some great effects and good work from the cast. Financially, the enduring popularity of the source material and a prime December release date combined for an impressive $745m worldwide and just like that, a new franchise was born. For a while at least.

However, audience interest quickly dissipated and follow-up Prince Caspian earned over $300m less than its predecessor. It didn't help that the sequels gradually deteriorated into banal storytelling that focused on CGI over character and spectacle over substance and after being dormant since 2010, it seems unlikely that there's much interest at all in the currently-developing Silver Chair.