10 Costly Mistakes That Doomed Great Movie Franchises

Starting off life as a series focused around a car-loving family racing through the streets and performing the odd thrilling heist, the Fast & Furious franchise well and truly stepped on the NOS from its fifth entry onwards.

And for a time there, the likes of Dominic Toretto and his Corona-sipping crew throwing vaults around Brazil and fighting off tanks on highways was a genuine riot, with the series successfully transitioning from cult hit street-racing franchise into a genuine box office action juggernaut. But the Fast movies' need to constantly up the ante and push the limits within this universe have led to the flicks becoming increasingly silly.

Even before Fast X failed to bring in the sort of money Universal were likely hoping for after chucking $340 million at the tenth main entry into the franchise, the series had already completely jumped the shark with everything from vehicles jumping across skyscrapers to cars blasting off into space.

It just seems as though audiences are now finally reaching their Vin Diesel-growling-before-he-does-something-even-Ethan-Hunt-would-class-as-hilariously-impossible limit - driving a muscle car down the face of a dam this past year - and are likely welcoming this dumb ride finally coming to an end in the next few years.