10 Film Sequels Destined To Bomb In 2017

9. The Nut Job 2

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Open Road Films

The Nut Job didn't exactly send everyone scampering to the multiplexes when it was released in 2014 and, given its low box office return - 120 million, paling in comparison to Big Hero 6's Baymax bashing 600 million of the same year - it's already one of 2017's most 'meh' sequels on the release slate.

Will Arnett and Katherine Heigel return on rodent vocal duties, along with new additions in Peter Stormare and Jackie Chan, who is set to play a mouse gang leader. The plot is hardly grandiose, revolving around Arnett's Surly trying to stop a local landmark being levelled in place of a new spiffy amusement park.

In a year where we're going to see the likes of Cars 3, Despicable Me 3 and Paddington 2 hitting the big screen, it's unlikely that once Surly and co have finished saving Oakton City (again), we'll be seeing a third Nut Job movie.

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