10 Movie Franchises That Died In 2017
1. The Nut Job
The Franchise: 2014's animated film The Nut Job grossed an impressive $120.8 million worldwide, almost tripling its budget and resulting in a sequel being greenlit less than a week after the movie was released.
The Nut Job 2 was released in August, by which point a third film had already been confirmed, with Open Road Films clearly confident that the sequel would repeat its predecessor's success, if not exceed it.
What Happened?: In addition to scoring even worse reviews than the first film (9% on Rotten Tomatoes compared to the original's 11%), The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature grossed less than half of the original, making just $58.6 million worldwide.
Though Open Road has been quiet on the planned threequel ever since, it's clear that the series has hit a brick wall with its sudden recent commercial failure.
It's possible that the animated franchise could continue in straight-to-video form, but that would require most of the A-list cast to be replaced with soundalikes, so in practically every way that counts, this franchise few actually asked for has been mercifully put down.
Which movie franchises were you most glad to see die in 2017? Shout them out in the comments!