10 Sequels That Were Cancelled Due To Box Office Flops

Emilia Clarke recently announced that she has decided to jump ship from the Terminator: Genisys sequel... but that's assuming that there was a ship to jump from in the first place. After all, the semi-failure of the first installment in this remake/reboot/sequel didn't make anywhere near as much as the studio hoped it would - $440 million isn't terrible, but it's not Terminator money, is it?

The poor reviews didn't help matters, not to mention the fact that the film was unable to work out what it was and tried to be several things at once - the results were confusing, and Clarke - ship-jumper that she is - made for an unbelievable Sarah Connor when compared to Linda Hamilton's badass incarnation.

In response to the overtly lacklustre response to Genisys, Paramount wiped the 2017 sequel from its release slate, throwing the future of the franchise into contention. Arnold Schwarzenegger is still insisting that another film will happen, but as of right now nothing seems set in stone.

On the bright side, Genisys - more than any other recent blockbuster, perhaps - gave Hollywood a reason to be scared. It essentially proved that movie-goers are less respondent to arbitrary sequels than they initially thought, even those from popular and established franchises. Time to terminate this one for good.