8 Recent Box Office Bombs That Could Still Get Sequels
7. The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Budget: $75 million
Box Office: $109,845,109
This 2015 Guy Ritchie directed spy thriller may have bombed financially on release, but strong audience reception suggests that hope for a Man from U.N.C.L.E sequel should remain high. And in April 2017, it was reported that writer Lionel Wigram was working on the script for a follow-up.
Leading stars Henry Cavill and Arnie Hammer's interest in a sequel also increases the likelihood of the continuation of Solo and Kuryakin's stories. Action and spy thrillers have also been box office successes recently in the form of Atomic Blonde, as well as the franchises of Kingsmen and James Bond.
A second Man from U.N.C.L.E could increase on box office returns from the original due to popularity of the first film and the genre as a whole. Guy Ritchie's recent box office smash hit with Disney's Aladdin could also boost chances the director could deliver another box office success.