Jumping The Shark: 9 Franchise Derailing Films

4. Spider-Man 3

The film that tried to hornswoggle audiences into accepting Topher Grace as a credible villain, Spider-Man 3 fell victim to the third film curse. Sam Raimi's followup up to the well-made Spider-Man 2 derails completely the moment Peter Parker, under the malevolent influence of an alien symbiote, applies mascara, eyeliner and black hair dye to go on a villainous rampage that involves getting an emo haircut and engaging in a sub-Saturday Night Fever disco dance sequence over the streets of New York.

Despite Spidey making 890 million dollars world-wide, Sony ousted Raimi from the franchise and opted to reboot the property a mere 5 years after Spider-Man 3's release.