The lack of Will Smith appears to have really hurt the film, but the fact that he was replaced by a pair of dull, lifeless heroes didn’t help matters.
It seems clear however, that even if you had been dying for a sequel to Independence Day, this wasn’t the movie you were waiting for.
Sequels, in general, did not perform as well this past summer as they had in previous years.
Whether there was a fatigue among audiences or these particular films just didn’t work for some reason is unclear.
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