The original Now You See Me did fairly well and went on to gross $351.7 million worldwide on a $75 million budget, which represented a pretty decent return for Lionsgate.
There is no reason to expect Now You See Me 2 won’t be able to do the same, so that further helps justify the seemingly eventual existence of Now You See Me 3.
However, Now You See Me 2 brought in a similar return on investment, bringing in $334 million worldwide.
So, the studio has hired a couple of up-and-coming writers to pen the script for Now You See Me 3.