The film ended up being a colossal hit, making nearly $1 billion at the global box office and very quickly green lighting a sequel, which was good news for a lot of reasons, including that the next film would have the chance to use some fun ideas that didn’t end up making it into the earlier film.
The film was a strange combination of sequel and reboot that technically followed the first Jumanji’s events but otherwise had little in common with it.
Nobody knew quite what to expect from Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.